Basketball - Men World Championship - Statistics

• Summary by team since 1950

  Team	Victories	First Victory	Last Victory
  United States of America	5	1954	2014
  Yugoslavia	4	1970	1998
  Soviet Union	3	1967	1982
  Spain	2	2006	2019
  Brazil	2	1959	1963
  Germany	1	2023	2023
  Serbia	1	2002	2002
  Argentina	1	1950	1950

• Winners and finalists since 1950

  Team	Winners	Finalists
  United States of America	5	3
  Yugoslavia	4	3
  Soviet Union	3	3
  Brazil	2	2
  Spain	2	0
  Serbia	1	2
  Argentina	1	2
  Germany	1	0
  Russia		2
  Turkiye		1
  Greece		1
  France
  Chile
  Lithuania
  Croatia
  Canada
  Philippines

• Various statistics since 1950
  
  

  Number of appearances

  1	Brazil	19
  2	United States of America	19
  3	Canada	15
  4	Puerto-Rico	15
  5	Argentina	14
  6	Australia	13
  7	Spain	13
  8	Yugoslavia	11
  9	China	10
  10	Italy	10

  Number of matches

  1	United States of America	157
  2	Brazil	138
  3	Argentina	111
  4	Canada	103
  5	Spain	98
  6	Puerto-Rico	95
  7	Yugoslavia	87
  8	Australia	87
  9	Soviet Union	80
  10	Italy	73

  Games per appearance

  1	Israel	9.5
  2	Bulgaria	9
  3	Taiwan	9
  4	Soviet Union	8.9
  5	Cuba	8.5
  6	Poland	8.5
  7	United States of America	8.3
  8	Czech Republic	8
  9	Argentina	7.9
  10	Yugoslavia	7.9

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  Wins

  1	United States of America	128
  2	Brazil	84
  3	Spain	69
  4	Soviet Union	66
  5	Yugoslavia	66
  6	Argentina	65
  7	Italy	43
  8	Australia	41
  9	Puerto-Rico	39
  10	Greece	36

  Number of wins in games played

  1	Soviet Union	83 %
  2	United States of America	82 %
  3	Yugoslavia	76 %
  4	Spain	70 %
  5	Lithuania	67 %
  6	Russia	65 %
  7	Serbia	63 %
  8	Germany	62 %
  9	Turkiye	62 %
  10	Brazil	61 %

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  Losses

  1	Canada	68
  2	Puerto-Rico	56
  3	Brazil	54
  4	Argentina	46
  5	Australia	46
  6	China	46
  7	Republic of Korea	41
  8	Angola	35
  9	Egypt	35
  10	Uruguay	32

  Number of losses in games played

  1	Algeria	100 %
  2	Central African Republic	100 %
  3	Colombia	100 %
  4	Malaysia	100 %
  5	Qatar	100 %
  6	Ivory Coast	95 %
  7	Jordan	90 %
  8	Senegal	86 %
  9	Egypt	85 %
  10	Japan	83 %

• All time table since 1950

  (Based on W=2 pts and D=1 pts)

  	Team	S	Firs	Best	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
  1	United States of America	19	1950	1st	285	157	128	29	13850	11306	+2544
  2	Brazil	19	1950	1st	222	138	84	54	11126	10331	+795
  3	Argentina	14	1950	1st	176	111	65	46	8854	8405	+449
  4	Spain	13	1950	1st	167	98	69	29	8336	7357	+979
  5	Yugoslavia	11	1950	1st	153	87	66	21	7289	6378	+911
  6	Soviet Union	9	1959	1st	146	80	66	14	7157	5666	+1491
  7	Canada	15	1954	3rd	138	103	35	68	7963	8230	-267
  8	Puerto-Rico	15	1959	4th	134	95	39	56	7397	7687	-290
  9	Australia	13	1970	4th	128	87	41	46	6993	7139	-146
  10	Italy	10	1963	4th	116	73	43	30	5911	5588	+323
  11	Greece	9	1986	2nd	97	61	36	25	4842	4683	+159
  12	France	9	1950	3rd	93	61	32	29	4076	4095	-19
  13	China	10	1978	-	80	63	17	46	5184	6015	-831
  14	Serbia	6	2002	1st	67	41	26	15	3586	3126	+460
  15	Uruguay	7	1954	6th	66	49	17	32	3238	3617	-379
  16	Lithuania	6	1998	3rd	65	39	26	13	3101	2836	+265
  17	Angola	9	1986	-	63	49	14	35	3636	4109	-473
  18	Russia	5	1994	2nd	61	37	24	13	2920	2779	+141
  19	Republic of Korea	8	1970	-	59	50	9	41	3919	4833	-914
  20	Germany	6	1994	1st	55	34	21	13	2786	2641	+145
  21	Turkiye	5	2002	2nd	55	34	21	13	2669	2563	+106
  22	Philippines	7	1954	3rd	53	40	13	27	2976	3505	-529
  23	New Zealand	7	1986	4th	52	37	15	22	2894	3177	-283
  24	Cuba	4	1970	4th	51	34	17	17	2695	2676	+19
  25	Czechoslovakia	4	1970	6th	47	30	17	13	2703	2618	+85
  26	Mexico	6	1959	-	47	33	14	19	2443	2502	-59
  27	Egypt	7	1950	5th	47	41	6	35	2611	3350	-739
  28	Slovenia	4	2006	-	34	22	12	10	1796	1786	+10
  29	Japan	6	1963	-	34	29	5	24	1844	2283	-439
  30	Peru	4	1950	-	33	25	8	17	1450	1572	-122
  31	Panama	4	1970	-	33	24	9	15	2018	2145	-127
  32	Croatia	3	1994	3rd	32	20	12	8	1637	1449	+188
  33	Senegal	5	1978	-	32	28	4	24	1919	2320	-401
  34	Chile	3	1950	3rd	28	19	9	10	1025	1071	-46
  35	Venezuela	5	1990	-	28	21	7	14	1656	1859	-203
  36	Israel	2	1954	8th	26	19	7	12	1262	1440	-178
  37	Poland	2	1967	5th	25	17	8	9	1285	1320	-35
  38	Taiwan	2	1954	4th	25	18	7	11	982	1077	-95
  39	Dominican Republic	4	1978	-	24	18	6	12	1357	1510	-153
  40	Nigeria	3	1998	-	23	16	7	9	1225	1195	+30
  41	Ivory Coast	5	1982	-	23	22	1	21	1537	1986	-449
  42	Iran	4	2010	-	19	15	4	11	1024	1145	-121
  43	Lebanon	4	2002	-	16	13	3	10	948	1202	-254
  44	Paraguay	2	1954	-	15	12	3	9	678	888	-210
  45	Bulgaria	1	1959	7th	14	9	5	4	532	512	+20
  46	Tunisia	2	2010	-	13	10	3	7	677	793	-116
  47	Czech Republic	1	2019	-	12	8	4	4	662	651	+11
  48	Jordan	3	2010	-	11	10	1	9	713	928	-215
  49	Netherlands	1	1986	-	7	5	2	3	422	405	+17
  50	Ecuador	1	1950	-	7	5	2	3	222	232	-10
  51	West Germany	1	1986	-	7	5	2	3	382	397	-15
  52	Ukraine	1	2014	-	7	5	2	3	344	369	-25
  53	Central African Republic	1	1974	-	7	7	0	7	477	757	-280
  54	Montenegro	2	2019	-	6	5	1	4	370	406	-36
  55	Finland	2	2014	-	6	5	1	4	342	408	-66
  56	Qatar	1	2006	-	5	5	0	5	310	456	-146
  57	Colombia	1	1982	-	5	5	0	5	394	549	-155
  58	Malaysia	1	1986	-	5	5	0	5	313	539	-226
  59	Algeria	1	2002	-	3	3	0	3	212	308	-96

General Informations

• First edition : 1950
• Editions : 19 (including 2023)
• Official name : FIBA Basketball World Cup
• Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBA_Basketball_World_Cup
• Organiser : Fédération Internationale de Basket-ball (FIBA)
• Official website : http://fiba.com/spain2014
• First winner : Argentina
• Most wins : United States of America (5)
• Most recent winner : Germany