1954 FIBA World Championship
| 1954 FIBA World Championship |
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2nd FIBA World Championship |
| Tournament details |
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| Host nation |
 Brazil |
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| Dates |
October 23 – November 5 |
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| Teams |
12 |
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| Venues |
1 (in 1 host city) |
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| Champions |
 United States (1st title) |
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| Tournament leaders |
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The 1954 FIBA World Championship (also called the 2nd World Basketball Championship – 1954) was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from October 23 to November 5, 1954. Twelve nations participated in the tournament.[1][2]
Competing nations
Preliminary round
Teams competed
Group A
Paraguay .svg.png) |
52–61 |
.svg.png) Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 17–33, 35–28 |
| Pts: Bendlin 13 |
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Pts: Facci 14 |
Group B
Peru  |
51–73 |
United States |
| Scoring by half: 26–24, 25–49 |
| Pts: Chocano 15 |
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Pts: Johnson 22 |
Canada  |
68–58 |
Peru |
| Scoring by half: 28–33, 40–25 |
| Pts: Ridd 25 |
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Pts: Salas 20 |
Group C
France  |
67–60 |
 Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by half: 33–26, 34–34 |
| Pts: Beugnot 25 |
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Pts: Ćurčić 16 |
Group D
| Team |
Pld |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
PD |
Pts
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 Formosa |
2 |
1 |
1 |
115 |
113 | +2 |
3
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 Israel |
2 |
1 |
1 |
100 |
98 | +2 |
3
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 Chile |
2 |
1 |
1 |
117 |
121 | −4 |
3
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| Israel |
55–49 |
Chile |
| Scoring by half: 18–25, 37–24 |
| Pts: Schneor 21 |
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Pts: Badria 13 |
Classification round
All teams play one game against each other for a total of three games.
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
PD |
Pts |
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| 9 |
Paraguay |
3 |
3 |
0 |
193 |
177 | +16 |
6
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| 10 |
Chile |
3 |
2 |
1 |
179 |
170 | +9 |
5
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| 11 |
Yugoslavia |
3 |
1 |
2 |
210 |
221 | −11 |
4
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| 12 |
Peru |
3 |
0 |
3 |
190 |
204 | −14 |
3
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| Yugoslavia |
62–70 |
Chile |
| Scoring by half: 25–35, 37–35 |
| Pts: Muller 13 |
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Pts: Badria 21 |
| Paraguay |
66–58 |
Peru |
| Scoring by half: 28–34, 38–24 |
| Pts: Yegros 19 |
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Pts: Salas 25 |
| Yugoslavia |
86–84 (OT) |
Peru |
| Scoring by half: 39–44, 42–37 Overtime: 5–3 |
| Pts: Muller 21 |
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Pts: Salas 30 |
| Chile |
57–60 |
Paraguay |
| Scoring by half: 30–22, 27–38 |
| Pts: Badria 14 |
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Pts: Isusi 18 |
| Peru |
48–52 |
Chile |
| Scoring by half: 25–30, 23–22 |
| Pts: Salas 13 |
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Pts: Badria 12 |
Final round
All teams play one game against each other for a total of seven games. The teams with the best records are awarded medals.
The tie between Canada, Formosa and Uruguay was broken by the goal averages of the games between those three teams, considering both had 1–1 records against each other.
| Israel |
48–45 (OT) |
France |
| Scoring by half: 21–17, 22–26 Overtime: 5–2 |
| Pts: Schneor 15 |
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Pts: Dessemme 11 |
Awards
Top scorers
All-tournament team
Final rankings
References
External links
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| | | | Tournaments | |
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| | Qualification | Per tournament |
- 1950
- 1954
- 1959
- 1963
- 1967
- 1970
- 1974
- 1978
- 1982
- 1986
- 1990
- 1994
- 1998
- 2002
- 2006
- 2010
- 2014
- 2019
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| Per confederation | |
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| | Finals |
- 1950
- 1954
- 1959
- 1963
- 1967
- 1970
- 1974
- 1978
- 1982
- 1986
- 1990
- 1994
- 1998
- 2002
- 2006
- 2010
- 2014
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| | Squads | |
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| From 1950 to 1974, the championship was decided in a round-robin medal round. Since 1978, the medal round has been conducted in a knockout format.
The 1962 championship was cancelled. |
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