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 | ||||||
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| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1950 | 
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 Argentina |
Finished 1st in Final group |  United States |
 Chile |
Finished 3rd in Final group |  Brazil |
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| 1954 Details |
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United States |
Finished 1st in Final group | Brazil |
 Philippines |
Finished 3rd in Final group |  France |
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| 1959 | 
|
Brazil |
Finished 1st in Final group |  United States |
Chile |
Finished 3rd in Final group |  Formosa |
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| 1963 |
|
Brazil |
Finished 1st in Final group |  Yugoslavia |
 Soviet Union |
Finished 3rd in Final group |  United States |
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| 1967 | 
|
Soviet Union |
Finished 1st in Final group | Yugoslavia |
Brazil |
Finished 3rd in Final group | United States |
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| 1970 | 
|
Yugoslavia |
Finished 1st in Final group | Brazil |
Soviet Union |
Finished 3rd in Final group |  Italy |
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| 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 |
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| 1978 | 
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Yugoslavia |
82-81 (OT) |
Soviet Union |
Brazil |
86-85 | Italy |
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| 1982 | 
Cali |
Soviet Union |
95-94 | United States |
Yugoslavia |
119-117 |  Spain |
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| 1986 | 
|
United States |
87-85 | Soviet Union |
Yugoslavia |
117-91 | Brazil |
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| 1990 | 
|
Yugoslavia |
92-75 | Soviet Union |
United States |
107-105 |  Puerto Rico |
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| 1994 Details |
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United States |
137-91 |  Russia |
 Croatia |
78-60 |  Greece |
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| 1998 Details |
|
 Yugoslavia |
64-62 | Russia |
United States |
84-61 | Greece |
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| 2002 Details |
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Yugoslavia |
84-77 (OT) |
 Argentina |
 Germany |
117-94 |  New Zealand |
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| 2006 Details |
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Spain |
70-47 |
Greece |
United States |
96-81 | Argentina |
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| 2010 Details |
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