1979 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

World U-19 1979 Brazil 15–25 August 12 5 1 1 United States 1 URU Horacio López (33.2) 19 USA (104.7) 1979 FIBA U19 World Championship 1983 The 1979 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Portuguese: 1979 Campeonato Mundial FIBA Sub-19) was the maiden edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship. It was held in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil from 15 to 25 August 1979. The United States notched their first-ever world juniors championship by sweeping both the preliminary round and the championship round, winning the Gold Medal against the hosts Brazil in the final day of the tournament, 75–55.https://www.usab.com/history/u19-mens/first-fiba-mens-junior-world-championship-1979.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20150723183146/http://www.usab.com/history/u19-mens/first-fiba-mens-junior-world-championship-1979.aspx dead July 23, 2015 FIRST FIBA MEN'S JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP – 1979 10 June 2010 usab.com 29 November 2018 Preliminary round Group A TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 19 ITA541409388+219 19 YUG541419376+439 19 BRA 1968532440378+628 19 URU523440467−277 19 AUS523372398−267 19 PHI 1936505444517−735 15 August 1979 19:00 Salvador 19 AUS 67 19 YUG 89 32–49 35–40 Boxscore Patterson 18 Čutura 14 15 August 1979 21:10 Salvador 19 BRA 1968 123 19 PHI 1936 80 65–29 58–51 BoxscoreApril 2025 medicmedic dos Santos 25 Banal 15 15 August 1979 23:00 Salvador 19 URU 98 19 ITA 102 46–48 42–40 10–14 BoxscoreApril 2025 medicmedic López 38 Domenico Fantin Fantin it Domenico Fantin 21 16 August 1979 20:00 Salvador 19 PHI 1936 71 19 ITA 88 37–51 34–37 Boxscore Saldaña 31 Tonut 16 16 August 1979 21:50 Salvador 19 BRA 1968 71 19 AUS 73 33–34 38–39 Boxscore Vitoria 15 Gaze 16 16 August 1979 23:40 Salvador 19 YUG 89 19 URU 78 33–43 56–35 Boxscore Radović, Dogan 18 López 33 17 August 1979 19:00 Salvador 19 URU 79 19 AUS 72 46–37 33–35 Boxscore López 35 Sengstock 21 17 August 1979 20:55 Salvador 19 BRA 1968 85 19 ITA 79 48–37 37–42 Boxscore dos Santos 18 Domenico Fantin Fantin it Domenico Fantin 16 17 August 1979 22:40 Salvador 19 YUG 106 19 PHI 1936 102 48–53 58–49 Boxscore Grbović 24 Saldaña 31 18 August 1979 19:00 Salvador 19 AUS 89 19 PHI 1936 83 49–33 40–50 BoxscoreApril 2025 medicmedic Pearce 22 Cristobal 27 18 August 1979 20:45 Salvador 19 ITA 64 19 YUG 63 33–26 31–37 Boxscore Riva 22 Čutura 26 18 August 1979 22:40 Salvador 19 BRA 1968 96 19 URU 74 56–26 40–48 Boxscore Pedrosa 25 López 21 19 August 1979 18:00 Salvador 19 URU 111 19 PHI 1936 108 61–53 50–55 Boxscore López 39 Cristobal 24 19 August 1979 19:45 Salvador 19 AUS 71 19 ITA 76 37–51 34–37 BoxscoreApril 2025 medicmedic Gaze 18 Riva 23 19 August 1979 21:30 Salvador 19 BRA 1968 65 19 YUG 72 28–35 37–37 Boxscore da Silva 18 Čutura 24 Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 19 USA550427236+19110 19 ARG541472357+1159 19 URS532459362+978 19 PAN523293332−396 19 CAN514390442−526 19 EGY 1972505278590−3125 15 August 1979 Presidente Prudente 19 USA 2 19 PAN 0 USA won by forfeit after Panama failed to appear 15 August 1979 19:00 Presidente Prudente 19 ARG 150 19 EGY 1972 44 75–12 75–32 Boxscore Politi 23 Nazmi 10 15 August 1979 21:45 Presidente Prudente 19 URS 117 19 CAN 72 51–29 66–43 Boxscore Grdzelidze, Nagayama, Sergei Popov (basketball, born 1960) Popov ru Попов, Сергей Владимирович (спортсмен) 26 Lichti 15 16 August 1979 18:00 Presidente Prudente 19 URS 126 19 EGY 1972 60 72–38 54–22 Boxscore Sergei Popov (basketball, born 1960) Popov ru Попов, Сергей Владимирович (спортсмен) 28 Kinoshita 22 16 August 1979 20:10 Presidente Prudente 19 CAN 80 19 PAN 81 48–48 32–33 Boxscore Pasquale 22 Grenald, Macias 18 16 August 1979 21:45 Presidente Prudente 19 USA 98 19 ARG 61 58–31 40–30 Boxscore Perkins 13 Duffy 12 17 August 1979 19:00 Presidente Prudente 19 USA 105 19 CAN 59 49–17 56–42 Boxscore White 22 Fitzgerald 11 17 August 1979 21:00 Presidente Prudente 19 EGY 1972 68 19 PAN 78 24–42 44–36 Boxscore Elhabash 21 Macias 29 17 August 1979 22:45 Presidente Prudente 19 ARG 74 19 URS 72 36–41 38–31 Boxscore Aréjula 20 Sergei Popov (basketball, born 1960) Popov ru Попов, Сергей Владимирович (спортсмен) 20 18 August 1979 19:00 Presidente Prudente 19 URS 92 19 PAN 62 38–30 54–32 Boxscore Berezhniy 20 Gálvez 17 18 August 1979 21:00 Presidente Prudente 19 USA 128 19 EGY 1972 38 70–18 58–20 Boxscore Perkins 13 Kinoshita 8 18 August 1979 22:45 Presidente Prudente 19 ARG 97 19 CAN 71 36–41 38–31 Boxscore Aréjula 22 Pasquale 17 19 August 1979 18:00 Presidente Prudente 19 CAN 108 19 EGY 1972 68 56–20 52–48 Boxscore Lichti 33 Kinoshita 21 19 August 1979 19:50 Presidente Prudente 19 ARG 90 19 PAN 72 47–31 43–41 Boxscore Maretto 21 Gálvez 24 19 August 1979 23:00 Presidente Prudente 19 USA 94 19 URS 78 47–37 47–41 Boxscore Floyd 19 Grdzelidze 25 Final round Classification 7th–12th TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 19 CAN330230212+186 19 URU321300217+835 19 AUS321207185+225 19 PHI 1936321286235+515 19 PAN303213241−283 19 EGY 1972303194340−1463 August 1979 São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo 19 AUS 64 19 PAN 63 30–33 35–40 Boxscore August 1979 Salvador 19 URU 126 19 EGY 1972 67 67–39 59–28 Boxscore August 1979 Salvador 19 CAN 89 19 PHI 1936 81 42–38 47–43 BoxscoreApril 2025 medicmedic August 1979 Salvador 19 CAN 78 19 URU 76 42–31 36–45 Boxscore August 1979 Salvador 19 AUS 88 19 EGY 1972 59 42–31 36–45 Boxscore August 1979 Salvador 19 PAN 78 19 PHI 1936 79 32–28 46–41 Boxscore August 1979 Salvador 19 EGY 1972 68 19 PHI 1936 126 38–66 30–60 Boxscore August 1979 Salvador 19 AUS 55 19 CAN 63 31–35 24–28 Boxscore August 1979 Salvador 19 URU 98 19 PAN 72 47–33 51–39 Boxscore Championship round TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 19 USA330308206+1026 19 BRA 1968321205223−185 19 ARG321221219+25 19 YUG312237257−204 19 URS312237243−64 19 ITA303226286−603 20 August 1979 20:00 Presidente Prudente 19 ITA 77 19 USA 134 35–64 42–70 Boxscore Fantozzi 15 Floyd 23 21 August 1979 20:00 Presidente Prudente 19 ITA 79 19 URS 81 38–36 41–45 Boxscore Costa 16 Grdzelidze 22 21 August 1979 23:00 Presidente Prudente 19 YUG 75 19 ARG 77 39–42 36–35 Boxscore Čutura 18 Aréjula 18 22 August 1979 19:00 Presidente Prudente 19 BRA 1968 74 19 ARG 73 36–33 38–40 BoxscoreApril 2025 medicmedic da Silva 19 Aréjula 21 23 August 1979 19:00 Presidente Prudente 19 YUG 88 19 URS 81 45–53 43–28 Boxscore Čutura 17 Grdzelidze 21 24 August 1979 19:30 Presidente Prudente 19 YUG 74 19 USA 99 37–44 37–55 BoxscoreApril 2025 medicmedic Čutura 24 Worthy 27 24 August 1979 21:15 Presidente Prudente 19 BRA 1968 76 19 URS 75 45–39 31–36 BoxscoreApril 2025 medicmedic Malvesi 22 Sergei Popov (basketball, born 1960) Popov ru Попов, Сергей Владимирович (спортсмен) 27 25 August 1979 21:00 Presidente Prudente 19 ITA 70 19 ARG 71 38–36 32–35 Boxscore Fantin 21 Maretto 18 25 August 1979 22:45 Ginásio de Esportes Antônio Balbino, Salvador 19 BRA 1968 55 19 USA 75 22–41 33–34 BoxscoreApril 2025 medicmedic Boxscore Image da Silva 25 Floyd 15 Marcial Paredes Lopes (PER), Artenik Arabadjian (BUL) Final standings Rank Team Record 19 USA8–0 19 BRA 19685–3 19 ARG6–2 4th19 YUG5–3 5th19 URS4–4 6th19 ITA4–4 7th19 CAN4–4 8th19 URU4–4 9th19 AUS4–4 10th19 PHI 19362–6 11th19 PAN2–6 12th19 EGY 19720–8 Awards bku 19 1979 Under-19 World champions USA First References External links Brazilian History USA history Category:FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup Category:1979 in basketball Category:1979 in Brazilian sport Category:International basketball 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