FIBA World Championship – Some Interesting Records
We have compiled a list of some interesting records from FIBA World Championships.
- Most Championships hosted by a nation
Argentina and Brazil hosted FIBA world championship 2 times each.
- Most venues used in a single championship
In 1896, the FIBA world championship was held in Spain, where 7 venues were used for the competition. (Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza, Ferrol, Malaga, Tenerife and Oviedo)
- Most gold medals won by a team
United States won 4 gold medals in FIBA World Championship, most by any team.
- Most medals (total) won by a team
United States had won 11 medals in FIBA world championship.
- Most appearances in finals by a team
United States appeared 7 times in the finals of the championship.
- Biggest win margin
In 1974, Soviet Union beat Central Africa Republic with the biggest win margin of 92 points.match result (140-48)
- Biggest game score
Brazil vs China 154-97 , in 1978 championship
- Lowest game score
Egypt vs Brazil 19-38 , 195o championship
- Longest winning streak
United State holds the record of longest winning streak, 15 consecutive wins from preliminary round of 1954 championship to final round of 1959 world championship.
- Top scorer in a game
Jae Hur from Korea earned 62 points in a game against Egypt in 1990 championship.
- Top scorer in a single championship
Nicos Gallis from Greece is the all-time leading scorer in a single championship,made 337 points in 10 games of 1986 FIBA world championship.
- All-time top scorer
Brazilian player Oscar Schmidt is all-time leading scorer, earned 916 points in 35 games from 1978-1990.
- Most tournament appearances
Ubiratan Pereira Maciel and Marcel De Souza from Brazil and Australian Phil Smyth have appeared in five championships.
- Participation in most games
Brazilian player Ubiratan Pereira Maciel participated in 41 games.
- Youngest player
Bartolomeo Diaz from Angola and Tiago Splitter from Brazil both appeared at the age of 17 in 1986 and 2002 championship respectively.
- Oldest player
A Puerto Rican player Jose Piculin Ortiz was the oldest player to participate in 2002 championshinp at the age of 38.
- Tallest player
2.29 m tall Yao Ming from China was the tallest player participated in 2002 championship.
- Shortest player
American player Tyrone Bounges with the height of 1.59 m, was the shortest player appeared in 1986 FIBA world championship.
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