[3] Nine countries showed interest in hosting the event, as in order, they were Spain,[4] France,[5] Denmark,[6] Russia,[7] Saudi Arabia,[8] Qatar,[9] Italy,[10] Greece,[11] and China.

In the final round, Arvydas Sabonis and Saša Djordjević announced that Spain won the hosting rights with eleven votes as opposed to Italy's eight.

On 17 April 2010, Barcelona was added to the list of cities to hold games, bringing the total venues to six.

[14] This was Barcelona's first time being part of a major international event in basketball since the 1997 EuroBasket, in which the Palau Sant Jordi hosted the final stages.

[20] This was the first time the NBA-style 4.90m rectangular free throw lane, the 1.25m restricted arc, and extended three point line (6.6 m [21' 8"] from the basket at the corners; 6.75 m [22' 1.75"] elsewhere) took effect in the tournament.

The draw was held on 3 February 2014 at 19:00 CET at the Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona.

Former Spanish international Juan Antonio San Epifanio, Croatia's Dino Rađa, José Ortiz of Puerto Rico and Angolan Jean-Jacques Conceição assisted in the draw.

[26] United States (1) Spain (2) Argentina (3) Lithuania (4) Angola (15) Finland (39) Senegal (41) Egypt (46) New Zealand (19) Iran (20) South Korea (31) Philippines (34) Serbia (11) Slovenia (13) Croatia (16) Ukraine (45) Brazil (10) Puerto Rico (17) Mexico (24) Dominican Republic (26) Greece (5) Turkey (7) France (8) Australia (9) Each team had a roster of 12 players; a team could opt to have one naturalized player from its roster.

Australia won this friendly tournament in Antibes, France organized by Fédération Française de Basket-Ball.

Australia fell to third place, thereby allowing them to face the United States at the semifinals instead of the quarterfinals if they finished second.

This so-called "tanking" was blasted by Goran Dragić, whose Slovenian team were defeated by Lithuania in the final group match, dropping them to second place, causing them to face the Americans instead in the quarterfinals if they reach that far.

Australia coach Andrej Lemanis rejected the accusation that they tanked, saying he rested his players for the next stage due to the heavy tournament schedule, adding that: "We always, as Australians, compete the right way".

The trophy was on display at the 2014 NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans in February 2014, then the tour visited several countries in Latin America, Europe and the Philippines from April to mid-July.

Olé and Hop's name came from the word "alley-oop"; they are directly inspired from the 2014 World Cup logo, and will have a tour of host cities leading up to the championship.

[39] "Sube la Copa" by Huecco was named the official theme song of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

The song, starting from 27 August, can be downloaded on iTunes, Spotify and Deezer, with all of the proceeds going to the FEB's Casa Espana, Huecco's Fundacion Dame Vida, and FIBA's International Basketball Foundation.