Host Countries Winning FIBA Championships

[L8DBACK]

There were only 3 host countries that won the FIBA Championships since it's founding in 1950.

1950 Argentina, Champions
1954 Brazil, Runner-up Final round
1959 Chile, Third place Final round
1963 Brazil, Champions Final round
1967 Uruguay, Seventh place Final round
1970 Yugoslavia, Champions Final round
1974 Puerto Rico, Seventh place Final round
1978 Philippines, Eighth place Final round
1982 Colombia, Seventh place Final round
1986 Spain, Fifth place 5th-place playoffs Champions Final
1990 Argentina, Eighth place Second round (4th of 4) Runner-up Final
1994 Canada, Seventh place 5th-place playoffs Sixth place Final round
1998 Greece, Fourth place Semifinals Runner-up Final
2002 United States, Sixth place Quarterfinals Champions Final
2006 Japan, Seventeenth place
2010 Turkey, ???

Will Turkey as the host country win it all?

[Rycka]

no way

[tensai]

it is sooooo hard to win it all.. but not impossible

[Alyosha12]

Very interesting topic so i went and looked at the Eurobasket's as well, here are the results:
35 Switzerland Winner Latvia
37 Latvia winner Lithuania
39 Lithuania winner Lithuania
46 Switzerland winner Czechoslovakia
47 Czechoslovakia winner Soviet Union
49 Egypt winner Egypt
51 France winner Soviet Union
53 USSR winner Soviet Union
55 Hungary winner Hungary
57-71 winner always Soviet Union 1 time on its own soil again
73 Spain winner Yugoslavia
75 Yugoslavia winner Yugoslavia
77 Belgium winner Yugoslavia
79 Italy winner Soviet Union
81 Czechoslovakia winner Soviet Union
83 France winner Italy
85 West Germany winner Soviet Union
87 Greece winner Greece
89 Yugoslavia winner Yugoslavia
91 Italy winner Yugoslavia
93 Germany winner Germany
95 Greece winner Yugoslavia
97 Spain winner Yugoslavia
99 France winner Italy
2001 Turkey winner Yugoslavia
2003 Sweden winner Lithuania
2005 Serbia and Montenegro winner Greece
2007 Spain winner Russia
2009 Poland winner Spain

So thats 7 times out of 36 the host country has also won the championship. Not that common lol.

[Delibasic]

turks will be lucky if they make final four. no way they're gonna win it.

[dxjayrock2008]

It's a very small chance for the host country to win the FIBA Championship ring.

[re5pectas]

Very interesting topic so i went and looked at the Eurobasket's as well, here are the results:
35 Switzerland Winner Latvia
37 Latvia winner Lithuania
39 Lithuania winner Lithuania
46 Switzerland winner Czechoslovakia
47 Czechoslovakia winner Soviet Union
49 Egypt winner Egypt
51 France winner Soviet Union
53 USSR winner Soviet Union
55 Hungary winner Hungary
57-71 winner always Soviet Union 1 time on its own soil again
73 Spain winner Yugoslavia
75 Yugoslavia winner Yugoslavia
77 Belgium winner Yugoslavia
79 Italy winner Soviet Union
81 Czechoslovakia winner Soviet Union
83 France winner Italy
85 West Germany winner Soviet Union
87 Greece winner Greece
89 Yugoslavia winner Yugoslavia
91 Italy winner Yugoslavia
93 Germany winner Germany
95 Greece winner Yugoslavia
97 Spain winner Yugoslavia
99 France winner Italy
2001 Turkey winner Yugoslavia
2003 Sweden winner Lithuania
2005 Serbia and Montenegro winner Greece
2007 Spain winner Russia
2009 Poland winner Spain

So thats 7 times out of 36 the host country has also won the championship. Not that common lol.

Somehow from your post I counted 9 out of 31, that makes 30%

[Luíz for 3]

Nice thread! 3/15=20% on World Championship and 7/36=19,4% on EuroBasket.
We can't judge Turkey hopes considering these stats. It's obvious Japan, Canada, Colombia, Philippines, Puerto Rico or Uruguay had reduced shots to win the WC even playing in front of their crowd. FIBA should have picked Soviet Union in the 70's to contribute to the host countries sucess...

[parso]

It's a very small chance for the host country to win the FIBA Championship ring.

Do they give a ring to the champs?

[Lewis]

Do they give a ring to the champs?

LOL
he gotcha Obama