South American Women's Basketball Championship 1977

South American Women's Basketball Championship 1977
16th South American Women's Basketball Championship
Number of nations	8th
South American champions	Peru Peru (1st title)
venue	Peru Lima
Opening game	March 13, 1977
Endgame	March 24, 1977
Games	28
Basket points	4267 (∅: 152.39 per game)

The 1977 South American Basketball Championship for women , the sixteenth South American Basketball Championship for women , was held between March 13 and 24, 1977 in Lima , Peru , which hosted the championship for the fourth time. The winner was the host who won the South American Women's Championship for the first time. It was the first time since 1962 and six championships in a row that a team other than Brazil won the title.

Participating teams

Argentina Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Ecuador Colombia Paraguay Peru
Bolivia
Brazil 1968
Chile
Ecuador
Colombia
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 six 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 1977. In the event of a tie, the direct comparison decided . Since three teams were tied with Ecuador, Colombia and Paraguay, the basket ratio decided in this case.

Results

placement	team	Points	G	V	baskets	Diff
1	Peru Peru	14th	7th	0	603: 426	+177
2	Brazil 1968 Brazil	13	6th	1	681: 430	+251
3	Argentina Argentina	11	4th	3	493: 522	−29
4th	Ecuador Ecuador	10	3	4th	548: 558	−10
5	Colombia Colombia	10	3	4th	568: 603	−35
6th	Paraguay 1954 Paraguay	10	3	4th	524: 609	−85
7th	Chile Chile	9	2	5	449: 562	−113
8th	Bolivia Bolivia	7th	0	7th	401: 557	−156