South American Basketball Championship 1945
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The South American Basketball Championship 1945 was the twelfth South American Basketball Championship. It was held in Guayaquil, Ecuador and won by the Brazil national basketball team. 6 teams competed, including Colombia in their first appearance. After an experiment with a two-round tournament two years earlier, the 1945 competition returned to a single round format.
[edit] Final rankings
[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 preliminary round.
| Rank | Team | Pts | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brazil |
10 | 5 | 0 | 233 | 170 | +63 |
| 2 |  Uruguay |
9 | 4 | 1 | 231 | 181 | +50 |
| 3 |  Argentina |
8 | 3 | 2 | 271 | 239 | +32 |
| 4 |  Chile |
7 | 2 | 3 | 208 | 187 | +21 |
| 5 |  Ecuador |
6 | 1 | 4 | 209 | 206 | +3 |
| 6 |  Colombia |
5 | 0 | 5 | 180 | 349 | -169 |
| Brazil | 31 - 26 | Uruguay |
| Brazil | 53 - 51 | Argentina |
| Brazil | 50 - 42 | Chile |
| Brazil | 30 - 26 | Ecuador |
| Brazil | 69 - 25 | Colombia |
| Uruguay | 55 - 49 | Argentina |
| Uruguay | 35 - 30 | Chile |
| Uruguay | 47 - 30 | Ecuador |
| Uruguay | 68 - 41 | Colombia |
| Argentina | 41 - 37 | Chile |
| Argentina | 50 - 42 | Ecuador |
| Argentina | 80 - 52 | Colombia |
| Chile | 41 - 37 | Ecuador |
| Chile | 58 - 24 | Colombia |
| Ecuador | 74 - 38 | Colombia |
[edit] External links
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