The FIBA Basketball World Cup is the sport's premier international national-team tournament, first held in 1950 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and won by the host nation. Known as the FIBA World Championship from 1950 until 2010, it was renamed the FIBA Basketball World Cup starting with the 2014 edition.
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Founding Year Founding DateOpening day of the inaugural 1950 tournament at Luna Park in Buenos Aires; the final was played on 3 November 1950. FrequencyEvery four years since 1950, generally in the same year as the FIFA World Cup, except that the cycle shifted by one year starting with the 2019 edition to separate it from the Summer Olympic Games schedule. 2 Host HistoryArgentina hosted the inaugural 1950 tournament. Later hosts include Brazil (1954, 1963), Chile (1959), Uruguay (1967), Yugoslavia (1970), Puerto Rico (1974), the Philippines (1978), Colombia (1982), Spain (1986, 2014), Argentina again (1990), Canada (1994), Greece (1998), the United States (2002), Japan (2006), Turkey (2010), China (2019), and a three-nation co-hosting by the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia (2023). 2 Frequency
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Source Heiko Schaffartzik (Wikipedia)
Source Hyun Joo-yup (Wikipedia)
Source James Harden (Wikipedia)
Source Klay Thompson (Wikipedia)
Source Lamar Odom (Wikipedia)
Source Lisa Leslie (Wikipedia)
Source Mantas Kalnietis (Wikipedia)
Source Marc Gasol (Wikipedia)
Source Ömer Aşık (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia, Pau Gasol
Source Peja Stojaković (Wikipedia)
Source Phil Smyth (Wikipedia)
Source Roko Ukić (Wikipedia)
Source Olympedia: Sergio Rodríguez - Olympedia
Source Shawn Kemp (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia, Sheryl Swoopes
Source Tamika Catchings (Wikipedia)
Source Tibor Pleiß (Wikipedia)
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SubLabel: Team and Ball-Sport World Cups
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from 22 October to 3 November 1950
Wikipedia, FIBA
Wikimedia FoundationAdministered By: FIBA (International Basketball Federation)View the Source Lisa Leslie (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Lisa Leslie, Lead paragraphs [competed-in]Quote, Competitors Include: Lisa Leslie, Lead paragraphs [competed-in]
two FIBA World Championships (1998, 2002)
Lamar Odom (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Lamar Odom, Lead, national team paragraph [competed-in]Quote, Competitors Include: Lamar Odom, Lead, national team paragraph [competed-in]
a gold medal in the FIBA World Championship (later known as the World Cup) in 2010
James Harden (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: James Harden, Lead paragraph [competed-in 3]Quote, Competitors Include: James Harden, Lead paragraph [competed-in 3]
2014 FIBA World Cup
Klay Thompson (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Klay Thompson, Lead paragraph [competed-in 2]Quote, Competitors Include: Klay Thompson, Lead paragraph [competed-in 2]
their 2014 World Cup team
Shawn Kemp (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Shawn Kemp, Lead paragraph [competed-in 2]Quote, Competitors Include: Shawn Kemp, Lead paragraph [competed-in 2]
at the 1994 FIBA World Championship
Marc Gasol (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Marc Gasol, Lead paragraph [competed-in 2]Quote, Competitors Include: Marc Gasol, Lead paragraph [competed-in 2]
two FIBA Basketball World Cup titles
Andre Iguodala (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Andre Iguodala, Lead paragraph [competed-in 2]Quote, Competitors Include: Andre Iguodala, Lead paragraph [competed-in 2]
member of the U.S. national team at the 2010 FIBA World Championship
Tamika Catchings (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Tamika Catchings, Lead paragraph 1 [competed-in]Quote, Competitors Include: Tamika Catchings, Lead paragraph 1 [competed-in]
a FIBA World Cup gold
Tyson Chandler (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Tyson Chandler, Lead paragraph [competed-in 2]Quote, Competitors Include: Tyson Chandler, Lead paragraph [competed-in 2]
He won gold medals with the US national team in the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Roko Ukić (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Roko Ukić, National team careerQuote, Competitors Include: Roko Ukić, National team career
EuroBasket 2005, EuroBasket 2007, 2008 Summer Olympics, EuroBasket 2009, 2010 FIBA World Championship, and EuroBasket 2013.
Mantas Kalnietis (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Mantas Kalnietis, National team career [competed-in]Quote, Competitors Include: Mantas Kalnietis, National team career [competed-in]
He also played at the 2010 FIBA World Championship, as a starter, and won a bronze medal.
Peja Stojaković (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Peja Stojaković, Article lead [competed-in]Quote, Competitors Include: Peja Stojaković, Article lead [competed-in]
gold medals in the 2001 FIBA EuroBasket and the 2002 FIBA World Championship
Olympedia: Sergio Rodríguez - Olympedia
Competitors Include: Sergio Rodríguez, List mentions, Basketball World CupQuote, Competitors Include: Sergio Rodríguez, List mentions, Basketball World Cup
Basketball World Cup
Ömer Aşık (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Ömer Aşık, Lead paragraph, national teamQuote, Competitors Include: Ömer Aşık, Lead paragraph, national team
the Turkey national team at the 2010 FIBA World Championship
Heiko Schaffartzik (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Heiko Schaffartzik, Career section [competed-in]Quote, Competitors Include: Heiko Schaffartzik, Career section [competed-in]
He also played at the 2010 FIBA World Championship.
Harun Erdenay (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Harun Erdenay, Career sectionQuote, Competitors Include: Harun Erdenay, Career section
and the 2002 FIBA World Championship
Ademola Okulaja (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Ademola Okulaja, Professional career, German national teamQuote, Competitors Include: Ademola Okulaja, Professional career, German national team
He competed with the German national team at the 2002 FIBA World Basketball Championship in the US, winning bronze
Tibor Pleiß (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Tibor Pleiß, German national teamQuote, Competitors Include: Tibor Pleiß, German national team
the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey, where he was the starting center for Germany
Phil Smyth (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Phil Smyth, National team career [competed-in]Quote, Competitors Include: Phil Smyth, National team career [competed-in]
He was also a member of the Boomers at the FIBA World Championships in 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 and 1994
Hyun Joo-yup (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Hyun Joo-yup, Lead, national teamQuote, Competitors Include: Hyun Joo-yup, Lead, national team
Hyun competed in two FIBA World Cups (1994, 1998)
Wikipedia, Sheryl Swoopes
Wikimedia FoundationCompetitors Include: Sheryl Swoopes, Article textQuote, Competitors Include: Sheryl Swoopes, Article text
Swoopes has won three Olympic gold medals and is one of eleven women's basketball players to have won an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA Championship, a FIBA World Cup gold, and a WNBA title.
Wikipedia, Pau Gasol
Competitors Include: Pau Gasol, Article textQuote, Competitors Include: Pau Gasol, Article text
Internationally, Gasol has won a FIBA World Cup title, three EuroBasket titles, two Olympic silver medals, and an Olympic bronze medal with the Spanish national basketball team.
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Wikipedia
Competitors Include: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Lead or career sectionQuote, Competitors Include: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Lead or career section
Antetokounmpo played for the senior men's Greek national basketball team beginning in 2014, helping Greece finish ninth overall in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup with a 5-1 record.
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