| FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup | |
| Current Season: | 2025 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Inaugural: | 1979 |
| Teams: | 16 |
| Continent: | FIBA (International) |
| Champion: | (2nd title) |
| Most Champs: | (8 titles) |
| Related Comps: | FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup |
| Founder: | FIBA |
The FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup (formerly FIBA Under-19 World Championship) is the under-19 men's world basketball championship organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). From its inauguration in 1979, until 2007, it was held every four years. Since 2007, it has been held biennially.[1] The current champions are Spain, who defeated France in 2023 in Hungary. The next edition will take place in 2025 in Switzerland.
| Year | Hosts | width=1% rowspan=20 bgcolor=ffffff | Final | width=1% rowspan=20 bgcolor=ffffff | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=15% | Champions | width=9% | Score | width=15% | Runners-up | width=15% | Third place | width=9% | Score | width=15% | Fourth place |
| 1979 |  Salvador | Round-robin group | Round-robin group | ||||||||
| 1983 |  Palma de Mallorca | 82–78 | 71–66 | ||||||||
| 1987 |  Bormio | 86–76 | 77–66 | ||||||||
| 1991 |  Edmonton | 90–85 | 74–71 | ||||||||
| 1995 | Athens | 91–73 | 77–64 | ||||||||
| 1999 | Lisbon | 94–87 | 66–59 | ||||||||
| 2003 | Thessaloniki | 126–92 | 73–64 | ||||||||
| 2007 |  Novi Sad | 74–69 | 75–67 | ||||||||
| 2009 |  Auckland | 88–80 | 87–81 | ||||||||
| 2011 | Riga | 85–67 | 77–72 | ||||||||
| 2013 |  Prague | 82–68 | 106–100 | ||||||||
| 2015 | Heraklion | 79–71OT | 80–71 | ||||||||
| 2017 |  Cairo | 79–60 | 96–72 | ||||||||
| 2019 | Heraklion | 93–79 | 73–68 | ||||||||
| 2021 | Daugavpils / Riga | 83–81 | 101–92 | ||||||||
| 2023 |  Debrecen | 73–69OT | 84–70 | ||||||||
| 2025 | Lausanne | ||||||||||
| 2027 | Czech Republic | ||||||||||
| Team | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1991 |  1995 |  1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2009 |  2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 |  2025 | 2027 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 13th | – | 13th | 14th | – | 13th | – | 14th | – | – | – | 13th | – | – | – | 6 | ||||
| 3rd | 7th | – | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 10th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 12th | 10th | 8th | 11th | 8th | 5th | Q | 16 | |||
| 9th | 10th | 5th | 11th | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 5th | 4th | 6th | 4th | 7th | – | 9th | 10th | – | 14 | ||||
| 2nd | 3rd | 10th | 7th | – | 8th | – | 4th | – | 9th | 10th | – | – | – | – | 11th | – | 9 | |||
| 7th | 14th | 6th | 8th | – | – | – | 10th | 7th | 11th | 6th | 5th | 1st | 8th | 3rd | 7th | Q | 14 | |||
| – | 11th | 9th | 10th | 9th | 15th | 14th | 12th | – | 13th | 7th | 15th | – | 16th | – | 10th | 12 | ||||
| – | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||||
| Part of Yugoslavia | 4th | 3rd | 4th | – | 3rd | 8th | 8th | – | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | |||||
| Part of Czechoslovakia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14th | – | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 2 | |||||
| – | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | – | – | – | – | Q | 3 | |||
| 12th | – | – | – | – | 13th | – | – | 11th | 12th | – | 11th | 12th | – | – | 13th | 7 | ||||
| – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | 3rd | 8th | – | – | – | 7th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | Q | 8 | |||
| – | 5th | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | Q | 4 | |||
| – | – | – | – | 1st | 7th | 3rd | – | 2nd | – | – | 4th | – | 10th | – | – | – | 6 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | 1 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | 15th | – | 11th | 14th | 15th | – | 12th | – | 6 | ||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 1 | |||
| 6th | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 13th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 2nd | – | – | – | – | 7 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| – | – | – | 16th | – | 14th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | 16th | 8th | 5 | ||||
| – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||||
| Part of Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||||||
| Part of Soviet Union | – | 9th | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | 12th | 11th | – | – | 4 | ||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | 2 | ||||
| Part of Soviet Union | 5th | 2nd | 9th | 9th | 1st | 3rd | – | 6th | 4th | 6th | – | – | 9 | |||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14th | – | 1 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | – | – | – | – | 16th | 2nd | 13th | – | 4 | ||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | – | – | – | 11th | 13th | – | – | 3 | ||||
| – | – | 12th | 15th | 11th | 11th | 11th | 13th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | ||||
| 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14th | – | – | 2 | ||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| – | – | 8th | – | 10th | – | 6th | 16th | 6th | – | – | – | 9th | 6th | 14th | – | – | 8 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||||
| – | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Part of Soviet Union | – | 6th | – | – | – | 3rd | 9th | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | 4 | |||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | 15th | 7th | – | 3 | ||||
| Part of Yugoslavia | – | – | – | 1st | – | 2nd | 2nd | 9th | – | 7th | 4th | 6th | Q | 8 | ||||||
| Part of Yugoslavia | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | Q | 3 | ||||||
| – | – | – | – | 15th | – | 12th | 11th | – | 15th | 13th | 12th | 14th | – | 15th | 12th | 9 | ||||
| 5th | 2nd | 7th | 9th | defunct | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| – | 4th | – | 6th | 3rd | 1st | – | 8th | 10th | – | 5th | 8th | 4th | – | 5th | 1st | – | 11 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 1 | |||
| – | – | – | 12th | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | 7th | – | – | – | 3rd | – | – | 9th | 3rd | – | 5 | |||
| 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 7th | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 5th | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 4th | Q | 17 | |||
| 8th | 12th | – | 14th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | |||
| – | – | – | – | 12th | 12th | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | |||
| 4th | 8th | 1st | 4th | defunct | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Total (97) | 12 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | ||
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| 2027 | TBD |
See main article: FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup Most Valuable Player and FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team.
| Award | width=125 | Winner | width=125 | Position | width=125 | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | Izan Almansa | PF | ||||
| All-Tournament Team | Mark Armstrong | PG | ||||
| Jordi Rodríguez | SF | |||||
| Berke Büyüktuncel | SF | |||||
| Zacharie Perrin | PF | |||||
| Izan Almansa | PF |