1950 FIBA World Championship

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The 1950 FIBA World Championship (also called the 1st World Basketball Championship - 1950) was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from October 22 to November 3, 1950. Ten nations participated in the inaugural tournament.All competition was held at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires.


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[edit] Competing nations

Seeded to the 1st preliminary round Seeded to the 2nd preliminary round Withdrew

[edit] Preliminary rounds

[edit] First phase

October 22 Peru Flag of Peru 33 – 27 Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Buenos Aires
October 22 Egypt Flag of Egypt 43 – 37 Flag of Ecuador Ecuador Buenos Aires
  • Egypt and Peru advance to the second preliminary phase.
  • Ecuador and Yugoslavia advance to the first repass round.

[edit] Second phase

October 23 USA Flag of the United States 37 – 33 Flag of Chile Chile Buenos Aires
October 23 Argentina Flag of Argentina 56 – 40 Flag of France France Buenos Aires
October 23 Peru Flag of Peru 33 – 40 Flag of Brazil Brazil Buenos Aires
October 23 Spain Flag of Spain 56 – 57 Flag of Egypt Egypt Buenos Aires
  • Argentina, Brazil, Egypt and USA advance to the final round.
  • Chile and France advance advance to the first repass round
  • Peru and Spain advance to the second repass round.

[edit] Repass rounds

[edit] First phase

October 24 Chile Flag of Chile 40 – 24 Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Buenos Aires
October 24 Ecuador Flag of Ecuador 43 – 48 Flag of France France Buenos Aires
  • Chile and France advance to the second phase.
  • Ecuador and Yugoslavia are relegated to the classification round.

[edit] Second phase

October 25 Spain Flag of Spain 40 – 54 Flag of Chile Chile Buenos Aires
October 25 France Flag of France 49 – 46 (OT) Flag of Peru Peru Buenos Aires
  • Chile and France advance to the final round.
  • Peru and Spain are relegated to the classification round.

[edit] Classification round

# Team Pts. W L PF PA PD
7 Flag of Peru Peru 6 3 0 140 123 +17
8 Flag of Ecuador Ecuador 5 2 1 142 140 +2
9 Flag of Spain Spain 4 1 2 89 97 -8
10 Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 3 0 3 83 93 -10
October 27 Ecuador Flag of Ecuador 45 – 40 Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Buenos Aires, Argentina
October 27 Peru Flag of Peru 43 – 37 Flag of Spain Spain Buenos Aires, Argentina
October 29 Peru Flag of Peru 46 – 43
(OT)		 Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Buenos Aires, Argentina
October 29 Ecuador Flag of Ecuador 54 – 50 Flag of Spain Spain Buenos Aires, Argentina
October 30 Spain Flag of Spain 2 – 0
(Walkout)		 Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Buenos Aires, Argentina
October 30 Ecuador Flag of Ecuador 43 – 51 Flag of Peru Peru Buenos Aires, Argentina

[edit] Final round

# Team Pts. W L PF PA PD
1
 Flag of Argentina Argentina
10
5
0
300
200
100
2
 Flag of the United States USA
9
4
1
221
200
21
3
 Flag of Chile Chile
7
2
3
209
233
-24
4
 Flag of Brazil Brazil
7
2
3
214
182
32
5
 Flag of Egypt Egypt
7
2
3
158
208
-50
6
 Flag of France France
5
0
5
173
252
-79
October 27 Chile Flag of Chile 48 – 44 Flag of France France Buenos Aires, Argentina
October 27 Egypt Flag of Egypt 45 – 40 Flag of the United States USA Buenos Aires, Argentina
October 29 Egypt Flag of Egypt 31 – 28 Flag of France France Buenos Aires, Argentina
October 29 Argentina Flag of Argentina 40 – 35 Flag of Brazil Brazil Buenos Aires, Argentina
October 30 Argentina Flag of Argentina 62 – 41 Flag of Chile Chile Buenos Aires, Argentina
October 30 Brazil Flag of Brazil 42 – 45 Flag of the United States USA Buenos Aires, Argentina
October 31 Brazil Flag of Brazil 38 – 19 Flag of Egypt Egypt Buenos Aires, Argentina
October 31 Argentina Flag of Argentina 66 – 41 Flag of France France Buenos Aires, Argentina
November 1 Chile Flag of Chile 29 – 44 Flag of the United States USA Buenos Aires, Argentina
November 1 Argentina Flag of Argentina 68 – 33 Flag of Egypt Egypt Buenos Aires, Argentina
November 2 France Flag of France 33 – 48 Flag of the United States USA Buenos Aires, Argentina
November 2 Brazil Flag of Brazil 40 – 51 Flag of Chile Chile Buenos Aires, Argentina
November 3 Chile Flag of Chile 40 – 43 Flag of Egypt Egypt Buenos Aires, Argentina
November 3 Brazil Flag of Brazil 59 – 27 Flag of France France Buenos Aires, Argentina
November 3 Argentina Flag of Argentina 64 – 50 Flag of the United States USA Buenos Aires, Argentina

[edit] Final rankings

  1. Flag of Argentina Argentina
  2. Flag of the United States USA
  3. Flag of Chile Chile
  4. Flag of Brazil Brazil
  5. Flag of Egypt Egypt
  6. Flag of France France
  7. Flag of Peru Peru
  8. Flag of Ecuador Ecuador
  9. Flag of Spain Spain
  10. Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia


[edit] Team rosters

1.Argentina: Oscar Furlong, Ricardo Gonzalez (basketball), Pedro Bustos, Leopoldo Contarbio, Hugo del Vecchio, Vito Liva, Alberto Lopez, Ruben Menini, Omar Monza, Raul Perez Varela, Juan Carlos Uder, Roberto Viau (Coach: Jorge Hugo Canavesi)

2.USA: John Stanich, Bob Fisher, Bryce Heffley, Tom Jaquet, Dan Kahler, John Langdon, Les Metzger, John Leonard Parks, Jimmy Reese, Don Slocum, Blake Williams (Coach: Gordon Carpenter)

3.Chile: Rufino Bernedo, Pedro Araya, Eduardo Cordero, Mariano Fernandez, Exequiel Figueroa, Juan Jose Gallo, Raul Lopez, Luis Enrique Marmentini, Juan Ostoic, Hernan Ramos, Marcos Sanchez, Victor Mahana (Coach: Kenneth Davidson)

4.Brazil: Zenny de Azevedo "Algodão", Ruy de Freitas, Alfredo da Motta, Paulo Rodrigues Siqueira "Montanha", Helio Marques Pereira "Godinho", Celso dos Santos, Plutao de Macedo, Sebastiao Amorim Gimenez "Tiao", Thales Monteiro, Alexandre Gemignani, Milton Santos Marques "Miltinho", Angelo Bonfietti "Angelim" (Coach: Moacyr Brondi Daiuto)

[edit] All-Tournament Team


[edit] Top scorers

  1. Flag of Spain Alvaro Salvadores (Spain) 13.7
  2. Flag of Ecuador Fortunato Munoz (Ecuador) 13.2
  3. Flag of Ecuador Alfredo Arroyave (Ecuador) 11.4
  4. Flag of Argentina Oscar Furlong (Argentina) 11.1
  5. Flag of Chile Rufino Bernedo (Chile) 10.7
  6. Flag of Argentina Ricardo Gonzalez (Argentina) 10.6
  7. Flag of Peru Eduardo Fiestas (Peru) 8.6
  8. Flag of Peru Alberto Fernandez (Peru) 8.1
  9. Flag of Chile Victor Mahana (Chile) 7.8
  10. Flag of France Jacques Perrier (France) 6.2

[edit] References


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Much of the information came from the Spanish Wikipedia version of this article.