National team appearances in the FIBA Basketball World Cup are the number of appearances that individual country's basketball national teams have made at the FIBA Basketball World Cup. A total of 65 countries have made at least one appearance in the FIBA international senior men's basketball competition.

African, European and teams from the Americas composed the first World Championship – Asian and Oceanian teams did not want to make a long trip to Argentina, the venue of the tournament. Egypt finished fifth in the inaugural world championship, the best finish by a team from Africa. An Asian team, the Philippines, made their debut on the second tournament, where they finished third, the best finish by an Asian team.

Australia was the first team from Oceania to participate in the tournament, in 1970. New Zealand was defeated in the 2002 bronze medal game, earning them a fourth-place finish, a position the Australian team equaled in 2019.

European and teams from the Americas dominated the tournament, with teams from either confederation disputing the gold medal. Since 1978, the first time a final was played, there have been five all-European and six Europe-Americas finals. The worst finish by a European team since 1963 was second; for a team from the Americas, the worst all-time was third.

The tournament formats prior to the 1978 tournament were two round robin phases – teams were first divided into several groups, with the top teams from the group stage qualifying for the Final Group, where they play each other once. The team with the best record after the Final Group wins the gold medal, with ties broken by games played between tied teams. All tournaments after the 1978 tournament determined the world champion via a playoff – in 1978 and 1982, the top two teams from the final group squared off for the championship; since 1986, a single-elimination tournament has been used.

The national team with the most wins is the USA, with five. Although teams bearing the name of "Yugoslavia" have won five titles, FIBA used to consider the championships to have been won by two national teams. The first three were won by the team that represented the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The other two were won by a team representing the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which FIBA treats as the predecessor of the current Serbia national team. Furthermore, a Yugoslav team was able to finish at least third from 1963 to 2002.

Germany is the current World Champion, winning the gold medal game against Serbia at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Debut of teams

A total of 65 national teams have appeared in at least one FIBA Basketball World Cup in the history of the tournament through the 2023 competition. Each successive Basketball World Cup has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Countries competing in their first Basketball World Cup are listed below by year.

Year	Debutants	Number
1950	Argentina,  Brazil,  Chile,  Ecuador,  Egypt,  France,  Peru,  Spain,  United States,  Yugoslavia[1]	10
1954	Canada,  Taiwan,[2]  Israel,  Paraguay,  Philippines,  Uruguay	6
1959	Bulgaria,  Mexico,  Puerto Rico,  Soviet Union,[3]  United Arab Republic	5
1963	Italy,  Japan	2
1967	Poland	1
1970	Australia,  Cuba,  Czechoslovakia,[4]  Panama,  South Korea	5
1974	Central African Republic	1
1978	China,  Dominican Republic,  Senegal	3
1982	Colombia,  Ivory Coast	2
1986	Angola,  Greece,  Malaysia,  Netherlands,  New Zealand,  West Germany[5]	6
1990	Venezuela	1
1994	Croatia,[1]  Germany,  Russia[3]	3
1998	Lithuania,[3]  Nigeria,  Serbia and Montenegro[1]	3
2002	Algeria,  Lebanon,  Turkey	3
2006	Qatar,  Slovenia[1]	2
2010	Iran,  Jordan,  Serbia,  Tunisia	4
2014	Finland,  Ukraine[3]	2
2019	Czech Republic,[4]  Montenegro[1]	2
2023	Cape Verde,  Georgia,[3]  Latvia,[3]  South Sudan	4
2027		TBD
Total		65

Tournament format

In deciphering the tables below, the tournament format per championship has to be accounted for.

Team results

Legend:

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runner-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• QF — Knockout quarterfinals (1998–present)
• R2 — Second round group (1950–1994, 2019–present)
• WD — Withdrew
• • — Did not qualify
• × — Did not enter / disqualified
•    — Hosts

Team	1950	1954	1959	1963	1967	1970	1974	1978	1982	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2019	2023	2027	Total
Algeria	Part of France													R1 15th	•	•	•	×	×		1
Angola	Part of Portugal									R1 13th	R1 13th	R1 16th		R2 11th	R2 9th	R2 15th	R1 17th	R1 27th	R1 26th		9
Argentina	R2 1st		R1 10th	R1 8th	R2 6th		R1 11th			R2 12th	R2 8th	R1 9th	QF 8th	F 2nd	SF 4th	QF 5th	R2 11th	F 2nd	•		14
Australia						R1 12th	R1 12th	R2 7th	R2 5th	R1 13th	R2 7th	R2 5th	R2 9th	•	R2 9th	R2 10th	R2 12th	SF 4th	R2 10th		13
Brazil	R2 4th	R2 2nd	R2 1st	R2 1st	R2 3rd	R2 2nd	R2 6th	SF 3rd	R1 8th	SF 4th	R2 5th	R1 11th	R2 10th	QF 8th	R1 17th	R2 9th	QF 6th	R2 13th	R2 13th		19
Bulgaria			R2 7th											•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Canada		R2 7th	R1 12th	R1 11th		R1 10th	R2 8th	R2 6th	R2 6th	R2 8th	R1 12th	R2 7th	R2 12th	R1 13th	•	R1 22nd	•	R1 21st	SF 3rd		15
Cape Verde																			R1 28th		1
Central African Republic							R1 14th							•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Chile	R2 3rd	R1 10th	R2 3rd											•	•	•	•	•	•		3
China								R1 11th	R1 12th	R2 9th	R1 14th	R2 8th		R2 12th	R2 9th	R2 16th	•	R1 24th	R1 29th		10
Chinese Taipei[6]  Formosa 1954, 1959		R2 5th	R2 4th											•	•	•	•	•	•		2
Colombia									R2 7th					•	×	•	•	•	•		1
Croatia	Part of Yugoslavia											SF 3rd		•	•	R2 14th	R2 10th	•	•		3
Cuba						R1 8th	R2 4th			R2 11th		R1 15th		•	•	•	•	•	•		4
Czech Republic	Part of Czechoslovakia													•	•	•	•	QF 6th	•		1
Czechoslovakia[7]						R2 6th	R1 10th	R1 9th	R1 10th			Does not exist									4
Dominican Republic								R1 12th						•	•	•	R2 13th	R2 16th	R2 14th		4
Ecuador	R1 8th													•	•	×	×	×	•		1
Egypt  United Arab Republic 1959, 1970	R2 5th		R1 11th			R1 13th					R1 16th	R1 14th		•	×	•	R1 24th	•	R1 20th		7
Team	1950	1954	1959	1963	1967	1970	1974	1978	1982	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2019	2023	2027	Total
Finland														•	×	•	R1 22nd	•	R1 21st		2
France	R2 6th	R2 4th		R2 5th						R1 13th				•	QF 5th	R2 13th	SF 3rd	SF 3rd	R1 18th		9
Georgia	Part of the Soviet Union											•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 16th		1
Germany[8]  West Germany 1986										R1 13th		R1 12th		SF 3rd	QF 8th	R1 17th	•	R1 18th	F 1st		7
Greece										R2 10th	R2 6th	SF 4th	SF 4th	•	F 2nd	R2 11th	R2 9th	R2 11th	R2 15th		9
Indonesia																			•		0
Iran														•	•	R1 19th	R1 20th	R1 23rd	R1 31st		4
Israel		R2 8th								R2 7th				•	•	•	•	•	•		2
Italy				R2 7th	R1 9th	R2 4th		SF 4th		R2 6th	R1 9th		QF 6th	•	R2 9th	•	•	R2 10th	QF 8th		10
Ivory Coast									R1 13th	R1 13th				•	•	R1 21st	•	R1 29th	R1 27th		5
Japan				R1 13th	R1 11th								R1 14th	•	R1 17th	•	•	R1 31st	R1 19th		6
Jordan														•	•	R1 23rd	•	R1 28th	R1 32nd		3
Latvia	Part of the Soviet Union											•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF 5th		1
Lebanon														R1 16th	R1 17th	R1 20th	•	•	R1 23rd		4
Lithuania	Part of the Soviet Union												QF 7th	•	QF 7th	SF 3rd	SF 4th	R2 9th	QF 6th		6
Malaysia										R1 13th				•	•	•	•	×	×		1
Mexico			R1 13th	R1 9th	R1 8th		R1 9th							•	•	•	R2 14th	•	R1 25th		6
Montenegro	Part of Yugoslavia														Part of Serbia	×	•	R1 25th	R2 11th		2
Netherlands										R1 13th				•	•	×	•	•	•		1
New Zealand										R1 13th				SF 4th	R2 9th	R2 12th	R2 15th	R1 19th	R1 22nd		7
Nigeria													R1 13th	•	R2 9th	•	•	R1 17th	•		3
North Korea												WD		•	×	×	×	×	×		0
Team	1950	1954	1959	1963	1967	1970	1974	1978	1982	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2019	2023	2027	Total
Panama						R1 9th			R1 9th	R1 13th				•	R1 21st	•	×	•	•		4
Paraguay		R1 9th			R1 13th									•	•	×	•	•	•		2
Peru	R1 7th	R1 12th		R1 12th	R1 10th									•	•	×	×	×	×		4
Philippines		R2 3rd	R1 8th		WD		R1 13th	R2 8th		WD				×	×	•	R1 21st	R1 32nd	R1 24th		7
Poland					R2 5th									•	•	•	•	QF 8th	•		2
Puerto Rico			R2 5th	R2 6th	R1 12th		R2 7th	R1 10th		R1 13th	SF 4th	R2 6th	R2 11th	QF 7th	R1 17th	R1 18th	R1 19th	R2 15th	R2 12th		15
Qatar														•	R1 21st	•	•	•	×	Q	2
Russia	Part of the Soviet Union											F 2nd	F 2nd	R2 10th	•	QF 7th	•	R2 12th	×		5
Senegal								R1 14th					R1 15th	•	R1 21st	•	R2 16th	R1 30th	•		5
Serbia  Serbia and Montenegro 2006	Part of Yugoslavia														R2 9th	SF 4th	F 2nd	QF 5th	F 2nd		5
Slovenia	Part of Yugoslavia													•	R2 9th	QF 8th	QF 7th	•	QF 7th		4
South Korea						R1 11th		R1 13th		R1 13th	R1 15th	R1 13th	R1 16th	•	•	•	R1 23rd	R1 26th	×		8
South Sudan	Part of Sudan																×	×	R1 17th		1
Soviet Union			R2 6th	R2 3rd	R2 1st	R2 3rd	R2 1st	F 2nd	F 1st	F 2nd	F 2nd	Does not exist									9
Spain	R1 9th						R2 5th		SF 4th	R2 5th	R1 10th	R1 10th	QF 5th	QF 5th	F 1st	QF 6th	QF 5th	F 1st	R2 9th		13
Tunisia														•	•	R1 24th	•	R1 20th	•		2
Turkey														R2 9th	QF 6th	F 2nd	QF 8th	R1 22nd	•		5
Ukraine	Part of the Soviet Union													•	•	•	R1 18th	•	•		1
United States	R2 2nd	R2 1st	R2 2nd	R2 4th	R2 4th	R2 5th	R2 3rd	R2 5th	F 2nd	F 1st	SF 3rd	F 1st	SF 3rd	QF 6th	SF 3rd	F 1st	F 1st	QF 7th	SF 4th		19
Uruguay		R2 6th	R1 9th	R1 10th	R2 7th	R2 7th			R1 11th	R1 13th				•	•	•	•	•	•		7
Venezuela											R1 11th			R1 14th	R1 21st	•	•	R2 14th	R1 30th		5
Yugoslavia[9]  Yugoslavia 1998, 2002	R1 10th	R1 11th		R2 2nd	R2 2nd	R2 1st	R2 2nd	F 1st	SF 3rd	SF 3rd	F 1st		F 1st	F 1st	Does not exist						12
Total	10	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	24	16	16	16	16	24	24	24	32	32	32

Notes:

• Teams that failed to qualify to the semifinal round at the 1986 championship were ranked tied for 13th.
• In 2006, when the tournament expanded to 24 teams (four preliminary round groups of six teams each), teams that finished 5th in their preliminary round groups were ranked tied for 17th, while teams that finished 6th in their preliminary round groups were ranked tied for 21st. Teams eliminated in round of 16 were ranked tied for 9th.

Ranking of teams by number of appearances

Team	App	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result (* hosts)
United States	19	19	19	1950	2023	Champions (1954, 1986, 1994, 2010, 2014)
Brazil	19	19	19	1950	2023	Champions (1959, 1963*)
Canada	15	9	2	1954	2023	Third place (2023)
Puerto Rico	15	10	10	1959	2023	Fourth place (1990)
Argentina	14	9	0	1950	2019	Champions (1950*)
Australia	13	8	5	1970	2023	Fourth place (2019)
Spain	13	11	11	1950	2023	Champions (2006, 2019)
Yugoslavia †	10	8	--	1950	1990	Champions (1970*, 1978, 1990)
China	10	5	2	1978	2023	8th (1994)
Italy	10	3	2	1963	2023	Fourth place (1970, 1978)
France	9	5	5	1950	2023	Third place (2014, 2019)
Greece	9	5	5	1986	2023	Runners-up (2006)
Soviet Union †	9	9	--	1959	1990	Champions (1967, 1974, 1982)
Angola	9	6	6	1986	2023	9th (2006)
South Korea	8	4	0	1970	2019	11th (1970)
Uruguay	7	5	0	1954	1986	6th (1954)
Philippines	7	3	3	1954	2023	Third place (1954)
New Zealand	7	6	6	1986	2023	Fourth place (2002)
Germany	7	3	2	1986	2023	Champions (2023)
Egypt	7	2	1	1950	2023	5th (1950)
Japan	6	2	2	1963	2023	11th (1967)
Lithuania	6	5	5	1998	2023	Third place (2010)
Mexico	6	3	1	1959	2023	8th (1967)
Russia	5	3	0	1994	2019	Runners-up (1994, 1998)
Senegal	5	2	0	1978	2019	14th (1978)
Turkey	5	5	0	2002	2019	Runners-up (2010*)
Ivory Coast	5	2	2	1982	2023	13th (1982, 1986)
Venezuela	5	2	2	1990	2023	11th (1990)
Cuba	4	2	0	1970	1994	Fourth place (1974)
Czechoslovakia †	4	4	--	1970	1982	6th (1970)
Peru	4	2	0	1950	1967	7th (1950)
Panama	4	2	0	1970	2006	9th (1970, 1982)
Lebanon	4	3	1	2002	2023	16th (2002)
Slovenia	4	3	1	2006	2023	7th (2014, 2023)
Iran	4	4	4	2010	2023	19th (2010)
Dominican Republic	4	3	3	1978	2023	12th (1978)
Serbia	4	4	4	2010	2023	Runners-up (2014, 2023)
Chile	3	3	0	1950	1959	Third place (1950, 1959)
Serbia and Montenegro †	3	3	--	1998	2006	Champions (1998, 2002)
Croatia	3	2	0	1994	2014	Third place (1994)
Nigeria	3	1	0	1998	2019	9th (2006)
Jordan	3	2	2	2010	2023	23rd (2010)
Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	1954	1959	Fourth place (1959)
Paraguay	2	1	0	1954	1967	9th (1954)
Israel	2	1	0	1954	1986	7th (1986)
Poland	2	1	0	1967	2019	5th (1967)
Tunisia	2	1	0	2010	2019	20th (2019)
Finland	2	1	1	2014	2023	21st (2023)
Montenegro	2	2	2	2019	2023	11th (2023)
Qatar	2	1	1	2006	2027	21st (2006)
Ecuador	1	1	0	1950	1950	8th (1950)
Bulgaria	1	1	0	1959	1959	7th (1959)
Central African Republic	1	1	0	1974	1974	14th (1974)
Colombia	1	1	0	1982	1982	7th (1982*)
Malaysia	1	1	0	1986	1986	13th (1986)
Netherlands	1	1	0	1986	1986	13th (1986)
Algeria	1	1	0	2002	2002	15th (2002)
Ukraine	1	1	0	2014	2014	18th (2014)
Czech Republic	1	1	0	2019	2019	6th (2019)
Latvia	1	1	1	2023	2023	5th (2023)
Georgia	1	1	1	2023	2023	16th (2023)
South Sudan	1	1	1	2023	2023	17th (2023)
Cape Verde	1	1	1	2023	2023	28th (2023)

Overall won/lost records

Team	App	Played	Won	Lost	%
United States	19	166	134	32	80.7
Brazil	19	149	90	59	60.4
Spain	17	105	74	31	70.5
Soviet Union †	9	80	66	14	82.5
Argentina	14	112	65	47	58
Yugoslavia †	10	78	58	20	74.4
Italy	10	82	47	35	57.3
Australia	13	98	43	55	43.9
Puerto Rico	15	103	43	60	41.7
Canada	15	115	45	70	39.1
Greece	9	66	38	28	57.6
France	9	68	37	31	54.4
Lithuania	6	49	33	16	67.3
Germany	7	49	31	18	63.3
Russia	5	39	25	14	64.1
Turkey	5	38	24	14	63.2
Cuba	4	35	18	17	51.4
China	10	68	18	50	26.5
Uruguay	7	50	17	33	34
Mexico	6	40	19	21	47.5
Czechoslovakia †	4	30	17	13	56.7
Serbia	4	34	23	11	67.6
Serbia and Montenegro †	3	24	17	7	70.8
Angola	9	56	16	40	28.6
New Zealand	7	42	17	25	40.5
Philippines	7	45	14	31	31.1
Slovenia	4	30	17	13	56.7
Croatia	3	20	12	8	60
South Korea	8	51	10	41	19.6
Peru	4	27	10	17	37
Panama	4	25	9	16	36
Chile	3	19	9	10	47.4
Venezuela	5	28	8	20	28.6
Poland	2	17	8	9	47.1
Chinese Taipei	2	18	7	11	38.9
Israel	2	18	7	11	38.9
Nigeria	3	16	7	9	43.8
Egypt	7	47	8	39	17
Dominican Republic	4	23	9	14	39.1
Japan	6	36	8	28	22.2
Bulgaria	1	9	5	4	55.6
Senegal	5	28	4	24	14.3
Iran	4	20	4	16	20
Latvia	1	8	6	2	75
South Sudan	1	5	3	2	60
Czech Republic	1	8	4	4	50
Lebanon	4	20	5	15	25
Paraguay	2	13	3	10	23.1
Tunisia	2	10	3	7	30
Montenegro	2	10	4	6	40
Ecuador	1	5	2	3	40
Netherlands	1	5	2	3	40
Ukraine	1	5	2	3	40
Finland	2	10	3	6	20
Georgia	1	5	2	3	40
Algeria	1	5	1	4	20
Cape Verde	1	5	1	4	20
Ivory Coast	5	27	2	25	7.4
Jordan	3	15	1	14	6.7
Central African Republic	1	7	0	7	0
Colombia	1	6	0	6	0
Malaysia	1	5	0	5	0
Qatar	1	5	0	5	0

Performance of host nations

With only three wins in 16 occasions, the success rate of host nations winning the tournament is rather low at 19%, compared to the respective percentage in the FIFA World Cup which stands at 32% (6 out of 19). Yugoslavia was the last host to win, in 1970; the only other host to medal since then has been Turkey, silver medalist in 2010. Greece has been the only other host nation to finish fourth or better since 1970. From 1959 to 1982, the host qualified directly to the final round of the tournament, bypassing the preliminary round (group stage). The host's final rank in these years could not be worse than the number of teams in the final round (between six and eight). However, beginning in 1986, the host has competed in the preliminary round.

A "†" denotes that is the best performance of the team, a "‡" denotes it is the best performance of the team at the time of the competition.

Year	Host nation(s)	Finish	Last round*
1950	Argentina	Champions†	Final round
1954	Brazil	Runners-up‡	Final round
1959	Chile	Third place†	Final round
1963	Brazil	Champions†	Final round
1967	Uruguay	Seventh place	Final round
1970	Yugoslavia	Champions†	Final round
1974	Puerto Rico	Seventh place	Final round
1978	Philippines	Eighth place	Final round
1982	Colombia	Seventh place†	Final round
1986	Spain	Fifth place‡	Final round
1990	Argentina	Eighth place	Second round
1994	Canada	Seventh place	Preliminary round
1998	Greece	Fourth place‡	Third place playoff
2002	United States	Sixth place	Quarter-finals
2006	Japan	Seventeenth place	Preliminary round
2010	Turkey	Runners-up†	Final
2014	Spain	Fifth place	Quarter-finals
2019	China	24th place	Preliminary round
2023	Philippines	24th place	Preliminary round
	Japan	19th place	Preliminary round
	Indonesia	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2027	Qatar	TBD	TBD

*excluding classification rounds.

Performance of defending finalists

Year	Defending champions	Finish	Defending runners-up	Finish
1954	Argentina	Did not participate	United States	Champions
1959	United States	Runners-up	Brazil	Champions
1963	Brazil	Champions	United States	Fourth place
1967	Brazil	Third place	Yugoslavia	Runners-up
1970	Soviet Union	Third place	Yugoslavia	Champions
1974	Yugoslavia	Runners-up	Brazil	Sixth place
1978	Soviet Union	Runners-up	Yugoslavia	Champions
1982	Yugoslavia	Third place	Soviet Union	Champions
1986	Soviet Union	Runners-up	United States	Champions
1990	United States	Third place	Soviet Union	Runners-up
1994	Yugoslavia	Dissolved	Soviet Union	Dissolved
1998	United States	Third place	Russia	Runners-up
2002	FR Yugoslavia	Champions	Russia	Tenth place
2006	Serbia and Montenegro	Round of 16	Argentina	Fourth place
2010	Spain	Sixth place	Greece	Eleventh place
2014	United States	Champions	Turkey	Eighth place
2019	United States	Seventh place	Serbia	Fifth place
2023	Spain	Ninth place	Argentina	Did not qualify

Performance by confederation

This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation in each tournament. Note that most confederations did not exist until up to the 1960s, and that FIBA assigned teams to a specific continent when there were no confederations yet.

Confederation	1950 (10)	1954 (12)	1959 (13)	1963 (13)	1967 (13)	1970 (13)	1974 (14)	1978 (14)	1982 (13)	1986 (24)	1990 (16)	1994 (16)	1998 (16)	2002 (16)	2006 (24)	2010 (24)	2014 (24)	2019 (32)	2023 (32)	2027 (32)
FIBA Africa	5th	―	11th	―	―	13th	14th	14th	13th	13th	13th	14th	13th	15th	9th	15th	16th	17th	17th	TBD
FIBA Americas	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	TBD
FIBA Asia	―	3rd	4th	13th	11th	11th	13th	8th	12th	9th	14th	8th	14th	12th	9th	16th	20th	23rd	19th	TBD
FIBA Europe	6th	4th	6th	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	TBD
FIBA Oceania	―	―	―	―	―	12th	12th	7th	5th	13th	7th	5th	9th	4th	9th	10th	12th	4th	10th	TBD

Number of teams by confederation

This is a summary of the total number of participating teams by confederation in each tournament. The number of teams in the confederation of a host federation is boldfaced.

Confederation	1950 (10)	1954 (12)	1959 (13)	1963 (13)	1967 (13)	1970 (13)	1974 (14)	1978 (14)	1982 (13)	1986 (24)	1990 (16)	1994 (16)	1998 (16)	2002 (16)	2006 (24)	2010 (24)	2014 (24)	2019 (32)	2023 (32)	2027 (32)
FIBA Africa	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	5	5	TBD
FIBA Americas	6	7	8	8	8	6	6	5	6	8	6	6	5	6	6	5	6	7	7	TBD
FIBA Asia	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	6	6	TBD
FIBA Europe	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	5	5	6	5	9	10	10	12	12	TBD
FIBA Oceania	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	TBD