South American Women's Basketball Championship 1972

South American Women's Basketball Championship 1972
14th South American Women's Basketball Championship
Number of nations	8th
South American champions	Brazil 1968 Brazil (7th title)
venue	Peru Lima
Opening game	March 3, 1972
Endgame	March 15, 1972
Games	28
Basket points	3463 (∅: 123.68 per game)

The 1972 South American Basketball Championship for women , the fourteenth South American Basketball Championship for women , took place between March 3 and 15, 1972 in Lima , Peru , which was the third time the championship was held. The winner was the team from Brazil , which won the South American Women's Championship for the seventh time, for the fifth time in a row. Since the first tournament in 1946 , another team from Bolivia took part .

Participating teams

Argentina Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru
Bolivia
Brazil 1968
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Paraguay 1954
Peru

mode

The game was played in the form of a round-robin tournament with eight teams. Each team played against each other exactly once, so that each team played seven games (a total of 28 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 1968. In the event of a tie, the direct comparison decided .

Results

placement	team	Points	G	V	baskets	Diff
1	Brazil 1968 Brazil	14th	7th	0	538: 353	+185
2	Peru Peru	12	5	2	516: 467	+49
3	Paraguay 1954 Paraguay	12	5	2	462: 411	+51
4th	Argentina Argentina	11	4th	3	398: 387	+11
5	Chile Chile	10	3	4th	434: 480	−46
6th	Colombia Colombia	10	3	4th	436: 517	−81
7th	Bolivia Bolivia	8th	1	6th	315: 396	−81
8th	Ecuador Ecuador	7th	0	7th	364: 452	−88