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FIBA Basketball World Cup records are the records attained throughout the history of the FIBA Basketball World Cup .
From 1959 to 1982, the host qualified directly to the final round, thus bypassing the preliminary round (group stages). As a result, the host's final rank would no worse than the number of teams in the final round (between six and eight); however, from 1986 the host was made to compete in the preliminary round.
However, the success rate of hosts winning the tournament is rather low (14%, 3 of 18), as compared to the FIFA World Cup's success rate of 22% (6 of 21); furthermore, no host has won the championship since Yugoslavia won in 1970, and only one host since then has won any type of medal (Turkey with a silver medal in 2010).
Year | Host country | When hosting | Better when hosting? | When not hosting | ||
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Performance | Stage | Performance | Stage | |||
1950 | Argentina | Champions | Final round (1st of 6) | Yes | Runner-up | Final |
1954 | Brazil | Runner-up | Final round (2nd of 8) | No | Champions | Final round (1st of 7) |
1959 | Chile | Third place | Final round (3rd of 7) | No | Third place | Final round (3rd of 6) |
1963 | Brazil | Champions | Final round (1st of 7) | No | Champions | Final round (1st of 7) |
1967 | Uruguay | Seventh place | Final round (7th of 7) | No | Third place | Final round (3rd of 7) |
1970 | Yugoslavia | Champions | Final round (1st of 7) | No | Champions | Final |
1974 | Puerto Rico | Seventh place | Final round (7th of 8) | No | Fourth place | Semifinals |
1978 | Philippines | Eighth place | Final round (8th of 8) | No | Third place | Final round (3rd of 7) |
1982 | Colombia | Seventh place | Final round (7th of 7) | Not applicable — only appearance is when they hosted | ||
1986 | Spain | Fifth place | 5th-place playoffs | No | Champions | Final |
1990 | Argentina | Eighth place | Second round (4th of 4) | No | Runner-up | Final |
1994 | Canada | Seventh place | 5th-place playoffs | No | Third place | Final round (3rd of 8) |
1998 | Greece | Fourth place | Semifinals | No | Runner-up | Final |
2002 | United States | Sixth place | Quarterfinals | No | Champions | Final |
2006 | Japan | Seventeenth place | Preliminary round (5th of 6) | No | 11th place | Classification round (4th of 6) |
2010 | Turkey | Runner-up | Final | Yes | Sixth place | Quarterfinals |
2014 | Spain | Fifth place | Quarterfinals | No | Champions | Final |
2019 | China | Twenty-fourth place | Preliminary round (3rd of 4) | No | Eighth place | 7th place classification game |
2023 | Philippines | Twenty-fourth place | Preliminary round (4th of 4) | No | Third place | Final round (3rd of 7) |
Indonesia | Non-participating host | — | Never qualified | |||
Japan | Nineteenth place | Preliminary round (3rd of 4) | No | Eleventh place | Classification round (4th of 6) | |
2027 | Qatar | [ to be determined ] | [ to be determined ] | [ to be determined ] | Twenty-first place | Preliminary round (6th of 6) |
Rank | Nation | Number of appearances | Years in semifinals |
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1. | United States | 15 | (1950, 1954, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2023) |
2. | Yugoslavia / FR Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) | 10 | (1963, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002) |
3. | Brazil | 8 | (1950, 1954, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1970, 1978, 1986) |
Soviet Union | 8 | (1963, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990) | |
5. | Argentina | 4 | (1950, 2002, 2006, 2019) |
6. | France | 3 | (1954, 2014, 2019) |
Greece | 3 | (1994, 1998, 2006) | |
Spain | 3 | (1982, 2006, 2019) | |
Serbia | 3 | (2010, 2014, 2023) | |
9. | Chile | 2 | (1950, 1959) |
Italy | 2 | (1970, 1978) | |
Lithuania | 2 | (2010, 2014) | |
Russia | 2 | (1994, 1998) | |
Germany | 2 | (2002, 2023) | |
14. | Philippines | 1 | (1954) |
Formosa | 1 | (1959) | |
Cuba | 1 | (1974) | |
Puerto Rico | 1 | (1990) | |
Croatia | 1 | (1994) | |
New Zealand | 1 | (2002) | |
Turkey | 1 | (2010) | |
Australia | 1 | (2019) | |
Canada | 1 | (2023) |
Year | Player | Scoring Average |
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Álvaro Salvadores | 13.8 | |
Oscar Moglia | 18.7 | |
James T. L. Chen | 20.1 | |
Ricardo Duarte | 23.1 | |
Mieczysław Łopatka | 19.7 | |
Shin Dong-pa | 32.6 | |
Arturo Guerrero | 27.0 | |
Kamil Brabenec | 26.9 | |
Rolando Frazer | 24.4 | |
Nikos Galis | 33.7 | |
Oscar Schmidt | 34.6 | |
Andrew Gaze | 23.9 | |
Alberto Herreros | 17.9 | |
Dirk Nowitzki | 24.0 | |
Yao Ming | 25.3 | |
Luis Scola | 27.1 | |
J. J. Barea | 22.0 | |
Ra Gun-ah | 23.0 | |
Luka Dončić | 27.0 |
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# | Player | Games Played | Points Scored | Scoring Average |
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1. | Oscar Schmidt | 34 | 906 | 26.7 |
2. | Luis Scola | 41 | 716 | 17.5 |
3. | Andrew Gaze | 29 | 594 | 20.5 |
4. | Dražen Dalipagić | 35 | 563 | 16.1 |
5. | José Rafael Ortiz | 33 | 511 | 15.5 |
6. | Marcel De Souza | 37 | 494 | 13.6 |
7. | Dragan Kićanović | 25 | 491 | 19.7 |
8. | Pau Gasol | 24 | 482 | 20.1 |
9. | Ubiratan Pereira Maciel | 41 | 474 | 11.6 |
10. | Panagiotis Giannakis | 26 | 469 | 18.0 |
11. | Juan Carlos Navarro | 33 | 462 | 14.0 |
12. | Kirk Penney | 27 | 447 | 16.6 |
13. | Bogdan Bogdanović | 25 | 444 | 17.8 |
14. | Wlamir Marques | 31 | 437 | 10.7 |
15. | Amaury Pasos | 33 | 434 | 13.2 |
Antonello Riva | 18 | 24.1 |
# | Player | Games Played | Points Scored | Scoring Average |
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1. | Nikos Galis | 10 | 337 | 33.7 |
2. | Shin Dong-pa | 8 | 261 | 32.6 |
3. | Luka Dončić | 8 | 216 | 27.0 |
4. | Oscar Schmidt | 34 | 906 | 26.7 |
5. | Zhang Weiping | 7 | 177 | 25.3 |
6. | Ed Palubinskas | 172 | 24.6 | |
7. | Antonello Riva | 18 | 434 | 24.1 |
8. | Dirk Nowitzki | 425 | 23.6 | |
9. | Wilfredo Ruiz Bruno | 7 | 164 | 23.4 |
10. | Ra Gun-ah | 5 | 115 | 23.0 |
Year | Round | Rivals | Extra Periods | Ref. |
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2006 | Preliminary Round | Angola 103–108 Germany | 3 | [8] [9] |
2019 | Semi-finals | Spain 95–88 Australia | 2 | [10] [11] |
1970 | Preliminary Round | Brazil 94–93 Italy | [12] [13] | |
2002 | Eighth-Final Round | Puerto Rico 89–87 Angola | [14] [15] | |
2010 | Preliminary Round | Serbia 81–82 Germany | [16] [17] | |
1967 | Classification Round | Puerto Rico 79–86 Japan | [18] [19] | |
1950 | Classification Round | Yugoslavia 43–46 Peru | [20] [21] |
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*describes age on first day of the tournament
# | Year | Round | Rivals | Team score |
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1. | 1978 | Preliminary Round | Brazil 154 - 97 China | 154 |
2. | 1990 | Preliminary Round | United States 146 - 67 Korea | 146 |
3. | 1982 | Final Round | Colombia 76 - 143 Soviet Union | 143 |
4. | 1974 | Preliminary Round | Soviet Union 140 - 48 Central African Republic | 140 |
5. | 1990 | Preliminary Round | Brazil 138 - 95 China | 138 |
# | Year | Round | Rivals | Team score |
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1. | 1950 | Final Round | Egypt 19 - 38 Brazil | 19 |
2. | 1950 | Repass Round I | Chile 40 - 24 Yugoslavia | 24 |
3. | 1950 | Preliminary Round I | Peru 33 - 27 Yugoslavia | 27 |
1950 | Final Round | France 27 - 59 Brazil | ||
5. | 1950 | Final Round | Egypt 31 - 28 France | 28 |
1954 | Final Round | United States 72 - 28 Formosa |
# | Year | Round | Rivals | Margin points |
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1. | 1974 | Preliminary Round | Soviet Union 140 - 48 Central African Republic | 92 |
2. | 1986 | Preliminary Round | Canada 128 - 38 Malaysia | 90 |
3. | 1990 | Preliminary Round | United States 146 - 67 Korea | 79 |
4. | 1986 | Preliminary Round | Yugoslavia 131 - 61 Malaysia | 70 |
5. | 1982 | Final Round | Colombia 76 - 143 Soviet Union | 67 |
Player | Points Scored | Opponent | Year |
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Hur Jae | 54 | Egypt | 1990 |
Nikos Galis | 53 | Panama | 1986 |
Oscar Schmidt | 52 | Australia | 1990 |
Jordi Villacampa | 48 | Venezuela | 1990 |
Dirk Nowitzki | 47 | Angola | 2006 |
Dražen Petrović | Netherlands | 1986 | |
Lee Chung-Hee | 45 | Brazil | 1986 |
Kamil Brabenec | 44 | Puerto Rico | 1978 |
Ricardo Duarte | 42 | Japan | 1963 |
Arturo Guerrero | Central African Republic | 1974 |
Player | Number of World Cups | Games Played | Years played | Ref. |
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Ubiratan "Bira" Pereira Maciel | 5 | 41 | 1963, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978 | [30] [31] [32] |
Luis Scola | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019 | [33] [34] | ||
Marcel De Souza | 37 | 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 | [35] [36] [37] [38] | |
Rudy Fernández | 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019, 2023 | [39] [40] [41] | ||
Phil Smyth | 36 | 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 | [42] [43] | |
Jerome Mincy | 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 | [44] [45] | ||
Alex Garcia | 32 | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019 | [46] | |
Daniel Santiago | 30 | 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 | [47] | |
Anderson Varejão | 29 | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019 | [48] [49] | |
Marcelo Huertas | 28 | 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019, 2023 | [50] [51] [52] [53] | |
Leandro Barbosa | 27 | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019 | [48] | |
Marcelinho Machado | 25 | 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 | [54] | |
Eduardo Mingas | 23 | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019 | [55] [56] | |
Dražen Dalipagić | 4 | 35 | 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986 | [57] |
Alexander Belostenny | 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 | [58] | ||
Oscar Schmidt | 34 | 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 | [59] | |
Rubén Wolkowyski | 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 | [60] | ||
Amaury Pasos | 33 | 1954, 1959, 1963, 1967 | [61] [62] | |
Andrés Jiménez Fernández | 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 | [63] [64] [65] | ||
José Rafael Ortiz | 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 | [66] [67] | ||
Juan Carlos Navarro | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 | [68] | ||
Marcelo Milanesio | 32 | 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 | [69] | |
Fabricio Oberto | 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 | [70] [71] | ||
Marc Gasol | 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019 | [72] [73] | ||
Wlamir Marques | 31 | 1954, 1959, 1963, 1970 | [74] [75] | |
Sergei Belov | 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978 | [76] [77] | ||
Ray Borner | 29 | 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 | [78] | |
Andrew Gaze | 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 | [79] | ||
João José Vianna | 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 | [80] | ||
Krešimir Ćosić | 28 | 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978 | [81] [82] | |
Kirk Penney | 27 | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 | [83] [84] | |
Tiago Splitter | 26 | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 | [85] [86] | |
Felipe Reyes | 23 | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 | [87] | |
Hamed Haddadi | 19 | 2010, 2014, 2019, 2023 | [88] [89] |
Player | Gold Medals | Silver Medals | Bronze Medals | Total Medals |
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Krešimir Ćosić | 2 (1970, 1978) | 2 (1967, 1974) | 0 | 4 |
Wlamir Marques | 2 (1959, 1963) | 2 (1954, 1970) | 0 | 4 |
Amaury Pasos | 2 (1959, 1963) | 1 (1954) | 1 (1967) | 4 |
Sergei Belov | 2 (1967, 1974) | 1 (1978) | 1 (1970) | 4 |
Carmo de Souza | 2 (1959, 1963) | 1 (1970) | 0 | 3 |
/ Vlade Divac | 2 (1990, 2002) | 0 | 1 (1986) | 3 |
Jatyr Schall | 2 (1959, 1963) | 0 | 1 (1967) | 3 |
Modestas Paulauskas | 2 (1967, 1974) | 0 | 1 (1970) | 3 |
Priit Tomson | 2 (1967, 1974) | 0 | 1 (1970) | 3 |
Dejan Bodiroga | 2 (1998, 2002) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Stephen Curry | 2 (2010, 2014) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Predrag Drobnjak | 2 (1998, 2002) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Rudy Fernández | 2 (2006, 2019) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Marc Gasol | 2 (2006, 2019) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Rudy Gay | 2 (2010, 2014) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Derrick Rose | 2 (2010, 2014) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Dejan Tomašević | 2 (1998, 2002) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Waldemar Blatskauskas | 2 (1959, 1963) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Player | Gold Medals | Silver Medals | Bronze Medals | Total Medals |
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Krešimir Ćosić | 2 (1970, 1978) | 2 (1967, 1974) | 0 | 4 |
Wlamir Marques | 2 (1959, 1963) | 2 (1954, 1970) | 0 | 4 |
Amaury Pasos | 2 (1959, 1963) | 1 (1954) | 1 (1967) | 4 |
Sergei Belov | 2 (1967, 1974) | 1 (1978) | 1 (1970) | 4 |
Alexander Belostenny | 1 (1982) | 3 (1978, 1986, 1990) | 0 | 4 |
Ubiratan "Bira" Pereira Maciel | 1 (1963) | 1 (1970) | 2 (1967, 1978) | 4 |
Dražen Dalipagić | 1 (1978) | 1 (1974) | 2 (1982, 1986) | 4 |
Rank | Year | Date | Venue | Round | Match | Attendance | Source |
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1 | / / 2023 | 25 August 2023 | Philippine Arena, Bocaue | Preliminary round | Philippines v Dominican Republic | 38,115 | [91] |
2 | 1994 | 14 August 1994 | SkyDome, Toronto | Final | United States v Russia | 32,616 | [91] |
FIBA Africa , FIBA Americas , FIBA Asia , FIBA Europe , FIBA Oceania
Team | Games played | Wins | Losses | Winning percentage | Points for | Points against | Point differential | Best finish |
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United States | 166 | 134 | 32 | .807 | 14,764 | 12,055 | +2,709 | 5winners |
Brazil | 145 | 87 | 58 | .600 | 11,733 | 10,921 | +812 | 2winners |
Yugoslavia* | 78 | 58 | 20 | .744 | 6,591 | 5,847 | +744 | 5winners |
Argentina | 112 | 65 | 47 | .580 | 8,998 | 8,537 | +461 | 1winners |
Soviet Union* | 80 | 66 | 14 | .825 | 7,141 | 5,652 | +1,489 | 3winners |
Spain | 105 | 74 | 31 | .705 | 8,948 | 7,868 | +1,080 | 2winners |
Canada | 115 | 45 | 70 | .391 | 9,130 | 9,220 | −90 | Third place |
Puerto Rico | 103 | 43 | 60 | .417 | 8,112 | 8,382 | −270 | Final round |
Germany | 49 | 31 | 18 | .633 | 4,047 | 3,821 | +226 | 1winners |
Italy | 82 | 47 | 35 | .573 | 6,607 | 6,307 | +300 | Final round |
Australia | 93 | 44 | 49 | .473 | 7,541 | 7,652 | −111 | Fourth place |
Greece | 66 | 38 | 28 | .576 | 5,234 | 5,102 | +132 | Runners-up |
China | 70 | 18 | 52 | .257 | 5,733 | 6,678 | −945 | Round of 16 |
Uruguay | 50 | 17 | 33 | .340 | 3,309 | 3,690 | −381 | Final round |
France | 68 | 37 | 31 | .544 | 4,620 | 4,618 | +2 | Third place |
Russia | 39 | 25 | 14 | .641 | 3,083 | 2,943 | +140 | Runners-up |
Cuba | 35 | 18 | 17 | .514 | 2,772 | 2,751 | +21 | Final round |
Angola | 56 | 16 | 40 | .286 | 4,166 | 4,680 | −514 | Round of 16 |
South Korea | 51 | 10 | 41 | .196 | 4,016 | 4,902 | −886 | Preliminary round |
Czechoslovakia* | 30 | 17 | 13 | .567 | 2,713 | 2,618 | +95 | Final round |
Lithuania | 49 | 33 | 16 | .673 | 3,975 | 3,637 | +338 | Third place |
Philippines | 45 | 14 | 31 | .311 | 3,351 | 3,914 | −563 | Third place |
Egypt | 47 | 8 | 39 | .170 | 3,103 | 3,867 | −764 | Final round |
Serbia | 58 | 40 | 18 | .690 | 5,045 | 4,306 | +739 | Runners-up |
Mexico | 40 | 19 | 21 | .475 | 2,988 | 3,085 | −97 | Final round |
Turkey | 38 | 24 | 14 | .632 | 3,005 | 2,883 | +122 | Runners-up |
New Zealand | 42 | 17 | 25 | .405 | 3,323 | 3,640 | −317 | Fourth place |
Peru | 27 | 10 | 17 | .370 | 1,565 | 1,671 | −106 | Final round |
Panama | 25 | 9 | 16 | .360 | 2,089 | 2,232 | −143 | Preliminary round |
Japan | 36 | 8 | 28 | .222 | 2,440 | 2,914 | −474 | Preliminary round |
Chile | 19 | 9 | 10 | .474 | 1,025 | 1,069 | −44 | Third place |
Israel | 19 | 7 | 12 | .368 | 1,262 | 1,440 | −178 | Final round |
Chinese Taipei | 18 | 7 | 11 | .389 | 982 | 1,077 | −95 | Fourth place |
Croatia | 20 | 12 | 8 | .600 | 1,637 | 1,449 | +188 | Third place |
Slovenia | 30 | 17 | 13 | .567 | 2,500 | 2,480 | +20 | Seventh place |
Venezuela | 28 | 8 | 20 | .286 | 2,222 | 2,467 | −245 | Preliminary round |
Senegal | 28 | 4 | 24 | .143 | 1,919 | 2,330 | −411 | Round of 16 |
Ivory Coast | 27 | 2 | 25 | .074 | 1,910 | 2,419 | −509 | Preliminary round |
Lebanon | 20 | 5 | 15 | .250 | 1,460 | 1,869 | −409 | Preliminary round |
Nigeria | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 1,225 | 1,195 | +30 | Round of 16 |
Paraguay | 13 | 3 | 10 | .231 | 733 | 953 | −220 | Preliminary round |
Bulgaria | 9 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 532 | 512 | +20 | Final round |
Poland | 17 | 8 | 9 | .471 | 1,285 | 1,320 | −35 | Final round |
Dominican Republic | 23 | 9 | 14 | .391 | 1,782 | 1,954 | −172 | Round of 16 |
Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 422 | 405 | +17 | Preliminary round |
Ecuador | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 222 | 232 | −10 | Preliminary round |
West Germany* | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 382 | 397 | −15 | Preliminary round |
Iran | 20 | 4 | 16 | .200 | 1,345 | 1,564 | −219 | Preliminary round |
Ukraine | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 344 | 369 | −25 | Preliminary round |
Finland | 10 | 3 | 7 | .300 | 767 | 857 | −90 | Preliminary round |
Jordan | 15 | 1 | 14 | .067 | 1,082 | 1,403 | −321 | Preliminary round |
Tunisia | 10 | 3 | 7 | .300 | 677 | 793 | −116 | Preliminary round |
Georgia | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 379 | 407 | –28 | Preliminary round |
Latvia | 8 | 6 | 2 | .600 | 714 | 636 | +78 | Fifth place |
South Sudan | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 456 | 431 | +25 | Preliminary round |
Czech Republic | 8 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 662 | 651 | +11 | Sixth place |
Montenegro | 10 | 4 | 6 | .400 | 767 | 796 | –29 | Preliminary round |
Algeria | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 395 | 476 | −81 | Preliminary round |
Cape Verde | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 366 | 432 | –66 | Preliminary round |
Qatar | 5 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 310 | 456 | −146 | Preliminary round |
Malaysia | 5 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 313 | 539 | −226 | Preliminary round |
Colombia | 6 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 473 | 656 | −183 | Preliminary round |
Central African Republic | 7 | 0 | 7 | .000 | 477 | 757 | −280 | Preliminary round |
Total | 1,213 games | 190,787 points |
*Defunct country
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The 2010 FIBA World Championship final was a basketball game between the men's national teams of Turkey and the United States that took place on September 12, 2010, at Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, Turkey, to determine the winner of the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The US team won the world title after defeating Turkey 81–64.
EuroBasket Records are the records attained during play in the EuroBasket, which is the pre-eminent pan-European international basketball tournament that is contested between national teams.