National team appearances in the FIBA World Championship
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A total of 51 countries have made at least one appearance in the FIBA World Championship in basketball.
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. 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, on 1970. New Zealand was defeated in the 2002 bronze medal game, earning them a fourth place finish - the best finish by a team from Oceania.
European and teams from the Americas dominated the tournament, with teams from either confederations disputing the gold medal. There have been three all-Americas gold medal games, and six all-European gold medal games.
The tournament format prior to the 1978 tournament was a double round robin - 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 single elimination tournament.
Teams from Yugoslavia have won the most number of World Championships, with five, three as the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, two as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Spain is the current World Champion, winning the gold medal game against Greece at the 2006 FIBA World Championship.
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[edit] Début of national teams
A total of 51 national teams have appeared in at least one World Championship.
Each successive World Championship, except one (1990) has welcomed at least one team appearing for the first time as detailed below.
| Year | Débutants | Number |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 |  Argentina,  Brazil,  Chile,  Ecuador,  Egypt, France,  Peru,  Spain,  Venezuela,  SFR Yugoslavia |
10 |
| 1954 |  Canada,  Formosa,  Israel,  Paraguay,  Philippines,  United States |
6 |
| 1959 |  Bulgaria,  Mexico,  Puerto Rico,  Soviet Union,  Uruguay |
5 |
| 1963 |  Japan |
1 |
| 1967 | Paraguay,  Poland |
2 |
| 1970 |  Australia,  Cuba,  Czechoslovakia,  South Korea |
4 |
| 1974 |  Central African Republic |
1 |
| 1978 |  China,  Dominican Republic,  Senegal |
3 |
| 1982 |  Colombia,  Ivory Coast,  Panama |
3 |
| 1986 |  Angola,  Greece,  West Germany,  Malaysia,  Netherlands,  New Zealand |
6 |
| 1990 | none | 0 |
| 1994 |  Croatia.  Russia |
2 |
| 1998 |  Nigeria,  Lithuania,  FR Yugoslavia |
3 |
| 2002 |  Algeria,  Lebanon,  Turkey |
3 |
| 2006 |  Qatar,  Slovenia |
3 |
[edit] Comprehensive team results in each World Championship
| Team | 1950 (10) |
1954 (12) |
1959 (13) |
1963 (13) |
1967 (13) |
1970 (13) |
1974 (14) |
1978 (14) |
1982 (13) |
1986 (24) |
1990 (16) |
1994 (16) |
1998 (16) |
2002 (16) |
2006 (24) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria |
15th | ||||||||||||||
| Angola |
13th | 13th | 16th | ||||||||||||
| Argentina |
1st | 10th | 8th | 6th | 11th | 12th | 8th | 8th | 2nd | 4th | |||||
| Australia |
12th | 12th | 7th | 5th | 13th | 7th | 5th | 9th | 13th | ||||||
| Brazil |
4th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 3rd | 8th | 4th | 5th | 11th | 10th | 8th | 19th |
| Team | 1950 (10) |
1954 (12) |
1959 (13) |
1963 (13) |
1967 (13) |
1970 (13) |
1974 (14) |
1978 (14) |
1982 (13) |
1986 (24) |
1990 (16) |
1994 (16) |
1998 (16) |
2002 (16) |
2006 (24) |
 Bulgaria |
7th | ||||||||||||||
| Canada |
7th | 11th | 10th | 8th | 6th | 6th | 8th | 12th | 7th | 12th | 13th | ||||
| Central African Republic |
14th | ||||||||||||||
| Chile |
3rd | 10th | 3rd | ||||||||||||
| China |
11th | 12th | 9th | 14th | 8th | 12th | 15th | ||||||||
| Team | 1950 (10) |
1954 (12) |
1959 (13) |
1963 (13) |
1967 (13) |
1970 (13) |
1974 (14) |
1978 (14) |
1982 (13) |
1986 (24) |
1990 (16) |
1994 (16) |
1998 (16) |
2002 (16) |
2006 (24) |
 Chinese Taipei* |
5th | 4th | 13th | ||||||||||||
| Colombia |
7th | ||||||||||||||
| Croatia |
3rd | ||||||||||||||
| Cuba |
8th | 4th | 11th | 15th | |||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia |
6th | 10th | 9th | 10th | / | / | / | / | |||||||
| Team | 1950 (10) |
1954 (12) |
1959 (13) |
1963 (13) |
1967 (13) |
1970 (13) |
1974 (14) |
1978 (14) |
1982 (13) |
1986 (24) |
1990 (16) |
1994 (16) |
1998 (16) |
2002 (16) |
2006 (24) |
| Dominican Republic |
12th | ||||||||||||||
| Ecuador |
8th | ||||||||||||||
 Egypt |
5th | 11th | 13th | 16th | 14th | ||||||||||
| France |
6th | 4th | 5th | 13th | 5th | ||||||||||
| Germany** |
13th | 12th | 3rd | 8th | |||||||||||
| Team | 1950 (10) |
1954 (12) |
1959 (13) |
1963 (13) |
1967 (13) |
1970 (13) |
1974 (14) |
1978 (14) |
1982 (13) |
1986 (24) |
1990 (16) |
1994 (16) |
1998 (16) |
2002 (16) |
2006 (24) |
| Greece |
10th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | ||||||||||
| Israel |
8th | 7th | |||||||||||||
 Italy |
7th | 9th | 4th | 6th | 9th | 6th | 9th | ||||||||
| Ivory Coast |
13th | 13th | |||||||||||||
| Japan |
13th | 11th | 14th | 20th | |||||||||||
| Team | 1950 (10) |
1954 (12) |
1959 (13) |
1963 (13) |
1967 (13) |
1970 (13) |
1974 (14) |
1978 (14) |
1982 (13) |
1986 (24) |
1990 (16) |
1994 (16) |
1998 (16) |
2002 (16) |
2006 (24) |
| South Korea |
11th | 13th | 13th | 15th | 13th | 16th | |||||||||
| Lebanon |
16th | 18th | |||||||||||||
| Lithuania |
7th | 7th | |||||||||||||
| Malaysia |
13th | ||||||||||||||
| Mexico |
13th | 9th | 8th | 9th | |||||||||||
| Team | 1950 (10) |
1954 (12) |
1959 (13) |
1963 (13) |
1967 (13) |
1970 (13) |
1974 (14) |
1978 (14) |
1982 (13) |
1986 (24) |
1990 (16) |
1994 (16) |
1998 (16) |
2002 (16) |
2006 (24) |
| Netherlands |
13th | ||||||||||||||
| Nigeria |
13th | ||||||||||||||
| New Zealand |
4th | 16th | |||||||||||||
| Qatar |
24th | ||||||||||||||
| Panama |
9th | 13th | 23rd | ||||||||||||
| Team | 1950 (10) |
1954 (12) |
1959 (13) |
1963 (13) |
1967 (13) |
1970 (13) |
1974 (14) |
1978 (14) |
1982 (13) |
1986 (24) |
1990 (16) |
1994 (16) |
1998 (16) |
2002 (16) |
2006 (24) |
| Paraguay |
9th | 13th | |||||||||||||
| Peru |
7th | 12th | 12th | 10th | |||||||||||
| Philippines |
3rd | 8th | 13th | 8th | |||||||||||
| Poland |
5th | ||||||||||||||
| Puerto Rico |
5th | 6th | 12th | 7th | 10th | 13th | 4th | 6th | 11th | 7th | 17th | ||||
| Team | 1950 (10) |
1954 (12) |
1959 (13) |
1963 (13) |
1967 (13) |
1970 (13) |
1974 (14) |
1978 (14) |
1982 (13) |
1986 (24) |
1990 (16) |
1994 (16) |
1998 (16) |
2002 (16) |
2006 (24) |
| Russia |
2nd | 2nd | 10th | ||||||||||||
| Senegal |
14th | 15th | |||||||||||||
 Serbia*** |
1st | 1st | 11th | ||||||||||||
| Slovenia |
12th | ||||||||||||||
| Soviet Union |
6th | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | / | / | / | / | ||
| Team | 1950 (10) |
1954 (12) |
1959 (13) |
1963 (13) |
1967 (13) |
1970 (13) |
1974 (14) |
1978 (14) |
1982 (13) |
1986 (24) |
1990 (16) |
1994 (16) |
1998 (16) |
2002 (16) |
2006 (24) |
| Spain |
9th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 10th | 10th | 5th | 5th | 1st | ||||||
| Turkey |
9th | 6th | |||||||||||||
| Uruguay |
6th | 3rd | 10th | 7th | 7th | 11th | 13th | ||||||||
| United States |
1st | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 6th | 3rd | |
 Venezuela |
6th | 4th | 5th | 11th | 14th | 21st | |||||||||
| SFR Yugoslavia**** |
10th | 11th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | / | / | / | / |
Notes: *Previously competed as "Formosa".
**Previously competed as "West Germany".
***Previously competed as "FR Yugoslavia" and "Serbia and Montenegro".
****For continuation, see Serbia.
[edit] Ranking of teams by number of appearances
Shown below are the ten national teams with the most appearances.
| Team | Number of appearances | Record streak | First appearance | Most recent appearance | Best result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil |
18 | 18 | 1950 | 2006 | Champions (1959, 1963) |
| United States |
17 | 17 | 1954 | 2006 | Champions (1954, 1986, 1994) |
| Puerto Rico |
11 | 6 | 1959 | 2006 | 4th place (1990) |
| Canada |
11 | 7 | 1954 | 2002 | 6th place (1978, 1982) |
| Argentina |
10 | 3 | 1950 | 2006 | Champions (1950) |
| SFR Yugoslavia |
10 | 8 | 1950 | 1990 | Champions (1970, 1978, 1990) |
| Spain |
9 | 7 | 1950 | 2006 | Champions (2006) |
| Australia |
9 | 8 | 1970 | 2006 | 5th place (1982, 1994) |
| Uruguay |
7 | 5 | 1954 | 1986 | Bronze medalists (1959) |
| China |
7 | 5 | 1978 | 2006 | 8th place (1994) |
[edit] Performance by confederation
This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation in each tournament.
| Confederation | 1950 (10) |
1954 (12) |
1959 (13) |
1963 (13) |
1967 (13) |
1970 (13) |
1974 (14) |
1978 (14) |
1982 (13) |
1986 (24) |
1990 (16) |
1994 (16) |
1998 (16) |
2002 (16) |
2006 (24) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIBA Africa | 5th | -- | 11th | -- | -- | 13th | 14th | 14th | 13th | 13th | 13th | 14th | 13th | 15th | 10th |
| FIBA Americas | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd |
| FIBA Asia | -- | 3rd | 4th | 13th | 11th | 11th | 13th | 8th | 12th | 9th | 14th | 13th | 14th | 12th | 15th |
| FIBA Europe | 6th | 4th | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| FIBA Oceania | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 12th | 12th | 7th | 5th | 13th | 7th | 5th | 9th | 4th | 13th |
[edit] Note
Several teams were unranked at the 1986 championships when no classification round was held for the eliminated teams.
[edit] References
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