1963 FIBA World Championship

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1963 FIBA World Championship
Campeonato Mundial de Basquetebol Masculino de 1963
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates12–25 May
Teams13
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up Yugoslavia
Third place Soviet Union
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Games played54
MVPBrazil Wlamir Marques
Top scorerPeru Ricardo Duarte
(23.1 points per game)
← 1959
1967 →

The 1963 FIBA World Championship was the 4th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. The competition was hosted by Brazil.

The Philippines was originally supposed to host the tournament but FIBA revoked hosting rights after the country refused to grant visas to players from communist countries. Brazil being the defending Champion and a previous host, fairly managed to re-host the Championship from May 12 to 25, 1963 and won the 1st back to back title with just six (6) games by seeding the well-rested host team in the final round only.

Background[]

The Philippines was supposed to host the FIBA World Championship in 1962 but FIBA revoked hosting rights after the government of then President Diosdado Macapagal, refused to grant visas to players and officials of socialists countries including Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union.[1][2]

The FIBA World Championship was held in 1963 in Brazil.

Competing nations[]

Event Date Location Berths Qualified
Original Host nation 0  Philippines
1959 FIBA World Championship/Host nation 16–31 January 1959 Chile Chile 1  Brazil
1960 Summer Olympics 26 August–10 September 1960 Italy Rome 1  United States
EuroBasket 1961 29 April–8 May 1961 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Beograd 3  Soviet Union
 Yugoslavia
 France
South American Basketball Championship 1961 20–30 April 1961 Brazil Rio de Janeiro 3  Peru
 Uruguay
 Argentina
Wild cards 5  Canada
 Mexico
 Puerto Rico
 Italy
 Japan

Suspension[]

  • FIBA suspended the original host country Philippines after Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal refused to allow players from Yugoslavia and other communist countries to enter the host country. Brazil being the defending Champion and a previous host, fairly managed to re-host the Championship. Later, the Philippines, despite being the Asian champion, was forced to play in a pre-Olympic tournament in order to qualify in the 1964 Summer Olympics.

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: All bottom two teams from preliminary round group play each other once. The team with the best record is ranked eighth; the worst is ranked 13th.
  • Final round: All top two teams from preliminary round group, the 1960 Olympic champion, and the host team 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  Soviet Union 3 3 0 222 177 +45 6 Final round
2  France 3 2 1 200 181 +19 5
3  Uruguay 3 1 2 195 214 −19 4 Classification round
4  Canada 3 0 3 158 203 −45 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.

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Yugoslavia 3 3 0 262 208 +54 6 Final round
2  Puerto Rico 3 2 1 234 212 +22 5
3  Japan 3 1 2 198 231 −33 4 Classification round
4  Peru 3 0 3 181 224 −43 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.
12 May
Yugoslavia  84–67  Peru

Group C[]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 256 202 +54 6 Final round
2  Italy 3 2 1 258 242 +16 5
3  Mexico 3 1 2 240 260 −20 4 Classification round
4  Argentina 3 0 3 206 256 −50 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.

Classification round[]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
8  Argentina 5 4 1 449 414 +35 9
9  Mexico 5 3 2 389 364 +25 8[a]
10  Uruguay 5 3 2 376 372 +4 8[a]
11  Canada 5 3 2 365 375 −10 8[a]
12  Peru 5 2 3 362 367 −5 7
13  Japan 5 0 5 377 426 −49 5
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. ^ a b c Head-to-head record: Mexico 1–1 (1.07 GAvg), Uruguay 1–1 (1.01 GAvg), Canada 1–1 (0.92 GAvg)
16 May
Argentina  88–86  Mexico

Final round[]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Brazil (C, H) 6 6 0 485 411 +74 12
2  Yugoslavia 6 5 1 472 424 +48 11
3  Soviet Union 6 4 2 426 399 +27 10
4  United States 6 3 3 498 433 +65 9
5  France 6 2 4 369 438 −69 8
6  Puerto Rico 6 1 5 366 426 −60 7
7  Italy 6 0 6 407 492 −85 6
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

Awards[]

 1963 World Championship Winner 

Brazil
Second title
Most Valuable Player
Brazil Wlamir Marques

Final ranking[]

Rank Team Record
1  Brazil 6–0
2  Yugoslavia 8–1
3  Soviet Union 7–2
4  United States 6–3
5  France 4–5
6  Puerto Rico 3–6
7  Italy 2–7
8  Argentina 4–4
9  Mexico 4–4
10  Uruguay 4–4
11  Canada 3–5
12  Peru 2–6
13  Japan 1–7
=  Philippines Suspended

All-Tournament Team[]

Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team

Top scorers (ppg)[]

  1. Ricardo Duarte (Peru) 23.1
  2. Aleksander Petrov (USSR) 17.6
  3. (Mexico) 17.5
  4. Radivoj Korać (Yugoslavia) 16.8
  5. Maxime Dorigo (France) 16.8
  6. (Argentina) 16.1
  7. (Argentina) 16
  8. Rafael Valle (Puerto Rico) 15.8
  9. (Yugoslavia) 14.6
  10. Paolo Vittori (Italy) 14.3

References[]

  1. ^ Ramirez, Bert (4 August 2014). "Looking back: The 1978 World Basketball Championship in Manila (Part I)". Rappler. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. ^ "A roundup of the sports information of the week". Sports Illustrated. 17 December 1962. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

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