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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 January 2025. Basketball tournament For the women's tournament, see FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. FIBA Basketball World Cup Upcoming season or competition: 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup Sport Basketball Founded 1950 ; 75 years ago (1950) First season 1950 No. of teams 32 (finals) Countries FIBA ...
The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 19th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men's national basketball teams, held from 25 August to 10 September 2023. The tournament was the second to feature 32 teams and was hosted by multiple nations for the first time in its history—the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia.
The World Cup for Clubs has been contended mainly by the champions of the continents and/or world geographical regions that are of the highest basketball levels. Instead of the National Basketball Association (NBA) champions, which is widely considered the most prestigious basketball league in the world, the North American spot is usually ...
The FIBA Basketball World Cup is an international basketball competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been held every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1950 (the 1958 tournament was postponed to 1959 and ...
The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup included teams whose rosters consisted of 12 players; a team may opted to have one naturalized player as per FIBA eligibility rules in their roster. [1] [2] [3] Age and club were as of the start of the tournament, 25 August 2023. [4]
It will be the first FIBA Basketball World Cup to be held in the Arab world, and the third straight to be held in Asia after the 2019 tournament in China and the 2023 edition co-hosted by the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia. Qatar will also be the third Muslim country to host, after the 2010 edition in Turkey and 2023 edition in Indonesia. [1]
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The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 18th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men's national basketball teams, held from 31 August to 15 September 2019. . The tournament was hosted in China and was rescheduled from 2018 to 2019, becoming the first since 1967 that did not occur in the same year as the FIFA World Cup (which was held the previous ye