Basketball South American Championship 1991

Basketball South American Championship 1991
34th South American Basketball Championship
Number of nations	8th
South American champions	Venezuela (1st title)
venue	Valencia
Opening game	May 16, 1991
Endgame	May 26, 1991
Games	29
Basket points	5012   (∅: 172.83 per game)

The 1991 South American Basketball Championship , the thirty-fourth South American Basketball Championship , took place between May 16 and 26, 1991 in Valencia , Venezuela , which hosted the championship for the first time. The winner was the Venezuelan national team , which won the title for the first time.

Final placement

1.  Venezuela
2.  Brazil
3.  Argentina
4.  Uruguay
5.  Colombia
6.  Ecuador
7.  Paraguay
8.  Peru

Results

Preliminary round

Each team played against each opponent once, so that each team played seven games (a total of 28 games took place). There were two points for each win and one point for a defeat. In the event of a tie, the direct comparison decided. Since Brazil won against Argentina, Argentina against Venezuela and Venezuela against Brazil, the basket ratio from these three games decided. The two teams with the most points played in the final of the 1991 South American Basketball Championship.

placement	team	Points	G	V	baskets	Diff
1	Brazil	13	6th	1	813: 571	+242
2	Venezuela	13	6th	1	672: 486	+186
3	Argentina	13	6th	1	664: 583	+81
4th	Uruguay	9	4th	3	634: 571	+63
5	Colombia	8th	3	4th	521: 553	−32
6th	Ecuador	7th	2	5	516: 653	−137
7th	Paraguay	6th	1	6th	538: 692	−154
8th	Peru	6th	0	7th	411: 660	−249

		Venezuela	103  - 59	Paraguay
		Points per half: 55:27  , 48:32  .

		Ecuador	84  - 61	Peru
		Points per half time: 44  : 25, 40  : 36th

		Argentina	95  - 83	Uruguay
		Points per half time: 48  : 46, 46  : 37th

		Brazil	110  - 72	Colombia
		Points per half: 57:27  , 53:45  .

		Venezuela	93  - 80	Uruguay
		Points per half time: 50  : 44, 44  : 36th

		Paraguay	94  - 73	Peru
		Points per half: 51  : 30, 43: 43.

		Brazil	133  - 72	Ecuador
		Points per half: 61  : 29, 72  : 43.

		Argentina	86  - 78	Colombia
		Points per half time: 45  : 33, 41: 45 .

		Ecuador	84  - 75	Paraguay
		Points per half: 43:35  , 41:40  .

		Venezuela	87 -	Colombia
		Points per half time: 47  : 31, 40  : 34th

		Uruguay	74  - 58	Peru
		Points per half: 38:31  , 36:27  .

		Brazil	102  - 89	Argentina
		Points per half: 37: 48 , 65  : 41.

		Brazil	139  - 65	Peru
		Points per half time: 74  : 22, 65  : 43rd

		Colombia	78  - 63	Paraguay
		Points per half-time: 38: 43 , 40  : 20th

		Uruguay	100  - 76	Ecuador
		Points per half: 61  : 39, 39  : 37.

		Argentina	91  - 83	Venezuela
		Points per half time: 50  : 43, 41  : 40th

		Argentina	91  - 63	Peru
		Points per half: 38:28  , 53:35  .

		Brazil	132  - 75	Paraguay
		Points per half: 66  : 36, 66  : 39.

		Uruguay	91  - 70	Colombia
		Points per half: 47:39  , 44:31  .

		Venezuela	102  - 57	Ecuador
		Points per half time: 40  : 23, 62  : 34th

		Colombia	70  - 46	Peru
		Points per half-time: 40  : 28, 30  : 18th

		Argentina	94  - 73	Ecuador
		Points per half: 48:35  , 46:38  .

		Uruguay	104  - 71	Paraguay
		Points per half: 53:41  , 51:30  .

		Venezuela	96  - 89	Brazil
		Points per half-time: 48: 50 , 48  : 39th

		Brazil	108  - 102	Uruguay
		Points per half-time: 49: 50 , 59  : 52nd

		Argentina	118  - 101	Paraguay
		Points per half: 60  : 47, 58  : 54.

		Venezuela	108  - 45	Peru
		Points per half: 56:29  , 52:16  .

		Colombia	88  - 70	Ecuador
		Points per half-time: 41  : 29, 47  : 41st

Thus, Brazil and Venezuela moved into the final.

final

		Venezuela	122  - 121	Brazil
		Points per half: 47: 60 , 75  : 61.

Master Venezuela

First championship

Web links

• FIBA archive
• FIBA archive 1991