FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification the 1994 FIBA World Championship in Canada. This setup continued until the 2002 FIBA World Championship in the USA which were also the Olympic champions; the supposed berth for the Olympic champions were instead given to Americas, the USA's home zone. In the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan that saw the field expand to 24 teams, with four invited teams popularly called as "wild cards" were invited by FIBA. This setup will last until 2014, when FIBA announced that they were renaming the competition as the "FIBA Basketball World Cup". In 2012, FIBA announced that the supposed 2018 world
2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup The 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup was an international basketball competition, held from 30 June to 8 July 2018, in Rosario and Santa Fe, Argentina. It was the fifth edition of the FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup. Sixteen national teams competed in the tournament. The United States won their fifth title, is as many tournaments, after defeating France in the final. The draw was held on 14 March 2018 in Rosario, Argentina. "All times are local (UTC–3)." The logo and brand identity of the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup was unveiled during