1959 FIBA World Championship

The 1959 FIBA World Championship was the 3rd FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Chile from 16-31 January 1959. Amaury Antônio Pasos was named the MVP.

1959 FIBA World Championship
FIBA Campeonato Mundial de Baloncesto de 1959
Tournament details
Host countryChile
Dates16–31 January 1959
Officially opened byJorge Alessandri
Teams13
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up United States
Third place Chile
Fourth place Formosa
Tournament statistics
Games played48
MVP Amaury Pasos
Top scorer James T. L. Chen
(20.1 points per game)
Brazilian stamp marking the team's victory

The hosting cities for the competition were Antofagasta, Concepción, Temuco, Valparaíso, with the final stages being held at the capital of Santiago.

The final stages were supposed to be held at the newly constructed Metropolitan Indoor Stadium, but because the venue was not finished in time the games were postponed by a year from the original date and moved outdoors to the Estadio Nacional de Chile, configured in a way that the games were seen by a crowd of 16,000.

Competing nations
Group A Group B Group C

 Argentina
 United Arab Rep.
 Formosa
 United States

 Brazil
 Canada
 Mexico
 Soviet Union

 Bulgaria
 Philippines
 Puerto Rico
 Uruguay

 Chile – advanced automatically to the final round as host

Competition format
  • Preliminary round: Three groups of four teams play each other once; top two teams progress to the final round, bottom two teams relegated to classification round.
  • Classification round:
    • First round: Two groups of three teams (A1, B2, C1 and A2, B1, C2) play each other once.
    • Second round: Top teams from each group play for eighth, second placers play for tenth, and last placers play for twelfth.
  • Final round: All top two from preliminary round group play each other once. The team with the best record wins the championship.

Preliminary round

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 271 204 +67 6 Final round
2  Formosa 3 2 1 207 209 −2 5
3  Argentina 3 1 2 197 202 −5 4 Classification round
4  United Arab Republic 3 0 3 179 239 −60 3
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
January 16
United States  81–73  Argentina
January 16
Formosa  71–69  United Arab Rep.
January 17
Argentina  65–52  United Arab Rep.
January 17
United States  81–73  Formosa
January 18
Argentina  59–63  Formosa
January 18
United Arab Rep.  58–103  United States

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 2 1 211 175 +36 5[lower-alpha 1] Final round
2  Soviet Union 3 2 1 229 199 +30 5[lower-alpha 1]
3  Canada 3 2 1 169 174 −5 5[lower-alpha 1] Classification round
4  Mexico 3 0 3 173 234 −61 3
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Brazil 1–1 (1.06 GAvg), Soviet Union 1–1 (1.00 GAvg), Canada 1–1 (0.94 GAvg)
January 16
Canada  52–69  Brazil
January 16
Soviet Union  73–64  Mexico
January 17
Canada  54–51  Mexico
January 17
Soviet Union  73–64  Brazil
January 18
Canada  63–54  Soviet Union
January 18
Mexico  50–78  Brazil

Group C
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Bulgaria 3 3 0 217 174 +43 6 Final round
2  Puerto Rico 3 2 1 209 194 +15 5
3  Philippines 3 1 2 192 220 −28 4 Classification round
4  Uruguay 3 0 3 181 211 −30 3
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
January 16
Philippines  68–59  Uruguay
January 16
Bulgaria  67–55  Puerto Rico
January 17
Uruguay  64–78  Puerto Rico
January 17
Bulgaria  85–61  Philippines
January 18
Puerto Rico  76–63  Philippines
January 18
Bulgaria  65–58  Uruguay

Classification round

Group D
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Philippines 2 2 0 145 120 +25 4 Eighth place playoff
2  United Arab Republic 2 1 1 136 148 −12 3 Tenth place playoff
3  Canada 2 0 2 124 137 −13 2 Twelfth place playoff
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
January 21
Philippines  66–65  United Arab Rep.
January 22
Canada  69–71  United Arab Rep.
January 23
Canada  65–79  Philippines

Group E
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Uruguay 2 2 0 105 95 +10 4 Eighth place playoff
2  Argentina 2 1 1 123 117 +6 3 Tenth place playoff
3  Mexico 2 0 2 113 129 −16 2 Twelfth place playoff
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
January 21
Argentina  48–51  Uruguay
January 22
Mexico  47–54  Uruguay
January 23
Argentina  75–66  Mexico

Twelfth place playoff
January 25
Canada  64–56  Mexico

Tenth place playoff
January 25
United Arab Rep.  59–61  Argentina

Eighth place playoff
January 25
Philippines  78–70  Uruguay

Final round
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Brazil (C) 6 5 1 472 382 +90 11
2  United States 6 4 2 370 378 −8 10
3  Chile (H) 6 2 4 393 444 −51 8[lower-alpha 1]
4  Formosa 6 2 4 315 350 −35 8[lower-alpha 1]
5  Puerto Rico 6 1 5 397 471 −74 7
6  Soviet Union[lower-alpha 2] 6 5 1 365 264 +101 10
7  Bulgaria[lower-alpha 3] 6 2 4 315 338 −23 7
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(C) Champion; (H) Host
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Chile 1–0 Formosa
  2. FIBA demoted the Soviet Union to the bottom two places after they refused to play against Formosa, forfeiting the game, due to political reasons.
  3. FIBA demoted Bulgaria to the bottom two places after they refused to play against Formosa, forfeiting the game, due to political reasons.
20 January
Chile  86–85  Formosa
21 January
Puerto Rico  55–84  Soviet Union
21 January
Bulgaria  58–63  United States
22 January
Brazil  94–76  Formosa
22 January
Chile  83–71  Puerto Rico
23 January
Brazil  62–53  Bulgaria
23 January
United States  54–53  Puerto Rico
24 January
Brazil  63–66  Soviet Union
24 January
Bulgaria  76–71  Chile
26 January
Formosa  69–85  United States
26 January
Bulgaria  58–78  Soviet Union
27 January
Formosa  81–85  Puerto Rico
27 January
Chile  49–75  Soviet Union
28 January
Brazil  99–71  Puerto Rico
28 January
United States  37–62  Soviet Union
29 January
Bulgaria  70–62  Puerto Rico
29 January
Chile  55–64  United States
30 January
Formosa  2–0  Soviet Union
30 January
Brazil  81–67  United States
31 January
Bulgaria  0–2  Formosa
31 January
Brazil  73–49  Chile

Awards
 1959 World Championship Winner 

Brazil
First title
Most Valuable Player
Amaury Pasos

Final ranking
RankTeamRecord
1  Brazil7–2
2  United States7–2
3  Chile2–4
4  Formosa4–5
5  Puerto Rico3–6
6  Soviet Union7–2
7  Bulgaria5–4
8  Philippines4–2
9  Uruguay2–4
10  Argentina3–3
11  United Arab Republic1–5
12  Canada3–3
13  Mexico0–6

Top scorers (points per game)
  1. James T. L. Chen (Formosa) 20.1
  2. Juan "Pachin" Vicens (Puerto Rico) 19.7
  3. Wlamir Marques (Brazil) 18.6
  4. Jerry Vayda (USA) 18
  5. Lio Jin Ron (Formosa) 16.7
  6. Dick Welsh (USA) 16.4
  7. Viktor Radev (Bulgaria) 15.25
  8. Amaury Pasos (Brazil) 15.22
  9. Jose Angel Cestero (Puerto Rico) 14.3
  10. Evelio Droz (Puerto Rico) 13.7

All-Tournament team
Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team

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References
  1. "World Championship 1959".
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