1949 South American Basketball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation Paraguay
Dates 21 April - 7 May
Teams 6
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  Uruguay (5th title)

The South American Basketball Championship 1949 was the fourteenth South American Basketball Championship. It was held in Asunción, Paraguay and won by the Uruguay national basketball team. 6 teams competed.

Final rankings

  1.  Uruguay
  2.  Brazil
  3.  Chile
  4.  Peru
  5.  Argentina
  6.  Paraguay

Results

Each team played the other five teams once, for a total of five games played by each team and 15 overall in the preliminary round. Ties in the standings were broken by head-to-head results, as only a tie for first would have resulted in a final match.

Rank Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1  Uruguay 1050161134+27
2  Brazil 832188178+10
3  Chile 832179174+5
4  Peru 723178162+16
5  Argentina 723188187+1
6  Paraguay 505134193-59
Uruguay 34 - 26 Brazil
Uruguay 35 - 34 Chile
Uruguay 32 - 21 Peru
Uruguay 35 - 34 Argentina
Uruguay 25 - 19 Paraguay
Brazil 40 - 31 Chile
Brazil 32 - 30 Peru
Brazil 40 - 48 Argentina
Brazil 50 - 35 Paraguay
Chile 41 - 35 Peru
Chile 47 - 40 Argentina
Chile 26 - 24 Paraguay
Peru 37 - 29 Argentina
Peru 55 - 28 Paraguay
Argentina 37 - 28 Paraguay

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