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 Uruguay
  2. Argentina Argentina
  3. Brazil Brazil
  4. Chile Chile
  5. Peru Peru
  6. Paraguay 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 Uruguay 10 5 0 192 101 +91
2 Argentina Argentina 9 4 1 177 106 +71
3 Brazil Brazil 8 3 2 135 156 -21
4 Chile Chile 7 2 3 166 155 +11
5 Peru Peru 6 1 4 149 146 +3
6 Paraguay 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

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