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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 65 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.

Germany is the current World Champion, winning the gold medal game against Serbia at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Debut of teams

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A total of 65 national teams have appeared in at least one FIBA Basketball World Cup in the history of the tournament through the 2023 competition. 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,  Yugoslavia[1] 10
1954  Canada,  Taiwan,[2]  Israel,  Paraguay,  Philippines,  Uruguay 6
1959  Bulgaria,  Mexico,  Puerto Rico,  Soviet Union,[3]  United Arab Republic 5
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,  Russia[3] 3
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  Cape Verde,  Georgia,[3]  Latvia,[3]  South Sudan 4
2027 TBD
Total 65

Tournament format

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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
2027

Team results

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Legend:

  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runner-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF — Knockout quarterfinals (1998–present)
  • R2 — Second round group (1950–1994, 2019–present)
  • 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
2027
Qatar
Total
 Algeria Part of France R1
15th
× × 1
 Angola Part of Portugal R1
13th
R1
13th
R1
16th
R2
11th
R2
9th
R2
15th
R1
17th
R1
27th
R1
26th
9
 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
R2
5th
R1
13th
R2
7th
R2
5th
R2
9th
R2
9th
R2
10th
R2
12th
SF
4th
R2
10th
13
 Brazil R2
4th
R2
2nd
R2
1st
R2
1st
R2
3rd
R2
2nd
R2
6th
SF
3rd
R1
8th
SF
4th
R2
5th
R1
11th
R2
10th
QF
8th
R1
17th
R2
9th
QF
6th
R2
13th
R2
13th
19
 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
R2
12th
R1
13th
R1
22nd
R1
21st
SF
3rd
15
 Cape Verde R1
28th
1
 Central African Republic R1
14th
1
 Chile R2
3rd
R1
10th
R2
3rd
3
 China R1
11th
R1
12th
R2
9th
R1
14th
R2
8th
R2
12th
R2
9th
R2
16th
R1
24th
R1
29th
10
 Chinese Taipei[6]
 Formosa 1954, 1959
R2
5th
R2
4th
2
 Colombia R2
7th
× 1
 Croatia Part of Yugoslavia 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
R2
14th
4
 Ecuador R1
8th
× × × 1
 Egypt
 United Arab Republic 1959, 1970
R2
5th
R1
11th
R1
13th
R1
16th
R1
14th
× R1
24th
R1
20th
7
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
2027
Qatar
Total
 Finland × R1
22nd
R1
21st
2
 France R2
6th
R2
4th
R2
5th
R1
13th
QF
5th
R2
13th
SF
3rd
SF
3rd
R1
18th
9
 Georgia Part of the Soviet Union R2
16th
1
 Germany[8]
 West Germany 1986
R1
13th
R1
12th
SF
3rd
QF
8th
R1
17th
R1
18th
F
1st
7
 Greece R2
10th
R2
6th
SF
4th
SF
4th
F
2nd
R2
11th
R2
9th
R2
11th
R2
15th
9
 Indonesia 0
 Iran R1
19th
R1
20th
R1
23rd
R1
31st
4
 Israel R2
8th
R2
7th
2
 Italy R2
7th
R1
9th
R2
4th
SF
4th
R2
6th
R1
9th
QF
6th
R2
9th
R2
10th
QF
8th
10
 Ivory Coast R1
13th
R1
13th
R1
21st
R1
29th
R1
27th
5
 Japan R1
13th
R1
11th
R1
14th
R1
17th
R1
31st
R1
19th
6
 Jordan R1
23rd
R1
28th
R1
32nd
3
 Latvia Part of the Soviet Union QF
5th
1
 Lebanon R1
16th
R1
17th
R1
20th
R1
23rd
4
 Lithuania Part of the Soviet Union QF
7th
QF
7th
SF
3rd
SF
4th
R2
9th
QF
6th
6
 Malaysia R1
13th
× × 1
 Mexico R1
13th
R1
9th
R1
8th
R1
9th
R2
14th
R1
25th
6
 Montenegro Part of Yugoslavia Part of Serbia × R1
25th
R2
11th
2
 Netherlands R1
13th
× 1
 New Zealand R1
13th
SF
4th
R2
9th
R2
12th
R2
15th
R1
19th
R1
22nd
7
 Nigeria R1
13th
R2
9th
R1
17th
3
 North Korea WD × × × × × 0
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
2027
Qatar
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
R1
24th
7
 Poland R2
5th
QF
8th
2
 Puerto Rico R2
5th
R2
6th
R1
12th
R2
7th
R1
10th
R1
13th
SF
4th
R2
6th
R2
11th
QF
7th
R1
17th
R1
18th
R1
19th
R2
15th
R2
12th
15
 Qatar R1
21st
× Q 2
 Russia Part of the Soviet Union F
2nd
F
2nd
R2
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
F
2nd
5
 Slovenia Part of Yugoslavia R2
9th
QF
8th
QF
7th
QF
7th
4
 South Korea R1
11th
R1
13th
R1
13th
R1
15th
R1
13th
R1
16th
R1
23rd
R1
26th
× 8
 South Sudan Part of Sudan × × R1
17th
1
 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
SF
4th
R2
5th
R1
10th
R1
10th
QF
5th
QF
5th
F
1st
QF
6th
QF
5th
F
1st
R2
9th
13
 Tunisia R1
24th
R1
20th
2
 Turkey R2
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
SF
4th
19
 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
R1
30th
5
 Yugoslavia[9]
 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 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

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Team App Record
streak
Active
streak
Debut Most recent Best result (* hosts)
 United States 19 19 19 1950 2023 Champions (1954, 1986, 1994, 2010, 2014)
 Brazil 19 19 19 1950 2023 Champions (1959, 1963*)
 Canada 15 9 2 1954 2023 Third place (2023)
 Puerto Rico 15 10 10 1959 2023 Fourth place (1990)
 Argentina 14 9 0 1950 2019 Champions (1950*)
 Australia 13 8 5 1970 2023 Fourth place (2019)
 Spain 13 11 11 1950 2023 Champions (2006, 2019)
 Yugoslavia 10 8 -- 1950 1990 Champions (1970*, 1978, 1990)
 China 10 5 2 1978 2023 8th (1994)
 Italy 10 3 2 1963 2023 Fourth place (1970, 1978)
 France 9 5 5 1950 2023 Third place (2014, 2019)
 Greece 9 5 5 1986 2023 Runners-up (2006)
 Soviet Union 9 9 -- 1959 1990 Champions (1967, 1974, 1982)
 Angola 9 6 6 1986 2023 9th (2006)
 South Korea 8 4 0 1970 2019 11th (1970)
 Uruguay 7 5 0 1954 1986 6th (1954)
 Philippines 7 3 3 1954 2023 Third place (1954)
 New Zealand 7 6 6 1986 2023 Fourth place (2002)
 Germany 7 3 2 1986 2023 Champions (2023)
 Egypt 7 2 1 1950 2023 5th (1950)
 Japan 6 2 2 1963 2023 11th (1967)
 Lithuania 6 5 5 1998 2023 Third place (2010)
 Mexico 6 3 1 1959 2023 8th (1967)
 Russia 5 3 0 1994 2019 Runners-up (1994, 1998)
 Senegal 5 2 0 1978 2019 14th (1978)
 Turkey 5 5 0 2002 2019 Runners-up (2010*)
 Ivory Coast 5 2 2 1982 2023 13th (1982, 1986)
 Venezuela 5 2 2 1990 2023 11th (1990)
 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)
 Lebanon 4 3 1 2002 2023 16th (2002)
 Slovenia 4 3 1 2006 2023 7th (2014, 2023)
 Iran 4 4 4 2010 2023 19th (2010)
 Dominican Republic 4 3 3 1978 2023 12th (1978)
 Serbia 4 4 4 2010 2023 Runners-up (2014, 2023)
 Chile 3 3 0 1950 1959 Third place (1950, 1959)
 Serbia and Montenegro 3 3 -- 1998 2006 Champions (1998, 2002)
 Croatia 3 2 0 1994 2014 Third place (1994)
 Nigeria 3 1 0 1998 2019 9th (2006)
 Jordan 3 2 2 2010 2023 23rd (2010)
 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 0 1967 2019 5th (1967)
 Tunisia 2 1 0 2010 2019 20th (2019)
 Finland 2 1 1 2014 2023 21st (2023)
 Montenegro 2 2 2 2019 2023 11th (2023)
 Qatar 2 1 1 2006 2027 21st (2006)
 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)
 Ukraine 1 1 0 2014 2014 18th (2014)
 Czech Republic 1 1 0 2019 2019 6th (2019)
 Latvia 1 1 1 2023 2023 5th (2023)
 Georgia 1 1 1 2023 2023 16th (2023)
 South Sudan 1 1 1 2023 2023 17th (2023)
 Cape Verde 1 1 1 2023 2023 28th (2023)

Overall won/lost records

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Team App Played Won Lost %
 United States 19 166 134 32 80.7
 Brazil 19 149 90 59 60.4
 Spain 17 105 74 31 70.5
 Soviet Union 9 80 66 14 82.5
 Argentina 14 112 65 47 58
 Yugoslavia 10 78 58 20 74.4
 Italy 10 82 47 35 57.3
 Australia 13 98 43 55 43.9
 Puerto Rico 15 103 43 60 41.7
 Canada 15 115 45 70 39.1
 Greece 9 66 38 28 57.6
 France 9 68 37 31 54.4
 Lithuania 6 49 33 16 67.3
 Germany 7 49 31 18 63.3
 Russia 5 39 25 14 64.1
 Turkey 5 38 24 14 63.2
 Cuba 4 35 18 17 51.4
 China 10 68 18 50 26.5
 Uruguay 7 50 17 33 34
 Mexico 6 40 19 21 47.5
 Czechoslovakia 4 30 17 13 56.7
 Serbia 4 34 23 11 67.6
 Serbia and Montenegro 3 24 17 7 70.8
 Angola 9 56 16 40 28.6
 New Zealand 7 42 17 25 40.5
 Philippines 7 45 14 31 31.1
 Slovenia 4 30 17 13 56.7
 Croatia 3 20 12 8 60
 South Korea 8 51 10 41 19.6
 Peru 4 27 10 17 37
 Panama 4 25 9 16 36
 Chile 3 19 9 10 47.4
 Venezuela 5 28 8 20 28.6
 Poland 2 17 8 9 47.1
 Chinese Taipei 2 18 7 11 38.9
 Israel 2 18 7 11 38.9
 Nigeria 3 16 7 9 43.8
 Egypt 7 47 8 39 17
 Dominican Republic 4 23 9 14 39.1
 Japan 6 36 8 28 22.2
 Bulgaria 1 9 5 4 55.6
 Senegal 5 28 4 24 14.3
 Iran 4 20 4 16 20
 Latvia 1 8 6 2 75
 South Sudan 1 5 3 2 60
 Czech Republic 1 8 4 4 50
 Lebanon 4 20 5 15 25
 Paraguay 2 13 3 10 23.1
 Tunisia 2 10 3 7 30
 Montenegro 2 10 4 6 40
 Ecuador 1 5 2 3 40
 Netherlands 1 5 2 3 40
 Ukraine 1 5 2 3 40
 Finland 2 10 3 6 20
 Georgia 1 5 2 3 40
 Algeria 1 5 1 4 20
 Cape Verde 1 5 1 4 20
 Ivory Coast 5 27 2 25 7.4
 Jordan 3 15 1 14 6.7
 Central African Republic 1 7 0 7 0
 Colombia 1 6 0 6 0
 Malaysia 1 5 0 5 0
 Qatar 1 5 0 5 0

Performance of host nations

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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*
 Argentina Champions† Final round
 Brazil Runners-up‡ Final round
 Chile Third place† Final round
 Brazil Champions† Final round
 Uruguay Seventh place Final round
 Yugoslavia Champions† Final round
 Puerto Rico Seventh place Final round
 Philippines Eighth place Final round
 Colombia Seventh place† Final round
 Spain Fifth place‡ Final round
 Argentina Eighth place Second round
 Canada Seventh place Preliminary round
 Greece Fourth place‡ Third place playoff
 United States Sixth place Quarter-finals
 Japan Seventeenth place Preliminary round
 Turkey Runners-up† Final
 Spain Fifth place Quarter-finals
 China 24th place Preliminary round
 Philippines 24th place Preliminary round
 Japan 19th place Preliminary round
 Indonesia Did not qualify Did not qualify
 Qatar TBD TBD

*excluding classification rounds.

Performance of defending finalists

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Year Defending champions Finish Defending runners-up Finish
 Argentina Did not participate  United States Champions
 United States Runners-up  Brazil Champions
 Brazil Champions  United States Fourth place
 Brazil Third place  Yugoslavia Runners-up
 Soviet Union Third place  Yugoslavia Champions
 Yugoslavia Runners-up  Brazil Sixth place
 Soviet Union Runners-up  Yugoslavia Champions
 Yugoslavia Third place  Soviet Union Champions
 Soviet Union Runners-up  United States Champions
 United States Third place  Soviet Union Runners-up
 Yugoslavia Dissolved  Soviet Union Dissolved
 United States Third place  Russia Runners-up
 FR Yugoslavia Champions  Russia Tenth place
 Serbia and Montenegro Round of 16  Argentina Fourth place
 Spain Sixth place  Greece Eleventh place
 United States Champions  Turkey Eighth place
 United States Seventh place  Serbia Fifth place
 Spain Ninth place  Argentina Did not qualify

Performance by confederation

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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)
2027
Qatar
(32)
FIBA Africa 5th 11th 13th 14th 14th 13th 13th 13th 14th 13th 15th 9th 15th 16th 17th 17th TBD
FIBA Americas 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 3rd 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 3rd TBD
FIBA Asia 3rd 4th 13th 11th 11th 13th 8th 12th 9th 14th 8th 14th 12th 9th 16th 20th 23rd 19th TBD
FIBA Europe 6th 4th 6th 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st TBD
FIBA Oceania 12th 12th 7th 5th 13th 7th 5th 9th 4th 9th 10th 12th 4th 10th TBD

Number of teams by confederation

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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)
2027
Qatar
(32)
FIBA Africa 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 TBD
FIBA Americas 6 7 8 8 8 6 6 5 6 8 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 7 7 TBD
FIBA Asia 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 6 6 TBD
FIBA Europe 3 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 5 5 6 5 9 10 10 12 12 TBD
FIBA Oceania 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 TBD

Notes and references

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  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 e f 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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