2006 FIBA World Championship 2006 FIBA World Championship The 2006 FIBA World Championship was the 15th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. The tournament was hosted by Japan and held from August 19 to September 3, 2006. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), Japan Basketball Association (JABBA) and the 2006 Organizing Committee. For the first time since 1986, the World Championship was contested by 24 nations, eight more than in 2002. As a result, group rounds were conducted in four cities, with the knockout rounds being hosted by Saitama City. The tournament was won by Spain,
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Americas) 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Americas) The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Americas) process will determine the 7 Americas teams that will participate at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. It will be held from November 2017 to February 2019. The top five teams at the 2016 Centrobasket and 2016 South American Basketball Championship, plus the two teams from North America, qualified directly to the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualification. Four additional teams were scheduled to be selected at a pre-qualifier tournament in July 2017, but it was canceled. Instead, the sixth and seventh placed teams at the