South American Basketball Championship 1942

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The South American Basketball Championship 1942 was the tenth South American Basketball Championship. It was held in Santiago, Chile and won by the Argentina national basketball team. It was the first time since the 1935 championship that the host had not won the competition. 5 teams competed despite the World War that was currently under way.

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[edit] Final rankings

  1. Argentina Argentina
  2. Uruguay Uruguay
  3. Chile Chile
  4. Brazil Brazil
  5. Ecuador Ecuador

[edit] Results

[edit] Preliminary round

Each team played the other four teams once, for a total of four games played by each team and 10 overall in the preliminary round. The two-way tie for third place was resolved by head-to-head results, with Chile taking the bronze medal. There was also a two-way tie for first place, which necessitated a final game.

Rank Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
=1 Argentina Argentina 7 3 1 235 169 +66
=1 Uruguay Uruguay 7 3 1 149 121 +28
3 Chile Chile 6 2 2 181 202 -21
4 Brazil Brazil 6 2 2 173 170 +3
5 Ecuador Ecuador 4 0 4 169 245 -76
Argentina 32 - 37 Uruguay
Argentina 65 - 44 Chile
Argentina 44 - 29 Brazil
Argentina 94 - 59 Ecuador
Uruguay 43 - 29 Chile
Uruguay 33 - 36 Brazil
Uruguay 36 - 24 Ecuador
Chile 53 - 48 Brazil
Chile 55 - 46 Ecuador
Brazil 60 - 40 Ecuador

[edit] Final

Argentina and Uruguay played a final matchup after each finishing 3-1 in the preliminary round. Uruguay had won the preliminary meeting between the two, but Argentina proved victorious in the rematch to take the gold medal.

Argentina 52 - 47 Uruguay

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