1979 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

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1979 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Brazil
DatesAugust 15–25
Teams12 
(from 5 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions United States
(1st title)
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Uruguay Horacio López (33.2)  United States (104.7)
Official website
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The 1979 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Portuguese: 1979 Campeonato Mundial FIBA Sub-19) was the maiden edition of the FIBA Under-19 World Cup and was held in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil from August 15 to August 25, 1979.

The United States notched their first-ever world juniors championship by sweeping both the preliminary round and the championship round, winning the Gold Medal against the hosts Brazil in the final day of the tournament, 75–55.[1]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Italy 5 4 1 409 388 +21 9
 Yugoslavia 5 4 1 419 376 +43 9
 Brazil 5 3 2 440 378 +62 8
 Uruguay 5 2 3 440 467 −27 7
 Australia 5 2 3 372 398 −26 7
 Philippines 5 0 5 444 517 −73 5
15 August 1979
19:00
Australia  67–89  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 32–49, 35–40
Pts: 18 Pts: Čutura 14
15 August 1979
21:10
Brazil  123–80  Philippines
Scoring by half: 65–29, 58–51
Pts: 25 Pts: Banal 15
15 August 1979
23:00
Uruguay  98–102 (OT)  Italy
Scoring by half: 46–48, 42–40 Overtime: 10–14
Pts: López 38 Pts:  [it] 21
16 August 1979
20:00
Philippines  71–88  Italy
Scoring by half: 37–51, 34–37
Pts: 31 Pts: 16
16 August 1979
21:50
Brazil  71–73  Australia
Scoring by half: 33–34, 38–39
Pts: 15 Pts: 16
16 August 1979
23:40
Yugoslavia  89–78  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 33–43, 56–35
Pts: Radović, 18 Pts: López 33
17 August 1979
19:00
Uruguay  79–72  Australia
Scoring by half: 46–37, 33–35
Pts: López 35 Pts: Sengstock 21
17 August 1979
20:55
Brazil  85–79  Italy
Scoring by half: 48–37, 37–42
Pts: 18 Pts:  [it] 16
17 August 1979
22:40
Yugoslavia  106–102  Philippines
Scoring by half: 48–53, 58–49
Pts: Grbović 24 Pts: 31
18 August 1979
19:00
Australia  89–83  Philippines
Scoring by half: 49–33, 40–50
Pts: Pearce 22 Pts: 27
18 August 1979
20:45
Italy  64–63  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 33–26, 31–37
Pts: Riva 22 Pts: Čutura 26
18 August 1979
22:40
Brazil  96–74  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 56–26, 40–48
Pts: 25 Pts: López 21
19 August 1979
18:00
Uruguay  111–108  Philippines
Scoring by half: 61–53, 50–55
Pts: López 39 Pts: 24
19 August 1979
19:45
Australia  71–76  Italy
Scoring by half: 37–51, 34–37
Pts: 18 Pts: Riva 23
19 August 1979
21:30
Brazil  65–72  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 28–35, 37–37
Pts: da Silva 18 Pts: Čutura 24

Group B[]

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 5 5 0 427 236 +191 10
 Argentina 5 4 1 472 357 +115 9
 Soviet Union 5 3 2 459 362 +97 8
  5 2 3 293 332 −39 6
 Canada 5 1 4 390 442 −52 6
 Egypt 5 0 5 278 590 −312 5
15 August 1979
United States  2–0  
USA won by forfeit after Panama failed to appear
15 August 1979
19:00
Argentina  150–44  Egypt
Scoring by half: 75–12, 75–32
Pts: 23 Pts: 10
15 August 1979
21:45
Soviet Union  117–72  Canada
Scoring by half: 51–29, 66–43
Pts: , ,  [ru] 26 Pts: 15
16 August 1979
18:00
Soviet Union  126–60  Egypt
Scoring by half: 72–38, 54–22
Pts:  [ru] 28 Pts: 22
16 August 1979
20:10
Canada  80–81  
Scoring by half: 48–48, 32–33
Pts: Pasquale 22 Pts: , 18
16 August 1979
21:45
United States  98–61  Argentina
Scoring by half: 58–31, 40–30
Pts: Perkins 13 Pts: 12
17 August 1979
19:00
United States  105–59  Canada
Scoring by half: 49–17, 56–42
Pts: 22 Pts: 11
17 August 1979
21:00
Egypt  68–78  
Scoring by half: 24–42, 44–36
Pts: 21 Pts: 29
17 August 1979
22:45
Argentina  74–72  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 36–41, 38–31
Pts: 20 Pts:  [ru] 20
18 August 1979
19:00
Soviet Union  92–62  
Scoring by half: 38–30, 54–32
Pts: Berezhniy 20 Pts: 17
18 August 1979
21:00
United States  128–38  Egypt
Scoring by half: 70–18, 58–20
Pts: Perkins 13 Pts: 8
18 August 1979
22:45
Argentina  97–71  Canada
Scoring by half: 36–41, 38–31
Pts: 22 Pts: Pasquale 17
19 August 1979
18:00
Canada  108–68  Egypt
Scoring by half: 56–20, 52–48
Pts: 33 Pts: 21
19 August 1979
19:50
Argentina  90–72  
Scoring by half: 47–31, 43–41
Pts: 21 Pts: 24
19 August 1979
23:00
United States  94–78  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 47–37, 47–41
Pts: Floyd 19 Pts: 25

Final round[]

Classification 7th–12th[]

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 230 212 +18 6
 Uruguay 3 2 1 300 217 +83 5
 Australia 3 2 1 207 185 +22 5
 Philippines 3 2 1 286 235 +51 5
  3 0 3 213 241 −28 3
 Egypt 3 0 3 194 340 −146 3
August 1979
Australia  64–63  
Scoring by half: 30–33, 35–40
August 1979
Uruguay  126–67  Egypt
Scoring by half: 67–39, 59–28
August 1979
Canada  89–81  Philippines
Scoring by half: 42–38, 47–43
August 1979
Canada  78–76  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 42–31, 36–45
August 1979
Australia  88–59  Egypt
Scoring by half: 42–31, 36–45
August 1979
  78–79  Philippines
Scoring by half: 32–28, 46–41
August 1979
Egypt  68–126  Philippines
Scoring by half: 38–66, 30–60
August 1979
Australia  55–63  Canada
Scoring by half: 31–35, 24–28
August 1979
Uruguay  98–72  
Scoring by half: 47–33, 51–39

Championship round[]

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 3 3 0 308 206 +102 6
 Brazil 3 2 1 205 223 −18 5
 Argentina 3 2 1 221 219 +2 5
 Yugoslavia 3 1 2 237 257 −20 4
 Soviet Union 3 1 2 237 243 −6 4
 Italy 3 0 3 226 286 −60 3
20 August 1979
20:00
Italy  77–134  United States
Scoring by half: 35–64, 42–70
Pts: 15 Pts: Floyd 23
21 August 1979
20:00
Italy  79–81  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 38–36, 41–45
Pts: Costa 16 Pts: 22
21 August 1979
23:00
Yugoslavia  75–77  Argentina
Scoring by half: 39–42, 36–35
Pts: Čutura 18 Pts: 18
22 August 1979
19:00
Brazil  74–73  Argentina
Scoring by half: 36–33, 38–40
Pts: da Silva 19 Pts: 21
23 August 1979
19:00
Yugoslavia  88–81  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 45–53, 43–28
Pts: Čutura 17 Pts: 21
24 August 1979
19:30
Yugoslavia  74–99  United States
Scoring by half: 37–44, 37–55
Pts: Čutura 24 Pts: Worthy 27
24 August 1979
21:15
Brazil  76–75  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 45–39, 31–36
Pts: Malvesi 22 Pts:  [ru] 27
25 August 1979
21:00
Italy  70–71  Argentina
Scoring by half: 38–36, 32–35
Pts: 21 Pts: 18
25 August 1979
22:45
Brazil  55–75  United States
Scoring by half: 22–41, 33–34
Pts: da Silva 25 Pts: Floyd 15

Final standings[]

Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 8–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Brazil 5–3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Argentina 6–2
4th  Yugoslavia 5–3
5th  Soviet Union 4–4
6th  Italy 4–4
7th  Canada 4–4
8th  Uruguay 4–4
9th  Australia 4–4
10th  Philippines 2–6
11th   2–6
12th  Egypt 0–8

Awards[]

 1979 Under-19 World Champions 

United States
First title

References[]

  1. ^ "FIRST FIBA MEN'S JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP – 1979". usab.com. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

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