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.

Contents 1 Competing nations 2 Preliminary rounds 2.1 Group A 2.2 Group B 2.3 Group C 2.4 Group D 3 Classification Round (Ninth to twelfth places) 4 Final Round (Round of eight) 5 Awards 6 Topscorers of the Tournament 7 External links

[edit] Competing nations

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Brazil Paraguay Philippines	Canada Peru United States	France Uruguay Yugoslavia	Chile Formosa Israel

[edit] Preliminary rounds

[edit] Group A

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

Group A Games

Philippines	64–52	Paraguay
Brazil	99–62	Philippines
Paraguay	52–61	Brazil

[edit] Group B

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

Group B Games

Peru	51–73	United States
Canada	37–59	United States
Canada	68–58	Peru

[edit] Group C

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

Group C Games

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

[edit] Group D

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

Group D Games

Israel	52–55	Formosa
Formosa	66–68	Chile
Israel	55–49	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		Paraguay	6	3	0	193	177	16
10		Chile	5	2	1	179	170	9
11		Yugoslavia	4	1	2	210	221	-11
12		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	Diff
1		United States	14	7	0	482	300	182
2		Brazil	13	6	1	418	341	77
3		Philippines	12	5	2	438	406	32
4		France	10	3	4	371	392	-21
5		Formosa	9	2	5	345	405	-60
6		Uruguay	9	2	5	422	446	-24
7		Canada	9	2	5	433	498	-65
8		Israel	8	1	6	330	451	-121

• 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
United States First title

[edit] Topscorers of the Tournament

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

[edit] External links

• FIBA.com 1954 World Championships

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