World Men Basketball Championships

Editions

Edition	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1950 World Men Basketball Championships	Buenos Aires	ARG	22 October – 4 November 1950	1	119	10
1954 World Men Basketball Championships	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	23 October – 5 November 1954	1	146	12
1959 World Men Basketball Championships	various cities	CHI	16 – 31 January 1959	1	151	13
1963 World Men Basketball Championships	various cities	BRA	12 – 25 May 1963	1	156	13
1967 World Men Basketball Championships	various cities	URU	27 May – 11 June 1967	1	155	13
1970 World Men Basketball Championships	various cities	YUG	10 – 24 May 1970	1	156	13
1974 World Men Basketball Championships	Ponce, Caguas, and San Juan	PUR	3 – 14 July 1974	1	168	14
1978 World Men Basketball Championships	Manila and Quezon City	PHI	1 – 14 October 1978	1	167	14
1982 World Men Basketball Championships	various cities	COL	15 – 28 August 1982	1	156	13
1986 World Men Basketball Championships	various cities	ESP	5 – 20 July 1986	1	288	24
1990 World Men Basketball Championships	various cities	ARG	8 – 19 August 1990	1	192	16
1994 World Men Basketball Championships	Toronto and Hamilton	CAN	4 – 14 August 1994	1	192	16
1998 World Men Basketball Championships	Athina	GRE	29 July – 9 August 1998	1	192	16
2002 World Men Basketball Championships	Indianapolis	USA	29 August – 8 September 2002	1	192	16
2006 World Men Basketball Championships	various cities	JPN	19 August – 3 September 2006	1	288	24
2010 World Men Basketball Championships	various cities	TUR	28 August – 12 September 2010	1	288	24
2014 World Men Basketball Championships	various cities	ESP	30 August – 14 September 2014	1	288	24
2019 World Men Basketball Championships	various cities	CHN	31 August – 15 September 2019	1	384	32
2023 World Men Basketball Championships	various cities	MUL	25 August – 10 September 2023	1	384	32

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	United States	USA	5	3	4	12
2	Soviet Union	URS	3	3	2	8
=	Yugoslavia	YUG	3	3	2	8
4	Brazil	BRA	2	2	2	6
5	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	2	0	0	2
=	Spain	ESP	2	0	0	2
7	Argentina	ARG	1	2	0	3
8	Germany	GER	1	0	1	2
9	Russia	RUS	0	2	0	2
=	Serbia	SRB	0	2	0	2
11	Greece	GRE	0	1	0	1
=	Turkey	TUR	0	1	0	1
13	Chile	CHI	0	0	2	2
=	France	FRA	0	0	2	2
15	Canada	CAN	0	0	1	1
=	Croatia	CRO	0	0	1	1
=	Lithuania	LTU	0	0	1	1
=	Philippines	PHI	0	0	1	1