Naismith Trophy

The Naismith Trophy is a trophy awarded to the men's champion of the FIBA Basketball World Cup, and is named in honor of basketball's inventor, James Naismith. The trophy was first awarded to the winner of the 1967 FIBA World Championship. The current version of the trophy was awarded for the first time at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

For the college basketball award, see Naismith College Player of the Year. For other awards, see Naismith Award.

Naismith Trophy
The redesigned version of the Naismith Trophy introduced in 2017
Awarded forWinning the FIBA Basketball World Cup
Presented byFIBA
First awarded1967 (Original trophy)
1998 (remodeled)
2019 (redesign)
Currently held by Germany
WebsiteFIBA.com
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