1945 South American Basketball Championship

South America 1945 Ecuador 17 July - 2 August 6 1 1 Brazil 2 1943 1947 The 1945 South American Basketball Championship was the 12th edition of this regional tournament. It was held in Guayaquil, Ecuador and won by the Brazil national basketball team. Six teams competed, including Colombia in their first appearance. After an experiment with a two-round tournament two years earlier, the 1945 competition returned to a single round format. Final rankings BRA URU ARG CHI ECU COL Results Each team played the other five teams once, for a total of five games played by each team and 15 overall in the preliminary round. RankTeamPtsWLPFPADiff 1 BRA1050233170+63 2 URU941231181+50 3 ARG832271239+32 4 CHI723208187+21 5 ECU614209206+3 6 COL505180349-169 Brazil31 - 26UruguayBrazil53 - 51ArgentinaBrazil50 - 42ChileBrazil30 - 26EcuadorBrazil69 - 25ColombiaUruguay55 - 49ArgentinaUruguay35 - 30ChileUruguay47 - 30EcuadorUruguay68 - 41ColombiaArgentina41 - 37ChileArgentina50 - 42EcuadorArgentina80 - 52ColombiaChile41 - 37EcuadorChile58 - 24ColombiaEcuador74 - 38Colombia External links FIBA.com archive for SAC1945 1945 S B Category:1945 in Ecuadorian sport Champ Category:Sports competitions in Guayaquil Category:July 1945 sports events in South America Category:August 1945 sports events in South America Category:20th century in Guayaquil