1955 South American Basketball Championship

1955 South American Basketball Championship

16th South American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Colombia
Dates	August 13–31
Teams	9
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (7th title)

The South American Basketball Championship 1955 was the 16th edition of this tournament. It was played in Cúcuta, Colombia. The title holder is Uruguay.

Preliminary round

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
Brazil	6	3	0	1.000	183	138	+45
Paraguay	6	3	0	1.000	177	148	+29
Peru	5	2	1	0.667	154	163	-9
Uruguay	4	2	0	1.000	125	91	+34
Argentina	4	2	0	1.000	128	97	+31
Chile	3	0	3	0.000	154	168	-14
Ecuador	3	0	3	0.000	153	190	-37
Colombia	2	0	2	0.000	102	138	-36
Venezuela	2	0	2	0.000	99	137	-38

Brazil

42–38

Chile

San Jose de Cucuta

Brazil

84–60

Colombia

San Jose de Cucuta

Paraguay

58–39

Ecuador

San Jose de Cucuta

Peru

57–49

Chile

San Jose de Cucuta

Paraguay

50–42

Venezuela

San Jose de Cucuta

Peru

42–40

Ecuador

San Jose de Cucuta

Uruguay

87–57

Venezuela

San Jose de Cucuta

Uruguay

38–34

Ecuador

San Jose de Cucuta

Argentina

54–42

Colombia

San Jose de Cucuta

Brazil

57–40

Ecuador

San Jose de Cucuta

Paraguay

69–67

Chile

San Jose de Cucuta

Argentina

74–55

Peru

San Jose de Cucuta

Final round

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
Uruguay	5	2	1	0.667	186	167	+19
Paraguay	5	2	1	0.667	165	162	+3
Brazil	4	1	2	0.333	154	156	-2
Argentina	4	1	2	0.333	152	172	-20

Paraguay

50–43

Brazil

San Jose de Cucuta

Brazil

63–35

Argentina

San Jose de Cucuta

Paraguay

53–50

Argentina

San Jose de Cucuta

Uruguay

61–48

Brazil

San Jose de Cucuta

Argentina

57–56

Uruguay

San Jose de Cucuta

Uruguay

69–62

Paraguay

San Jose de Cucuta

South American Basketball Championship 1955
Uruguay seventh title

Final standings

Place	Team
1	Uruguay
2	Paraguay
3	Brazil
4	Argentina
5	Peru
6	Chile
7	Ecuador
8	Colombia
9	Venezuela

References

• FIBA Archive