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 |   |  Argentina | Finished 1st in Final group |  United States |  Chile | Finished 3rd in Final group |  Brazil | ||
| 1954 Details |   |  United States | Finished 1st in Final group |  Brazil |  Philippines | Finished 3rd in Final group |  France | ||
| 1959 |   |  Brazil | Finished 1st in Final group |  United States |  Chile | Finished 3rd in Final group |  Formosa | ||
| 1963 |   |  Brazil | Finished 1st in Final group |  Yugoslavia |  Soviet Union | Finished 3rd in Final group |  United States | ||
| 1967 |   |  Soviet Union | Finished 1st in Final group |  Yugoslavia |  Brazil | Finished 3rd in Final group |  United States | ||
| 1970 |   |  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 |   |  Yugoslavia | 82-81 (OT) |  Soviet Union |  Brazil | 86-85 |  Italy | ||
| 1982 |   Cali |  Soviet Union | 95-94 |  United States |  Yugoslavia | 119-117 |  Spain | ||
| 1986 |   |  United States | 87-85 |  Soviet Union |  Yugoslavia | 117-91 |  Brazil | ||
| 1990 |   |  Yugoslavia | 92-75 |  Soviet Union |  United States | 107-105 |  Puerto Rico | ||
| 1994 Details |   |  United States | 137-91 |  Russia |  Croatia | 78-60 |  Greece | ||
| 1998 Details |   |  Yugoslavia | 64-62 |  Russia |  United States | 84-61 |  Greece | ||
| 2002 Details |   |  Yugoslavia | 84-77 (OT) |  Argentina |  Germany | 117-94 |  New Zealand | ||
| 2006 Details |   |  Spain | 70-47 |  Greece |  United States | 96-81 |  Argentina | ||
| 2010 Details |   | ||||||||

