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{{for multi|the college basketball award|Naismith College Player of the Year|other awards|Naismith Award}}
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{{Infobox Award
| image       = FIBA World Cup 2023 Trophy Tour - Jakarta - Naismith Trophy (2).jpg
| image_caption = The redesigned version of the Naismith Trophy introduced in 2017
| imagesize   = 220px
| name        = Naismith Trophy
| year        = [[1967 FIBA World Championship|1967]] (Original trophy) <br /> [[1998 FIBA World Championship|1998]] (remodeled) <br /> [[2019 FIBA World Cup|2019]] (redesign)
| presenter   = [[FIBA]]
| holder      = {{bk|GER}}
| awarded_for = Winning the [[FIBA Basketball World Cup]]
| website     = [https://www.fiba.basketball FIBA.com]}}

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]].<ref>{{cite web |title=FIBA World Cup Trophy Embarks on Global Tour Ahead of 2023 Basketball Event|url=https://menafn.com/1106217561/FIBA-World-Cup-Trophy-Embarks-on-Global-Tour-Ahead-of-2023-Basketball-Event |website=MENAFN|access-date=15 May 2023|date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=FIBA: Naismith Trophy to be displayed at Big Dome|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/02/21/22/fiba-naismith-trophy-to-be-displayed-at-big-dome|website=[[ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs|ABS-CBN News]]|access-date=18 May 2023|date=21 February 2022}}</ref>  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]].<ref name="FIBA">{{cite web |title=Naismith Trophy |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/trophy |publisher=FIBA}}</ref>

==History==
As early as [[1950 FIBA World Championship|the first tournament in 1950]], [[FIBA]] had decided to name the trophy in honor of [[James Naismith|Naismith]], but did not have the funds to create the trophy.  Finally, in 1965, FIBA received a US$1,000 donation and commissioned a trophy.  The trophy was introduced at [[1967 FIBA World Championship|the 1967 tournament]], and was awarded to the [[Soviet Union national basketball team|Soviet Union]], which won the first of their three FIBA World Championship titles at the tournament.

The original trophy was remodeled, and a new, updated trophy was introduced for the [[1998 FIBA World Championship]].  The original trophy now sits at the [[Pedro Ferrándiz]] Foundation in Spain.<ref name="egypt">{{cite web|url= http://egyptology.blogspot.com/2006/01/ancient-egypt-in-basketball.html |title=Ancient Egypt in basketball |publisher=egyptology.blogspot.com |date= 17 January 2006 |access-date=8 September 2010}}</ref> The new Naismith Trophy was forged by Goldsmith master Günter Schoebel, who came from [[Bad Kreuznach]], [[Germany]].  The design of the trophy was inspired by the travels of long-time FIBA Secretary General [[Renato William Jones]].<ref name="trophy">{{cite web|url= http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/10/fwcm/event-guide/p/trophy.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100423021131/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/10/fwcm/event-guide/p/trophy.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 23 April 2010 |title=Naismith Trophy Unites Five Continents |publisher=FIBA.com |access-date=7 September 2010}}</ref> This version was presented to the World Champions from [[Serbia and Montenegro national basketball team|FR Yugoslavia]]<!--This is the FR Yugoslavia national team, not the national team from the former SFR Yugoslavia. FIBA considers the current Serbia team to be the same as the FR Yugoslavia team.--> for the first time following the Finals on 9 August 1998 in [[Athens]].

The top part of the 1998 version of the Naismith Trophy has a lotus flower design.  The decagonal rotating middle piece, with carved maps of the [[continents]] and precious stones inlaid, symbolizes the five continents. Black onyx, yellow citrine, green chyrsopase, red garnet and blue topaz represent all the regions in the world.<ref name="trophy"/> Jones was particularly enamored with Egypt; the lotus design was inspired by the [[Karnak|Temples of Karnak]], and Dr. Naismith's name is engraved on all four sides, in [[Latin alphabet|Latin]] and [[Arabic alphabet|Arabic]] scripts, [[Chinese characters]], and [[Egyptian hieroglyphs]].<ref name="egypt"/>

The 975/1000 [[sterling silver]] on the upper and lower parts – gold plated on the inside – and the 14-carat yellow gold middle part, make the cup particularly valuable and precious. The base is made of Rosa Porrino granite, and measures 20 x 20 centimeters (7.9&nbsp;inches).  The top of the cup has a circumference of 21 centimeters (8.3&nbsp;inches).  Standing 47 centimeters tall (18.5&nbsp;inches), the trophy weighs {{convert|9|kg|lb|spell=in}}.<ref name="trophy"/>

A new version of the Naismith Trophy was unveiled on 7 May 2017, during the [[2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup]] Qualifiers Draw Ceremonies. The trophy, which stands about 60 centimeters high (13&nbsp;cm. higher than the 1998 version), is made almost entirely out of gold, and features the names of the previous world cup champions at the base. FIBA's original name (Federation Internationale de Basketball Amateur) is also engraved at the trophy's "hoop".<ref name="FIBA"/> The trophy was designed by the creative agency Radiant Studios Ltd, and handcrafted by the silversmith Thomas Lyte.<ref>[https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/trophy 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup trophy], FIBA.com</ref>

== Winners ==
[[File:Billups & Odom holding World Cup trophy.jpg|thumb|160px|Naismith Trophy in 2010]]
* Original trophy
** {{bk|URS}} – [[1967 FIBA World Championship|1967]], [[1974 FIBA World Championship|1974]], [[1982 FIBA World Championship|1982]]
** {{bk|YUG}} – [[1970 FIBA World Championship|1970]], [[1978 FIBA World Championship|1978]], [[1990 FIBA World Championship|1990]]
** {{bk|USA}} – [[1986 FIBA World Championship|1986]], [[1994 FIBA World Championship|1994]]
* Remodel
** {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[Serbia and Montenegro national basketball team|FR Yugoslavia]] – [[1998 FIBA World Championship|1998]], [[2002 FIBA World Championship|2002]]
** {{bk|ESP}} – [[2006 FIBA World Championship|2006]]
** {{bk|USA}} – [[2010 FIBA World Championship|2010]], [[2014 FIBA World Championship|2014]]
* Redesign
** {{bk|ESP}} – [[2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup|2019]]
** {{bk|GER}} – [[2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup|2023]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
FIBA World Cup 2023 Trophy Tour - Jakarta - Naismith Trophy (Front).jpg|Engraving on the base of the redesigned trophy
FIBA World Cup 2023 Trophy Tour - Jakarta - Naismith Trophy (Past Winners).jpg|Names of past winners on the redesigned trophy
</gallery>

== See also ==
*[[FIBA]]
*[[FIBA Basketball World Cup]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/trophy FIBA.com page]

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