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 (Europe) 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe) The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification, for the FIBA Europe region, began in the summer of 2017. Contrary to previous years, no teams were automatically placed into the FIBA World Cup, so all FIBA Europe nations have to participate in qualifications. FIBA Europe has been allocated 12 berths at the World Cup. In total 37 FIBA Europe teams are taking part in the qualification tournament. The qualification consists of the following stages: Teams that did not manage to make EuroBasket 2017 played in the pre-qualifiers round. 13 teams participated in four home-and-away