Host countries and champions of previous world basketball championships

The 1st 1950 Host City: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Champion: Argentina runner-up: America runner-up: Chile

1948, the fiba international congress was held in London, which coincided with 14 Olympic games. The General Assembly decided to hold the World Championships every four years in the Olympic cycle. Argentina made full preparations for the problems that may be encountered in the early stage of the tournament, so Buenos Aires became the venue of the first World Basketball Championship (195010.22-1.3).

FIBA limited the number of participating teams to 10: the top three teams in the last Olympic Games and the best two teams in Asia, Europe and South America, and the host country automatically won the right to participate.

Two years ago, the United States, France and Brazil joined host Argentina in qualifying for the Olympic Games. Chile and Uruguay won the South American Championships, but refused to cross the La Plata River for political reasons. In addition, the Argentine government refused their players' visa requirements in order to express their dissatisfaction. In addition, because no Asian country is willing to travel long distances to Latin America, the World Championships are actually open to countries near the equator, and two European teams, Spain and Yugoslavia, have been added.

Argentina played at home and had many supporters, so it beat the United States 64-50 and won the first world championship. However, Americans do not take such a world champion seriously. They only sent a team from the Chevrolet Motor Factory in Denver. Interestingly, Argentina became the only team that scored more than 60 in this World Championships.

This World Championship is also remembered for two events: First, Egypt beat France 3 1-28, and the score was wrong because of the referee's problem. France filed a complaint, but Egypt threatened to withdraw and refused to play again. Second, the "* * * producer" of the Yugoslav team refused to fight the Spanish "fascism" and was sentenced to abstain. These include the future Secretary-General of the Yugoslav Olympic Organizing Committee Nebokisha Popovich and the current Secretary-General of FIBA Polislav Stankovic.

The 2nd Host City 1954: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Champion: American runner-up: Brazil runner-up: Philippines

The World Championship was originally planned to be held in Sao Paulo to commemorate the city's 400th birthday. However, due to the bad weather at that time, the stadium in Sao Paulo could not be completed in time, and the venue was finally placed in Rio de Janeiro.

Political issues have once again become a major issue in this World Championships, because the Brazilian government refused to issue entry visas to teams from eastern European countries such as the Soviet Union, which made it impossible for top European teams to participate. What's more, because of Israel's participation, Egypt said it would launch a competition. In the end, only 12 teams came to Brazil in this World Championships. (7 in America, 3 in Asia and 2 in Europe)

The game was held at the newly-built Maracajino Stadium, which can accommodate 25,000 people, just a few steps away from the famous Maracana football stadium (which can accommodate 200,000 people). Paraguay, Chile, Yugoslavia and Peru were eliminated in the qualifiers, while the United States, Brazil, the Philippines, France, Taiwan Province Province of China, Uruguay, Canada and Israel entered the finals. At that time, Chile was in the same group as Uruguay, Brazil and the United States and was expected to be eliminated.

Of course, the controversy still exists, but the American team won the championship with the height advantage of six players over 2 meters, which taught their opponents a good lesson.

The 3rd 1959 Host City: Santiago, Chile.

Champion: Brazil runner-up: USA runner-up: Chile

1959, the Soviet Union sent a team to participate in the World Championships for the first time.

Chile was a direct finalist as the host, and 12 teams were divided into three groups for qualifying. However, the final result is somewhat unexpected. The Soviet Union, a powerful country in Eastern Europe, lost to Canada, while Argentina and Egypt lost to China and Taipei.

However, the promotion of China Taipei has political factors, because the Soviet Union and Bulgarian teams refused to play against the Taipei team which claimed to represent the people of China. They all paid the price for abstaining. Before that, the Soviet Union had a successful record, and after being punished, it tied for the last two places with Bulgaria.

The biggest beneficiary of Soviet punishment was Brazil. Although he defeated the Soviet Union with 76-7 1, he defeated the United States with 8 1-67 and successfully reached the top.

The 4th Host City 1963: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Champion: Brazil runner-up: Yugoslavia runner-up: Soviet Union

The 4th World Men's Basketball Championship was originally held in Manila, Philippines. However, due to political reasons, the Philippine government refused to issue visas to players from the Soviet Union and other socialist countries in Eastern Europe. In this way, FIBA had to hand over the game to Brazil, the last host country. In order to punish the Philippines, FIBA issued a ban and a fine of $20,000.

10, Brazil participated in the World Championships three times and played at home against the world-class teams. 13 teams are divided into three groups for qualifying. Holding the World Championships again is not only a great event in Brazil, but also a sea of joy in Rio de Janeiro. Because Brazil successfully defended its title on its own soil and defeated Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union, the United States and France to win the championship again.

After Brazil won the championship, Amauri pazos and Valamir Max became household names in China, and their names were even as household names as football superstars Pele and Gacharin. It is reasonable for the United States to send low-level players again without any gains.

The 5th Host City 1967: Montevideo, Uruguay

Champion: Soviet runner-up: Yugoslavia runner-up: Brazil

After Argentina, Brazil and Chile, Uruguay became another South American country to host the World Championships.

To celebrate the 35th anniversary of FIBA, a special World Cup was held in Chile from 65438 to 0966 the year before the World Championships, with Yugoslavia, the United States and the Soviet Union ranking in the top three.

The "real" World Championship was held in Montevideo Stadium on 1967. However, when Uruguay suffered the coldest weather in years, the stadium had to install electric heaters to keep the players, officials and fans warm.

However, in this World Championships, the United States still failed to choose a good team member. Although he defeated the Soviet Union 59-58, he only finished fourth. After defeating Yugoslavia and Brazil, the Soviet Union won the world championship for the first time. The trophy they won was named after james naismith, the founder of basketball.

The 6th Host City 1970: Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.

Champion: Yugoslavia runner-up: Brazil runner-up: Soviet Union

In view of the fact that the first five World Championships were held in South America, FIBA decided to hand over the right to host the sixth World Championships to Yugoslavia in Europe. Six teams represented by the United States: Brazil, the United States, Uruguay, Cuba, Panama and Canada. Four European powers: Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union, Italy and Czechoslovakia. Asia, Oceania and Africa each send a team.

The final was held in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, and the United States once again sent their "second-tier players", which naturally failed to enter the top three. Because it lost to Brazil 64-66, although the Soviet Union defeated Yugoslavia 87-72, it only ranked second. Yugoslavia 80-55, Italy 66-63g and the United States 70-63 finally won the world championship for the first time.

The 7th Host City 1974: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Champion: Soviet runner-up: Yugoslav runner-up:; United States of America

By the time the 7th World Championship was held, it had gradually become a very influential basketball event, and FIBA decided to hold the World Championship in the Greater Antilles.

14 teams came to Puerto Rico to compete for the world championship. Yugoslavia, the champion of the last World Championships, and Puerto Rico, the host country, were automatically selected. The remaining 12 teams were divided into three groups for qualifying, and finally the Soviet Union, the United States, Cuba, Brazil, Spain, Canada joined forces with Yugoslavia and Puerto Rico.

The United States once again sent a young team. It is said that no player is over 2 1 year old. Although this team has two super players, John Lucas and Tom Bao Si Will, it lost to the Soviet Union 94- 105 and only got the third place. But after the Soviet Union won the world championship in Uruguay, Yugoslavia's last world champion complained bitterly, and this time they won the gold medal again.

Yugoslavia won the silver medal when the American team had to be satisfied with their bronze medal. Although Yugoslavia defeated the United States, the scores of the Soviet Union, the United States and Yugoslavia were the same. Finally, by calculating the gain and loss rate between them, the gold medal was finally decided.

The 8th Host City 1978: Manila, Philippines

Champion: Yugoslavia runner-up: Soviet runner-up: Brazil

The world champion of Puerto Rico, the Soviet Union, the Philippines, the host country Yugoslavia, Brazil and the United States, which remained unbeaten in the qualifiers, entered the final stage of the 78th World Championships together. The other three places belong to Canada, Italy and Australia.

With three high-level players, Drazen Dali Pagi, Dragan Kikanovic and Kresimir Kosi, and the way that attack is stronger than defense, Yugoslavia lost with high scores, and almost every game was above 100. They defeated the Philippines 1 17+00 1, Italy 108+76, the United States 100+93, the Soviet union 105+92 and the Soviet union/kloc-0. But in the match with Brazil, they failed to break 100 (9 1 87).

The World Championships was a disaster for the United States, losing four games to Italy, Yugoslavia, Brazil and the Soviet Union. China made its debut in the World Championships, and their record of 2 wins and 5 losses ranked 1 1. Zhang Weiping became the star of this World Championships, averaging 25.3 points, ranking second in the scoring list and being selected as the best team.

The 9th Host City 1982: Cali, Colombia

Champion: Soviet runner-up: American runner-up: Yugoslavia

Although Colombia has never participated in the World Championships, as the host country, Colombia has historically entered the final stage of the World Championships. But after all, the level is limited, and it is difficult for them to resist the offensive of the Soviet Union, the United States, Yugoslavia and even Spain, Australia and Canada.

In order to avoid the embarrassment of another fiasco, Americans sent a well-trained team to defend their dignity. There are many high-level professional players, including Glen doc rivers, Anthony Carr and Jim Thomas. The biggest upset for the United States came from Spain, which beat the United States in the group stage with 109-99. However, after that, the American team reached the final unbeaten. In the final, the center of the United States versus the Soviet Union was 2.20 meters tall. The United States lost 94-95, but it can only be ranked second.

Yugoslavia, which has a glorious history, failed again this time. They ranked third after beating Spain with 1 19+0 17.

China men's basketball team's second World Championship Tour, the first time against the United States. In the first group match, the United States beat China 73-96. After being defeated by Uruguayan men's basketball team 72-56, China's men's basketball team lost six games in a row (a total of seven games), ranking last, 12.

The 10th Host City 1986: Madrid, Spain.

Champion: American runner-up: Soviet runner-up: Yugoslavia

The World Championships in Spain, the tenth year of this event, has set a record in the history of the World Championships, both in terms of the number of participating teams and the quality of teams.

Twenty-four teams participated in the World Championships, many of which were on the stage for the first time: Greece, Netherlands, Federal Republic of Germany, Angola, New Zealand and Malaysia. The influence of the World Championships has further expanded.

In order to be fair, FIBA decided not to set up automatic promotion privilege, and 24 teams were divided into 4 groups for group matches. The top three players in each group are divided into two groups for semi-finals, which are held in Oviedo and Barcelona respectively.

The American team in this world championship is all composed of young players, most of whom are from NCAA. The United States, led by david robinson, Tyrone Boggs and Derrick McKey, lost to Argentina only 70-74 in the group stage, then defeated Yugoslavia 69-60, Brazil 96-80 and the Soviet Union 87-85 to win the gold medal. This is the second world championship won by American basketball after 32 years. Tyrone Boggs of the United States is only 1.60 meters tall and is the shortest player in the history of the World Championships.

However, the best points in this World Championships do not belong to the United States: nick galis, the best scorer in Greece (33.7 points per game) and Gulson, the rebounding king in Brazil (10.2 points per game).

1986 China lost to the American men's basketball team again, but it also lost to the Italian team 87-98. However, under the command of coach Qian Chenghai, it became brave after being ashamed and defeated Puerto Rico, C? te d 'Ivoire and Cuba respectively. It is worth noting that the 98-84 victory over Puerto Rico is the first time that China men's basketball team has defeated its opponent in the world series. China men's basketball team won the 9th place. Defender Li Yaguang was chosen as the best team in the World Championships, and small forward Zhang Yongjun ranked third in terms of three points and scores.

1990 1 1 host city: Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Champion: Yugoslavia runner-up: Soviet runner-up: United States

In the 1 1 World Championship, FIBA gave the right to host it to Buenos Aires, its birthplace. Forty years later, the World Championships returned to Argentina again.

At this time, FIBA has allowed NBA players to represent the national team. The Americans obviously didn't accept the lessons of the Seoul Olympic Games and still sent young college players, but the impact of European basketball on them was already obvious. The United States sent Mourning, kenny anderson and Owens. Although these people will become dazzling stars in the NBA in the future, they were not successful in the World Championships that year. In the end, I only won the third place.

On the other hand, countries like Yugoslavia have gathered domestic elite players, including several players who fought in the NBA. However, such a star-studded team also needs to run in. 75-82 lost to Puerto Rico in the group stage. However, this was Yugoslavia's only defeat in the group stage. The outstanding performances of petrovich, Divac and Paspa Sergey directly sent Yugoslavia to the final. In the semi-final, they defeated the confident Americans by 99-9 1 and joined forces with the Soviet Union in the final.

However, this World Championship is also full of uncoordinated factors. Lithuanian players Sabonis, Ku Thinnes and Kohomichus refused to represent the Soviet Union, which greatly affected the strength of the Soviet Union. Directly led to the Soviet Union and the champion.

Although Brazil failed to enter the top three in this World Championships, the legendary Oscar Schmidt set a record of 35.5 points per game, which left a deep impression on people.

China men's basketball team won two victories in this World Championship, defeating Egypt and South Korea respectively, but lost to Italy 76- 1 15 in the group stage. Finally, it was defeated by Angola in the battle for 13.

1994 12 host city: Toronto, Canada.

Champion: American runner-up: Russian runner-up: Croatia

This World Championships is very different from the past. First of all, it was held in Toronto's monumental Skydome Stadium, which is usually used for baseball games and can accommodate 70,000 people. However, after being converted into a basketball court, only 326 16 people were actually accommodated in the final. Even so, it set a record for the number of spectators in the history of the World Championships.

The lineup of the American team is also very different from the past. Dream No.1 led by Michael Jordan shined brilliantly in Barcelona Olympic Games, and his superb skills made the world sit up and take notice. FIBA, seeing the success of Olympic basketball, will certainly not prevent NBA superstars from entering the World Championships. In this way, the "Dream Team 2" composed of O 'Neill, reggie miller and Wilkins entered Toronto.

A staff member recalled that the cheerleaders of Charlotte and Phoenix set off a whirlwind on the field, and the World Championships were full of NBA style, which made this year's World Championships unique.

In addition, the participating teams are also very different, and great changes have taken place in several major powers that year. The Soviet Union no longer exists, and Russia has joined the World Championships. At that time, Yugoslavia was being sanctioned by the United Nations, and it was impossible to send a team to participate. Croatia is competing in its own name for the first time.

However, Meng Er still had some troubles at first. Spain, the first opponent in the group stage, only 1 15 to 100. However, the strength of Meng Er is beyond doubt. In the final, the Russians found that they lost to Meng Er's team with 46 points (137-9 1). Although there are many star players in Russia, they can't stop the pace of Wilkins, Mourning and others, not to mention O 'Neill's absolute dominance on the court. Miller, Kemp and American MVP O 'Neal were all selected for the best team.

In addition to the United States, the European team has become the biggest winner of this World Championships. They won all the silver medals and bronze medals (Russian and Croatian), and the Greek team reached the semi-finals after beating Canadian and China.

China men's basketball team achieved a historic breakthrough in this World Championship, beating Brazil and Spain, and finished eighth in the knockout round. This is also the best result of China's past international competitions, with Jiang Xingquan as the head coach. But it was defeated by 77- 132 against the United States.

1998 The 3rd1host city: Athens, Greece.

Champion: Yugoslavia runner-up: Russia runner-up: USA

The best player in the world failed to take part in the world championship. Many NBA stars refused to participate because of labor negotiations. The absence of the dream team made the Greek World Championships bleak. Marussi Stadium, which could have accommodated 65,438+08,000 spectators, was watched by only a few thousand people in the first game. In the opening match, the United States beat Brazil 83-59. If an NBA star does come, it will be Olajuwon, who came to Greece to support his country Nigeria.

However, the arrival of Big Dream did not bring good luck to this African team. They are still at the bottom of the list. What's more, Julius Nwosu, a Nigerian player, was suspended because he tested positive for ephedrine in his urine. Since then, FIBA has decided to ban the use of illegal drugs in all competitions.

Because the United States has not sent their best players, there are more and more teams capable of winning the World Championships, especially after Yugoslavia returned to the World Championships. Although, their players can only choose between Serbia and Montenegro.

Because the number of teams with championship strength has increased, the unpredictability on the court is particularly obvious, and the whole World Championships are full of surprises. So Lithuanian Arturas Karnishovas scored 29 points, stopped Uncle Sam's dance steps and helped the team beat the United States 84-82. Yugoslavia beat Russia 82-74 and Spain beat Argentina 68-67. Moreover, Spain also caused a lot of trouble to the Americans, defeating the American team 75-73. Yugoslavia lost 60-6 1 to Italy.

After defeating Australia (96-78), the United States eliminated Italy 80-77 in the final of14, but met Russia in the semi-final. At that time, there was a famous Russian team, Sergei Babcov, who scored 30 points and helped the team eliminate the American team.

On the other hand, Yugoslavia struggled with Greece for nearly 30 minutes in another semi-final, mainly because Greece had three tall men-Iakovos Chakalidis (2.17m), Panagiotis FarSolas (2.13m) and Eftriao Renzias (2./kloc). However, at the last moment, Yugoslavia won the final victory with Bodiroga's outstanding performance.

In the final, Yugoslavia showed the world their great strength in European basketball, beating Russia 64-62 and winning the world championship for the fourth time. The outstanding performance of young players also made people forget the absence of veterans such as Divac. Bodiroga, whose performance was eye-catching, also won the MVP.

China was absent from the 1998 World Championships because Zhang Bin led a team to South Korea in Riyadh.

14th host city in 2002: Indianapolis, USA.

Champion: Serbia and Montenegro runner-up: Argentina runner-up: Germany

The 2002 World Championship will be remembered by history, because this important basketball event was held in the United States, the birthplace of basketball, for the first time. Before the start of the competition, many experts predicted that more than half of the teams had the ability to enter the semi-finals, and it was generally believed that it was difficult for the United States to win the championship. However, the United States is still the most popular team because they are not allowed to lose the championship at home.

But the reality that the United States had to face was that it lost to Argentina 80-87 in the final of18, ending the 58-0 winning streak in the history of FIBA in the United States. Moreover, as the champion of the 2000 Olympic Games, the United States has to play against the world champion Serbia and Montenegro in the final of14. After the 78-8 1 loss to Serbia and Montenegro, the United States has completely withdrawn from the championship competition, which is the first time that the United States has missed the top three since NBA players entered the competition.

In the final decisive battle, Serbia and Montenegro reappeared the glory of 1998, and defeated Argentina 84-77 to win the championship. Germany 1 17 beat New Zealand 94 to win the bronze medal, which is the first time they have won a medal in the World Championships.

German dirk nowitzki won the most valuable player trophy. Ginobili (Argentina), Yao Ming (China), Pero Cameron (New Zealand) and Bodilo participated in the selection of the best team.

China beat Algerian 96-82 in this World Championship, winning the only game and losing the other six games. The head coach is Faye Wong. In the competition for 1 1, the China men's basketball team played against Angola, and the China team was defeated 84-96 and won the last place. 12. Yao Ming averaged 2 1 minute (third), shot 75.2% (first), 6.75 defensive rebounds (fourth) and blocked shots 18 times (first).

The 5th Host City in 2006/kloc-0: Saitama, Japan

Champion: Spain runner-up: Greece runner-up: USA

There are 24 teams participating in the world basketball championship. Japan, as the host country, entered the finals directly without qualifying, while Argentina qualified for the World Championships as the gold medal winner of the men's basketball event at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. Italy, Puerto Rico, Turkey and Serbia and Montenegro participated in the event with the "wild cards" issued by FIBA, and the remaining teams obtained tickets for the event with their respective qualifiers. Due to the disintegration of Serbia and Montenegro in June 2006, it will be the first and last time that Serbia and Montenegro will participate in this activity under that name.

In the final, Spain won 70-47 without Gasol, and reached the top of the world basketball for the first time. Gasol won the MVP.