FIBA World Championship

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The FIBA World Championship (also called the Basketball World Championship) is a world basketball tournament for national teams held quadrennially by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).

[edit] Tournaments

Year	Host Country/City		Gold medal game				Bronze medal game
			Gold	Score	Silver		Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1950	Buenos Aires		Argentina	Finished 1st in Final group	United States		Chile	Finished 3rd in Final group	Brazil
1954 Details	Rio de Janeiro		United States	Finished 1st in Final group	Brazil		Philippines	Finished 3rd in Final group	France
1959	Santiago		Brazil	Finished 1st in Final group	United States		Chile	Finished 3rd in Final group	Formosa
1963	Rio de Janeiro		Brazil	Finished 1st in Final group	Yugoslavia		Soviet Union	Finished 3rd in Final group	United States
1967	Montevideo		Soviet Union	Finished 1st in Final group	Yugoslavia		Brazil	Finished 3rd in Final group	United States
1970	Ljubljana		Yugoslavia	Finished 1st in Final group	Brazil		Soviet Union	Finished 3rd in Final group	Italy
1974	San Juan		Soviet Union	Finished tied for 1st in Final group, won via points difference	Yugoslavia		United States	Finished tied for 1st in Final group, lost via points difference	Cuba
1978	Manila		Yugoslavia	82-81 (OT)	Soviet Union		Brazil	86-85	Italy
1982	Cali		Soviet Union	95-94	United States		Yugoslavia	119-117	Spain
1986	Madrid		United States	87-85	Soviet Union		Yugoslavia	117-91	Brazil
1990	Buenos Aires		Yugoslavia	92-75	Soviet Union		United States	107-105	Puerto Rico
1994 Details	Toronto		United States	137-91	Russia		Croatia	78-60	Greece
1998 Details	Athens		Yugoslavia	64-62	Russia		United States	84-61	Greece
2002 Details	Indianapolis		Yugoslavia	84-77 (OT)	Argentina		Germany	117-94	New Zealand
2006 Details	Japan		Spain	70-47	Greece		United States	96-81	Argentina
2010 Details	Turkey