to finish at least third from 1963 to 2002. Spain is the current World Champion, winning the gold medal game against Argentina at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Debut of teams A total of 60 national teams have appeared in at least one FIBA Basketball World Cup in the history of the tournament through the 2019 competition, and at least 4 will debut in 2023. Each successive Basketball World Cup has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Countries competing in their first Basketball World Cup are listed below by year. Tournament format In deciphering the tables below, the tournament format per championship has to be accounted for. Team results Legend: – Champions – Runner-up – Third place – Fourth place — Knockout quarterfinals (1998–present) — Second round group (1950–1994) WD — Withdrew • — Did not qualify × — Did not enter / disqualified — Hosts Notes: Teams that failed to qualify to the semifinal round at the 1986 championship were ranked tied for 13th. In 2006, when the tournament expanded to 24 teams (four preliminary round groups of six teams each), teams that finished 5th in their preliminary round groups were ranked tied for 17th, while teams that finished 6th in their preliminary round groups were ranked tied for 21st. Teams eliminated in round of 16 were ranked tied for 9th.</onlyinclude> Ranking of teams by number of appearances Overall won/lost records Performance of host nations With only three wins in 16 occasions, the success rate of host nations winning the tournament is rather low at 19%, compared to the respective percentage in the FIFA World Cup which stands at 32% (6 out of 19). Yugoslavia was the last host to win, in 1970; the only other host to medal since then has been Turkey, silver medalist in 2010. Greece has been the only other host nation to finish fourth or better since 1970. From 1959 to 1982, the host qualified directly to the final round of the tournament, bypassing the preliminary round (group stage). The host's final rank in these years could not be worse than the number of teams in the final round (between six and eight). However, beginning in 1986, the host has competed in the preliminary round. A "†" denotes that is the best performance of the team, a "‡" denotes it is the best performance of the team at the