South American Basketball Championship 1940

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The South American Basketball Championship 1940 was the eighth South American Basketball Championship. It was held in Montevideo, Uruguay and won by the host Uruguay national basketball team. A record 6 teams competed, including Paraguay in their first appearance, despite the World War that was currently under way.

[edit] Final rankings

1. Uruguay
2. Argentina
3. Brazil
4. Chile
5. Peru
6. Paraguay

[edit] Results

Each team played the other five teams once, for a total of five games played by each team and 15 overall in the tournament.

Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1	Uruguay	10	5	0	192	101	+91
2	Argentina	9	4	1	177	106	+71
3	Brazil	8	3	2	135	156	-21
4	Chile	7	2	3	166	155	+11
5	Peru	6	1	4	149	146	+3
6	Paraguay	5	0	5	83	238	-155

Uruguay	25 - 23	Argentina
Uruguay	38 - 15	Brazil
Uruguay	43 - 26	Chile
Uruguay	25 - 24	Peru
Uruguay	61 - 13	Paraguay
Argentina	46 - 33	Brazil
Argentina	18 - 17	Chile
Argentina	40 - 26	Peru
Argentina	50 - 5	Paraguay
Brazil	36 - 31	Chile
Brazil	27 - 21	Peru
Brazil	24 - 20	Paraguay
Chile	35 - 32	Peru
Chile	57 - 26	Paraguay
Peru	46 - 19	Paraguay

[edit] External links

• FIBA.com archive for SAC1940

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