1954 FIBA World Championship

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The 1954 FIBA World Championship (also called the 2nd World Basketball Championship - 1954) was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from October 22 to November 5, 1954. Twelve nations participated in the tournament.

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[edit] Competing nations

Group A Group B Group C Group D

Flag of Brazil Brazil
Flag of Paraguay Paraguay
Flag of the Philippines Philippines

Flag of Canada Canada
Flag of Peru Peru
Flag of the United States USA

Flag of France France
Flag of Uruguay Uruguay
Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia

Flag of Chile Chile
Flag of the Republic of China Formosa
Flag of Israel Israel

[edit] Preliminary rounds

Teams competed
Teams competed

[edit] Group A

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
Flag of Brazil Brazil 4 2 2 0 160 114 +46
Flag of the Philippines Philippines 3 2 1 1 126 151 -25
Flag of Paraguay Paraguay 2 2 0 2 104 125 -21

Group A Games

Philippines Flag of the Philippines 64–52 Flag of Paraguay Paraguay
Brazil Flag of Brazil 99–62 Flag of the Philippines Philippines
Paraguay Flag of Paraguay 52–61 Flag of Brazil Brazil

[edit] Group B

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
Flag of the United States USA 4 2 2 0 132 88 +44
Flag of Canada Canada 3 2 1 1 105 117 -12
Flag of Peru Peru 2 2 0 2 109 141 -32

Group B Games

Peru Flag of Peru 51–73 Flag of the United States USA
Canada Flag of Canada 37–59 Flag of the United States USA
Canada Flag of Canada 68–58 Flag of Peru Peru

[edit] Group C

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
Flag of Uruguay Uruguay 4 2 2 0 113 98 +15
Flag of France France 3 2 1 1 113 118 -5
Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 2 2 0 2 112 122 -10

Group C Games

Yugoslavia Flag of Yugoslavia 52–55 Flag of Uruguay Uruguay
France Flag of France 67–60 Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
Uruguay Flag of Uruguay 58–46 Flag of France France

[edit] Group D

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
Flag of the Republic of China Formosa 3 2 1 1 115 113 +2
Flag of Israel Israel 3 2 1 1 100 98 +2
Flag of Chile Chile 3 2 1 1 117 121 -4

Group D Games

Israel Flag of Israel 52–55 Flag of the Republic of China Formosa
Formosa Flag of the Republic of China 66–68 Flag of Chile Chile
Israel Flag of Israel 55–49 Flag of Chile Chile

[edit] Classification Round (Ninth to twelfth places)

All teams play one game against each other for a total of three games.

Pos. Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
9
Flag of Paraguay Paraguay
6
3
0
193
177
16
10
Flag of Chile Chile
5
2
1
179
170
9
11
Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
4
1
2
210
221
-11
12
Flag of Peru Peru
3
0
3
190
204
-14
  • Classification Games
Team A Pts. A Pts. B Team B
Paraguay 66 58 Peru
Yugoslavia 62 70 Chile
Yugoslavia 86 84 Peru
Chile 57 60 Paraguay
Yugoslavia 62 67 Paraguay
Peru 48 52 Chile

[edit] Final Round (Round of eight)

All teams play one game against each other for a total of seven games. The teams with the best records are awarded medals.

Pos. Team Pts W L PF PA Avg. Tie
1 Flag of the United States USA 14 7 0 482 300 1.61
2 Flag of Brazil Brazil 13 6 1 418 341 1.23
3 Flag of the Philippines Philippines 12 5 2 438 406 1.08
4 Flag of France France 10 3 4 371 392 0.95
5 Flag of the Republic of China Formosa 9 2 5 345 405 0.85 1.063
6 Flag of Uruguay Uruguay 9 2 5 422 446 0.94 1.031
7 Flag of Canada Canada 9 2 5 433 498 0.87 0.914
8 Flag of Israel Israel 8 1 6 330 451 0.73

The tie between Canada, Formosa and Uruguay was broken by the goal averages of the games between those three teams, considering both had 1-1 records against each other.

  • Final Round Games
Team A Pts. A Pts. B Team B
Canada 50 43 Israel
Uruguay 59 64 United States
Israel 56 90 Philippines
France 58 48 Formosa
Canada 50 84 United States
Brazil 57 41 Philippines
Uruguay 67 62 Formosa
Israel 48 45 France
Canada 76 83 Philippines
United States 72 28 Formosa
Brazil 49 36 France
France 57 49 Uruguay
Uruguay 73 69 Israel
Canada 61 74 Formosa
Philippines 66 60 France
United States 74 30 Israel
Brazil 60 45 Uruguay
Canada 62 66 France
Formosa 51 38 Israel
Philippines 67 63 Uruguay
United States 62 41 Brazil
Formosa 44 61 Brazil
Philippines 43 56 United States
Uruguay 66 67 Canada
Israel 46 68 Brazil
France 49 70 United States
Formosa 38 48 Philippines
Canada 67 82 Brazil

[edit] Awards

 1954 World Championship Winner 
Flag of the United States
USA
First title

[edit] Topscorers of the Tournament

Name Country Games Total Points Points Average
Oscar Moglia Flag of Uruguay Uruguay 9 168 18.6
Carl Ridd Flag of Canada Canada 9 164 18.2
Carlos Loyzaga Flag of the Philippines Philippines 9 148 16.4


[edit] All-Tournament Team


[edit] Top scorers (ppg)

  1. Oscar Moglia (Uruguay) 18.6
  2. Carl Ridd (Canada) 18.2
  3. Carlos Loyzaga (Philippines) 16.4
  4. Jean-Paul Beugnot (France) 12
  5. Kirby Minter (USA) 11.1
  6. Amaury Pasos (Brazil) 11.1
  7. Doug Gresham (Canada) 10.8
  8. Angelo Bonfietti (Brazil) 10.7
  9. Abraham Schneior (Israel) 10.7
  10. Wlamir Marques (Brazil) 10.5

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