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1959 FIBA World Championship

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.

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
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up United States
Third place Chile
Fourth place Formosa
Tournament statistics
Games played48
MVPBrazil Amaury Pasos
Top scorerTaiwan James T. L. Chen
(20.1 points per game)
← 1954
1963 →
Brazilian stamp marking the team's victory

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

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Group A Group B Group C

  Argentina
  United Arab Rep.
  Formosa
  United States

  Brazil
  Canada
  Mexico
  Soviet Union

  Bulgaria
  Philippines
  Puerto Rico
  Uruguay

  Chile – advanced automatically to the final round as host

Competition format

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  • 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

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   United States 3 3 0 271 204 67 6 Final round
2   Formosa 3 2 1 207 209 −2 5
3   Argentina 3 1 2 197 202 −5 4 Classification round
4   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.
16 January
United States   87–73   Argentina
Scoring by half: 48-27, 39-46
16 January
Formosa   71–69   United Arab Rep.
Scoring by half: 39-38, 32-31
17 January
Argentina   65–52   United Arab Rep.
Scoring by half: 36-32, 29-20
17 January
United States   81–73   Formosa
Scoring by half: 35-38, 46-35
18 January
Argentina   59–63   Formosa
Scoring by half: 33-31, 26-32
18 January
United Arab Rep.   58–103   United States
Scoring by half: 49-23, 54-35

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Brazil 3 2 1 211 175 36 5[a] Final round
2   Soviet Union 3 2 1 229 199 30 5[a]
3   Canada 3 2 1 169 174 −5 5[a] Classification round
4   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. ^ a b c Head-to-head record: Brazil 1–1 (1.06 GAvg), Soviet Union 1–1 (1.00 GAvg), Canada 1–1 (0.94 GAvg)
16 January
Canada   52–69   Brazil
Scoring by half: 24-30, 28-39
16 January
Soviet Union   102–72   Mexico
Scoring by half: 48-42, 54-30
17 January
Canada   54–51   Mexico
Scoring by half: 26-19, 28-32
17 January
Soviet Union   73–64   Brazil
Scoring by half: 39-36, 34-28
18 January
Canada   63–54   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 32-23, 31-31
18 January
Mexico   50–78   Brazil
Scoring by half: 20-50, 30-28

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Bulgaria 3 3 0 217 174 43 6 Final round
2   Puerto Rico 3 2 1 209 194 15 5
3   Philippines 3 1 2 192 220 −28 4 Classification round
4   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.
16 January
Philippines   68–59   Uruguay
Scoring by half: 36-31, 32-28
16 January
Bulgaria   67–55   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 37-16, 30-39
17 January
Uruguay   64–78   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 37-40, 27-38
17 January
Bulgaria   85–61   Philippines
Scoring by half: 36-21, 49-40
18 January
Puerto Rico   76–63   Philippines
Scoring by half: 39-32, 37-31
18 January
Bulgaria   65–58   Uruguay
Scoring by half: 31-28, 34-30

Classification round

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First round

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Group D

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Philippines 2 2 0 145 130 15 4 Eighth place playoff
2   United Arab Republic 2 1 1 136 135 1 3 Tenth place playoff
3   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.
21 January
Philippines   66–65   United Arab Rep.
Scoring by half: 25-29, 41-36
22 January
Canada   69–71   United Arab Rep.
Scoring by half: 40-28, 29-43
23 January
Canada   65–79   Philippines
Scoring by half: 33-31, 32-48

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Uruguay 2 2 0 105 95 10 4 Eighth place playoff
2   Argentina 2 1 1 123 117 6 3 Tenth place playoff
3   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   48–51   Uruguay
Scoring by half: 19-22, 29-29
22 January
Mexico   47–54   Uruguay
Scoring by half: 20-25, 27-29
23 January
Argentina   75–66   Mexico
Scoring by half: 34-34, 41-32
Valparaíso, Chile

Second round

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Twelfth place playoff

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25 January
Canada   64–56   Mexico
Scoring by half: 33-25, 31-31

Tenth place playoff

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25 January
United Arab Rep.   59–61   Argentina
Scoring by half: 29-32, 30-29

Eighth place playoff

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25 January
Philippines   78–70   Uruguay
Scoring by half: 47-36, 31-34

Final round

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1   Brazil (C) 6 5 1 472 382 90 11
2   United States 6 4 2 370 378 −8 10
3   Chile (H) 6 2 4 393 444 −51 8[a]
4   Formosa 6 2 4 315 350 −35 8[a]
5   Puerto Rico 6 1 5 397 471 −74 7
6   Soviet Union[b] 6 5 1 365 264 101 10
7   Bulgaria[b] 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. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Chile 1–0 Formosa
  2. ^ a b 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   86–85 (OT)   Formosa
Scoring by half: 35-27, 36-44 Overtime: 15-14
21 January
Puerto Rico   55–84   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 29-26, 26-58
21 January
Bulgaria   58–63   United States
Scoring by half: 27-26, 31-37
22 January
Brazil   94–76   Formosa
Scoring by half: 56-35, 38-41
22 January
Chile   83–71   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 46-31, 37-40
23 January
Brazil   62–53   Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 30-28, 32-25
23 January
United States   54–53   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 25-32, 29-21
24 January
Brazil   63–66   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 31-30, 32-36
24 January
Bulgaria   76–71   Chile
Scoring by half: 37-33, 39-38
26 January
Formosa   69–85   United States
Scoring by half: 32-33, 37-52
26 January
Bulgaria   58–78   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 18-35, 40-43
27 January
Formosa   81–85   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 34-42, 47-43
27 January
Chile   49–75   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 28-35, 21-40
28 January
Brazil   99–71   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 45-29, 54-42
28 January
United States   37–62   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 14-25, 23-37
29 January
Bulgaria   70–62   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 35-25, 35-37
29 January
Chile   55–64   United States
30 January
Formosa   2–0   Soviet Union
30 January
Brazil   81–67   United States
Scoring by half: 40-37, 41-30
31 January
Bulgaria   0–2   Formosa
31 January
Brazil   73–49   Chile
Scoring by half: 37-21, 36-28

Awards

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 1959 World Championship winner 
 
Brazil
First title
Most Valuable Player
  Amaury Pasos

Final standings

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Rank Team Record
1   Brazil 7–2
2   United States 7–2
3   Chile 2–4
4   Formosa 4–5
5   Puerto Rico 3–6
6   Soviet Union 7–2
7   Bulgaria 5–4
8   Philippines 4–2
9   Uruguay 2–4
10   Argentina 3–3
11   United Arab Republic 1–5
12   Canada 3–3
13   Mexico 0–6

Top scorers (points per game)

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  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

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Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team

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References

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  1. ^ "World Championship 1959".
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