2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup

Also known as FIBA Basketball World Cup 2014

2014 edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup

Key facts

Host country: Spain
Dates: 30 August – 14 September
Officially opened by: Felipe VI
Teams: 24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue: 6 (in 6 host cities)
Champions: United States (5th title)
Runners up: Serbia
Third place: France
Fourth place: Lithuania
Attendance: 645,135 (8,489 per game)
Mvp: Kyrie Irving
Top scorer: J. J. Barea , (22.0 points per game )

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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. 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.

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