List of FIBA Basketball World Cup Winners, Germany 2023 Champions

FIBA Basketball World Cup Champions by year: All-time winners list, history since 1950.

USA & Yugoslavia (Serbia) has Won the most FIBA Basketball World Cup 5 times each, while the Germany holds the current FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 title Champions.



Dennis Schroder scored 28 points, Franz Wagner added 19 and Germany capped off an unbeaten run through the World Cup by holding off Serbia 83-77 in the final on Sunday night. It was Germany’s first Basketball World Cup title; before now, its top showing in the event was a bronze at Indianapolis in 2002.

FIBA Basketball World Cup History & Facts.

FIBA Basketball World Cup is organized by International Basketball Federation (FIBA) b/w the members of FIBA basketball men national teams around the World.

The FIBA World Cup known as FIBA World Championship b/w 1950 to 2010.

FIBA World Cup are held every 4 years since 1950 except on 2 occasions.

The 1st FIBA World Championship 1950 was held & won by Argentina.

First time in history in 1994 the NBA players joined the FIBA World Championship.

After 2014 the FIBA had made important changes in the competition, by expanding the 24 to 32 teams.

USA & Yugoslavia (Serbia) has Won the most FIBA World Cup -Championship 5th times, on 2nd Russia( Soviet Union) has won the title 3rd time of FIBA World Cup.

FIBA 2023: Germany beat Serbia 83-77 to wins the Basketball World Cup for the first time in Manila, Philippines..

Qualifying Round for FIBA Basketball World Cup.

For qualifying for FIBA WC, the following teams are elected across the World.


FIBA Euro Basket - Europe – 12 berths

FIBA Africa Championship - Africa – 5 berths

FIBA Americas Championship - North, Central, and South America – 7 berths

FIBA Asia and Oceania Championship - – 8 berths

Include Host team – 1 berth


Total Teams = 32

FIBA Basketball World Cup Format, how it works.

Teams in each group play each other once. The top two teams from each group advance to the second round where they will play the top two teams of another group.

All teams will carry their win-loss record from the group stage into either the second round, or the classification round.

The top eight teams of the second round advance to the knockout quarterfinals, where the winners advance to the semifinals and then to the championship game. The bottom eight will play a series of knockout games to determine the 9th to 16th placers.

Who won the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.?

 - Germany won their first FIBA Basketball World Cup crown by beating Serbia 83-77 on Sunday in Manila.

Germany leaned on a 22-10 surge in the third quarter to build a cushion, and never let go of the lead to win the World Cup's first all-European final since 2006.

Full List of FIBA Basketball World Cup Winners by year, Runners-up 1950-2023

Year-Host  —  Gold-Champion  — Runner-Up  —  3rd-Place —  Teams



1950  Argentina — Argentina -   United States - Chile — 10

1954  Brazil — United States -   Brazil - Philippines — 12

1959  Chile — Brazil -   United States - Chile — 13

1963  Brazil — Brazil -   Yugoslavia - Russia — 13

1967  Uruguay — USSR (Russia) -   Yugoslavia - Brazil — 13

1970  Yugoslavia — Yugoslavia -   Brazil - Russia — 13

1974  Puerto Rico — USSR (Russia) —   Yugoslavia - United States — 14

1978  Philippines — Yugoslavia -   Russia - Brazil — 14

1982  Colombia — USSR (Russia) -   United States - Yugoslavia — 13

1986  Spain — United States -    Russia - Yugoslavia — 24

1990  Argentina — Yugoslavia -    Russia - United States — 16

1994  Canada — United States -   Russia - Croatia — 16

1998  Greece — Yugoslavia -   Russia - United States — 16

2002  USA — Yugoslavia -   Argentina - Germany — 16

2006  Japan — Spain -   Greece - United States — 24

2010  Turkey — United States -   Turkey - Lithuania — 24

2014  Spain — United States -   Serbia - France — 24

2019     China — Spain -     Argentina - France — 32

2023     PHI,JP, INDO — Germany  - Serbia  - Canada  - 32  --  

Who has won the Most FIBA Basketball World Cups.?

The United States and Yugoslavia are tied for the most gold medals at the FIBA World Cup with 5. Here's a list of all the countries that have won:

United States (5)

Yugoslavia (5)

Soviet Union (3)

Brazil (2)

Spain (2)

Argentina (1)

Germany (1)

Who won the last FIBA World Cup?

Spain won the last Basketball World Cup 2019, defeating Argentina 95-75 in the final scores.

Who will host the 2023 FIBA World Cup?

The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup will be held from August 25 to September 10 in the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia.








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