National team appearances in the FIBA Basketball World Cup

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National team appearances in the FIBA Basketball World Cup are the number of appearances that individual country's basketball national teams have made at the FIBA Basketball World Cup. A total of 59 countries have made at least one appearance in the FIBA international senior men's basketball competition.

African, European and teams from the Americas composed the first World Championship – Asian and Oceanian teams did not want to make a long trip to Argentina, the venue of the tournament. Egypt finished fifth in the inaugural world championship, the best finish by a team from Africa. An Asian team, the Philippines, made their debut on the second tournament, where they finished third, the best finish by an Asian team.

Australia was the first team from Oceania to participate in the tournament, in 1970. New Zealand was defeated in the 2002 bronze medal game, earning them a fourth-place finish, a position the Australian team equaled in 2019.

European and teams from the Americas dominated the tournament, with teams from either confederation disputing the gold medal. Since 1978, the first time a final was played, there have been five all-European and six Europe-Americas finals. The worst finish by a European team since 1963 was second; for a team from the Americas, the worst all-time was third.

The tournament formats prior to the 1978 tournament were two round robin phases – teams were first divided into several groups, with the top teams from the group stage qualifying for the Final Group, where they play each other once. The team with the best record after the Final Group wins the gold medal, with ties broken by games played between tied teams. All tournaments after the 1978 tournament determined the world champion via a playoff – in 1978 and 1982, the top two teams from the final group squared off for the championship; since 1986, a single-elimination tournament has been used.

The national team with the most wins is the USA, with five. Although teams bearing the name of "Yugoslavia" have won five titles, FIBA used to consider the championships to have been won by two national teams. The first three were won by the team that represented the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The other two were won by a team representing the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which FIBA treats as the predecessor of the current Serbia national team. Furthermore, a Yugoslav team was able to finish at least third from 1963 to 2002.

Spain is the current World Champion, winning the gold medal game against Argentina at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Debut of teams[]

A total of 59 national teams have appeared in at least one FIBA Basketball World Cup in the history of the tournament through the 2019 competition, and at least 1 will debut in 2023. Each successive Basketball World Cup has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Countries competing in their first Basketball World Cup are listed below by year.

Year Debutants Number
1950 Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Peru, Spain, United States, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia[1] 10
1954 Canada, Taiwan,[2] Israel, Paraguay, Philippines, Uruguay 6
1959 Bulgaria, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Soviet Union,[3] United Arab Republic 4
1963 Italy, Japan 2
1967 Poland 1
1970 Australia, Cuba, Czechoslovakia,[4] Panama, South Korea 5
1974 Central African Republic 1
1978 China, Dominican Republic, Senegal 3
1982 Colombia, Ivory Coast 2
1986 Angola, Greece, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, West Germany[5] 6
1990 Venezuela 1
1994 Croatia,[1] Germany, North Korea, Russia[3] 4
1998 Lithuania,[3] Nigeria, Serbia and Montenegro[1] 3
2002 Algeria, Lebanon, Turkey 3
2006 Qatar, Slovenia[1] 2
2010 Iran, Jordan, Serbia, Tunisia 4
2014 Finland, Ukraine[3] 2
2019 Czech Republic,[4] Montenegro[1] 2
2023 Indonesia 1
Total 61

Tournament format[]

In deciphering the tables below, the tournament format per championship has to be accounted for.

Year Preliminary round (Group stage) Second round (Group stage) Final round (Knockout stage)
1950 Double elimination tournament of 10 teams Round robin of 6 teams None; second group stage determined final rankings
1954 Round robin of 4 groups with 3 teams each Round robin of 8 teams
1959 Round robin of 3 groups with 4 teams each Round robin of 7 teams
1963
1967
1970
1974 Round robin of 8 teams
1978 Round robin of 8 teams Single-game playoff of 2 teams
1982 Round robin of 7 teams
1986 Round robin of 4 groups with 6 teams each Round robin of 2 groups with 6 teams each Single-elimination tournament of 4 teams
1990 Round robin of 4 groups with 4 teams each Round robin of 2 groups with 4 teams each
1994
1998 Round robin of 2 groups with 6 teams each Single-elimination tournament of 8 teams
2002
2006 Round robin of 4 groups with 6 teams each None Single-elimination tournament of 16 teams
2010
2014
2019 Round robin of 8 groups with 4 teams each Round robin of 4 groups with 4 teams each Single elimination tournament of 8 teams
2023

Comprehensive team results[]

Per tournament[]

Legend:

  • Gold/silver: F — Final
  • Bronze/green: SF — Knockout semifinals
  • Green:
    • R2 — Second round group (1950–1974)
  • Blue:
    • QF — Knockout quarterfinals (1998–present)
    • R2 — Second round group (1978–1994, 2019)
  • Yellow
    • R2 — Second round group (1998–2002), knockout round of 16 (2006–2014)

Until 1990[]

Rank 1950
 Argentina 		1954
 Brazil 		1959
 Chile 		1963
 Brazil 		1967
 Uruguay 		1970
 Yugoslavia 		1974
 Puerto Rico 		1978
 Philippines 		1982
 Colombia 		1986
 Spain 		1990
 Argentina
1st  Argentina  United States  Brazil  Brazil  Soviet Union  Yugoslavia  Soviet Union  Yugoslavia  Soviet Union  United States  Yugoslavia
2nd  United States  Brazil  United States  Yugoslavia  Yugoslavia  Brazil  Yugoslavia  Soviet Union  United States  Soviet Union  Soviet Union
3rd  Chile  Philippines  Chile  Soviet Union  Brazil  Soviet Union  United States  Brazil  Yugoslavia  Yugoslavia  United States
4th  Brazil  France  Formosa  United States  United States  Italy  Cuba  Italy  Spain  Brazil  Puerto Rico
5th  Egypt  Formosa  Puerto Rico  France  Poland  United States  Spain  United States  Australia  Spain  Brazil
6th  France  Uruguay  Soviet Union  Puerto Rico  Argentina  Czechoslovakia  Brazil  Canada  Canada  Italy  Greece
7th  Peru  Canada  Bulgaria  Italy  Uruguay  Uruguay  Puerto Rico  Australia  Colombia  Israel  Australia
8th  Ecuador  Israel  Philippines  Argentina  Mexico  Cuba  Canada  Philippines  Brazil  Canada  Argentina
9th  Spain  Paraguay  Uruguay  Mexico  Italy  Panama  Mexico  Czechoslovakia  Panama  China  Italy
10th  Yugoslavia  Chile  Argentina  Uruguay  Peru  Canada  Czechoslovakia  Puerto Rico  Czechoslovakia  Greece  Spain
11th  Yugoslavia  United Arab Republic  Canada  Japan  South Korea  Argentina  China  Uruguay  Cuba  Venezuela
12th  Peru  Canada  Peru  Puerto Rico  Australia  Australia  Dominican Republic  China  Argentina  Canada
13th  Mexico  Japan  Paraguay  United Arab Republic  Philippines  South Korea  Ivory Coast  France
 Netherlands
 Puerto Rico
 West Germany
 Australia
 Uruguay
 Panama
 Angola
 New Zealand
 South Korea
 Ivory Coast
 Malaysia 		 Angola
14th  Central African Republic  Senegal  China
15th  South Korea
16th  Egypt
17th
18th
19th
20th
21st
22nd
23rd
24th
WD  Philippines  Philippines

Since 1994[]

Rank 1994
 Canada 		1998
 Greece 		2002
 United States 		2006
 Japan 		2010
 Turkey 		2014
 Spain 		2019
 China 		2023 Philippines
 Japan
 Indonesia
1st  United States  FR Yugoslavia  FR Yugoslavia  Spain  United States  United States  Spain
2nd  Russia  Russia  Argentina  Greece  Turkey  Serbia  Argentina
3rd  Croatia  United States  Germany  United States  Lithuania  France  France
4th  Greece  Greece  New Zealand  Argentina  Serbia  Lithuania  Australia
5th  Australia  Spain  Spain  France  Argentina  Spain  Serbia
6th  Puerto Rico  Italy  United States  Turkey  Spain  Brazil  Czech Republic
7th  Canada  Lithuania  Puerto Rico  Lithuania  Russia  Slovenia  United States
8th  China  Argentina  Brazil  Germany  Slovenia  Turkey  Poland
9th  Argentina  Australia  Turkey  Angola
 Australia
 China
 Italy
 New Zealand
 Nigeria
 Serbia and Montenegro
 Slovenia 		 Brazil  Greece  Lithuania
10th  Spain  Brazil  Russia  Australia  Croatia  Italy
11th  Brazil  Puerto Rico  Angola  Greece  Argentina  Greece
12th  Germany  Canada  China  New Zealand  Australia  Russia
13th  South Korea  Nigeria  Canada  France  Dominican Republic  Brazil
14th  Egypt  Japan  Venezuela  Croatia  Mexico  Venezuela
15th  Cuba  Senegal  Algeria  Angola  New Zealand  Puerto Rico
16th  Angola  South Korea  Lebanon  China  Senegal  Dominican Republic
17th  Brazil
 Japan
 Lebanon
 Puerto Rico 		 Germany  Angola  Nigeria
18th  Puerto Rico  Ukraine  Germany
19th  Iran  Puerto Rico  New Zealand
20th  Lebanon  Iran  Tunisia
21st  Panama
 Qatar
 Senegal
 Venezuela 		 Ivory Coast  Philippines  Canada
22nd  Canada  Finland  Turkey
23rd  Jordan  South Korea  Iran
24th  Tunisia  Egypt  China
25th  Montenegro
26th  South Korea
27th  Angola
28th  Jordan
29th  Ivory Coast
30th  Senegal
31st  Japan
32nd  Philippines
WD  North Korea

Per team[]

Legend:

  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runner-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF — Knockout quarterfinals (1998–present)
  • R2 — Second round group (1950–1994)
  • WD — Withdrew
  • • — Did not qualify
  • × — Did not enter / disqualified
  •    — Hosts
Team 1950
Argentina 		1954
Brazil 		1959
Chile 		1963
Brazil 		1967
Uruguay 		1970
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 		1974
Puerto Rico 		1978
Philippines 		1982
Colombia 		1986
Spain 		1990
Argentina 		1994
Canada 		1998
Greece 		2002
United States 		2006
Japan 		2010
Turkey 		2014
Spain 		2019
China 		2023
Philippines
Japan
Indonesia 		Total
 Algeria Part of France R1
15th 		• • • × 1
 Angola Part of Portugal R1
13th 		R1
13th 		R1
16th 		R1
11th 		R2
9th 		R2
15th 		R1
17th 		R1
27th 		8
 Argentina R2
1st 		R1
10th 		R1
8th 		R2
6th 		R1
11th 		R2
12th 		R2
8th 		R1
9th 		QF
8th 		F
2nd 		SF
4th 		QF
5th 		R2
11th 		F
2nd 		14
 Australia R1
12th 		R1
12th 		R2
7th 		QF
5th 		R1
13th 		R2
7th 		R2
5th 		R1
9th 		• R2
9th 		R2
10th 		R2
12th 		SF
4th 		12
 Brazil R2
4th 		R2
2nd 		R2
1st 		R2
1st 		R2
3rd 		R2
2nd 		R2
6th 		R2
3rd 		R1
8th 		SF
4th 		R2
5th 		R1
11th 		R1
10th 		QF
8th 		R1
17th 		R2
9th 		QF
6th 		R2
13th 		18
 Bulgaria R2
7th 		• • • • • 1
 Canada R2
7th 		R1
12th 		R1
11th 		R1
10th 		R2
8th 		R2
6th 		R2
6th 		R2
8th 		R1
12th 		R2
7th 		R1
12th 		R1
13th 		• R1
22nd 		• R1
21st 		14
 Central African Republic R1
14th 		• • • • • 1
 Chile FR
3rd 		R1
10th 		R2
3rd 		• • • • • 3
 China R1
11th 		R1
12th 		R2
9th 		R1
14th 		R1
8th 		R1
12th 		R2
9th 		R2
16th 		• R1
24th 		9
 Chinese Taipei[6]
 Formosa 1954, 1959 		R2
5th 		R2
4th 		• • • • • 2
 Colombia R2
7th 		• × • • • 1
 Croatia SF
3rd 		• • R2
14th 		R2
10th 		• 3
 Cuba R1
8th 		R2
4th 		R2
11th 		R1
15th 		• • • • • 4
 Czech Republic Part of Czechoslovakia • • • • QF
6th 		1
 Czechoslovakia[7] R2
6th 		R1
10th 		R1
9th 		R1
10th 		Does not exist 4
 Dominican Republic R1
12th 		• • • R2
13th 		R2
16th 		3
 Ecuador R1
8th 		• • × × × 1
 Egypt
 United Arab Republic 1959, 1970 		R2
5th 		R1
11th 		R1
13th 		R1
16th 		R1
14th 		• × • R1
24th 		• 6
Team 1950
Argentina 		1954
Brazil 		1959
Chile 		1963
Brazil 		1967
Uruguay 		1970
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 		1974
Puerto Rico 		1978
Philippines 		1982
Colombia 		1986
Spain 		1990
Argentina 		1994
Canada 		1998
Greece 		2002
United States 		2006
Japan 		2010
Turkey 		2014
Spain 		2019
China 		2023
Philippines
Japan
Indonesia 		Total
 Finland • × • R1
22nd 		• 1
 France R2
6th 		R2
4th 		R2
5th 		R1
13th 		• QF
5th 		R2
13th 		SF
3rd 		SF
3rd 		8
 Germany[8]
 West Germany 1986 		R1
13th 		R1
12th 		SF
3rd 		QF
8th 		R1
17th 		• R1
18th 		6
 Greece R2
10th 		R2
6th 		SF
4th 		SF
4th 		• F
2nd 		R2
11th 		R2
9th 		R2
11th 		8
 Ivory Coast R1
13th 		R1
13th 		• • R1
21st 		• R1
29th
 Iran • • R1
19th 		R1
20th 		R1
23rd 		3
 Israel R2
8th 		R2
7th 		• • • • • 2
 Italy R2
7th 		R1
9th 		R2
4th 		R2
4th 		R2
6th 		R2
9th 		QF
6th 		• R2
9th 		• • R2
10th 		9
 Japan R1
13th 		R1
11th 		R1
14th 		• R1
17th 		• • R1
31st 		Q 6
 Jordan • • R1
23rd 		• R1
28th 		2
 Lebanon R1
16th 		R1
17th 		R1
20th 		• • 3
 Lithuania Part of the Soviet Union QF
7th 		• QF
7th 		SF
3rd 		SF
4th 		R2
9th 		5
 Malaysia R1
13th 		• • • • × 1
 Mexico R1
13th 		R1
9th 		R1
8th 		R1
9th 		• • • R2
14th 		• 5
 Montenegro Part of Yugoslavia Part of Serbia × • R1
25th 		1
 Netherlands R1
13th 		• • × • • 1
 New Zealand R1
13th 		SF
4th 		R2
9th 		R2
12th 		R2
15th 		R1
19th 		6
 North Korea WD • × × × × 0
 Nigeria R1
13th 		• R2
9th 		• • R1
17th 		3
Team 1950
Argentina 		1954
Brazil 		1959
Chile 		1963
Brazil 		1967
Uruguay 		1970
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 		1974
Puerto Rico 		1978
Philippines 		1982
Colombia 		1986
Spain 		1990
Argentina 		1994
Canada 		1998
Greece 		2002
United States 		2006
Japan 		2010
Turkey 		2014
Spain 		2019
China 		2023
Philippines
Japan
Indonesia 		Total
 Panama R1
9th 		R1
9th 		R1
13th 		• R1
21st 		• × • 4
 Paraguay R1
9th 		R1
13th 		• • × • • 2
 Peru R1
7th 		R1
12th 		R1
12th 		R1
10th 		• • × × × 4
 Philippines R2
3rd 		R1
8th 		WD R1
13th 		R2
8th 		WD × × • R1
21st 		R1
32nd 		Q 6
 Poland R2
5th 		• • • • QF
8th 		2
 Puerto Rico R2
5th 		R2
6th 		R1
12th 		R2
7th 		F1
10th 		R1
13th 		SF
4th 		R2
6th 		R1
11th 		QF
7th 		R1
17th 		R1
18th 		R1
19th 		R2
15th 		14
 Qatar • R1
21st 		• • • 1
 Russia Part of the Soviet Union F
2nd 		F
2nd 		R1
10th 		• QF
7th 		• R2
12th 		5
 Senegal R1
14th 		R1
15th 		• R1
21st 		• R2
16th 		R1
30th 		5
 Serbia
 Serbia and Montenegro 2006 		Part of Yugoslavia R2
9th 		SF
4th 		F
2nd 		QF
5th 		4
 Slovenia Part of Yugoslavia • R2
9th 		QF
8th 		QF
7th 		• 3
 South Korea R1
11th 		R1
13th 		R1
13th 		R1
15th 		R1
13th 		R1
16th 		• • • R1
23rd 		R1
26th 		8
 Soviet Union R2
6th 		R2
3rd 		R2
1st 		R2
3rd 		R2
1st 		F
2nd 		F
1st 		F
2nd 		F
2nd 		Does not exist 9
 Spain R1
9th 		R2
5th 		R2
4th 		R2
5th 		R1
10th 		R1
10th 		QF
5th 		QF
5th 		F
1st 		QF
6th 		QF
5th 		F
1st 		12
 Tunisia • • R1
24th 		• R1
20th 		2
 Turkey R1
9th 		QF
6th 		F
2nd 		QF
8th 		R1
22nd 		5
 Ukraine Part of the Soviet Union • • • R1
18th 		• 1
 United States R2
2nd 		R2
1st 		R2
2nd 		R2
4th 		R2
4th 		R2
5th 		R2
3rd 		R2
5th 		F
2nd 		F
1st 		SF
3rd 		F
1st 		SF
3rd 		QF
6th 		SF
3rd 		F
1st 		F
1st 		QF
7th 		18
 Uruguay R2
6th 		R1
9th 		R1
10th 		R2
7th 		R2
7th 		R1
11th 		R1
13th 		• • • • • 7
 Venezuela R1
11th 		R1
14th 		R1
21st 		• • R2
14th 		4
 Yugoslavia[9]
 FR Yugoslavia 1998, 2002 		R1
10th 		R1
11th 		R2
2nd 		R2
2nd 		R2
1st 		R2
2nd 		F
1st 		SF
3rd 		SF
3rd 		F
1st 		F
1st 		F
1st 		Does not exist 12
Total 10 12 13 13 13 13 14 14 13 24 16 16 16 16 24 24 24 32 32

Notes:

  • Teams that failed to qualify to the semifinal round at the 1986 championship were ranked tied for 13th.
  • In 2006, when the tournament expanded to 24 teams (four preliminary round groups of six teams each), teams that finished 5th in their preliminary round groups were ranked tied for 17th, while teams that finished 6th in their preliminary round groups were ranked tied for 21st. Teams eliminated in round of 16 were ranked tied for 9th.

Ranking of teams by number of appearances[]

Team App Record
streak 		Active
streak 		Debut Most recent Best result (* hosts)
 Brazil 18 18 18 1950 2019 Champions (1959, 1963*)
 United States 18 18 18 1950 2019 Champions (1954, 1986, 1994, 2010, 2014)
 Canada 14 9 1 1954 2019 6th (1978, 1982)
 Argentina 14 9 9 1950 2019 Champions (1950*)
 Puerto Rico 14 9 9 1959 2019 Fourth place (1990)
 Australia 12 8 4 1970 2019 Fourth place (2019)
 Spain 12 10 10 1950 2019 Champions (2006, 2019)
 Yugoslavia † 10 8 -- 1950 1990 Champions (1970*, 1978, 1990)
 Soviet Union † 9 9 -- 1959 1990 Champions (1967, 1974, 1982)
 Italy 9 3 1 1963 2019 Fourth place (1970, 1978)
 China 9 5 1 1978 2019 8th (1994)
 South Korea 8 4 2 1970 2019 11th (1970)
 France 8 4 4 1950 2019 Third place (2014, 2019)
 Greece 8 4 4 1986 2019 Runners-up (2006)
 Angola 8 5 5 1986 2019 9th (2006)
 Uruguay 7 5 0 1954 1986 6th (1954)
 Egypt 6 2 0 1950 2014 5th (1950)
 Philippines 6 2 2 1954 2019 Third place (1954)
 Germany 6 3 1 1986 2019 Third place (2002)
 New Zealand 6 5 5 1986 2019 Fourth place (2002)
 Mexico 5 3 0 1959 2014 8th (1967)
 Japan 5 2 1 1963 2019 11th (1967)
 Russia 5 3 1 1994 2019 Runners-up (1994, 1998)
 Senegal 5 2 2 1978 2019 14th (1978)
 Lithuania 5 4 4 1998 2019 Third place (2010)
 Turkey 5 5 5 2002 2019 Runners-up (2010*)
 Cuba 4 2 0 1970 1994 Fourth place (1974)
 Czechoslovakia † 4 4 -- 1970 1982 6th (1970)
 Peru 4 2 0 1950 1967 7th (1950)
 Panama 4 2 0 1970 2006 9th (1970, 1982)
 Ivory Coast 4 2 1 1982 2019 13th (1982, 1986)
 Venezuela 4 2 1 1990 2019 11th (1990)
 Chile 3 3 0 1950 1959 Third place(1950, 1959)
 Serbia and Montenegro † 3 3 -- 1998 2006 Champions (1998, 2002)
 Lebanon 3 3 0 2002 2010 16th (2010)
 Croatia 3 2 0 1994 2014 Third place (1994)
 Slovenia 3 3 0 2006 2014 7th (2014)
 Nigeria 3 1 1 1998 2019 9th (2006)
 Dominican Republic 3 2 2 1978 2019 12th (1978)
 Iran 3 3 3 2010 2019 19th (2010)
 Serbia 3 3 3 2010 2019 Runners-up (2014)
 Chinese Taipei 2 2 0 1954 1959 Fourth place (1959)
 Paraguay 2 1 0 1954 1967 9th (1954)
 Israel 2 1 0 1954 1986 7th (1986)
 Poland 2 1 1 1967 2019 5th (1967)
 Jordan 2 1 1 2010 2019 23rd (2010)
 Tunisia 2 1 1 2010 2019 20th (2019)
 Ecuador 1 1 0 1950 1950 8th (1950)
 Bulgaria 1 1 0 1959 1959 7th (1959)
 Central African Republic 1 1 0 1974 1974 14th (1974)
 Colombia 1 1 0 1982 1982 7th (1982*)
 Malaysia 1 1 0 1986 1986 13th (1986)
 Netherlands 1 1 0 1986 1986 13th (1986)
 Algeria 1 1 0 2002 2002 15th (2002)
 Qatar 1 1 0 2006 2006 21st (2006)
 Finland 1 1 0 2014 2014 22nd (2014)
 Ukraine 1 1 0 2014 2014 18th (2014)
 Czech Republic 1 1 1 2019 2019 6th (2019)
 Montenegro 1 1 1 2019 2019 25th (2019)

Overall won/lost records[]

Team App Played Won Lost %
 United States 18 158 129 29 .816
 Brazil 18 144 87 57 .604
 Spain 12 100 71 29 .710
 Soviet Union † 9 80 66 14 .825
 Argentina 14 112 65 47 .580
 Yugoslavia † 10 78 58 20 .744
 Italy 9 74 43 31 .581
 Puerto Rico 14 98 40 58 .408
 Australia 12 93 40 53 .430
 Canada 14 107 39 68 .364
 Greece 8 61 36 25 .590
 France 8 63 34 29 .540
 Lithuania 5 41 27 14 .659
 Russia 5 39 25 14 .641
 Germany 6 41 24 17 .585
 Turkey 5 38 24 14 .632
 Cuba 4 35 18 17 .514
 China 9 63 17 46 .270
 Uruguay 7 50 17 33 .340
 Mexico 5 35 17 18 .486
 Czechoslovakia † 4 30 17 13 .567
 Serbia 3 26 17 9 .654
 Serbia and Montenegro † 3 24 17 7 .708
 Angola 8 51 15 36 .294
 New Zealand 6 37 15 22 .405
 Philippines 6 40 13 27 .325
 Slovenia 3 22 12 10 .545
 Croatia 3 20 12 8 .600
 South Korea 8 51 10 41 .196
 Peru 4 27 10 17 .370
 Panama 4 25 9 16 .360
 Chile 3 19 9 10 .474
 Venezuela 4 23 8 15 .348
 Poland 2 17 8 9 .471
 Chinese Taipei 2 18 7 11 .389
 Israel 2 18 7 11 .389
 Nigeria 3 16 7 9 .438
 Egypt 6 42 6 36 .143
 Dominican Republic 3 18 6 12 .333
 Japan 5 31 5 26 .161
 Bulgaria 1 9 5 4 .556
 Senegal 5 28 4 24 .143
 Iran 3 15 4 11 .267
 Czech Republic 1 8 4 4 .500
 Lebanon 3 15 3 12 .200
 Paraguay 2 13 3 10 .231
 Tunisia 2 10 3 7 .300
 Ecuador 1 5 2 3 .400
 Netherlands 1 5 2 3 .400
 Ukraine 1 5 2 3 .400
 Ivory Coast 4 22 1 21 .045
 Jordan 2 10 1 9 .100
 Algeria 1 5 1 4 .200
 Finland 1 5 1 4 .200
 Montenegro 1 5 1 4 .200
 Central African Republic 1 7 0 7 .000
 Colombia 1 6 0 6 .000
 Malaysia 1 5 0 5 .000
 Qatar 1 5 0 5 .000

Performance of host nations[]

With only three wins in 16 occasions, the success rate of host nations winning the tournament is rather low at 19%, compared to the respective percentage in the FIFA World Cup which stands at 32% (6 out of 19). Yugoslavia was the last host to win, in 1970; the only other host to medal since then has been Turkey, silver medalist in 2010. Greece has been the only other host nation to finish fourth or better since 1970. From 1959 to 1982, the host qualified directly to the final round of the tournament, bypassing the preliminary round (group stage). The host's final rank in these years could not be worse than the number of teams in the final round (between six and eight). However, beginning in 1986, the host has competed in the preliminary round.

A "†" denotes that is the best performance of the team, a "‡" denotes it is the best performance of the team at the time of the competition.

Year Host nation(s) Finish Last round*
1950
  Argentina Champions† Final round
1954
  Brazil Runners-up‡ Final round
1959
  Chile Third place† Final round
1963
  Brazil Champions† Final round
1967
  Uruguay Seventh place Final round
1970
  Yugoslavia Champions† Final round
1974
  Puerto Rico Seventh place Final round
1978
  Philippines Eighth place Final round
1982
  Colombia Seventh place† Final round
1986
  Spain Fifth place‡ Final round
1990
  Argentina Eighth place Second round
1994
  Canada Seventh place Preliminary round
1998
  Greece Fourth place‡ Third place playoff
2002
  United States Sixth place Quarter-finals
2006
  Japan Seventeenth place Preliminary round
2010
  Turkey Runners-up† Final
2014
  Spain Fifth place Quarter-finals
2019
  China 24th place Preliminary round
2023
  Philippines TBD TBD
 Japan TBD TBD
 Indonesia TBD TBD

*excluding classification rounds.

Performance by confederation[]

This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation in each tournament. Note that most confederations did not exist until up to the 1960s, and that FIBA assigned teams to a specific continent when there were no confederations yet.

Confederation 1950
Argentina
(10) 		1954
Brazil
(12) 		1959
Chile
(13) 		1963
Brazil
(13) 		1967
Uruguay
(13) 		1970
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(13) 		1974
Puerto Rico
(14) 		1978
Philippines
(14) 		1982
Colombia
(13) 		1986
Spain
(24) 		1990
Argentina
(16) 		1994
Canada
(16) 		1998
Greece
(16) 		2002
United States
(16) 		2006
Japan
(24) 		2010
Turkey
(24) 		2014
Spain
(24) 		2019
China
(32) 		2023
Philippines
Japan
Indonesia
(32)
FIBA Africa 5th ― 11th ― ― 13th 14th 14th 13th 13th 13th 14th 13th 15th 9th 15th 16th 17th TBD
FIBA Americas 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 3rd 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 2nd TBD
FIBA Asia ― 3rd 4th 13th 11th 11th 13th 8th 12th 9th 14th 8th 14th 12th 9th 16th 20th 23rd TBD
FIBA Europe 6th 4th 6th 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st TBD
FIBA Oceania ― ― ― ― ― 12th 12th 7th 5th 13th 7th 5th 9th 4th 9th 10th 12th 4th TBD

Number of teams by confederation[]

This is a summary of the total number of participating teams by confederation in each tournament. The number of teams in the confederation of a host federation is boldfaced.

Confederation 1950
Argentina
(10) 		1954
Brazil
(12) 		1959
Chile
(13) 		1963
Brazil
(13) 		1967
Uruguay
(13) 		1970
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(13) 		1974
Puerto Rico
(14) 		1978
Philippines
(14) 		1982
Colombia
(13) 		1986
Spain
(24) 		1990
Argentina
(16) 		1994
Canada
(16) 		1998
Greece
(16) 		2002
United States
(16) 		2006
Japan
(24) 		2010
Turkey
(24) 		2014
Spain
(24) 		2019
China
(32) 		2023
Philippines
Japan
Indonesia
(32)
FIBA Africa 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5
FIBA Americas 6 7 8 8 8 6 6 5 6 8 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 7 7
FIBA Asia 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 6 6–8
FIBA Europe 3 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 5 5 6 5 9 10 10 12 12
FIBA Oceania 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 0–2

Notes and references[]

  1. ^ a b c d e The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1950–1990) qualified ten times under the name Yugoslavia prior to its breakup by the secession of many of its constituent republics in 1992. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia qualified twice in 1998 and 2002 as Yugoslavia and in 2006 as Serbia and Montenegro after a name change in 2003. FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro are considered the predecessors of the current Serbia team by FIBA; the latter competed for the first time as Serbia in the 2010 FIBA World Championship. These teams along with the other national teams which resulted from the breakup of the original Yugoslavia (Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and North Macedonia) are considered distinct entities from the Yugoslavia team of 1930–1990. Montenegro now also compete separately after independence in 2006.
  2. ^ The national basketball team of the Republic of China competed twice in the FIBA World Championship, both times as Formosa, but since 1960 the team had changed their name to compete as Taiwan in international competitions. Since 1985, they have competed under the name Chinese Taipei.
  3. ^ a b c d The Soviet Union qualified nine times prior to being dissolved in 1991. The 15 nations that were former Soviet Republics now compete separately. FIBA does not consider any of these nations as the successor team of the Soviet Union.
  4. ^ a b Czechoslovakia qualified four times prior to being divided into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993. FIBA does not consider any of these nations as the successor team of Czechoslovakia.
  5. ^ The German Basketball Association (DBB, for Deutscher Basketball Bund) has continuously existed as a national governing body since joining FIBA in 1934, during the Nazi era in Germany, After World War II, the DBB became the governing body for West Germany, and then became the governing body for reunified Germany in 1990. During the division of Germany, East Germany fielded a team of its own before re-joining West Germany and the DBB upon reunification. Thus, FIBA considers Germany and West Germany as one entity and officially attributes all results of the DBB team since 1934 to Germany. Germany competed in their first FIBA World Championship in 1986 as West Germany and in 1994 for the first time as Reunited Germany.
  6. ^ The national basketball team of the Republic of China competed twice in the FIBA World Championship, both times as Formosa, but since 1960 the team had changed their name to compete as Taiwan in international competitions. Since 1985, they have competed under the name Chinese Taipei.
  7. ^ Czechoslovakia qualified four times prior to being divided into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993. FIBA does not consider any of these nations as the successor team of Czechoslovakia.
  8. ^ The German Basketball Association (DBB, for Deutscher Basketball Bund) has continuously existed as a national governing body since joining FIBA in 1934, during the Nazi era in Germany, After World War II, the DBB became the governing body for West Germany, and then became the governing body for reunified Germany in 1990. During the division of Germany, East Germany fielded a team of its own before re-joining West Germany and the DBB upon reunification. Thus, FIBA considers Germany and West Germany as one entity and officially attributes all results of the DBB team since 1934 to Germany. Germany competed in their first FIBA World Championship in 1986 as West Germany and in 1994 for the first time as Germany.
  9. ^ The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1950–1990) qualified ten times under the name Yugoslavia prior to its breakup by the secession of many of its constituent republics in 1992. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia qualified twice in 1998 and 2002 as Yugoslavia and in 2006 as Serbia and Montenegro after a name change in 2003. FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro are considered the predecessors of the current Serbia team by FIBA; the latter competed for the first time as Serbia in the 2010 FIBA World Championship. These teams along with the other national teams which resulted from the breakup of the original Yugoslavia (Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and North Macedonia) are considered distinct entities from the Yugoslavia team of 1930–1990. Montenegro now also compete separately after independence in 2006.

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