Basketball at the Summer World University Games

Basketball tournaments have been staged at the Universiade since 1959. The men's tournament was introduced in 1951, and the women's tournament was introduced in 1961. The tournament was not held in 1975.

Basketball at the Summer World University Games
Events	2 (men: 1; women: 1)
Games
1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1970 1970 1973 1972 1975 1975 1977 1978 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2025

Medal winners

Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1959	Soviet Union	Italy	Czechoslovakia
1961	Soviet Union	Bulgaria	Czechoslovakia
1963	Brazil	Cuba	Peru
1965	United States	Soviet Union	Hungary
1967	United States	South Korea	Brazil
1970	Soviet Union	United States	Cuba
1973	United States	Soviet Union	Brazil
1977	United States	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia
1979	United States	Yugoslavia	Cuba
1981	United States	Soviet Union	Yugoslavia
1983	Canada	Yugoslavia	United States
1985	Soviet Union	United States	Canada
1987	Yugoslavia	United States	Spain
1989	United States	Soviet Union	West Germany
1991	United States	Canada	Soviet Union
1993	United States	Canada	China
1995	United States	Japan	Canada
1997	United States	Canada	Brazil
1999	United States	FR Yugoslavia	Spain
2001	FR Yugoslavia	China	United States
2003	Serbia and Montenegro	Russia	Canada
2005	United States	Ukraine	Serbia and Montenegro
2007	Lithuania	Serbia	Canada
2009	Serbia	Russia	United States
2011	Serbia	Canada	Lithuania
2013	Russia	Australia	Serbia
2015	United States	Germany	Russia
2017	Lithuania	United States	Latvia
2019	United States	Ukraine	Australia
2021	Czech Republic	Brazil	United States
2025	Brazil	United States	Lithuania

Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1961	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia
1965	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Hungary
1967	South Korea	Japan	France
1970	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Cuba
1973	Soviet Union	United States	North Korea
1977	Soviet Union	United States	Bulgaria
1979	United States	Cuba	Canada
1981	Soviet Union	United States	Romania
1983	United States	Romania	Yugoslavia
1985	Soviet Union	United States	Yugoslavia
1987	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union	China
1991	United States	Spain	Canada
1993	China	Cuba	United States
1995	Italy	United States	Japan
1997	United States	Cuba	Czech Republic
1999	Spain	United States	Russia
2001	United States	China	Czech Republic
2003	China	Italy	Russia
2005	United States	Serbia and Montenegro	Australia
2007	Australia	Russia	Poland
2009	United States	Russia	Australia
2011	United States	Chinese Taipei	Australia
2013	United States	Russia	Australia
2015	United States	Canada	Russia
2017	Australia	Japan	Chinese Taipei
2019	Australia	United States	Portugal
2021	China	Japan	Finland
2025	China	United States	Hungary

Combinated medal table

Last update during the 2025 FISU World Summer University Games

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	25	14	8	47
2	Soviet Union (URS)	10	7	1	18
3	China (CHN)	4	3	2	9
4	Yugoslavia (YUG)	3	4	3	10
5	Australia (AUS)	3	1	5	9
6	Lithuania (LTU)	3	0	2	5
7	Spain (ESP)	2	2	2	6
8	Brazil (BRA)	2	1	3	6
9	Germany (GER)	2	1	1	4
10	Serbia (SRB)	2	1	0	3
11	Canada (CAN)	1	5	6	12
12	Russia (RUS)	1	5	5	11
13	Italy (ITA)	1	2	0	3
14	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	1	1	3
15	South Korea (KOR)	1	1	0	2
16	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	3	4
17	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)	1	0	1	2
18	Cuba (CUB)	0	4	3	7
19	Japan (JPN)	0	4	1	5
20	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	2	4	6
21	Ukraine (UKR)	0	2	0	2
22	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	1	1	2
	Romania (ROM)	0	1	1	2
24	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
25	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	3	3
26	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	0	1	1
	North Korea (PRK)	0	0	1	1
	Peru (PER)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (32 entries)		63	63	63	189

External links

• Sports123 (men)
• Sports123 (women)
• Todor 66