1940 South American Basketball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation Uruguay
Dates 20 January - 28 January
Teams 6
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  Uruguay (3rd title)

The South American Basketball Championship 1940 was the eighth South American Basketball Championship. It was held in Montevideo, Uruguay and won by the host Uruguay national basketball team. A record 6 teams competed, including Paraguay in their first appearance, despite the World War that was currently under way.

Final rankings

  1.  Uruguay
  2.  Argentina
  3.  Brazil
  4.  Chile
  5.  Peru
  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 tournament.

Rank Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1  Uruguay 1050192101+91
2  Argentina 941177106+71
3  Brazil 832135156-21
4  Chile 723166155+11
5  Peru 614149146+3
6  Paraguay 50583238-155
Uruguay 25 - 23 Argentina
Uruguay 38 - 15 Brazil
Uruguay 43 - 26 Chile
Uruguay 25 - 24 Peru
Uruguay 61 - 13 Paraguay
Argentina 46 - 33 Brazil
Argentina 18 - 17 Chile
Argentina 40 - 26 Peru
Argentina 50 - 5 Paraguay
Brazil 36 - 31 Chile
Brazil 27 - 21 Peru
Brazil 24 - 20 Paraguay
Chile 35 - 32 Peru
Chile 57 - 26 Paraguay
Peru 46 - 19 Paraguay

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