Argentina–Uruguay bid for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Argentina–Uruguay bid for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup The joint Argentina–Uruguay bid for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the Argentine Basketball Federation and Uruguayan Basketball Federation's unsuccessful joint bid for the right to host the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The campaign was led by Argentina, where most of the proposed venues were situated. The bid was one of the two finalist bids, along with the joint Philippines–Japan–Indonesia winning bid. On January 11, 2017, the joint bid was announced in Buenos Aires, by the Argentine Basketball Federation and the Uruguayan Basketball Federation. The bid was launched by
National team appearances in the FIBA Basketball World Cup Furthermore, a Yugoslav team was able to finish at least third from 1963 to 2002. Recently, FIBA allotted all of Yugoslavia's wins to Serbia, while the team has yet to place third or higher by that name. The USA is the current World Champion, winning the gold medal game against Serbia at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. A total of 58 national teams have appeared in at least one FIBA Basketball World Cup in the history of the tournament through the 2014 competition. Each successive Basketball World Cup has had at least one team appearing for the first time.