The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup will be the 17th edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup, the tournament previously known as the FIBA World Championship. The tournament will be held by Spain. It will be the last tournament held on the current 4-year cycle. The next FIBA World Cup will be held 5 years later, in 2019, to reset the cycle on a different year than the FIFA World Cup.
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