1963 World Basketball Championship

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FIBA World Championship 1963
4th basketball world championship
Number of nations 13
World Champion Brazil 1960Brazil Brazil (2nd title)
venue Brazil 1960Brazil Brazil
Opening game May 12, 1963
Endgame May 25, 1963

1959

1967

The fourth FIBA Basketball World Cup of Men was held from 12 to 25 May 1963 in Brazil with 13 participating states instead.

Venues

city venue
Belo Horizonte
Curitiba
Petrópolis
Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round four teams played against each other in three groups. The winner of a game received two points, the loser one point. If a game was tied at the end of regular time, there was extra time.

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A Group B Group C

Group A

game Team 1 Team 2 1. H. 2. H. Loss Result
A1 FranceFrance France UruguayUruguay Uruguay 19:25 45:29 - 64:54
A2 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union Canada 1957Canada Canada 27:24 31:21 - 58:45
A3 Canada 1957Canada Canada UruguayUruguay Uruguay 25:27 31:39 - 56:66
A4 FranceFrance France Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 30:28 27:42 - 57:70
A5 Canada 1957Canada Canada FranceFrance France 25:28 32:51 - 57:79
A6 UruguayUruguay Uruguay Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 30:39 45:55 - 75:94
space team Games Victories Dutch baskets Points Diff.
1 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 3 3 0 222: 177 6th +45
2 FranceFrance France 3 2 1 200: 181 5 +19
3 UruguayUruguay Uruguay 3 1 2 195: 214 4th −19
4th Canada 1957Canada Canada 3 0 3 158: 203 3 −45

Group B

game Team 1 Team 2 1. H. 2. H. Loss Result
B1 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia PeruPeru Peru 30:42 54:25 - 84:67
B2 Puerto Rico 1952Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Japan 1870Japan Japan 33:33 53:32 - 86:65
B3 Puerto Rico 1952Puerto Rico Puerto Rico PeruPeru Peru 45:33 25:31 - 70:64
B4 Japan 1870Japan Japan Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 24:37 39:58 - 63:95
B5 PeruPeru Peru Japan 1870Japan Japan 17:41 33:29 - 50:70
B6 Puerto Rico 1952Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 35:42 43:41 - 78:83
space team Games Victories Dutch baskets Points Diff.
1 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 3 3 0 262: 208 6th +54
2 Puerto Rico 1952Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 3 2 1 234: 212 5 +22
3 Japan 1870Japan Japan 3 1 2 198: 231 4th −33
4th PeruPeru Peru 3 0 3 181: 224 3 −43

Group C

game Team 1 Team 2 1. H. 2. H. Loss Result
C1 United StatesUnited States United States Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico 41:42 47:32 - 88:74
C2 ItalyItaly Italy ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 42:34 49:39 - 91:73
C3 Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico ItalyItaly Italy 44:36 38:54 - 82:90
C4 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina United StatesUnited States United States 26:43 25:38 - 51:81
C5 Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 43:53 41:29 - 84:82
C6 United StatesUnited States United States ItalyItaly Italy 42:34 45:43 - 87:77
space team Games Victories Dutch baskets Points Diff.
1 United StatesUnited States United States 3 3 0 256: 202 6th +54
2 ItalyItaly Italy 3 2 1 258: 242 5 +16
3 Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico 3 1 2 240: 260 4th −20
4th ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 3 0 3 206: 256 3 −50

Classification round

After the preliminary round, the third and fourth placed in each group played for places 8 to 13 in the classification round.

In the event of a tie in the final table, the direct comparison of the teams determined the placement. If this did not result in a decision, the basket ratio between the games was decisive.

game Team 1 Team 2 1. H. 2. H. Loss Result
19th ArgentinaArgentina Argentina Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico 41:40 47:46 - 88:86
20th PeruPeru Peru Canada 1957Canada Canada 32:24 20:28 14: 7 66:59
21st Japan 1870Japan Japan UruguayUruguay Uruguay 30:42 33:37 - 63:79
22nd PeruPeru Peru Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico 27:34 30:38 - 57:72
23 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina Japan 1870Japan Japan 58:39 45:46 - 103: 85
24 Canada 1957Canada Canada UruguayUruguay Uruguay 34:30 39:41 - 73:71
25th PeruPeru Peru UruguayUruguay Uruguay 34:29 32:38 - 66:67
26th Canada 1957Canada Canada ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 51:34 31:43 - 82:77
27 Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico Japan 1870Japan Japan 35:36 36:34 - 71:70
28 PeruPeru Peru Japan 1870Japan Japan 53:46 42:39 - 95:85
29 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina UruguayUruguay Uruguay 46:45 51:38 - 97:83
30th PeruPeru Peru ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 38:36 37:39 3: 9 78:84
31 Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico Canada 1957Canada Canada 38:32 49:41 - 87:73
32 Japan 1870Japan Japan Canada 1957Canada Canada 41:42 33:36 - 74:78
33 UruguayUruguay Uruguay Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico 42:33 34:40 - 76:73
space team Games Victories Dutch baskets Points Diff.
1 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 5 4th 1 449: 414 9 +35
2 Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico 5 3 2 389: 364 8th +25
3 UruguayUruguay Uruguay 5 3 2 376: 372 8th +4
4th Canada 1957Canada Canada 5 3 2 365: 375 8th −10
5 PeruPeru Peru 5 2 3 362: 367 7th −5
6th Japan 1870Japan Japan 5 0 5 377: 426 5 −49

Final round

After the preliminary round, the first two teams in each group qualified for the final round. Host Brazil qualified directly for the final round. All games in the final round took place in Rio de Janeiro.

game Team 1 Team 2 1. H. 2. H. Loss Result
34 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union FranceFrance France 25:23 33:23 - 58:46
35 United StatesUnited States United States Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 32:30 41:45 - 73:75
36 Brazil 1960Brazil Brazil Puerto Rico 1952Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 25:27 37:28 - 62:55
37 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia Puerto Rico 1952Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 34:32 39:25 - 73:57
38 United StatesUnited States United States FranceFrance France 36:35 45:26 - 81:61
39 Brazil 1960Brazil Brazil ItalyItaly Italy 40:24 41:38 - 81:62
40 Puerto Rico 1952Puerto Rico Puerto Rico FranceFrance France 27:28 33:39 - 60:67
41 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia ItalyItaly Italy 34:36 51:38 - 85:74
42 United StatesUnited States United States Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 40:34 34:41 - 74:75
43 FranceFrance France ItalyItaly Italy 30:24 37:39 - 67:63
44 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia Brazil 1960Brazil Brazil 27:51 44:39 - 71:90
45 Puerto Rico 1952Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 18:29 37:35 - 55:64
46 FranceFrance France Brazil 1960Brazil Brazil 31:38 32:39 - 63:77
47 ItalyItaly Italy Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 28:48 35:35 - 63:83
48 Puerto Rico 1952Puerto Rico Puerto Rico United StatesUnited States United States 26:33 38:55 - 64:88
49 ItalyItaly Italy United StatesUnited States United States 28:59 45:42 - 73: 101
50 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union Brazil 1960Brazil Brazil 42:43 37:47 - 79:90
51 ItalyItaly Italy Puerto Rico 1952Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 31:42 41:33 - 72:75
52 FranceFrance France Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 33:46 30:53 - 63:99
53 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 28:34 39:35 - 67:69
54 Brazil 1960Brazil Brazil United StatesUnited States United States 39:39 46:42 - 85:81
space team Games Victories Dutch baskets Points Diff.
1 Brazil 1960Brazil Brazil 6th 6th 0 485: 411 12 +74
2 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 6th 5 1 473: 424 11 +49
3 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 6th 4th 2 426: 399 10 +27
4th United StatesUnited States United States 6th 3 3 498: 433 9 +65
5 FranceFrance France 6th 2 4th 369: 438 8th −69
6th Puerto Rico 1952Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 6th 1 5 366: 426 7th −60
7th ItalyItaly Italy 6th 0 6th 407: 492 6th −85

Final results

rank team
Final round
1 Brazil 1960Brazil Brazil
2 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia
3 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union
4th United StatesUnited States United States
5 FranceFrance France
6th Puerto Rico 1952Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
7th ItalyItaly Italy
Classification round
8th ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
9 Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico
10 UruguayUruguay Uruguay
11 Canada 1957Canada Canada
12 PeruPeru Peru
13 Japan 1870Japan Japan

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