FIBA World Championship records

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List of records attained in the FIBA World Championship.

Contents 1 Performances of host countries 2 Most Valuable Players 3 Top scorer by tournament (total) 4 Top scorer by tournament (average) 5 Top cumulative scorers 6 Top scoring averages 7 Top scorers in a single game 8 Most number of tournaments played 9 Top medalists

[edit] Performances of host countries

From 1954 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 to 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 (20%, 3 of 15), as compared to the FIFA World Cup's success rate of 32% (6 of 19); furthermore, no host has won the championship since Yugoslavia won in 1970, and the closest was on 1998 when Greece was eliminated in the semifinals.

Year	Host country	When hosting		When not hosting
		Performance	Stage	Performance	Stage
1950	Argentina	Champions	Final round (1st of 6)	Runner-up	Final
1954	Brazil	Runner-up	Final round (2nd of 7)	Champions	Final round (1st of 7)
1959	Chile	Third place	Final round (3rd of 7)	Third place	Final round (3rd of 6)
1963	Brazil	Champions	Final round (1st of 7)	Champions	Final round (1st of 7)
1967	Uruguay	Seventh place	Final round (7th of 7)	Third place	Final round (3rd of 7)
1970	Yugoslavia	Champions	Final round (1st of 7)	Champions	Final
1974	Puerto Rico	Seventh place	Final round (7th of 8)	Fourth place	Semifinals
1978	Philippines	Eighth place	Final round (8th of 8)	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	Champions	Final
1990	Argentina	Eighth place	Second round (4th of 4)	Runner-up	Final
1994	Canada	Seventh place	5th-place playoffs	Sixth place	Final round (6th of 8)
1998	Greece	Fourth place	Semifinals	Runner-up	Final
2002	United States	Sixth place	Quarterfinals	Champions	Final
2006	Japan	Seventeenth place	Preliminary round (5th of 6)	11th place	Classification round (4th of 6)

[edit] Most Valuable Players

Year	Name
1950	Oscar Furlong
1954	Joe Stratton
1959	Wlamir Marques
1963	Amaury Pasos
1967	Ivo Daneu
1970	Sergei Belov
1974	Dragan Kicanovic
1978	Drazen Dalipagic
1982	Doc Rivers
1986	Drazen Petrovic
1990	Toni Kukoc
1994	Shaquille O'Neal
1998	Dejan Bodiroga
2002	Dirk Nowitzki
2006	Pau Gasol

[edit] Top scorer by tournament (total)

• 1950 Rufino Bernedo 86
• 1954 Oscar Moglia 168
• 1959 Jerry Vayda 162
• 1963 Ricardo Duarte 163
• 1967 Bohdan Likszo 180
• 1970 Shin Dong-pa 261
• 1974 Wayne Brabender 207
• 1978 Kamil Brabenec 188
• 1982 Dragan Kicanovic 190
• 1986 Nikos Galis 337
• 1990 Oscar Schmidt 284
• 1994 Andrew Gaze 191
• 1998 Alberto Herreros 161
• 2002 Dirk Nowitzki 216
• 2006 Dirk Nowitzki 209

[edit] Top scorer by tournament (average)

• 1950 Alvaro Salvadores 13.7
• 1954 Oscar Moglia 18.6
• 1959 James Chen 20.1
• 1963 Ricardo Duarte 20.3
• 1967 Bohdan Likszo 20
• 1970 Shin Dong-pa 32.6
• 1974 Arturo Guerrero 27
• 1978 Kamil Brabenec 26.8
• 1982 Wilfredo Ruiz 24
• 1986 Nikos Galis 33.7
• 1990 Oscar Schmidt 35.5
• 1994 Andrew Gaze 23.8
• 1998 Alberto Herreros 17.8
• 2002 Dirk Nowitzki 24
• 2006 Yao Ming 25.3

[edit] Top cumulative scorers

1. Oscar Schmidt - 916
2. Andrew Gaze - 599
3. Drazen Dalipagic - 568
4. Marcel De Souza - 550
5. Dragan Kicanovic - 484

[edit] Top scoring averages

1. Nikos Galis - 33.7
2. Shin Dong-pa - 32.6
3. Arturo Guerrero - 27.0
4. Oscar Schmidt - 26.1
5. Manuel Raga - 26.1

[edit] Top scorers in a single game

1. Hur Jae - 62 vs. Egypt  in 1990.
2. Nikos Galis - 53 vs. Panama  in 1986.
3. Oscar Schmidt - 49 vs. Cuba  in 1986.
4. Jordi Villacampa - 48 vs. Venezuela  in 1990.
5. Oscar Schmidt - 48 vs. Australia  in 1990.
6. Nikos Galis - 48 vs. China  in 1986.

[edit] Most number of tournaments played

• 5 tournaments:
  • Ubiratan Pereira Maciel (41 games)
  • Phil Smyth (39 games)
  • Marcel De Souza (38 games)
• 4 tournaments:
  • Ray Borner (39 games)
  • Wlamir Marques (36 games)

[edit] Top medalists

Person	Gold	Silvers	Bronzes	Total
Wlamir Marques	2 (1959, 1963)	2 (1954, 1970)	0	4
Kresimir Cosic	2 (1970, 1978)	2 (1967, 1974)	0	4
Sergei Belov	2 (1967, 1974)	1 (1978)	1 (1970)	4
Amaury Pasos	2 (1959, 1963)	1 (1954)	1 (1967)	4
Alexander Belostenny	1 (1982)	3 (1978, 1986, 1990)	0	4
Drazen Dalipagic	1 (1978)	1 (1974)	2 (1982, 1986)	4

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