User:Galatz/Israel at the 1954 FIBA World Championship

Israel competed at the 1954 FIBA World Championship, marking the first time Israel competed at the FIBA World Championship. This was the second such competition, and Israel was one of twelve teams to compete. Israel finished in 8th place overall.

Group D

Group D rankings

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

Group D results

October 24 18:30

Israel	45–49	Formosa
Scoring by half: 27–25, 18–24
Pts: Cohen 12		Pts: Tong S.F. 18

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro

October 26 22:15

Israel	55–49	Chile
Scoring by half: 18–25, 37–24
Pts: Schneor 21		Pts: Badria 13

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro

Final round

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

Final round rankings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
1	United States	7	7	0	482	300	+182	14
2	Brazil	7	6	1	418	341	+77	13
3	Philippines	7	5	2	438	406	+32	12
4	France	7	3	4	371	392	−21	10
5	Formosa	7	2	5	345	405	−60	9	1.063
6	Uruguay	7	2	5	422	446	−24	9	1.031
7	Canada	7	2	5	433	498	−65	9	0.914
8	Israel	7	1	6	330	451	−121	8

Final round results

October 27 22:35

Canada	50–43	Israel
Scoring by half: 33–22, 17–21
Pts: Ridd 13		Pts: Cohen 13

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alberto Pedro (PAR), Noli Coutinho (BRA)

October 28

Israel	46–68	Brazil
Scoring by half: 20–31, 26–37
Pts: Erez 13		Pts: Pasos 15

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pietro Reverberi (ITA), Angelo Benvenuto (CHI)

October 30

Israel	56–90	Philippines
Scoring by half: 30–37, 26–53
Pts: Schneor 14		Pts: Loyzaga, Saldaña 20

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Earl Schlup (USA), Aladino Astuto (BRA)

October 31 18:30

Israel	48–45 (OT)	France
Scoring by half: 21–17, 22–26 Overtime: 5–2
Pts: Schneor 15		Pts: Dessemme 11

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Earl Schlup (USA), Helio Louzada (BRA)

November 3

Uruguay	73–69	Israel
Scoring by half: 32–31, 41–38
Pts: Lombardo 22		Pts: Cohen 21

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Aladino Astuto (BRA), Pietro Reverberi (ITA)

November 4 19:00

United States	74–30	Israel
Scoring by half: 36–20, 38–10
Pts: Johnson 13		Pts: Schneor 6

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Angelo Benvenuto (CHI), Alberto Pedro (PAR)

November 5

Formosa	51–38	Israel
Scoring by half: 27–12, 24–26
Pts: Ling J.H. 12		Pts: Ofri 11

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pietro Reverberi (ITA), Helio Louzada (BRA)

Roster

Coach: Jacob Saltiel

Number	Name
3	Abraham Shaneir
4	Afri Zakharya
5	Daniel Moshe
6	Reuven Fecher
7	Alfred Cohen
8	Tavin Israel
9	Szymon Shelah
10	Yehuda Gafni
11	Ralph Ram
12	Marcel Hefez
13	Azriel Luboshitz
14	Dan Erez

Top scorer

Name	Country	Games	Total points	Average points
Avraham Schneor	Israel	9	97	10.7