Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics

6th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Tokyo 1964
Tournament details
Olympics	1964 Summer Olympics
Host nation	Japan
City	Tokyo
Duration	October 11–23
Men's tournament
Teams	16
Medals Gold medalists  United States Silver medalists  Soviet Union Bronze medalists  Brazil
Tournaments
← Rome 1960  Mexico City 1968 →

Basketball contests at the 1964 Summer Olympics took place at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan from October 11 to October 23. The United States defeated the Soviet Union to win their sixth straight gold medal at this event, while Brazil earned the bronze against Puerto Rico.

Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's basketball	United States Jim Barnes Bill Bradley Larry Brown Joe Caldwell Mel Counts Richard Davies Walt Hazzard Lucious Jackson John McCaffrey Jeff Mullins Jerry Shipp George Wilson	Soviet Union Valdis Muižnieks Nikolay Bagley Armenak Alachachian Alexandr Travin Viacheslav Khrynin Jānis Krūmiņš Levan Moseshvili Yury Korneev Alexsandr Petrov Gennadi Volnov Jaak Lipso Juris Kalniņš	Brazil Amaury Antônio Pasos Wlamir Marques Ubiratan Pereira Maciel Carlos Domingos Massoni Friedrich Wilhem Braun Carmo de Souza Jatyr Eduardo Schall Edson Bispo dos Santos Antonio Salvador Sucar Victor Mirshawka Sergio de Toledo Machado Jose Edvar Simoes

Qualification

Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country and the first eight places at the previous tournament. Additional spots were decided by various continental championships held by FIBA plus two additional intercontinental championships that granted six extra berths total, after the withdrawal of United Arab Republic and Czechoslovakia.

Africa	Americas	Asia	Oceania	Europe	Automatic qualifiers
United Arab Republic[a]	Puerto Rico  Peru  Mexico  Canada[b]	South Korea[b]	Australia	Hungary  Finland	United States – Gold medal in 1960  Soviet Union – Silver medal in 1960  Brazil – Bronze medal in 1960  Italy – 4th place in 1960  Czechoslovakia[a] – 5th place in 1960  SFR Yugoslavia – 6th place in 1960  Poland – 7th place in 1960  Uruguay – 8th place in 1960  Japan – Olympic hosts

• ^a Withdrew from the tournament.
• ^b Replacement teams.

Format

• Two groups of eight teams are formed, where the top two from each group compete for the medals in a knockout round.
• The remaining places are defined as follows:
  • Fifth through eighth places are decided in a separate bracket between the third and fourth places from each group in a separate bracket.
  • Ninth through sixteenth places are decided between the fifth through eighth places from each group in separate brackets.

Preliminary Round

The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals, while the remaining teams compete for 5th through 16th places in separate brackets. Both group leaders, the United States and the Soviet Union advanced undefeated to the knockout stage.

Group A

Qualified for the semifinals

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Soviet Union	7	0	562	424	+138	14
Puerto Rico	5	2	493	454	+39	12
Poland	4	3	467	448	+19	11	1W−0L
Italy	4	3	495	480	+15	11	0W−1L
Mexico	3	4	485	514	−29	10	1W−0L
Japan	3	4	421	428	−7	10	0W−1L
Hungary	2	5	407	469	−62	9
Canada	0	7	408	521	−113	7

October 11

October 12

October 13

October 14

October 16

October 17

October 18

Group B

Qualified for the semifinals

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
United States	7	0	569	333	+236	14
Brazil	5	2	473	452	+21	12	1W−0L
SFR Yugoslavia	5	2	529	453	+76	12	0W−1L
Uruguay	4	3	472	482	−10	11
Finland	3	4	409	475	−66	10
Australia	2	5	434	460	−26	9	1W−0L
Peru	2	5	431	453	−22	9	0W−1L
South Korea	0	7	432	641	−209	7

October 11

October 12

October 13

October 14

October 16

October 17

October 18

Knockout Stage

Medal bracket

	Semifinals (October 21)					Gold medal (October 23)
	A1	Soviet Union	53
	B2	Brazil	47
						A1	United States	73
						B1	Soviet Union	59
	B1	United States	62
	A2	Puerto Rico	42			Bronze medal (October 23)
						A2	Puerto Rico	60
						B2	Brazil	76

Classification brackets

5th–8th Place

	Semifinals (October 20)					5th place (October 22)
	A3	Poland	82
	B4	Uruguay	69
						A3	Poland	59
						A5	Italy	79
	B3	SFR Yugoslavia	63
	A4	Italy	75			7th place (October 22)
						B3	SFR Yugoslavia	78
						B4	Uruguay	55

9th–12th Place

	Semifinals (October 21)					9th place (October 23)
	A5	Mexico	58
	B6	Australia	70
						B6	Australia	64
						A6	Japan	57
	B5	Finland	45
	A6	Japan	54			11th place (October 23)
						A5	Mexico	72
						B5	Finland	73

13th–16th Place

	Semifinals (October 20)					13th place (October 22)
	A7	Hungary	99
	B8	South Korea	83
						A7	Hungary	68
						A8	Canada	65
	B7	Peru	81
	A8	Canada	82			14th place (October 22)
						B7	South Korea	66
						B8	Peru	71

Final standings

Rank	Team	W	L
01 !	United States	9	0
02 !	Soviet Union	8	1
03 !	Brazil	6	3
4th	Puerto Rico	5	4
5th	Italy	6	3
6th	Poland	5	4
7th	SFR Yugoslavia	6	3
8th	Uruguay	4	5
9th	Australia	4	5
10th	Japan	4	5
11th	Finland	4	5
12th	Mexico	3	6
13th	Hungary	4	5
14th	Canada	1	8
15th	Peru	3	6
16th	South Korea	0	9

References

• Official Olympic Report

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