1942 South American Basketball Championship

1942 South American Basketball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Chile
Dates	7 March - 17 March
Teams	5
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (4th title)

The South American Basketball Championship 1942 was the tenth South American Basketball Championship. It was held in Santiago, Chile and won by the Argentina national basketball team. It was the first time since the 1935 championship that the host had not won the competition. 5 teams competed despite the World War that was currently under way.

Final rankings

1. Argentina
2. Uruguay
3. Chile
4. Brazil
5. Ecuador

Results

Preliminary round

Each team played the other four teams once, for a total of four games played by each team and 10 overall in the preliminary round. The two-way tie for third place was resolved by head-to-head results, with Chile taking the bronze medal. There was also a two-way tie for first place, which necessitated a final game.

Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
=1	Argentina	7	3	1	235	169	+66
=1	Uruguay	7	3	1	149	121	+28
3	Chile	6	2	2	181	202	-21
4	Brazil	6	2	2	173	170	+3
5	Ecuador	4	0	4	169	245	-76

Argentina	32 - 37	Uruguay
Argentina	65 - 44	Chile
Argentina	44 - 29	Brazil
Argentina	94 - 59	Ecuador
Uruguay	43 - 29	Chile
Uruguay	33 - 36	Brazil
Uruguay	36 - 24	Ecuador
Chile	53 - 48	Brazil
Chile	55 - 46	Ecuador
Brazil	60 - 40	Ecuador

Final

Argentina and Uruguay played a final matchup after each finishing 3-1 in the preliminary round. Uruguay had won the preliminary meeting between the two, but Argentina proved victorious in the rematch to take the gold medal.

Argentina	52 - 47	Uruguay

External links

• FIBA.com archive for SAC1942