South American Basketball Championship

For the women's competition, see South American Women's Basketball Championship.

South American Basketball Championship

Most recent season or competition: 2016 South American Basketball Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1930
First season	1930
No. of teams	10
Country	South American countries
Continent	South America
Most recent champion(s)	Venezuela (3rd title)
Most titles	Brazil (18 titles)
Related competitions	FIBA AmeriCup
Official website	FIBAAmericas.com

The South American Basketball Championship, or FIBA South American Championship, was the main FIBA tournament for men's national teams from South America's region of FIBA Americas. The tournament was first played in 1930. The tournament often has been played biannually, but the last took place in 2016. It has been largely supplanted by the FIBA AmeriCup.

Results

Year	Hosts		Gold medal game				Bronze medal game
			Gold	Score	Silver		Bronze	Score	Fourth Place
1930 Details	Uruguay (Montevideo)		Uruguay	Round Robin	Argentina		Brazil	Round Robin	Chile
1932 Details	Chile (Santiago)		Uruguay	42–28	Chile		Argentina	N/A	None
1934 Details	Argentina (Buenos Aires)		Argentina	Round Robin	Chile		Brazil	Round Robin	Uruguay
1935 Details	Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)		Argentina	Round Robin	Brazil		Uruguay	N/A	None
1937 Details	Chile (Santiago & Valparaíso)		Chile	Round Robin	Uruguay		Brazil	Round Robin	Peru
1938 Details	Peru (Lima)		Peru	Round Robin	Argentina		Uruguay	Round Robin	Brazil
1939 Details	Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)		Brazil	Round Robin	Uruguay		Argentina	Round Robin	Peru
1940 Details	Uruguay (Montevideo)		Uruguay	Round Robin	Argentina		Brazil	Round Robin	Chile
1941 Details	Argentina (Mendoza)		Argentina	Round Robin	Peru		Uruguay	Round Robin	Chile
1942 Details	Chile (Santiago)		Argentina	Round Robin	Uruguay		Chile	Round Robin	Brazil
1943 Details	Peru (Lima)		Argentina	Round Robin	Uruguay		Peru	Round Robin	Chile
1945 Details	Ecuador (Guayaquil)		Brazil	Round Robin	Uruguay		Argentina	Round Robin	Chile
1947 Details	Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)		Uruguay	Round Robin	Brazil		Chile	Round Robin	Ecuador
1949 Details	Paraguay (Asunción)		Uruguay	Round Robin	Brazil		Chile	Round Robin	Peru
1953 Details	Uruguay (Montevideo)		Uruguay	Round Robin	Brazil		Chile	Round Robin	Paraguay
1955 Details	Colombia (Cúcuta)		Uruguay	Round Robin	Paraguay		Brazil	Round Robin	Argentina
1958 Details	Chile (Santiago)		Brazil	Round Robin	Uruguay		Paraguay	Round Robin	Argentina
1960 Details	Argentina (Córdoba)		Brazil	Round Robin	Paraguay		Argentina	Round Robin	Uruguay
1961 Details	Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)		Brazil	Round Robin	Uruguay		Argentina	Round Robin	Paraguay
1963 Details	Peru (Lima)		Brazil	Round Robin	Peru		Uruguay	Round Robin	Argentina
1966 Details	Argentina (Mendoza & San Juan)		Argentina	Round Robin	Brazil		Peru	Round Robin	Uruguay
1968 Details	Paraguay (Asunción)		Brazil	Round Robin	Uruguay		Peru	Round Robin	Paraguay
1969 Details	Uruguay (Montevideo)		Uruguay	Round Robin	Brazil		Argentina	Round Robin	Peru
1971 Details	Uruguay (Montevideo)		Brazil	Round Robin	Uruguay		Argentina	Round Robin	Peru
1973 Details	Colombia (Bogotá)		Brazil	Round Robin	Argentina		Peru	Round Robin	Uruguay
1976 Details	Colombia (Medellín)		Argentina	Round Robin	Brazil		Uruguay	Round Robin	Paraguay
1977 Details	Chile (Valdivia)		Brazil	Round Robin	Uruguay		Argentina	Round Robin	Venezuela
1979 Details	Argentina (Bahía Blanca)		Argentina	Round Robin	Brazil		Uruguay	Round Robin	Chile
1981 Details	Uruguay (Montevideo)		Uruguay	Round Robin	Brazil		Argentina	Round Robin	Chile
1983 Details	Brazil (São José dos Campos)		Brazil	Round Robin	Argentina		Uruguay	Round Robin	Venezuela
1985 Details	Colombia (Medellín)		Brazil	Round Robin	Uruguay		Argentina	Round Robin	Venezuela
1987 Details	Paraguay (Asunción)		Argentina	Round Robin	Venezuela		Brazil	Round Robin	Uruguay
1989 Details	Ecuador (Machala & Guayaquil)		Brazil	Round Robin	Argentina		Uruguay	Round Robin	Venezuela
1991 Details	Venezuela (Valencia)		Venezuela	122–121	Brazil		Argentina	Round Robin	Uruguay
1993 Details	Brazil (Guaratinguetá)		Brazil	82–76	Argentina		Venezuela	–	Uruguay
1995 Details	Uruguay (Montevideo)		Uruguay	89–74	Argentina		Brazil	85–63	Venezuela
1997 Details	Venezuela (Maracaibo)		Uruguay	Round Robin	Venezuela		Argentina	Round Robin	Brazil
1999 Details	Argentina (Bahía Blanca)		Brazil	73–67	Argentina		Venezuela	99–77	Uruguay
2001 Details	Chile (Valdivia)		Argentina	76–69	Brazil		Venezuela	94–90	Uruguay
2003 Details	Uruguay (Montevideo)		Brazil	83–80	Argentina		Uruguay	88–82	Venezuela
2004 Details	Brazil (Campos dos Goytacazes)		Argentina	95–78	Brazil		Venezuela	76–74	Uruguay
2006 Details	Venezuela (Caracas)		Brazil	92–61	Uruguay		Argentina	95–78	Venezuela
2008 Details	Chile (Puerto Montt)		Argentina	100–95	Uruguay		Venezuela	87–72	Brazil
2010 Details	Colombia (Neiva)		Brazil	87–77	Argentina		Uruguay	76–70	Venezuela
2012 Details	Argentina (Resistencia)		Argentina	79–56	Venezuela		Uruguay	80–68	Brazil
2014 Details	Venezuela (Isla Margarita)		Venezuela	74–65	Argentina		Brazil	66–61	Uruguay
2016 Details	Venezuela (Caracas)		Venezuela	64–58	Brazil		Uruguay	87–83	Argentina

Performance by nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	18	13	8	39
2	Argentina	13	12	13	38
3	Uruguay	11	13	12	36
4	Venezuela	3	3	5	11
5	Chile	1	2	4	7
	Peru	1	2	4	7
7	Paraguay	0	2	1	3
8	Bolivia	0	0	0	0
	Colombia	0	0	0	0
	Ecuador	0	0	0	0
Totals (10 entries)		47	47	47	141

Participation details

Team	1930	1932	1934	1935	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1945	1947	1949	1953	1955	1958	1960	1961	1963
Argentina	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	5th	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	3rd	5th	5th	-	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	4th
Bolivia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9th
Brazil	3rd	-	3rd	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	3rd	5th	4th	-	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st
Chile	4th	2nd	2nd	-	1st	-	5th	4th	4th	3rd	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	3rd	6th	5th	5th	6th	7th
Colombia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	7th	8th	6th	6th	-	8th
Ecuador	-	-	-	-	-	5th	-	-	-	5th	-	5th	4th	-	6th	7th	8th	7th	7th	6th
Paraguay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	6th	-	5th	-	-	6th	4th	2nd	3rd	2nd	4th	5th
Peru	-	-	-	-	4th	1st	4th	5th	2nd	-	3rd	-	6th	4th	5th	5th	7th	-	5th	2nd
Uruguay	1st	1st	4th	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	4th	2nd	3rd
Venezuela	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9th	-	-	8th	-

Team

1966

1968

1969

1971

1973

1976

1977

1979

1981

1983

1985

1987

1989

1991

1993

1995

1997

1999

2001

2003

Argentina

1st

5th

3rd

3rd

2nd

1st

3rd

1st

3rd

2nd

3rd

1st

2nd

3rd

2nd

2nd

3rd

2nd

1st

2nd

Bolivia

-

-

-

-

-

-

9th

-

-

-

-

-

9th

-

-

-

10th

10th

10th

-

Brazil

2nd

1st

2nd

1st

1st

2nd

1st

2nd

2nd

1st

1st

3rd

1st

2nd

1st

3rd

4th

1st

2nd

1st

Chile

6th

6th

5th

6th

5th

6th

6th

4th

4th

5th

7th

6th

-

-

6th

6th

6th

7th

6th

5th

Colombia

7th

7th

6th

5th

6th

5th

7th

-

-

6th

5th

-

7th

5th

-

-

5th

9th

7th

6th

Ecuador

5th

8th

-

8th

8th

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5th

6th

5th

-

8th

6th

9th

-

Paraguay

8th

4th

7th

7th

7th

4th

8th

6th

6th

7th

6th

-

6th

7th

-

5th

7th

5th

5th

-

Peru

3rd

3rd

4th

4th

3rd

7th

5th

7th

5th

-

8th

5th

8th

8th

-

-

9th

8th

8th

-

Uruguay

4th

2nd

1st

2nd

4th

3rd

2nd

3rd

1st

3rd

2nd

4th

3rd

4th

4th

1st

1st

4th

4th

3rd

Venezuela

-

-

-

-

-

-

4th

5th

-

4th

4th

2nd

4th

1st

3rd

4th

2nd

3rd

3rd

4th

Team	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	Total
Argentina	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	4th	46
Bolivia	-	-	-	-	7th	-	8th	9
Brazil	2nd	1st	4th	1st	4th	3rd	2nd	45
Chile	5th	6th	6th	7th	6th	6th	7th	43
Colombia	-	5th	5th	6th	7th	-	5th	26
Ecuador	-	-	-	8th	-	7th	9th	23
Paraguay	6th	-	-	5th	5th	5th	6th	32
Peru	-	-	-	-	-	8th	10th	31
Uruguay	4th	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	4th	3rd	47
Venezuela	3rd	4th	3rd	4th	2nd	1st	1st	22

See also

• South American Basketball Championship for Women

External links

• South America Basketball Championship on FIBA Americas
• Brazil's History of South American Basketball Championship