1963 FIBA World Championship

The 1963 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from May 11 to 23, 1963.

Competing nations

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Group B

Final round

Final ranking

All-Tournament Team

* Amaury Pasos (Brazil)
* Wlamir Marques (Brazil)
* Aleksander Petrov (USSR)
* Don Kojis (USA)
* Maxime Dorigo (France)

Top scorers (ppg)

# Ricardo Duarte (Peru) 20.3
# Aleksander Petrov (USSR) 17.6
# Luis Enrique Grajeda (Mexico) 17.5
# Radivoj Korac (Yugoslavia) 16.8
# Maxime Dorigo (France) 16.8
# Alfredo Tulli (Argentina) 16.1
# Alberto Desimone (Argentina) 16
# Rafael Valle (Puerto Rico) 15.8
# Nemanja Djuric (Yugoslavia) 14.6
# Paolo Vittori (Italy) 14.3