1963 FIBA World Championship

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The 1963 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from May 11 to 23, 1963.

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[edit] Competing nations

Group A Group B Group C

Flag of Canada Canada
Flag of France France
Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
Flag of Uruguay Uruguay

Flag of Japan Japan
Flag of Peru Peru
Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia

Flag of Argentina Argentina
Flag of Italy Italy
Flag of Mexico Mexico
Flag of the United States USA
Flag of Brazil Brazil - advanced automatically to the final round as host

[edit] Preliminary round

Qualified for the final round
Qualified for the classification round

[edit] Group A

Team Pts. W L PF PA PD
Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union 6 3 0 222 177 +45
Flag of France France 5 2 1 200 181 +19
Flag of Uruguay Uruguay 4 1 2 195 214 -19
Flag of Canada Canada 3 0 3 158 203 -45
France Flag of France 64 – 54 Flag of Uruguay Uruguay Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union 58 – 45 Flag of Canada Canada Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Canada Flag of Canada 56 – 66 Flag of Uruguay Uruguay Belo Horizonte, Brazil
France Flag of France 57 – 70 Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Canada Flag of Canada 57 – 79 Flag of France France Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Uruguay Flag of Uruguay 75 – 94 Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union Belo Horizonte, Brazil

[edit] Group B

Team Pts. W L PF PA PD
Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 6 3 0 262 208 +54
Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 5 2 1 234 212 +22
Flag of Japan Japan 4 1 2 198 231 -33
Flag of Peru Peru 3 0 3 181 224 -43
Yugoslavia Flag of Yugoslavia 84 – 67 Flag of Peru Peru Curitiba, Brazil
Puerto Rico Flag of Puerto Rico 86 – 45 Flag of Japan Japan Curitiba, Brazil
Puerto Rico Flag of Puerto Rico 70 – 64 Flag of Peru Peru Curitiba, Brazil
Japan Flag of Japan 63 – 95 Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Curitiba, Brazil
Peru Flag of Peru 50 – 70 Flag of Japan Japan Curitiba, Brazil
Puerto Rico Flag of Puerto Rico 78 – 83 Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Curitiba, Brazil

[edit] Group C

Team Pts. W L PF PA PD
Flag of the United States USA 6 3 0 256 202 +54
Flag of Italy Italy 5 2 1 258 242 +16
Flag of Mexico Mexico 4 1 2 240 260 -20
Flag of Argentina Argentina 3 0 3 206 256 -50
USA Flag of the United States 88 – 74 Flag of Mexico Mexico Sao Paulo, Brazil
Italy Flag of Italy 91 – 73 Flag of Argentina Argentina Sao Paulo, Brazil
Mexico Flag of Mexico 82 – 90 Flag of Italy Italy Sao Paulo, Brazil
Argentina Flag of Argentina 51 – 81 Flag of the United States USA Sao Paulo, Brazil
Mexico Flag of Mexico 84 – 82 Flag of Argentina Argentina Sao Paulo, Brazil
USA Flag of the United States 87 – 77 Flag of Italy Italy Sao Paulo, Brazil

[edit] Classification round

Team Pts. W L PF PA PD First Tiebreaker
Classification for Tied Teams		 Second Tiebreaker
Goal Average for Tied Teams
Flag of Argentina Argentina 9 4 1 449 414 +35
Flag of Mexico Mexico 8 3 2 389 364 +25 1-1 1.07
Flag of Uruguay Uruguay 8 3 2 376 372 +4 1-1 1.01
Flag of Canada Canada 8 3 2 365 375 -10 1-1 0.92
Flag of Peru Peru 7 2 3 362 367 -5
Flag of Japan Japan 5 0 5 377 426 -49

[edit] Final round

Team Pts. W L PF PA PD
Flag of Brazil Brazil 12 6 0 485 411 +74
Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 11 5 1 473 424 +49
Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union 10 4 2 426 399 +27
Flag of the United States USA 9 3 3 498 433 +65
Flag of France France 8 2 4 369 438 -69
Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 7 1 5 366 426 -60
Flag of Italy Italy 6 0 6 407 492 -85

[edit] Final ranking

Rank Team
1 Flag of Brazil Brazil
2 Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
3 Flag of the Soviet Union USSR
4 Flag of the United States United States
5 Flag of France France
6 Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
7 Flag of Italy Italy
8 Flag of Argentina Argentina
9 Flag of Mexico Mexico
10 Flag of Uruguay Uruguay
11 Flag of Canada Canada
12 Flag of Peru Peru
13 Flag of Japan Japan

[edit] All-Tournament Team


[edit] Top scorers (ppg)

  1. Ricardo Duarte (Peru) 20.3
  2. Aleksander Petrov (USSR) 17.6
  3. Luis Enrique Grajeda (Mexico) 17.5
  4. Radivoj Korac (Yugoslavia) 16.8
  5. Maxime Dorigo (France) 16.8
  6. Alfredo Tulli (Argentina) 16.1
  7. Alberto Desimone (Argentina) 16
  8. Rafael Valle (Puerto Rico) 15.8
  9. Nemanja Djuric (Yugoslavia) 14.6
  10. Paolo Vittori (Italy) 14.3


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