USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
YEAR-BY-YEAR FINAL STANDINGS
1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 2008 2012
2016
1
USA
*USA
CHN YUG CAN HUN CUB KOR AUS CZK
URS
CHN
^BLR
^CRO ^CZE ^FRA
^CHN
2 3 4
BUL
*BUL
YUG
CIS
^CZH ^LAT ^ESP
^FRA
POL
CUB
CHN BUL CZK AUS POL
BRA CZK
^ESP
CUB
YUG
^TUR
^TUR
5
%FRA
ITA
ITA
BRA
CAN
BLR
6
%GBR
HUN
CUB
JPN
KOR
7
%ITA
CAN
JPN
ARG KOR MAL MOZ NZL PUR
#ARG #CUB
8
%KOR %MEX
CZK
ITA
ANG
9
KOR
10
CHN
11
FRA
12
POL
LEGEND : ARG-Argentina; AUS-Australia; BEL-Belgium; BLR-Belarus; BRA-Brazil; BUL-Bulgaria; CAN-Canada; CHN-China; CIS-Commonwealth of Independant States/Unified Team; CRO-Croatia; CUB-Cuba; CZE-Czech Republic; CZK-Czechoslovakia; ESP-Spain; FRA-France; GBR-Great Britain; HUN-Hungary; ITA-Italy; JPN-Japan; KOR-South Korea; LAT-Latvia; MAL-Mali; MEX-Mexico; MOZ-Mozambique; NGR-Nigeria; NZL-New Zealand; POL-Poland; PUR-Puerto Rico; SRB-Serbia; SWE-Sweden; TUR-Turkey; URS-Soviet Union; USA-United States of America; YUG-Yugoslavia.
* Tied for first place
% Tied for fifth place
# Tied for seventh place.
^There were no final placings for the 2008, 2012 and 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. The first four listed won their quarterfinal games to qualify, while the fifth place game was played out between the four quarterfinal losing teams.
DID NOT ADVANCE TO THE QUALIFYING ROUNDS:
• 1980 - Australia, Brazil, Federal Republic of Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria and Romania. • 1984 - Brazil, Bulgaria, Dominican Republic, Great Britain, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Sweden and Zaire. • 1988 - Angola, Brazil, Canada, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and Zaire. • 1992 - Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Dominican Republic, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, Poland, South Korea and Zaire. • 2008 - Argentina, Fiji, Senegal and Taiwan. • 2012 - Mali, Mozambique, New Zealand and Puerto Rico. • 2016 - Camaroon, New Zealand, Nigeria, Venezuela.
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