1959 FIBA World Championship

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1959 FIBA World Championship
FIBA Campeonato Mundial de Baloncesto de 1959
Tournament details
Host countryChile
Dates16–31 January
Officially opened byJorge Alessandri
Teams13
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg Brazil (1st title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
Third placeFile:Flag of Chile.svg Chile
Fourth placeFile:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Formosa
Tournament statistics
Games played48
MVPBrazil Amaury Pasos
Top scorerTaiwan James T. L. Chen
(20.1 points per game)
← 1954
1963 →
File:Stamp of Brazil - 1959 - Colnect 264406 - Brazil World Champion Basketball.jpeg
Brazilian stamp marking the team's victory

The 1959 FIBA World Championship was the 3rd FIBA World Championship—the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. It was hosted by Chile from 16 to 31 January 1959. Amaury Antônio Pasos was named the MVP. The hosting cities for the competition were Antofagasta, Concepción, Temuco, Valparaíso, with the final stages held at the capital of Santiago. The final games were supposed to be conducted at the newly constructed Metropolitan Indoor Stadium, but because the venue was not finished in time, competition was postponed by a year from the original date. Organizers moved outdoors to the Estadio Nacional de Chile, where the events were watched at by a crowd of at least 16,000.

Competing nations

Group A Group B Group C

File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Rep.
File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Formosa
File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States

File:Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg Brazil
File:Canadian Red Ensign (1957–1965).svg Canada
File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union

File:Flag of Bulgaria (1948–1967).svg Bulgaria
File:Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines
File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay

File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile – advanced automatically to the final round as host

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:
    • First round: Two groups of three teams (A1, B2, C1 and A2, B1, C2) play each other once.
    • Second round: Top teams from each group play for eighth, second placers play for tenth, and last placers play for twelfth.
  • Final round: All top two from preliminary round group play each other once. The team with the best record wins the championship.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 3 3 0 271 204 +67 6 Final round
2 File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Formosa 3 2 1 207 209 −2 5
3 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 3 1 2 197 202 −5 4 Classification round
4 File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic 3 0 3 179 239 −60 3
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg Brazil 3 2 1 211 175 +36 5[lower-alpha 1] Final round
2 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 3 2 1 229 199 +30 5[lower-alpha 1]
3 File:Canadian Red Ensign (1957–1965).svg Canada 3 2 1 169 174 −5 5[lower-alpha 1] Classification round
4 File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico 3 0 3 173 234 −61 3
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Head-to-head record: Brazil 1–1 (1.06 GAvg), Soviet Union 1–1 (1.00 GAvg), Canada 1–1 (0.94 GAvg)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Bulgaria (1948–1967).svg Bulgaria 3 3 0 217 174 +43 6 Final round
2 File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 3 2 1 209 194 +15 5
3 File:Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines 3 1 2 192 220 −28 4 Classification round
4 File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 3 0 3 181 211 −30 3
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

Classification round

First round

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines 2 2 0 145 130 +15 4 Eighth place playoff
2 File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic 2 1 1 136 135 +1 3 Tenth place playoff
3 File:Canadian Red Ensign (1957–1965).svg Canada 2 0 2 134 150 −16 2 Twelfth place playoff
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

Group E

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 2 2 0 105 95 +10 4 Eighth place playoff
2 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 2 1 1 123 117 +6 3 Tenth place playoff
3 File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico 2 0 2 113 129 −16 2 Twelfth place playoff
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
21 January
Argentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg 48–51 File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
Scoring by half: 19-22, 29-29
22 January
Mexico File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg 47–54 File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
Scoring by half: 20-25, 27-29
23 January
Argentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg 75–66 File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico
Scoring by half: 34-34, 41-32
Valparaíso, Chile

Second round

Twelfth place playoff

Tenth place playoff

Eighth place playoff

Final round

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1 File:Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg Brazil (C) 6 5 1 472 382 +90 11
2 File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 6 4 2 370 378 −8 10
3 File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile (H) 6 2 4 393 444 −51 8[lower-alpha 1]
4 File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Formosa 6 2 4 315 350 −35 8[lower-alpha 1]
5 File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 6 1 5 397 471 −74 7
6 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union[lower-alpha 2] 6 5 1 365 264 +101 10
7 File:Flag of Bulgaria (1948–1967).svg Bulgaria[lower-alpha 2] 6 2 4 315 338 −23 7
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Head-to-head record: Chile 1–0 Formosa
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 FIBA demoted the Soviet Union and Bulgaria to the bottom two places after they refused to play against Formosa, forfeiting the game, due to political reasons.
20 January
Chile File:Flag of Chile.svg 86–85 (OT) File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Formosa
Scoring by half: 35-27, 36-44 Overtime: 15-14
24 January
Bulgaria File:Flag of Bulgaria (1948–1967).svg 76–71 File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile
Scoring by half: 37-33, 39-38
27 January
Chile File:Flag of Chile.svg 49–75 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 28-35, 21-40
31 January
Brazil File:Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg 73–49 File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile
Scoring by half: 37-21, 36-28

Awards

 1959 World Championship winner 
File:Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg
Brazil
First title
Most Valuable Player
Brazil Amaury Pasos

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1 File:Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg Brazil 7–2
2 File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 7–2
3 File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile 2–4
4 File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Formosa 4–5
5 File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 3–6
6 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 7–2
7 File:Flag of Bulgaria (1948–1967).svg Bulgaria 5–4
8 File:Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines 4–2
9 File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 2–4
10 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 3–3
11 File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic 1–5
12 File:Canadian Red Ensign (1957–1965).svg Canada 3–3
13 File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico 0–6

Top scorers (points per game)

  1. James T. L. Chen (Formosa) 20.1
  2. Juan "Pachin" Vicens (Puerto Rico) 19.7
  3. Wlamir Marques (Brazil) 18.6
  4. Jerry Vayda (USA) 18
  5. Lio Jin Ron (Formosa) 16.7
  6. Dick Welsh (USA) 16.4
  7. Viktor Radev (Bulgaria) 15.25
  8. Amaury Pasos (Brazil) 15.22
  9. Jose Angel Cestero (Puerto Rico) 14.3
  10. Evelio Droz (Puerto Rico) 13.7

All-Tournament team

Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team

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References

  1. ↑ "World Championship 1959".

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