World basketball championship—men

year winner runner-up

1936* United States Canada

1948* United States France

1950 Argentina United States

1952* United States U.S.S.R.

1954 United States Brazil

1956* United States U.S.S.R.

1959 Brazil** United States

1960* United States U.S.S.R.

1963 Brazil Yugoslavia

1964* United States U.S.S.R.

1967 U.S.S.R. Yugoslavia

1968* United States Yugoslavia

1970 Yugoslavia Brazil

1972* U.S.S.R. United States

1974 U.S.S.R. Yugoslavia

1976* United States Yugoslavia

1978 Yugoslavia U.S.S.R.

1980* Yugoslavia Italy

1982 U.S.S.R. United States

1984* United States Spain

1986 United States U.S.S.R.

1988* U.S.S.R. Yugoslavia

1990 Yugoslavia U.S.S.R.

1992* United States Croatia

1994 United States Russia

1996* United States Yugoslavia

1998 Yugoslavia Russia

2000* United States France

2002 Yugoslavia Argentina

2004* Argentina Italy

2006 Spain Greece

*Olympic championships, recognized as world championships.

**By default.