1953 South American Basketball Championship

South America 1953 Uruguay April 4–19 7 1 1 Uruguay 6 1949 1955 The 1953 South American Basketball Championship was the 15th edition of this regional tournament. It was held in Montevideo, Uruguay and won by the host, Uruguay national basketball team. A record seven national teams competed. It was the first to follow the first World Championship in 1950. Final rankings URU BRA CHI PAR PER ECU COL Results Each team played the other six teams once, for a total of six games played by each team and 21 overall in the preliminary round. The three-way tie between Chile, Peru, and Paraguay was broken by a sub-bracket; each was 1–1 against the other teams in that sub-bracket. The point differentials within the bracket gave Chile the top spot in it with +5, Paraguay had +4, and Peru had -9. This was mostly due to Chile's relatively large victory over Peru while the other two games (Peru-Paraguay and Chile-Paraguay) had both been much closer. RankTeamPtsWLPFPADiff 1 URU1260309200+109 2 BRA1151274222+52 3 CHI933269282-13 4 PAR933287284+3 5 PER933235237-2 6 ECU715259310-51 7 COL606241339-98 Uruguay48 - 32BrazilUruguay52 - 36ChileUruguay62 - 45ParaguayUruguay22 - 20PeruUruguay58 - 34EcuadorUruguay67 - 33ColombiaBrazil51 - 40ChileBrazil40 - 37ParaguayBrazil31 - 15PeruBrazil51 - 37EcuadorBrazil69 - 45ColombiaChile40 - 46ParaguayChile56 - 45PeruChile52 - 47EcuadorChile45 - 41ColombiaParaguay51 - 53PeruParaguay57 - 43EcuadorParaguay51 - 46ColombiaPeru50 - 43EcuadorPeru52 - 34ColombiaEcuador55 - 42Colombia External links FIBA.com archive for SAC1953 1953 S B Category:1953 in Uruguayan sport Category:Sports competitions in Montevideo Champ Category:1950s in Montevideo Category:April 1953 sports events in South America