1959 FIBA World Championship

1959 FIBA World Championship
3rd FIBA World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Chile
Dates 16–31 January
Teams 13
Venues 5 (in 5 host cities)
Champions  Brazil (1st title)
MVP Brazil Amaury Antônio Passos
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Taiwan James Chen (20.1)  Brazil (75.9)
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The 1959 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Chile from January 16 to 31, 1959. Amaury Antônio Pasos was named the MVP.

The hosting cities for the competition were Antofagasta, Concepción, Temuco, Valparaíso, with the final stages being held at the capital of Santiago.

The final stages were supposed to be held at the newly constructed Metropolitan Indoor Stadium, but because the venue was not finished in time the games were postponed by a year from the original date and moved outdoors to the Estadio Nacional de Chile, configured in a way that the games were seen by a crowd of 16,000. The United States is represented by the United States Air Force Team.

The Soviet Union refusal to meet Formosa in the final round led to their relegation to the last two places. If Soviet Union would have played that match and have won to Formosa (that was very probable), they would have been the champions of the tournament, but they refused to play because of political differences and lost the title.

Competing nations

Group A Group B Group C

 Argentina
 United Arab Rep.
 Formosa
 United States

 Brazil
 Canada
 Mexico
 Soviet Union

 Bulgaria
 Philippines
 Puerto Rico
 Uruguay

 Chile – advanced automatically to the final round as host

Competition format

Preliminary round

Qualified for the final round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 3 3 0 271 204+67 6
 Formosa 3 2 1 207 2092 5
 Argentina 3 1 2 197 2025 4
 United Arab Rep. 3 0 3 179 23960 3
January 16
United States  8173  Argentina
January 16
Formosa  7169  United Arab Rep.
January 17
Argentina  6552  United Arab Rep.
January 17
United States  8173  Formosa
January 18
Argentina  5963  Formosa
January 18
United Arab Rep.  58103  United States

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Brazil 3 2 1 211 175+36 5 1W-1L; 1.064
 Soviet Union 3 2 1 229 199+30 5 1W-1L; 1.000
 Canada 3 2 1 169 1745 5 1W-1L; 0.935
 Mexico 3 0 3 173 23461 3  
January 16
Canada  5269  Brazil
January 16
Soviet Union  7364  Mexico
January 17
Canada  5451  Mexico
January 17
Soviet Union  7364  Brazil
January 18
Canada  6354  Soviet Union
January 18
Mexico  5078  Brazil

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Bulgaria 3 3 0 217 174+43 6
 Puerto Rico 3 2 1 209 194+15 5
 Philippines 3 1 2 192 22028 4
 Uruguay 3 0 3 181 21130 3
January 16
Philippines  6859  Uruguay
January 16
Bulgaria  6755  Puerto Rico
January 17
Uruguay  6478  Puerto Rico
January 17
Bulgaria  8561  Philippines
January 18
Puerto Rico  7663  Philippines
January 18
Bulgaria  6558  Uruguay

Classification round

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Philippines 2 2 0 145 120+25 4
 United Arab Rep. 2 1 1 136 14812 3
 Canada 2 0 2 124 13713 2
January 21
Philippines  6665  United Arab Rep.
January 22
Canada  6971  United Arab Rep.
January 23
Canada  6579  Philippines

Group E

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Uruguay 2 2 0 105 95+10 4
 Argentina 2 1 1 123 117+6 3
 Mexico 2 0 2 113 12916 2
January 21
Argentina  4851  Uruguay
January 22
Mexico  4754  Uruguay
January 23
Argentina  7566  Mexico

Second round

January 25
12th place
Canada  6456  Mexico
January 25
10th place
United Arab Rep.  5961  Argentina
January 25
8th place
Philippines  7870  Uruguay

Final round

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Brazil 6 5 1 472 382+90 11  
 United States 6 4 2 370 3788 10  
 Chile 6 2 4 393 44451 8 86–85
 Formosa 6 2 4 315 35035 8 85–86
 Puerto Rico 6 1 5 397 47174 7  
 Soviet Union 6 5 1 365 264+101 11  
 Bulgaria 6 2 4 315 33823 8  

The Soviet Union and Bulgaria's refusal to meet Formosa in the final round and led to their relegation to the last two places. If Soviet Union would have played and won to Formosa (very probable), they would have been the champions of the tournament, but they refused to play because of political differences, and lost the title.

20 January
Chile  8685  Formosa
21 January
Puerto Rico  5584  Soviet Union
21 January
Bulgaria  5863  United States
22 January
Brazil  9476  Formosa
22 January
Chile  8371  Puerto Rico
23 January
Brazil  6253  Bulgaria
23 January
United States  5453  Puerto Rico
24 January
Brazil  6366  Soviet Union
24 January
Bulgaria  7671  Chile
26 January
Formosa  6985  United States
26 January
Bulgaria  5878  Soviet Union
27 January
Formosa  8185  Puerto Rico
27 January
Chile  4975  Soviet Union
28 January
Brazil  9971  Puerto Rico
28 January
United States  3762  Soviet Union
29 January
Bulgaria  7062  Puerto Rico
29 January
Chile  5564  United States
30 January
Formosa  20  Soviet Union
30 January
Brazil  8167  United States
31 January
Bulgaria  02  Formosa
31 January
Brazil  7349  Chile

Awards

 1959 World Championship Winner 

Brazil
First title

Final ranking

Rank Team Record
1  Brazil 7–2
2  United States 7–2
3  Chile 2–4
4  Formosa 4–5
5  Puerto Rico 3–6
6  Soviet Union 7–2
7  Bulgaria 5–4
8  Philippines 4–2
9  Uruguay 2–4
10  Argentina 3–3
11  United Arab Republic 1–5
12  Canada 3–3
13  Mexico 0–6

Top scorers (ppg)

  1. James Chen (Formosa) 20.1
  2. Juan "Pachin" Vicens (Puerto Rico) 19.7
  3. Wlamir Marques (Brazil) 18.6
  4. Jerry Vayda (USA) 18
  5. Lio Jin Ron (Formosa) 16.7
  6. Dick Welsh (USA) 16.4
  7. Viktor Radev (Bulgaria) 15.25
  8. Amaury Pasos (Brazil) 15.22
  9. Jose Angel Cestero (Puerto Rico) 14.3
  10. Evelio Droz (Puerto Rico) 13.7

All-Tournament team

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References

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