1954 FIBA World Championship

FIBA Basketball World Cup 1954
2nd FIBA Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Brazil
Dates	October 22 - November 5
Teams	12 (from federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	United States (1st title)

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The 1954 FIBA World Championship (also called the 2nd World Basketball Championship - 1954) was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from October 22 to November 5, 1954. Twelve nations participated in the tournament.^[1]^[2]

[edit] Competing nations

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Brazil Paraguay Philippines	Canada Peru United States	France Uruguay Yugoslavia	Chile Formosa Israel

[edit] Preliminary rounds

Teams competed

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Brazil	4	2	2	0	160	114	+46
Philippines	3	2	1	1	126	151	-25
Paraguay	2	2	0	2	104	125	-21

October 23 21:00	Philippines	64–52	Paraguay	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
	Scoring by half: 26-27, 38-25
	Pts: Loyzaga 15		Pts: Zapattini 22

October 24 21:45	Brazil	99–62	Philippines	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
	Scoring by half: 44-22, 55-40
	Pts: Bonfietti 18		Pts: Mumar 22

October 25 21:10	Paraguay	52–61	Brazil	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
	Scoring by half: 17-33, 35-28
	Pts: Bendlin 13		Pts: Facci 14

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
United States	4	2	2	0	132	88	+44
Canada	3	2	1	1	105	117	-12
Peru	2	2	0	2	109	141	-32

October 23 22:30	Canada	37–59	United States	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
	Scoring by half: 18-33, 19-26
	Pts: Ridd 11		Pts: Minter 16

October 24 23:12	Peru	51–73	United States	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
	Scoring by half: 26-24, 25-49
	Pts: Chocano 15		Pts: Johnson 22

October 25 19:00	Canada	68–58	Peru	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
	Scoring by half: 28-33, 40-25
	Pts: Ridd 25		Pts: Salas 20

[edit] Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Uruguay	4	2	2	0	113	98	+15
France	3	2	1	1	113	118	-5
Yugoslavia	2	2	0	2	112	122	-10

October 24 18:30	Yugoslavia	52–55	Uruguay	OT	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
	Scoring by half: 23-23, 28-28 OT: 1-4
	Pts: Ćurčić 17		Pts: Moglia 22

October 25 22:50	France	67–60	Yugoslavia	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
	Scoring by half: 33-26, 34-34
	Pts: Beugnot 25		Pts: Ćurčić 16

October 26	Uruguay	58–46	France	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
	Scoring by half: 34-15, 24-31
	Pts: Lombardo 14		Pts: Haudegand 11

[edit] Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Formosa	3	2	1	1	115	113	+2
Israel	3	2	1	1	100	98	+2
Chile	3	2	1	1	117	121	-4

October 24 18:30	Israel	45–49	Formosa	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
	Scoring by half: 27-25, 18-24
	Pts: Cohen 12		Pts: Tong S.F. 18

October 25 19:00	Formosa	66–68	Chile	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
	Scoring by half: 28-27, 38-41
	Pts: Tong S.F. 19		Pts: Badria 22

October 26 22:15	Israel	55–49	Chile	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
	Scoring by half: 18-25, 37-24
	Pts: Shaneir 21		Pts: Badria 13

[edit] Classification Round (Ninth to Twelfth places)

All teams play one game against each other for a total of three games.

Pos.	Team	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
9	Paraguay	6	3	0	193	177	16
10	Chile	5	2	1	179	170	9
11	Yugoslavia	4	1	2	210	221	-11
12	Peru	3	0	3	190	204	-14

October 29 17:30	Yugoslavia	62–70	Chile	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
	Scoring by half: 25-35, 37-35
	Pts: Muller 13		Pts: Badria 21

October 30 17:30	Paraguay	66–58	Peru	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
	Scoring by half: 28-34, 38-24
	Pts: Yegros 19		Pts: Salas 25

October 31 17:30	Yugoslavia	86–84	Peru	OT	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
	Scoring by half: 39-44, 42-37 OT: 5-3
	Pts: Muller 21		Pts: Salas 30

November 1 17:30	Chile	57–60	Paraguay	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
	Scoring by half: 30-22, 27-38
	Pts: Badria 14		Pts: Isusi 18

November 3 17:30	Yugoslavia	62–67	Paraguay	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
	Scoring by half: 28-37, 34-30
	Pts: Bjegojević 16		Pts: Isusi 21

November 4 22:00	Peru	48–52	Chile	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
	Scoring by half: 25-30, 23-22
	Pts: Salas 13		Pts: Badria 12

[edit] Final Round (Round of eight)

All teams play one game against each other for a total of seven games. The teams with the best records are awarded medals.

Pos.	Team	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	Avg.	Tie
1	United States	14	7	0	482	300	1.61
2	Brazil	13	6	1	418	341	1.23
3	Philippines	12	5	2	438	406	1.08
4	France	10	3	4	371	392	0.95
5	Formosa	9	2	5	345	405	0.85	1.063
6	Uruguay	9	2	5	422	446	0.94	1.031
7	Canada	9	2	5	433	498	0.87	0.914
8	Israel	8	1	6	330	451	0.73

The tie between Canada, Formosa and Uruguay was broken by the goal averages of the games between those three teams, considering both had 1-1 records against each other.

October 27 22:35	Canada	50–43	Israel	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alberto Pedro (PAR), Noli Coutinho (BRA)
	Scoring by half: 33-22, 17-21
	Pts: Ridd 13		Pts: Cohen 13

October 27	France	57–49	Uruguay	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Earl Schlup (USA), Angelo Benvenuto (CHI)
	Scoring by half: 23-22, 34-27
	Pts: Buffière 11		Pts: Moglia 19

October 27	Formosa	44–61	Brazil	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pietro Reverberi (ITA), Juan M. Rossini (URU)
	Scoring by half: 26-32, 18-29
	Pts: Wang Y.J. 16		Pts: Marques 14

October 27 18:00	Philippines	43–56	United States	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Eduardo Airaldi (PER), Helio Louzada (BRA)
	Scoring by half: 22-25, 21-31
	Pts: Mumar 14		Pts: Minter 15

October 28	Uruguay	66–67	Canada	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alberto Pedro (PAR), Orlando Tabuso (BRA)
	Scoring by half: 29-35, 37-32
	Pts: Moglia 31		Pts: Ridd 14

October 28	Israel	46–68	Brazil	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pietro Reverberi (ITA), Angelo Benvenuto (CHI)
	Scoring by half: 20-31, 26-37
	Pts: Erez 13		Pts: Pasos 15

October 28	France	49–70	United States	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Eduardo Airaldi (PER), Noli Coutinho (BRA)
	Scoring by half: 21-32, 28-38
	Pts: Haudegand 13		Pts: Minter 15

October 29 19:00	Formosa	38–48	Philippines	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Renato Righetto (BRA), Juan M. Rossini (URU)
	Scoring by half: 21-21, 17-27
	Pts: Wang Y.J. 12		Pts: Flores 12

October 29	Canada	67–82	Brazil	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Earl Schlup (USA), Angelo Benvenuto (CHI)
	Scoring by half: 22-43, 45-39
	Pts: Gresham 19		Pts: Bonfietti 15

October 29 20:30	Uruguay	59–64	United States	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pietro Reverberi (ITA), Helio Louzada (BRA)
	Scoring by half: 26-30, 33-34
	Pts: Lara 23		Pts: Born 15

October 30	Israel	56–90	Philippines	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Earl Schlup (USA), Aladino Astuto (BRA)
	Scoring by half: 30-37, 26-53
	Pts: Shaneir 14		Pts: Loyzaga, Saldaña 20

October 30	France	58–48	Formosa	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pietro Reverberi (ITA), Angelo Benvenuto (CHI)
	Scoring by half: 27-22, 31-26
	Pts: Beugnot 19		Pts: Wang Y.J. 17

October 30	Canada	50–84	United States	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Eduardo Airaldi (PER), Alberto Pedro (PAR)
	Scoring by half: 30-47, 20-37
	Pts: Delkers 18		Pts: Born 17

October 31	Brazil	57–41	Philippines	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alberto Pedro (PAR), Juan M. Rossini (URU)
	Scoring by half: 35-23, 22-18
	Pts: de Almeida 15		Pts: Loyzaga 15

October 31	Uruguay	67–62	Formosa	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Renato Righetto (BRA), Angelo Benvenuto (CHI)
	Scoring by half: 28-33, 39-29
	Pts: Moglia 27		Pts: Wang Y.J. 18

October 31 18:30	Israel	48–45	France	OT	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Earl Schlup (USA), Helio Louzada (BRA)
	Scoring by half: 21-17, 22-26 OT: 5-2
	Pts: Shaneir 15		Pts: Dessemme 11

November 1 19:30	Canada	76–83	Philippines	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Earl Schlup (USA), Orlando Tabuso (BRA)
	Scoring by half: 35-41, 41-42
	Pts: Ridd 37		Pts: Mumar 24

November 1	United States	72–28	Formosa	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Eduardo Airaldi (PER), Juan M. Rossini (URU)
	Scoring by half: 31-11, 41-17
	Pts: Born 14		Pts: Ling J.H. 7

November 1	Brazil	49–36	France	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pietro Reverberi (ITA), Angelo Benvenuto (CHI)
	Scoring by half: 25-14, 24-22
	Pts: Bonfietti 13		Pts: Haudegand 9

November 3	Uruguay	73–69	Israel	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Aladino Astuto (BRA), Pietro Reverberi (ITA)
	Scoring by half: 32-31, 41-38
	Pts: Lombardo 22		Pts: Cohen 21

November 3	Canada	61–74	Formosa	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Angelo Benvenuto (CHI), Orlando Tabuso (BRA)
	Scoring by half: 29-29, 32-45
	Pts: Ridd 26		Pts: Tong S.F. 18

November 3	Philippines	66–60	France	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Eduardo Airaldi (PER), Noli Coutinho (BRA)
	Scoring by half: 25-23, 41-37
	Pts: Loyzaga 19		Pts: Haudegand 11

November 4 19:00	United States	74–30	Israel	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Angelo Benvenuto (CHI), Alberto Pedro (PAR)
	Scoring by half: 36-20, 38-10
	Pts: Johnson 13		Pts: Shaneir 6

November 4	Brazil	60–45	Uruguay	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pietro Reverberi (ITA), Eduardo Airaldi (PER)
	Scoring by half: 24-23, 36-22
	Pts: Pasos 18		Pts: Moglia 18

November 4	Canada	62–66	France	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Earl Schlup (USA), Aladino Astuto (BRA)
	Scoring by half: 32-27, 30-39
	Pts: Ridd 22		Pts: Antoine 14

November 5	Formosa	51–38	Israel	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pietro Reverberi (ITA), Helio Louzada (BRA)
	Scoring by half: 27-12, 24-26
	Pts: Ling J.H. 12		Pts: Ofri 11

November 5	Philippines	67–63	Uruguay	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Aladino Astuto (BRA), Angelo Benvenuto (CHI)
	Scoring by half: 32-32, 35-31
	Pts: Loyzaga 31		Pts: Lombardo 14

November 5	United States	62–41	Brazil	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Eduardo Airaldi (PER), Alberto Pedro (PAR)
	Scoring by half: 35-19, 27-22
	Pts: Edward 14		Pts: Pasos 12

[edit] Awards

1954 World Championship Winner
United States First title

[edit] Topscorers of the Tournament

Name	Country	Games	Total Points	Points Average
Oscar Moglia	Uruguay	9	168	18.6
Carl Ridd	Canada	9	164	18.2
Carlos Loyzaga	Philippines	9	148	16.4
Jean-Paul Beugnot	France	8	96	12.0
Kirby Minter	United States	9	100	11.1
Amaury Pasos	Brazil	9	100	11.1
Doug Gresham	Canada	9	98	10.8
Angelo Bonfietti	Brazil	9	97	10.7
Abraham Shaneir	Israel	9	97	10.7
Wlamir Marques	Brazil	9	95	10.5

[edit] All-Tournament Team

Name	Country
Carlos Loyzaga	Philippines
Kirby Minter	United States
Oscar Moglia	Uruguay
Zenny de Azevedo ("Algodão")	Brazil
Wlamir Marques	Brazil

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

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[edit] Competing nations

[edit] Preliminary rounds

[edit] Group A

[edit] Group B

[edit] Group C

[edit] Group D

[edit] Classification Round (Ninth to Twelfth places)

[edit] Final Round (Round of eight)

[edit] Awards

[edit] Topscorers of the Tournament

[edit] All-Tournament Team

[edit] References

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FIBA Basketball World Cup 1954
2nd FIBA Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Brazil
Dates	October 22 - November 5
Teams	12 (from federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	United States (1st title)