National team appearances in the FIBA Basketball World Cup National team appearances in the FIBA Basketball World Cup National team appearances in the FIBA Basketball World Cup are the number of appearances that individual country's basketball national teams have made at the FIBA Basketball World Cup. A total of 58 countries have made, or will make, at least one appearance in the FIBA international senior men's basketball competition. African, European and teams from the Americas composed the first World Championship – Asian and Oceanian teams did not want to make a long trip to Argentina, the venue of the tournament. Egypt finished fifth in the inaugural world championship, the
1960 Speedway World Team Cup Cup in 2001) receive the Ove Fundin Trophy. Round was canceled. Poland was qualify to the final. East Germany, Hungary and Yugoslavia windraw. 1960 Speedway World Team Cup 1960 Speedway World Team Cup was the first FIM Speedway World Team Cup season. The final took place in Gothenburg, Sweden. The World Champion title was won by Sweden team (44 pts) who beat England (30 pts), Czechoslovakia (15 pts) and Poland (7 pts). Sweden's reigning World Champion Ove Fundin went through the entire World Team Cup undefeated. This feat would not be matched until Australia's Jason Crump went through the 2001