1937 South American Basketball Championship
| Tournament details | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | Chile | ||||||
| Dates | 5 March - 16 March | ||||||
| Teams | 5 | ||||||
| Venues | 2 (in 2 host cities) | ||||||
| Champions |
 Chile (1st title) | ||||||
| Tournament leaders | |||||||
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The South American Basketball Championship 1937 was the fifth South American Basketball Championship. It was held in Valparaíso and Santiago, Chile and won by the host Chile national basketball team. A record 5 teams competed, including Peru in their first appearance.
Final rankings
Results
Each team played the other four teams twice apiece, for a total of eight games played by each team and 20 overall in the tournament.
| Rank | Team | Pts | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chile |
16 | 8 | 0 | 244 | 185 | +59 |
| 2 |  Uruguay |
13 | 5 | 3 | 201 | 198 | +3 |
| 3 | .svg.png){kind=small} Brazil |
11 | 3 | 5 | 181 | 214 | -33 |
| 4 | .svg.png){kind=small} Peru |
10 | 2 | 6 | 182 | 190 | -8 |
| 5 |  Argentina |
10 | 2 | 6 | 197 | 218 | -21 |
| Chile | 21 - 20 | Argentina |
| Argentina | 30 - 33 | Chile |
| Chile | 35 - 22 | Brazil |
| Brazil | 18 - 34 | Chile |
| Chile | 33 - 21 | Peru |
| Peru | 34 - 35 | Chile |
| Chile | 19 - 13 | Uruguay |
| Uruguay | 27 - 34 | Chile |
| Uruguay | 26 - 30 | Argentina |
| Argentina | 29 - 30 | Uruguay |
| Uruguay | 28 - 23 | Brazil |
| Brazil | 27 - 30 | Uruguay |
| Uruguay | 24 - 17 | Peru |
| Peru | 19 - 23 | Uruguay |
| Brazil | 31 - 22 | Argentina |
| Argentina | 21 - 30 | Brazil |
| Brazil | 12 - 29 | Peru |
| Peru | 15 - 18 | Brazil |
| Peru | 23 - 20 | Argentina |
| Argentina | 25 - 24 | Peru |
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