1963 FIBA World Championship

1963 edition of the FIBA World Championship FIBA World Championship 1963 FIBA Campeonato Mundial de Basquetebol Masculino de 1963 Brazil 12–25 May João Goulart 13 3 5 5 Brazil 1960 2 Yugoslavia Soviet Union 1955 United States 1960 54 BRA 1960 Wlamir Marques PER Ricardo Duarte(23.1 points per game) 1959 1967 The 1963 FIBA World Championship was the 4th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The competition was hosted by Brazil from 12 to 25 May 1963. The Philippines was originally awarded the right to host the tournament, but FIBA rescinded this after the Filipino immigration officials refused to grant visas to players from communist countries. Brazil, the defending champion and a previous host, re-hosted the championship from 12 to 25 May 1963, and won the first back-to-back title with just six games, having been seeded and entering the well-rested team in the final round only. Background The Philippines was supposed to host the FIBA World Championship in 1962 but FIBA revoked hosting rights after the government of then President Diosdado Macapagal, refused to grant visas to players and officials of socialists countries including Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union.Ramirez Bert Looking back: The 1978 World Basketball Championship in Manila (Part I) https://www.rappler.com/sports/fiba/65185-looking-back-world-basketball-championship-manila-part-i/ 1 February 2016 Rappler 4 August 2014A roundup of the sports information of the week Sports Illustrated 17 December 1962 https://www.si.com/vault/1962/12/17/628104/a-roundup-of-the-sports-information-of-the-week 1 February 2016 A smaller tournament, the Spalding Invitation Tournament was held in the Philippines in its place.Grana Rhia A Doctor’s Mission to Protect the Legacy of Philippine Basketball https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/profiles/a-doctors-mission-to-safeguard-philippine-basketball-history-a7921-20260111-dyn 16 January 2026 Esquiremag.ph en The FIBA World Championship was held in 1963 in Brazil. Competing nations EventDateLocationBerthsQualifiedOriginal host nation0PHI 19361959 FIBA World Championship / host nation16–31 January 1959CHI Chile1BRA 19601960 Summer Olympics26 August–10 September 1960ITA 1946 Rome1USAEuroBasket 196129 April–8 May 1961YUG Beograd3URS 1955YUGFRA 1794South American Basketball Championship 196120–30 April 1961BRA 1960 Rio de Janeiro3PERURUARGWild cards5CAN 1957MEX 1934PUR 1952ITAJPN 1870 Competition format Preliminary round: Three groups of four teams play each other once; top two teams progress to the final round, bottom two teams relegated to classification round. Classification round: All bottom two teams from preliminary round group play each other once. The team with the best record is ranked eighth; the worst is ranked 13th. Final round: All top two teams from preliminary round group, the 1960 Olympic champion, and the host team play each other once. The team with the best record wins the championship. Preliminary round Group A main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D URS 1955 3 0 222 177 FRA 1794 2 1 200 181 URU 1 2 195 214 CAN 1957 0 3 158 203 RD2 RD2 CR2 CR2 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. Q green1 Final round red1 Classification round#eee 12 May FRA 1794 64 URU 54 Belo Horizonte 19-25 45-29 #eee 12 May URS 1955 58 CAN 1957 45 Belo Horizonte 27-24 31-21 13 May CAN 1957 56 URU 66 Belo Horizonte 27-25 29-41 13 May FRA 1794 57 URS 1955 70 Belo Horizonte 30-28 27-42 #eee 14 May CAN 1957 57 FRA 1794 79 Belo Horizonte 25-28 32-51 #eee 14 May URU 75 URS 1955 94 Belo Horizonte 45-55 30-39 Group B main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D YUG 3 0 262 208 PUR 1952 2 1 234 212 JPN 1870 1 2 198 231 PER 0 3 181 224 RD2 RD2 CR2 CR2 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. Q green1 Final round red1 Classification round#eee 12 May YUG 84 PER 67 Curitiba 30-42 54-25 #eee 12 May PUR 1952 86 JPN 1870 65 Curitiba 33-33 53-32 13 May PUR 1952 70 PER 64 Curitiba 45-33 25-31 13 May JPN 1870 63 YUG 95 Curitiba 24-37 39-58 #eee 14 May PER 50 JPN 1870 70 Curitiba 17-41 33-29 #eee 14 May PUR 1952 78 YUG 83 Curitiba 35-42 43-41 Group C main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D USA 3 0 256 202 ITA 1946 2 1 258 242 MEX 1934 1 2 240 260 ARG 0 3 206 256 RD2 RD2 CR2 CR2 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. Q green1 Final round red1 Classification round#eee 12 May USA 88 MEX 1934 74 Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo 41-42 47-32 #eee 12 May ITA 1946 91 ARG 73 Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo 42-34 49-39 13 May MEX 1934 82 ITA 1946 90 Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo 44-36 38-54 13 May ARG 51 USA 81 Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo 25-38 26-43 #eee 14 May MEX 1934 84 ARG 82 Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo 42-53 42-29 #eee 14 May USA 87 ITA 1946 77 Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo 42-34 45-43 Classification round main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D, E, F ARG 8 4 1 449 414 MEX 1934 9 3 2 389 364 Head-to-head record: Mexico 1–1 (1.07 GAvg), Uruguay 1–1 (1.01 GAvg), Canada 1–1 (0.92 GAvg) URU 10 3 2 376 372 B CAN 1957 11 3 2 365 375 B PER 12 2 3 362 367 JPN 1870 13 0 5 377 426 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. #eee 16 May Petrópolis ARG 88 MEX 1934 86 41-40 47-46 #eee 16 May Petropolis PER 66 CAN 1957 59 14-7 32-24 20-28 17 May Petropolis JPN 1870 63 URU 79 30-42 33-37 17 May Petropolis PER 57 MEX 1934 72 27-34 30-38 #eee 18 May Petropolis ARG 103 JPN 1870 85 58-39 45-46 #eee 18 May Petropolis CAN 1957 73 URU 71 34-30 39-41 19 May Petropolis PER 66 URU 67 34-29 32-38 #eee 20 May Petropolis CAN 1957 82 ARG 77 51-34 31-43 #eee 20 May Petropolis MEX 1934 71 JPN 1870 70 36-34 35-36 21 May Petropolis PER 95 JPN 1870 85 53-46 42-39 21 May Petropolis ARG 97 URU 83 46-45 51-38 22 May Petropolis PER 78 ARG 84 38-36 37-39 OT 3-9 #eee 22 May Petropolis MEX 1934 87 CAN 1957 73 38-32 49-41 23 May Petropolis JPN 1870 74 CAN 1957 78 41-42 33-36 23 May Petropolis URU 76 MEX 1934 73 42-33 34-40 Final round thumb|right|270px|Yugoslavia's Radivoj Korać versus the USA's Ed Smallwood in the Final round. Yugoslavia won 75–73. main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D, E, F, G BRA 1960 6 0 485 411 CH YUG 5 1 472 424 URS 1955 4 2 426 399 USA 3 3 498 433 FRA 1794 2 4 369 438 PUR 1952 1 5 366 426 ITA 1946 0 6 407 492 gold silver bronze 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. gold silver #cc9966 #eee 16 May Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro URS 1955 58 FRA 1794 48 25-23 33-25 #eee 16 May Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro USA 73 YUG 75 32-30 41-45 #eee 16 May Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro BRA 1960 62 PUR 1952 55 25-27 37-28 17 May Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro YUG 73 PUR 1952 57 34-32 39-25 17 May Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro USA 81 FRA 1794 61 36-35 45-26 17 May Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro BRA 1960 81 ITA 1946 62 40-24 41-38 #eee 18 May Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro PUR 1952 60 FRA 1794 67 27-28 33-39 #eee 18 May Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro YUG 85 ITA 1946 74 34-36 51-38 #eee 18 May Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro USA 1960 74 URS 1955 75 40-34 34-41 20 May Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro FRA 1794 67 ITA 1946 63 30-24 37-39 20 May Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro YUG 71 BRA 1960 90 27-51 44-39 #eee 21 May Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro PUR 1952 55 URS 1955 64 18-29 37-35 #eee 21 May Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro FRA 1794 63 BRA 1960 77 31-38 32-39 22 May Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro ITA 1946 63 URS 1955 83 28-48 35-35 22 May Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro PUR 1952 64 USA 1960 88 26-33 38-55 #eee 23 May Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro ITA 1946 73 USA 1960 101 28-59 45-42 #eee 23 May Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro URS 1955 79 BRA 1960 90 42-43 37-47 24 May Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro ITA 1946 72 PUR 1952 75 31-42 41-33 24 May Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro FRA 1794 63 YUG 99 33-46 30-53 #eee 25 May Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro URS 1955 67 YUG 69 28-34 39-35 #eee 25 May Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro BRA 1960 85 USA 1960 81 39-39 46-42 Awards bk 1963 World Championship winner Brazil Second 1963 Most Valuable PlayerBrazil Wlamir Marques Final standings Rank Team Record 1 BRA 1960 6–0 2 YUG 8–1 3 URS 1955 7–2 4 USA 1960 6–3 5 FRA 1794 4–5 6 PUR 1952 3–6 7 ITA 1946 2–7 8 ARG 4–4 9 MEX 1934 4–4 10 URU 4–4 11 CAN 1957 3–5 12 PER 2–6 13 JPN 1870 1–7 — PHI 1936 Suspended All-Tournament Team FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team Amaury Pasos (Brazil) Wlamir Marques - (MVP) (Brazil) Aleksander Petrov (USSR) Don Kojis (USA) Maxime Dorigo (France) Top scorers (ppg) Ricardo Duarte (Peru) 23.1 Aleksander Petrov (USSR) 17.6 Luis Enrique Grajeda (Mexico) 17.5 Radivoj Korać (Yugoslavia) 16.8 Maxime Dorigo (France) 16.8 Alfredo Tulli (Argentina) 16.1 Alberto Desimone (Argentina) 16 Rafael Valle (Puerto Rico) 15.8 Nemanja Đurić (Yugoslavia) 14.6 Paolo Vittori (Italy) 14.3 References External links http://www.fiba.com FIBA official website https://www.eurobasket.com/world-cup/basketball.aspx EuroBasket.com FIBA Basketball World Cup Page FIBA WC-1963 Category:FIBA Basketball World Cup Category:International basketball competitions hosted by Brazil World Championship Category:1963 FIBA World Championship 0512-0525 12-25