South American Basketball Championship 1979

South American Basketball Championship 1979
28th South American Basketball Championship
Number of nations	7th
South American champions	Argentina (8th title)
venue	Bahía Blanca
Opening game	April 14, 1979
Endgame	April 21, 1979
Games	21st
Basket points	3474   (∅: 165.43 per game)

The South American Basketball Championship 1979 , the twenty-eighth South American Basketball Championship , took place between April 14 and 21, 1979 in Bahía Blanca , Argentina , which hosted the championship for the fifth time. The winner was the national team of Argentina , which won the title for the eighth time.

Final placement

1.  Argentina
2.  Brazil
3.  Uruguay
4.  Chile
5.  Venezuela
6.  Paraguay
7.  Peru

Results

Each team played against each opponent once, so that each team played eight games (a total of 36 games took place). There were two points for each win and one point for a defeat. The team with the most points became South American champions in 1979.

placement	team	Points	G	V	baskets	Diff
1	Argentina	12	6th	0	607: 406	+201
2	Brazil	11	5	1	660: 439	+221
3	Uruguay	10	4th	2	530: 494	+36
4th	Chile	9	3	3	401: 487	−86
5	Venezuela	8th	2	4th	464: 484	−20
6th	Paraguay	7th	1	5	421: 601	−180
7th	Peru	6th	0	6th	389: 561	−172

Uruguay

77  - 65

Chile

Brazil

114  - 67

Peru

Argentina

135  - 56

Paraguay

Paraguay

64 -  90

Venezuela

Chile

53 -  120

Brazil

Argentina

102  - 61

Peru

Uruguay

94  - 83

Paraguay

Peru

58 -  69

Chile

Argentina

91  - 62

Venezuela

Paraguay

65 -  123

Brazil

Venezuela

69 -  77

Uruguay

Argentina

84  - 52

Chile

Peru

76 -  82

Paraguay

Brazil

104  - 80

Venezuela

Uruguay

90 -  105

Argentina

Paraguay

71 -  83

Chile

Venezuela

86  - 69

Peru

Uruguay

84 -  114

Brazil

Chile

79  - 77

Venezuela

Peru

58 -  108

Uruguay

Brazil

85 -  90

Argentina

Champion Argentina

Eighth championship

Web links

• FIBA archive
• FIBA archive 1979