1954 FIBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

The '1954 FIBA World Championship' (also called the 2nd World Basketball Championship - 1954) was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from October 22 to November 5, 1954. Twelve nations participated in the tournament.

Contents

Competing nations

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Classification Round (Ninth to twelfth places)

Final Round (Round of eight)

Awards

Topscorers of the Tournament

External links

Competing nations

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
	'4'	2	2	0	160	114	+46
	'3'	2	1	1	126	151	-25
	'2'	2	0	2	104	125	-21

Group A Games

''	64–52
''	99–62
	52–61	''

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
	'4'	2	2	0	132	88	+44
	'3'	2	1	1	105	117	-12
	'2'	2	0	2	109	141	-32

Group B Games

	51–73	''
	37–59	''
''	68–58

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
	'4'	2	2	0	113	98	+15
	'3'	2	1	1	113	118	-5
	'2'	2	0	2	112	122	-10

Group C Games

	52–55	''
''	67–60
''	58–46

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
	'3'	2	1	1	115	113	+2
	'3'	2	1	1	100	98	+2
	'3'	2	1	1	117	121	-4

Group D Games

	52–55	''
	66–68	''
''	55–49

Classification Round (Ninth to twelfth places)

All teams play one game against each other for a total of three games.

Pos.	Team	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
'9'		'6'	3	0	'193'	'177'	16
'10'		'5'	2	1	'179'	'170'	9
'11'		'4'	1	2	'210'	'221'	-11
'12'		'3'	0	3	'190'	'204'	-14

★ Classification Games

Team A	Pts. A	Pts. B	Team B
Paraguay	66	58	Peru
Yugoslavia	62	70	Chile
Yugoslavia	86	84	Peru
Chile	57	60	Paraguay
Yugoslavia	62	67	Paraguay
Peru	48	52	Chile

Final Round (Round of eight)

All teams play one game against each other for a total of seven games. The teams with the best records are awarded medals.

Pos.	Team	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	Avg.	Tie
'1'		'14'	7	0	'482'	'300'	1.61
'2'		'13'	6	1	'418'	'341'	1.23
'3'		'12'	5	2	'438'	'406'	1.08
'4'		'10'	3	4	'371'	'392'	0.95
'5'		'9'	2	5	'345'	'405'	0.85	1.063
'6'		'9'	2	5	'422'	'446'	0.94	1.031
'7'		'9'	2	5	'433'	'498'	0.87	0.914
'8'		'8'	1	6	'330'	'451'	0.73

The tie between Canada, Formosa and Uruguay was broken by the goal averages of the games between those three teams, considering both had 1-1 records against each other.

★ Final Round Games

Team A	Pts. A	Pts. B	Team B
Canada	50	43	Israel
Uruguay	59	64	United States
Israel	56	90	Philippines
France	58	48	Formosa
Canada	50	84	United States
Brazil	57	41	Philippines
Uruguay	67	62	Formosa
Israel	48	45	France
Canada	76	83	Philippines
United States	72	28	Formosa
Brazil	49	36	France
France	57	49	Uruguay
Uruguay	73	69	Israel
Canada	61	74	Formosa
Philippines	66	60	France
United States	74	30	Israel
Brazil	60	45	Uruguay
Canada	62	66	France
Formosa	51	38	Israel
Philippines	67	63	Uruguay
United States	62	41	Brazil
Formosa	44	61	Brazil
Philippines	43	56	United States
Uruguay	66	67	Canada
Israel	46	68	Brazil
France	49	70	United States
Formosa	38	48	Philippines
Canada	67	82	Brazil

Awards

1954 World Championship Winner
'' 'First title'

Topscorers of the Tournament

Name	Country	Games	Total Points	Points Average
Oscar Moglia		9	168	18.6
Carl Ridd		9	164	18.2
Carlos Loyzaga		9	148	16.4

External links

★ FIBA.com 1954 World Championships