2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup

2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
Copa Mundial de la FIBA España 2014
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates30 August – 14 September
Officially opened byFelipe VI
Teams24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (5th title)
Runners-up Serbia
Third place France
Fourth place Lithuania
Tournament statistics
Games played76
Attendance645,135 (8,489 per game)
MVPUnited States Kyrie Irving
Top scorerPuerto Rico J. J. Barea
(22.0 points per game)
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2019

The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup, the tournament previously known as the FIBA World Championship.[1] The tournament was held from 30 August to 14 September 2014. Hosted by Spain, it was the last tournament to be held on the then-current four-year cycle. The next FIBA World Cup was held five years later, in 2019, to reset the four-year-cycle on a different year than the FIFA World Cup.[2]

Countdown clock outside the FIBA headquarters in Mies, Switzerland as of June 2013.

The United States won their fifth world championship, after beating silver medal-winning Serbia in the Final. France claimed the third place, while Lithuania finished fourth in the tournament.

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  2. ^ "Hoops World Cup will be played on years opposite soccer". USA Today. Retrieved 20 July 2017.