1950 FIBA World Championship

1950 edition of the FIBA World Championship March 2023 World Basketball Championship 1950 FIBA Campeonato Mundial de Basquetebol Masculino de 1950 Buenos Aires Argentina 22 October – 3 November Juan Perón 10 Luna Park Stadium Argentina 1 United States 1912 Chile Brazil 1889 31 ARG Oscar Furlong Spain 1950 Álvaro Salvadores (13.8 points per game) 1954 The 1950 FIBA World Championship, also called the 1st World Basketball Championship – 1950, was the inaugural edition of the World Cup basketball tournament for men's national teams. It was held by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), from 22 October to 3 November 1950. Argentina hosted the competition at Luna Park in Buenos Aires, where ten nations participated in the event. Argentina claimed the gold medal, by beating the United States 64–50 in the decisive game of the final round. After winning the tournament, Argentinian fans celebrated by burning newspapers which became known as the "Night of the Torches".2023-03-10 The Best of World Cup 1950: Argentina's first Night of the Torches, Denver Chevrolets and 20,000 fans https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/news/the-best-of-fiba-basketball-world-cup-1950-argentina-first-night-of-the-torches-denver-chevrolets-and-20000-fans 2023-03-12 FIBA.basketball en Host and venue In the aftermath of World War II, Argentina was chosen as host of the inaugural World Cup partly because of its neutrality during the war. Group City Arena Capacity Final round Buenos Aires Estadio Luna Park 9,000 Competing nations FIBA determined the requirements to qualify for the World Championship to be as follows: The top three teams in the previous Olympic tournament (the United States, France and Brazil). The top two teams from the previous South American Championship (Uruguay and Chile). The winner of EuroBasket 1949 (Egypt). The top team in Asia (South Korea). The host country (Argentina). Prior to the Championship, South Korea withdrew due to logistical and financial difficulties in travelling to Argentina, while Uruguay withdrew after Argentinian immigration officials refused the team visas to enter the country. Subsequently, FIBA extended invitations to Ecuador, Yugoslavia, Spain, and Peru. Seeded to the 1st preliminary round Seeded to the 2nd preliminary round Egypt 1922 Peru Yugoslavia Ecuador 1900ARG Brazil 1889 Chile France 1794 Spain 1945 USA 1912 Preliminary rounds First round Second round First repass round(1st and 2nd round losers) Second repass round(1st repass round winners) PER 33 YUG 27 CHI 33 USA 1912 37 BRA 1889 40 PER 33 CHI 40 YUG 24 CHI 54 ESP 1945 40 First round Second round First repass round(1st and 2nd round losers) Second repass round(1st repass round winners) EGY 1922 43 ECU 1900 37 EGY 1922 57 ESP 1945 56 ARG 56 FRA 1794 40 ECU 1900 43 FRA 1794 48 PER 46 FRA 1794 49 First phase #eee 22 October PER 33 YUG 27 Buenos Aires 18-16 15-11 22 October EGY 1922 43 ECU 1900 37 Buenos Aires 18-22 25-15 Egypt and Peru advance to the second preliminary phase. Ecuador and Yugoslavia advance to the first repass round. Second phase #eee 23 October USA 1912 37 CHI 33 Buenos Aires 20-19 17-14 23 October ARG 56 FRA 1830 40 Buenos Aires 30-17 26-23 #eee 23 October PER 33 BRA 1889 40 Buenos Aires 15-16 18-24 23 October ESP 1945 56 EGY 1922 57 Buenos Aires 26-23 30-34 Argentina, Brazil, Egypt and USA advance to the final round. Chile and France advance to the first repass round Peru and Spain advance to the second repass round. Repass rounds First phase #eee 24 October CHI 40 YUG 24 Buenos Aires 27-11 13-13 24 October ECU 1900 43 FRA 1794 48 Buenos Aires 26-30 17-18 Chile and France advance to the second phase. Ecuador and Yugoslavia are relegated to the classification round. Second phase 25 October ESP 1945 40 CHI 54 Buenos Aires 18-24 22-30 #eee 25 October FRA 1794 49 PER 46 (OT) Buenos Aires 21-24 25-22 3-0 Chile and France advance to the final round. Peru and Spain are relegated to the classification round. Classification round main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D PER 7 3 0 140 123 ECU 1900 8 2 1 142 141 ESP 1945 9 1 2 89 97 YUG 10 0 3 83 93 -1 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. #eee 27 October ECU 1900 45 YUG 40 La Plata, Argentina 14–15 31–25 #eee 27 October PER 43 ESP 1945 37 La Plata, Argentina 20–19 23–18 29 October OT YUG 43 PER 46 Rosario, Argentina 4–4, 4–7 24–14 11–21 29 October ECU 1900 54 ESP 1945 50 Rosario, Argentina 29–25 25–25 #eee 30 October ESP 1945 2 YUG 0 Buenos Aires, Argentina Yugoslavia refused to stand for the Spanish national anthem or play for political reasons. Spain was awarded the game on forfeit. #eee 30 October ECU 1900 43 PER 51 Buenos Aires, Argentina 17–23 26–28 Final round main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D, E, F ARG 5 0 300 200 CH USA 1912 4 1 221 200 CHI 2 3 209 233 BRA 1889 2 3 214 182 EGY 1922 2 3 158 208 FRA 1794 0 5 173 252 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 27 October CHI 48 FRA 1794 44 Buenos Aires, Argentina 27-19 21-25 #eee 27 October EGY 1922 32 USA 1912 34 Buenos Aires, Argentina 19-18 13-16 29 October EGY 1922 31 FRA 1794 28 Buenos Aires, Argentina 10-9 21-19 29 October ARG 40 BRA 1889 35 Buenos Aires, Argentina 22-21 18-14 #eee 30 October ARG 62 CHI 41 Buenos Aires, Argentina 36-17 26-24 #eee 30 October BRA 1889 42 USA 1912 45 Buenos Aires, Argentina 25-26 17-19 31 October BRA 1889 38 EGY 1922 19 Buenos Aires, Argentina 17-11 21-8 31 October ARG 66 FRA 1794 41 Buenos Aires, Argentina 38-19 28-22 #eee 1 November CHI 29 USA 1912 44 Buenos Aires, Argentina 12-29 17-15 #eee 1 November ARG 68 EGY 1922 33 Buenos Aires, Argentina 35-15 33-18 2 November FRA 1794 33 USA 1912 48 Buenos Aires, Argentina 23-26 10-22 2 November BRA 1889 40 CHI 51 Buenos Aires, Argentina 17-25 23-26 #eee 3 November CHI 40 EGY 1922 43 Buenos Aires, Argentina 19-18 21-25 #eee 3 November BRA 1889 59 FRA 1794 27 Buenos Aires, Argentina 31-14 28-13 #eee 3 November ARG 64 USA 1912 50 Buenos Aires, Argentina 20,000 John Stanich 11 Oscar Furlong 20 34-24 30-26 Awards Argentina won its first-ever World Cup, and Oscar Furlong was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. Furlong averaged a team-high and 11.2 points during the tournament, fourth highest of all players.bk 1950 World Championship winner Argentina First Most Valuable PlayerArgentina Oscar Furlong All-Tournament Team ARG Oscar Furlong (Argentina) USA 1912 John Stanich (USA) Chile Rufino Bernedo (Chile) Spain 1945 Álvaro Salvadores (Spain) ARG Ricardo González (Argentina) Final standings thumb|right|250px|The Argentina squad that won their first World championship. Rank Team Record 1 ARG 6–0 2 USA 1912 5–1 3 Chile 4–4 4 Brazil 1889 3–3 5 Egypt 1922 4–3 6 France 1794 2–6 7 Peru 4–2 8 Ecuador 2–3 9 Spain 1945 1–4 10 Yugoslavia 0–5 Team rosters Source: FIBA archive Argentina: 8.Oscar Furlong, 11.Ricardo González, 3.Pedro Bustos, 5.Leopoldo Contarbio, 4.Hugo del Vecchio, 7.Vito Liva, 14.Alberto López, 10.Rubén Menini, 13.Omar Monza, 6.Raúl Pérez Varela, 12.Juan Carlos Uder, 9.Roberto Viau (Coach: Jorge Hugo Canavesi – Casimiro González Trilla]) USA: 20.John Stanich, 66.Bob Fisher, 75.Bryce Heffley, 55.Thomas Jaquet, 33.Dan Kahler, 19.John Langdon, 40.Les Metzger, 44.J. L. Parks, 22.Jimmy Reese, 16.Don Slocum, 77.Blake Williams (Coach: Gordon Carpenter) Chile: Rufino Bernedo, Pedro Araya, Eduardo Cordero, Mariano Fernández, Exequiel Figueroa, Juan José Gallo, Raúl López, Luis Enrique Marmentini, Juan Ostoic, Hernán Ramos, Marcos Sánchez, Víctor Mahana (Coach: Kenneth Davidson) Brazil: 45.Zenny de Azevedo "Algodão", 46.Ruy de Freitas, 44.Alfredo da Motta, 48.Paulo Rodrigues Siqueira "Montanha", 42.Hélio Marques Pereira "Godinho", 46.Celso dos Santos, 47.Plutão de Macedo, 49.Sebastião Amorim Gimenez "Tiao", 50.Thales Monteiro, 51.Alexandre Gemignani, Milton Santos Marques "Miltinho", 53.Ângelo Bonfietti "Angelim" (Coach: Moacyr Brondi Daiuto) All-Tournament Team FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team Top scorers Spain 1945 Álvaro Salvadores (Spain) 13.8 Ecuador Fortunato Muñoz (Ecuador) 13.2 Ecuador Alfredo Arroyave (Ecuador) 11.4 ARG Oscar Furlong (Argentina) 11.2 Chile Rufino Bernedo (Chile) 10.8 ARG Ricardo González (Argentina) 10.7 Spain 1945 Eduardo Kucharski González (Spain) 9.8 Egypt 1922 Hussein Kamel Montasser (Egypt) 8.8 Peru Eduardo Fiestas (Peru) 8.7 Peru Alberto Fernández (Peru) 8.2 References External links http://www.fiba.com FIBA official website https://www.eurobasket.com/World-Cup/basketball_1950.aspx EuroBasket.com FIBA Basketball World Cup Page Results WC 1950 on FIBA.com Category:FIBA Basketball World Cup B Category:International sports competitions in Buenos Aires World Championship Category:October 1950 in sports Category:1950s in Buenos Aires Category:November 1950 in sports