1957 FIBA World Championship for Women

1957 FIBA World Championship
for Women

2nd FIBA Basketball World
Championship for Women

Tournament details

Host nation

Brazil

Dates

13–26 October

Teams

Venues

1 (in 1 host city)

Champions

United States (2nd title)

Tournament leaders

	Players	Teams
Points	Nuñez 23.4	Czechoslovakia 67.7

< 1953

1959 >

The 1957 FIBA World Championship for Women was the second FIBA World Championship for Women basketball championship held by FIBA. It was held in Brazil between 13 October and 26 October 1957. Twelve national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA, the sport's governing body. The city of Rio de Janeiro hosted the tournament. The United States won its second title after finishing in first place in the second round.

Format

In the preliminary round teams were split into three round-robin groups, two of four teams and one of three teams. The top two teams from each group advanced to the final round. Hosts Brazil advanced to the final round directly.
The teams that did not reach the final round, played in the classification round, which consisted of a round-robin group of five teams to define eighth through twelfth places in the final standings.
In the final, a seven-team round-robin group was formed to compete for the championship and second through seventh places in the final standings.

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the final round

Times given below are in Brasília time (UTC−3).

Group A


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Czechoslovakia	3	3	0	215	120	+95	6
United States	3	2	1	189	129	+60	5
Argentina	3	1	2	138	183	−45	4
Peru	3	0	3	108	218	−110	3

13 October
20:00

United States	75–37	Peru
Scoring by half: 41–12, 34–25
Pts: Sipes 19		Pts: Barrenechea 11

Czechoslovakia	76–42	Argentina
Scoring by half: 41–15, 35–27
Pts: Dubska 24		Pts: Bonetti 11

Czechoslovakia	86–28	Peru
Scoring by half: 40–15, 46–13
Pts: Dubska 15		Pts: Fulgosi 7

United States	64–39	Argentina
Scoring by half: 35–15, 29–24
Pts: White 22		Pts: Bonetti 11

Argentina	57–43	Peru
Scoring by half: 29–21, 28–22
Pts: Pietrapina 18		Pts: Cantina 13

United States	50–53	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 20–23, 30–30
Pts: Crawford 14		Pts: Mubalokova 16

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	2	2	0	140	83	+57	4
Paraguay	2	1	1	116	101	+15	3
Australia	2	0	2	63	135	−72	2

Soviet Union	70–32	Australia
Scoring by half: 29–13, 41–19
Pts: Kostikova 24		Pts: Cockburn 11

Soviet Union	70–51	Paraguay
Scoring by half: 35–33, 35–18
Pts: Kostikova 20		Pts: Nuñez 22

Paraguay	65–31	Australia
Scoring by half: 38–15, 27–16
Pts: Nuñez 32		Pts: Hill 9

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Hungary	3	3	0	244	153	+91	6
Chile	3	2	1	180	161	+19	5
Mexico	3	1	2	154	190	−36	4
Cuba	3	0	3	130	204	−74	3

Chile	53–65	Hungary
Scoring by half: 27–28, 26–37
Pts: Velasquez 27		Pts: Koren, Matay 16

Cuba	39–49	Mexico
Scoring by half: 21–30, 18–19
Pts: Buergo 12		Pts: Concepsión 10

Chile	62–51	Mexico
Scoring by half: 39–22, 23–29
Pts: Pauchard 27		Pts: Concepsión 22

Hungary	90–46	Cuba
Scoring by half: 42–24, 48–22
Pts: Matay 22		Pts: Buergo 16

Chile	65–45	Cuba
Scoring by half: 33–12, 32–33
Pts: Pauchard 26		Pts: Thaureaux 18

Mexico	54–89	Hungary
Scoring by half: 20–45, 34–44
Pts: Concepsión 22		Pts: Schneider 18

Cuba	50–58	Mexico
Scoring by half: 23–25, 27–33
Pts: Thaureaux 9		Pts: Sánchez 14

Australia	44–52	Argentina
Scoring by half: 24–24, 20–28
Pts: Cockburn 9		Pts: Bonetti 21

Mexico	45–38	Australia
Scoring by half: 23–21, 22–17
Pts: Rivera 9		Pts: Cockburn 11

1957 FIBA World Championship for Women

Format

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Classification round

Final round

Final standings

References

Peru	49–66	Argentina
Scoring by half: 16–31, 33–35
Pts: Flechele 21		Pts: Lorenzo 17

Cuba	43–50	Australia
Scoring by half: 26–26, 17–24
Pts: Thaureaux 13		Pts: Cockburn, Macquire 13

Mexico	45–36	Peru
Scoring by half: 17–18, 28–19
Pts: Sánchez 9		Pts: Flechele 11

Argentina	62–46	Cuba
Scoring by half: 25–27, 37–19
Pts: Lorenzo, Pietrapina 12		Pts: Thaureaux 14

Australia	38–31	Peru
Scoring by half: 16–20, 22–11
Pts: Macquire 13		Pts: Barrenechea 14

Mexico	49–48	Argentina
Scoring by half: 23–24, 26–24
Pts: García 19		Pts: Lorenzo 17

Cuba	31–50	Peru
Scoring by half: 23–23, 8–27
Pts: Buergo, de Dios 6		Pts: Barrenechea 15

Chile	46–76	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 19–30, 27–46
Pts: Pauchard 20		Pts: Mubalokova 22

Brazil	48–46	Paraguay
Scoring by half: 25–27, 23–19
Pts: Ramos 11		Pts: Nuñez 22

Soviet Union	67–38	Chile
Scoring by half: 36–19, 31–19
Pts: Kostikova 22		Pts: Pauchard 15