South American Women's Basketball Championship 1950

South American Women's Basketball Championship 1950
3rd South American Women's Basketball Championship
Number of nations	6th
South American champions	Chile Chile (2nd title)
venue	Peru Lima
Opening game	April 1, 1950
Endgame	April 18, 1950
Games	16
Basket points	842 (∅: 52.63 per game)

The 1950 South American Basketball Championship , the third women's South American basketball championship , was held between April 1 and 18, 1950 in Lima , Peru , which hosted the championship for the first time. The winner was Chile , which won its second South American Women's Championship. For the first time a team from Colombia took part in the tournament.

Participating teams

Argentina Argentina Brazil Bolivia Chile Colombia Peru
Brazil 1889
Bolivia
Chile
Colombia
Peru

mode

First, a preliminary round was played in the form of a round-robin tournament with six teams. Each team played against each other exactly once, so that each team played five games (a total of 15 games were played). There were two points for each win and one point for a defeat. The two teams with the highest points moved into the final and played the 1950s South American basketball champions for women. In the event of a tie, the direct comparison decided , as happened in fourth place. The first teams with equal points played the winner in a final game.

Results

Preliminary round

placement	team	Points	G	V	baskets	Diff
1	Chile Chile	9	4th	1	177: 114	+63
2	Argentina Argentina	9	4th	1	161: 112	+49
3	Peru Peru	8th	3	2	130: 104	+26
4th	Brazil 1889 Brazil	7th	2	3	137: 127	+10
5	Bolivia Bolivia	7th	2	3	114: 154	−40
6th	Colombia Colombia	5	0	5	86: 194	−108