South American Women's Basketball Championship 1958

South American Women's Basketball Championship 1958
7th South American Women's Basketball Championship
Number of nations	5
South American champions	Brazil 1889 Brazil (2nd title)
venue	Peru Lima
Opening game	April 19, 1958
Endgame	May 8, 1958
Games	20th
Basket points	1861 (∅: 93.05 per game)

The 1958 South American Basketball Championship for women , the seventh South American Basketball Championship for women , was held between April 19 and May 8, 1958 in Lima , Peru , which hosted the championship for the second time. The winner was Brazil , which won the South American Women's Championship for the second time.

Participating teams

Argentina Argentina Brazil Chile Paraguay Peru
Brazil 1889
Chile
Paraguay 1954
Peru

mode

The game was played in the form of a round-robin tournament with five teams. Each team played against each other exactly twice (back and forth), so that each team played eight games (a total of 20 games were played). There were two points for each win and one point for a defeat. The team with the highest points was the South American women's basketball champions in 1958. In the event of a tie, the direct comparison of the return game decided. Should this result in a draw, the basket ratio from these two games decided.

Results

placement	team	Points	G	V	baskets	Diff
1	Brazil 1889 Brazil	16	8th	0	471: 370	+101
2	Argentina Argentina	12	4th	4th	353: 376	−23
3	Paraguay 1954 Paraguay	12	4th	4th	373: 369	+4
4th	Peru Peru	10	2	6th	333: 390	−57
5	Chile Chile	10	2	6th	331: 356	−25