2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup and Japan since their first hosted tournaments in 1978 and 2006 respectively. The top eight teams including France as the host for the 2024 Summer Olympics (where two teams each are coming from the Americas and Europe; and the top teams from Africa, Asia and Oceania) in this competition will guarantee a spot at the men's basketball tournament in the 2024 Olympics in Paris. On 7 June 2016, FIBA approved the bidding process for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. On 1 June 2017, FIBA confirmed the list of candidates for the hosting of the World Cup. Solo bidders Russia
FIBA Basketball World Cup records FIBA Basketball World Cup records FIBA Basketball World Cup records are the records attained throughout the history of the FIBA Basketball World Cup. From 1959 to 1982, the host qualified directly to the final round, thus bypassing the preliminary round (group stages). As a result, the host's final rank would no worse than the number of teams in the final round (between six and eight); however from 1986 the host was made to compete in the preliminary round. However, the success rate of hosts winning the tournament is rather low (19%, 3 of 16), as compared to the FIFA World