2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup

2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
Copa Mundial de la FIBA España 2014
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates30 August – 14 September
Officially opened byFelipe VI
Teams24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (5th title)
Runners-up Serbia
Third place France
Fourth place Lithuania
Tournament statistics
Games played76
Attendance645,135 (8,489 per game)
MVP Kyrie Irving
Top scorer J. J. Barea
(22.0 points per game)

The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup, the tournament previously known as the FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from 30 August to 14 September 2014. Hosted by Spain, it was the last tournament to be held on the then-current four-year cycle. The next FIBA World Cup was held five years later, in 2019, to reset the four-year-cycle on a different year than the FIFA World Cup.

The United States won their fifth world championship, after beating silver medal-winning Serbia in the Final. France claimed the third place, while Lithuania finished fourth in the tournament.