1932 South American Basketball Championship

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Tournament details
Host nationChile
Dates29 April - 14 May
Teams3
Venues
(in 1 host city)
Champions Uruguay
(2nd title)
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points {{{ppg_p}}} Uruguay

The 1932 South American Basketball Championship was the 2nd edition of this regional tournament. It was held in Santiago, Chile and won by Uruguay.

Final rankings[]

  1.  Uruguay
  2.  Chile
  3.  Argentina

Results[]

Preliminary round[]

Each team played the other two teams twice apiece, for a total of four games played by each team.

Rank Team W L PF PA Diff
1  Uruguay 3 1 83 71 +12
2  Chile 3 1 81 77 +4
3  Argentina 0 4 81 97 -16
Uruguay 21 - 19 Chile
Chile 14 - 13 Uruguay
Uruguay 31 - 25 Argentina
Argentina 13 - 18 Uruguay
Chile 27 - 24 Argentina
Argentina 19 - 21 Chile

Uruguay's loss to Chile was its first defeat; nevertheless it took the top seed in the preliminary round.

Final[]

As Uruguay and Chile finished level on points, a play-off match for the championship was required.

Uruguay 42 - 28 Chile

Uruguay won the final to claim its second South American title.

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