Basketball South American Championship 1995

Basketball South American Championship 1995
36th South American Basketball Championship
Number of nations	6th
South American champions	Uruguay (10th title)
venue	Montevideo
Opening game	May 27, 1995
Endgame	June 3, 1995
Games	19th
Basket points	3196   (∅: 168.21 per game)

The 1995 South American Basketball Championship , the thirty-sixth South American Basketball Championship , took place between May 27 and June 3, 1995 in Montevideo , Uruguay , which hosted the championship for the seventh time. The winner was the Uruguayan national team , which won the title for the tenth time.

Venue

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  Cilindro Municipal
  Location: Montevideo
  Capacity: 18,000

Results

Preliminary round

Each team played against each opponent once, so that each team played five games (a total of 15 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. The four teams with the highest points moved into the semi-finals.

placement	team	Points	G	V	baskets	Diff
1	Brazil	10	5	0	482: 311	+171
2	Uruguay	9	4th	1	485: 413	+72
3	Venezuela	8th	3	2	443: 446	−3
4th	Argentina	7th	2	3	429: 403	+26
5	Paraguay	6th	1	4th	377: 504	−127
6th	Chile	5	0	5	375: 514	−139

		Venezuela	91  - 80	Argentina
		Points per half: 45  : 41, 46  : 39.

		Uruguay	112  - 69	Chile
		Points per half: 48:40  , 64:29  .

		Brazil	105  - 56	Paraguay
		Points per half: 56:19  , 49:37  .

		Chile	68 -  127	Brazil
		Points per half: 27: 56 , 41: 71 .

		Argentina	108  - 75	Paraguay
		Points per half: 56:42  , 52:33  .

		Uruguay	112  - 95	Venezuela
		Points per half: 54  : 46, 58  : 49.

		Venezuela	94  - 79	Chile
		Points per half time: 44: 44, 50  : 35th

		Uruguay	117  - 83	Paraguay
		Points per half time: 53  : 34, 64  : 49th

		Brazil	69  - 63	Argentina
		Points per half: 36:27  , 33:36 .

		Chile	72 -  80	Paraguay
		Points per half: 39:34  , 33:46 .

		Brazil	92  - 61	Venezuela
		Points per half: 57:25  , 35:36 .

		Uruguay	81  - 77	Argentina
		Points per half-time: 40: 47 , 41  : 30th

		Venezuela	102  - 83	Paraguay
		Points per half: 54  : 45, 48  : 38.

		Chile	87 -  101	Argentina
		Points per half: 44: 54 , 43: 47 .

		Uruguay	63 -  89	Brazil
		Points per half: 32: 45 , 31: 44 .

Semifinals

	Semifinals				final
	Brazil	61
	Argentina	65
					Uruguay	89
					Argentina	74
					3rd place
	Uruguay	86			Brazil	85
	Venezuela	82			Venezuela	63

		Brazil	61 -  65	Argentina
		Points per half-time: 32: 39 , 29  : 26th

		Uruguay	86  - 82	Venezuela
		Points per half: 39:38  , 47:44  .

3rd place match

		Brazil	85  - 63	Venezuela
		Points per half: 42:29  , 43:34  .

final

		Uruguay	89  - 74	Argentina
		Points per half: 43:40  , 46:34  .

Master Uruguay

Tenth championship

Final placement

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

Web links

• FIBA archive
• FIBA archive 1995