1950 FIBA World Championship

The 1950 FIBA World Championship (also called the 1st World Basketball Championship - 1950) was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from October 22 to November 3 1950. Ten nations participated in the inaugural tournament.All competition was held at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires.

Competing nations

basketballbox|bg=#eee |date= October 27
teamA=bk-rt|CHI |scoreA=48
teamB=bk|FRA |scoreB=44
place=Buenos Aires, Argentinabasketballbox|bg=#eee |date= October 27
teamA=bk-rt|EGY|1922 |scoreA=45
teamB=bk|USA|1912 |scoreB=40
place=Buenos Aires, Argentinabasketballbox|date= October 29
teamA=bk-rt|EGY|1922 |scoreA=31
teamB=bk|FRA |scoreB=28
place=Buenos Aires, Argentinabasketballbox|date= October 29
teamA=bk-rt|ARG|alt |scoreA=40
teamB=bk|BRA|1889 |scoreB=35
place=Buenos Aires, Argentinabasketballbox|bg=#eee |date= October 30
teamA=bk-rt|ARG|alt |scoreA=62
teamB=bk|CHI |scoreB=41
place=Buenos Aires, Argentinabasketballbox|bg=#eee |date= October 30
teamA=bk-rt|BRA|1889 |scoreA=42
teamB=bk|USA|1912 |scoreB=45
place=Buenos Aires, Argentinabasketballbox|date= October 31
teamA=bk-rt|BRA|1889 |scoreA=38
teamB=bk|EGY|1922 |scoreB=19
place=Buenos Aires, Argentinabasketballbox|date= October 31
teamA=bk-rt|ARG|alt |scoreA=66
teamB=bk|FRA |scoreB=41
place=Buenos Aires, Argentinabasketballbox|bg=#eee |date= November 1
teamA=bk-rt|CHI |scoreA=29
teamB=bk|USA|1912 |scoreB=44
place=Buenos Aires, Argentinabasketballbox|bg=#eee |date= November 1
teamA=bk-rt|ARG|alt |scoreA=68
teamB=bk|EGY|1922 |scoreB=33
place=Buenos Aires, Argentinabasketballbox|date= November 2
teamA=bk-rt|FRA |scoreA=33
teamB=bk|USA|1912 |scoreB=48
place=Buenos Aires, Argentinabasketballbox|date= November 2
teamA=bk-rt|BRA|1889 |scoreA=40
teamB=bk|CHI |scoreB=51
place=Buenos Aires, Argentinabasketballbox|bg=#eee |date= November 3
teamA=bk-rt|CHI |scoreA=40
teamB="'bk|EGY|1922 |scoreB=43
place=Buenos Aires, Argentinabasketballbox|bg=#eee |date= November 3
teamA=bk-rt|BRA|1889 |scoreA=59
teamB=bk|FRA |scoreB=27
place=Buenos Aires, Argentinabasketballbox|bg=#eee |date= November 3
teamA=bk-rt|ARG|alt |scoreA=64
teamB=bk|USA|1912 |scoreB=50
place=Buenos Aires, Argentina

Final rankings

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Team rosters

1.Argentina: Oscar Furlong, Ricardo Gonzalez (basketball), Pedro Bustos, Leopoldo Contarbio, Hugo del Vecchio, Vito Liva, Alberto Lopez, Ruben Menini, Omar Monza, Raul Perez Varela, Juan Carlos Uder, Roberto Viau (Coach: Jorge Hugo Canavesi - Casimiro Gonzalez Trilla)

2.USA: John Stanich, Bob Fisher, Bryce Heffley, Tom Jaquet, Dan Kahler, John Langdon, Les Metzger, John Leonard Parks, Jimmy Reese, Don Slocum, Blake Williams (Coach: Gordon Carpenter)

3.Chile: Rufino Bernedo, Pedro Araya, Eduardo Cordero, Mariano Fernandez, Exequiel Figueroa, Juan Jose Gallo, Raul Lopez, Luis Enrique Marmentini, Juan Ostoic, Hernan Ramos, Marcos Sanchez, Victor Mahana (Coach: Kenneth Davidson)

4.Brazil: Zenny de Azevedo "Algodão", Ruy de Freitas, Alfredo da Motta, Paulo Rodrigues Siqueira "Montanha", Helio Marques Pereira "Godinho", Celso dos Santos, Plutao de Macedo, Sebastiao Amorim Gimenez "Tiao", Thales Monteiro, Alexandre Gemignani, Milton Santos Marques "Miltinho", Angelo Bonfietti "Angelim" (Coach: Moacyr Brondi Daiuto)

All-Tournament Team

*flagicon|ARG|alt Oscar Furlong (Argentina)
*flagicon|USA|1912 John Stanich (USA)
*flagicon|Chile Rufino Bernedo (Chile)
*flagicon|Spain|1939 Alvaro Salvadores (Spain)
*flagicon|ARG|alt Ricardo Gonzalez (Argentina)

Top scorers

# Alvaro Salvadores (Spain) 13.7
# Fortunato Munoz (Ecuador) 13.2
# Alfredo Arroyave (Ecuador) 11.4
# Oscar Furlong (Argentina) 11.1
# Rufino Bernedo (Chile) 10.7
# Ricardo Gonzalez (Argentina) 10.6
# Eduardo Fiestas (Peru) 8.6
# Alberto Fernandez (Peru) 8.1
# Victor Mahana (Chile) 7.8
# Jacques Perrier (France) 6.2

References

* [http://todor66.com/basketball/World/Men_1950.html Results]
:"Much of the information came from the Spanish Wikipedia version of this article."