The Basketball World Championships (official name is FIBA World Championship) is primarily the most influential basketball event in the world. Its champion is determined from over 200 countries and regions that form FIBA, the International Federation of Basketball.
Basketball World Championships made its official debut in
The most triumphant teams in the relatively short history of the Basketball World Championships are the
Starting from 2006, the number of teams-participants will raise from 16 to 24. The following categories of teams will qualify for the 2006 Basketball World Championships: the Champion of 2004 Olympics, the host nation, and regions/nations - winners of the preliminary games of
Past and future basketball championships:
1950 -- Host country: Argentina; World Champion: Argentina; Team: Bustos, Contarbio, Del Vechio, Perez varela, Viau, Menini, Liva, Furlong, Gonzalez, Monza, Uder, López
1954 -- Host country: Brazil; World Champion: USA; Team: Penwell, Retheford, Minter, Waine, Stratton, Johnson, Kelley, Sheets, Hamilton, Solomon, Born.
1959 -- Host country: Chile; World Champion: Brazil; Team: Azevedo, Marqques, Pasos, Boccardo, Freitas, Senra, De Souza, Dos Santos, Schall, Da Nobrega, Blatkauskas, Fonseca.
1963 -- Host country:
1967 -- Host country:
1970 -- Host country: SFR Yugoslavia; World Champion: SFR Yugoslavia; Team: Daneau, Cermak, Cosic, Jelovac, Plecas, Kapicic, Rajkovic, Simonovic, Solman, Skansi, Tvrdic, Zeravic, Zorga.
1974 -- Host country: Puerto Rico; World Champion:
1978 -- Host country:
1982 -- Host country:
1986 -- Host country:
1990 -- Host country:
1994 -- Host country:
1998 -- Host country: Greece; World Champion: FR Yugoslavia; Team: V. Scepanovic, D. Bodiroga, S. Obradovic, D. Lukovski, N. Loncar, A. Djordjevic, M. Beric, Z. Rebraca, N. Bulatovic, P. Drobnjak,D. M. Topic, Tomasevic.
2002 -- Host country:
2006 -- Host country: Japan.
2010 -- Host country: Turkey.
Discovering the Basketball World Championships
Added: 10/01/2006
In 2006 the world's best players will be brought together in Japan to compete for honour, pride, and the title of "World Champion." The 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan will be the first Basketball World Championships to be held in Asia after the 28-year interruption after it was held in Philippines.
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