1950 FIBA World Championship

1st FIBA World Championship

Tournament details

Host nation

Argentina

Dates

October 22 – November 3

Teams

Venues

1 (in 1 host city)

Champions

Argentina (1st title)

MVP

Oscar Furlong

Tournament leaders

	Players	Teams
Points	Salvadores (13.8)	Argentina (59.3)

1954 >

The 1950 FIBA World Championship (also called the 1st World Basketball Championship – 1950) was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from October 22 to November 3, 1950. Ten nations participated in the inaugural tournament. All competition was held at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires. Argentina claimed the gold medal, by beating the United States 64–50.

Competing nations

FIBA determined the requirements to qualify for the World Championship as follows: the three best teams in the previous Summer Olympic Games, the two best teams from South America, Europe and Asia, plus the organising Country. France, Brazil and the United States were granted a place each, following their performances in the 1948 Summer Olympics held at London. Uruguay and Chile qualified as the top two teams in the 1949 South American Basketball Championship, and Egypt, with the first place at EuroBasket 1949. Since no Asian teams were present due to travel difficulties, invitations were extended to Ecuador, Yugoslavia and Spain. Uruguay withdrew from the tournament as well, for political reasons. Peru went instead.

Seeded to the 1st preliminary round	Seeded to the 2nd preliminary round	Withdrew
Egypt Peru Yugoslavia Ecuador	Argentina Brazil Chile France Spain United States	Uruguay

Preliminary rounds

First round		Second round		First repass round (1st and 2nd round losers)		Second repass round (1st repass round winners)


		Chile	33
		United States	37
				Chile	40
				Yugoslavia	24
		Brazil	40
Peru	33	Peru	33
Yugoslavia	27					Chile	54
						Spain	40

First round		Second round		First repass round (1st and 2nd round losers)		Second repass round (1st repass round winners)

Egypt	43
Ecuador	37	Egypt	57
		Spain	56
				Ecuador	43
				France	48
		Argentina	56
		France	40
						Peru	46
						France	49

First phase

October 22

Peru

33–27

Yugoslavia

Buenos Aires

October 22

Egypt

43–37

Ecuador

Buenos Aires

Egypt and Peru advance to the second preliminary phase.
Ecuador and Yugoslavia advance to the first repass round.

Second phase

October 23

United States

37–33

Chile

Buenos Aires

October 23

Argentina

56–40

France

Buenos Aires

October 23

Peru

33–40

Brazil

Buenos Aires

October 23

Spain

56–57

Egypt

Buenos Aires

Argentina, Brazil, Egypt and USA advance to the final round.
Chile and France advance to the first repass round
Peru and Spain advance to the second repass round.

Repass rounds

First phase

October 24

Chile

40–24

Yugoslavia

Buenos Aires

October 24

Ecuador

43–48

France

Buenos Aires

Chile and France advance to the second phase.
Ecuador and Yugoslavia are relegated to the classification round.

Second phase

October 25

Spain

40–54

Chile

Buenos Aires

October 25

France

49–46 (OT)

Peru

Buenos Aires

Chile and France advance to the final round.
Peru and Spain are relegated to the classification round.

Classification round


Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
7	Peru	3	3	0	140	123	+17	6
8	Ecuador	3	2	1	142	141	+1	5
9	Spain	3	1	2	89	97	−8	4
10	Yugoslavia	3	0	3	83	93	−10	3

October 27

Ecuador

45–40

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Argentina	5	5	0	300	200	+100	10
2	United States	5	4	1	221	200	+21	9
3	Chile	5	2	3	209	233	−24	7
4	Brazil	5	2	3	214	182	+32	7
5	Egypt	5	2	3	158	208	−50	7
6	France	5	0	5	173	252	−79	5

Rank	Team	Record
1	Argentina	6–0
2	United States	5–1
3	Chile	4–4
4	Brazil	3–3
5	Egypt	4–3
6	France	2–6
7	Peru	4–2
8	Ecuador	2–3
9	Spain	1–4
10	Yugoslavia	0–5

1950 FIBA World Championship

Competing nations

Preliminary rounds

First phase

Second phase

Repass rounds

First phase

Second phase

Classification round

Final round

Awards

Final rankings

Team rosters

All-Tournament Team

Top scorers

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