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FIBA Basketball World Cup

Also Known As FIBA World Championship (name used 1950 to 2010)

Team and Ball-Sport World Cups

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.

Facts

Founding Year

1950 1

Founding Date

1950-10-22 3

Opening day of the inaugural 1950 tournament at Luna Park in Buenos Aires; the final was played on 3 November 1950.

Frequency

Every 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 History

Argentina 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

Classification

Scope

World or International 1

Frequency

Frequency (category)

Every Four Years 2

FIBA Basketball World Cup

1 entry

Home Country or City

Germany men's national basketball team

FIBA Basketball World Cup

Connections

Administered By

FIBA (International Basketball Federation)

Source Wikipedia, FIBA

Competitors Include

Ademola Okulaja

Source Ademola Okulaja (Wikipedia)

Source Andre Iguodala (Wikipedia)

Dejan Koturović

Source Dejan Koturović (Wikipedia)

Source Dimos Dikoudis (Wikipedia)

Germany men's national basketball team

Source Germany men's national basketball team (Wikipedia)

Giannis Antetokounmpo

Source Giannis Antetokounmpo, Wikipedia

Guilherme Giovannoni

Source Guilherme Giovannoni (Wikipedia)

Source Harun Erdenay (Wikipedia)

Hedo Türkoğlu

Source Hedo Türkoğlu (Wikipedia)

Heiko Schaffartzik

Source Heiko Schaffartzik (Wikipedia)

Source Hyun Joo-yup (Wikipedia)

Source Ivan Paunić (Wikipedia)

Source Ivica Žurić (Wikipedia)

Source James Harden (Wikipedia)

Source Klay Thompson (Wikipedia)

Krešimir Lončar

Source Krešimir Lončar (Wikipedia)

Source Lamar Odom (Wikipedia)

Leandro Barbosa

Source Leandro Barbosa (Wikipedia)

Source Lisa Leslie (Wikipedia)

Mantas Kalnietis

Source Mantas Kalnietis (Wikipedia)

Source Marc Gasol (Wikipedia)

Source Marko Pešić (Wikipedia)

Source Mílton Barros (Wikipedia)

Source Nenad Krstić (Wikipedia)

Source Nikola Lončar (Wikipedia)

Source Ömer Aşık (Wikipedia)

Patrick Femerling

Source Patrick Femerling (Wikipedia)

Source Wikipedia, Pau Gasol

Peja Stojaković

Source Peja Stojaković (Wikipedia)

Source Phil Smyth (Wikipedia)

Source Raško Katić (Wikipedia)

Source Roko Ukić (Wikipedia)

Source Ruben Douglas (Wikipedia)

Sergio Rodríguez

Source Olympedia: Sergio Rodríguez - Olympedia

Source Shawn Kemp (Wikipedia)

Source Wikipedia, Sheryl Swoopes

Source Stefano Garris (Wikipedia)

Source Steffen Hamann (Wikipedia)

Tamika Catchings

Source Tamika Catchings (Wikipedia)

Source Tibor Pleiß (Wikipedia)

Source Tyson Chandler (Wikipedia)

Features

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

Sources

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

entity record, SubLabel (scope)
SubLabel: Team and Ball-Sport World Cups
Features: Basketball

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2. Wikipedia, History of the FIBA Basketball World Cup

Wikipedia

Frequency (category): Every Four Years
Frequency: Every 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.
Host History: Argentina 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).

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3. Wikipedia, 1950 FIBA World Championship

WikipediaLead section

Quote, Lead section

from 22 October to 3 November 1950

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Wikipedia, FIBA

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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Roko Ukić (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Roko Ukić, National team career

Quote, Competitors Include: Roko Ukić, National team career

EuroBasket 2005, EuroBasket 2007, 2008 Summer Olympics, EuroBasket 2009, 2010 FIBA World Championship, and EuroBasket 2013.

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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.

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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

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Olympedia: Sergio Rodríguez - Olympedia

Competitors Include: Sergio Rodríguez, List mentions, Basketball World Cup

Quote, Competitors Include: Sergio Rodríguez, List mentions, Basketball World Cup

Basketball World Cup

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Ömer Aşık (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Ömer Aşık, Lead paragraph, national team

Quote, Competitors Include: Ömer Aşık, Lead paragraph, national team

the Turkey national team at the 2010 FIBA World Championship

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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.

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Harun Erdenay (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Harun Erdenay, Career section

Quote, Competitors Include: Harun Erdenay, Career section

and the 2002 FIBA World Championship

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Ademola Okulaja (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Ademola Okulaja, Professional career, German national team

Quote, 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

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Tibor Pleiß (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Tibor Pleiß, German national team

Quote, Competitors Include: Tibor Pleiß, German national team

the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey, where he was the starting center for Germany

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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

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Hyun Joo-yup (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Hyun Joo-yup, Lead, national team

Quote, Competitors Include: Hyun Joo-yup, Lead, national team

Hyun competed in two FIBA World Cups (1994, 1998)

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Nenad Krstić (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Nenad Krstić, National team career, World Cup

Quote, Competitors Include: Nenad Krstić, National team career, World Cup

At the World Cup in Spain, Serbian national team took the silver medal

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Germany men's national basketball team (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Germany men's national basketball team, Lead

Quote, Competitors Include: Germany men's national basketball team, Lead

Germany have made seven appearances at the FIBA World Cup

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Ivica Žurić (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Ivica Žurić, Croatian national team

Quote, Competitors Include: Ivica Žurić, Croatian national team

the bronze medal at the 1994 FIBA World Championship

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Nikola Lončar (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Nikola Lončar, National team career, world championship

Quote, Competitors Include: Nikola Lončar, National team career, world championship

gold medal at the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Greece

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Stefano Garris (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Stefano Garris, Lead, World Cup

Quote, Competitors Include: Stefano Garris, Lead, World Cup

third place at the 2002 Basketball World Cup in Indianapolis, United States

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Mílton Barros (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Mílton Barros, Lead

Quote, Competitors Include: Mílton Barros, Lead

Internationally, Barros has represented Angola on several occasions, including the 2006 Lusophony Games, 2006 FIBA World Championship, 2007 African Championship and the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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Guilherme Giovannoni (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Guilherme Giovannoni, National team career, World Cups

Quote, Competitors Include: Guilherme Giovannoni, National team career, World Cups

at the 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014 FIBA World Cups

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Raško Katić (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Raško Katić, National team career

Quote, Competitors Include: Raško Katić, National team career

that won the silver medal at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup

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Ivan Paunić (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Ivan Paunić, Competition as stated

Quote, Competitors Include: Ivan Paunić, Competition as stated

He played at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey

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Hedo Türkoğlu (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Hedo Türkoğlu, International career

Quote, Competitors Include: Hedo Türkoğlu, International career

Turkoglu participated in the 2010 FIBA World Championship, in his home country of Turkey.

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Leandro Barbosa (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Leandro Barbosa, Early career, 2002 FIBA World Championship

Quote, Competitors Include: Leandro Barbosa, Early career, 2002 FIBA World Championship

played at the 2002 FIBA World Championship

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Patrick Femerling (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Patrick Femerling, German national team

Quote, Competitors Include: Patrick Femerling, German national team

Femerling won the bronze medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championship

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Marko Pešić (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Marko Pešić, National team career, 2002

Quote, Competitors Include: Marko Pešić, National team career, 2002

a bronze medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championship in the United States

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Ruben Douglas (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Ruben Douglas, Lead or Biography

Quote, Competitors Include: Ruben Douglas, Lead or Biography

that competed at the 2006 FIBA World Championship

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Steffen Hamann (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Steffen Hamann, National team career, FIBA World Cups

Quote, Competitors Include: Steffen Hamann, National team career, FIBA World Cups

and at the 2006 and 2010 FIBA World Cups

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Krešimir Lončar (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Krešimir Lončar, Croatian national team, 2010 World Championship

Quote, Competitors Include: Krešimir Lončar, Croatian national team, 2010 World Championship

the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey where Lončar was also part of the Croatian national team

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Dejan Koturović (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Dejan Koturović, National team career

Quote, Competitors Include: Dejan Koturović, National team career

winning the gold medal at the 1995 FIBA European Championship and the 2002 FIBA World Championship

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Dimos Dikoudis (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Dimos Dikoudis, National team career, World Championship

Quote, Competitors Include: Dimos Dikoudis, National team career, World Championship

he won the silver medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship

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Wikipedia, Sheryl Swoopes

Wikimedia FoundationCompetitors Include: Sheryl Swoopes, Article text

Quote, 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.

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Wikipedia, Pau Gasol

Competitors Include: Pau Gasol, Article text

Quote, 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.

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Giannis Antetokounmpo, Wikipedia

Competitors Include: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Lead or career section

Quote, 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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