Basket ball World Championship:
| Year | Host Country | Winner | Runners-up |
| 1950 | Argentina | Argentina | USA |
| 1954 | Brazil | USA | Brazil |
| 1959 | Chile | Brazil | USA |
| 1963 | Brazil | Brazil | Yugoslavia |
| 1967 | Uruguay | Soviet Union | Yugoslavia |
| 1970 | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | Brazil |
| 1974 | Puerto Rico | Soviet Union | Yugoslavia |
| 1978 | Philippines | Yugoslavia | Soviet Union |
| 1982 | Colombia | Soviet Union | USA |
| 1986 | Spain | USA | Soviet Union |
| 1990 | Argentina | Yugoslavia | Soviet Union |
| 1994 | Canada | USA | Russia |
| 1998 | Greece | Yugoslavia | Russia |
| 2002 | USA | Yugoslavia | Argentina |
| 2006 | Japan | Spain | Greece |
| 2010 | Turkey | USA | Turkey |
| 2014 | Spain | USA | Serbia |
| 2019 | China | Spain | Argentina |