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1963 FIBA World Championship

1963 FIBA World Championship

FIBA Campeonato Mundial de Basquetebol Masculino de 1963
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	12–25 May
Officially opened by	João Goulart
Teams	13 (from 3 confederations)
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 played	54
MVP	Wlamir Marques
Top scorer	Ricardo Duarte (23.1 points per game)
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The 1963 FIBA World Championship was the 4th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The competition was hosted by Brazil from 12 to 25 May 1963.

The Philippines was originally awarded the right to host the tournament, but FIBA rescinded this after the Filipino immigration officials refused to grant visas to players from communist countries.

Brazil, the defending champion and a previous host, re-host the championship from 12 to 25 May 1963, and won the first back to back title with just six games, seeding the well-rested host team in the final round only.

Background[edit]

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[edit]

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

Suspension[edit]

FIBA suspended the original host country, the Philippines, after Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal refused to allow players from Yugoslavia and other communist countries to enter the country.

Brazil, being the defending champion and a previous host, managed to re-host the championship.

Later, the Philippines, despite being the Asian champion, were forced to play in a pre-Olympic tournament in order to qualify for the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Competition format[edit]

• 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[edit]

Group A[edit]

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

France	64–54	Uruguay
Scoring by half: 19-25, 45-29

Soviet Union	58–45	Canada
Scoring by half: 27-24, 31-21

Canada	56–66	Uruguay
Scoring by half: 27-25, 29-41

France	57–70	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 30-28, 27-42

Canada	57–79	France
Scoring by half: 25-28, 32-51

Uruguay	75–94	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 30-39, 45-55

Group B[edit]

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

Yugoslavia	84–67	Peru
Scoring by half: 30-42, 54-25

Puerto Rico	86–65	Japan
Scoring by half: 33-33, 53-32

Puerto Rico	70–64	Peru
Scoring by half: 45-33, 25-31

Japan	63–95	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 24-37, 39-58

Peru	50–70	Japan
Scoring by half: 17-41, 33-29

Puerto Rico	78–83	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 35-42, 43-41

Group C[edit]

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

United States	88–74	Mexico
Scoring by half: 41-42, 47-32

Italy	91–73	Argentina
Scoring by half: 42-34, 49-39

Mexico	82–90	Italy
Scoring by half: 44-36, 38-54

Argentina	51–81	United States
Scoring by half: 26-43, 25-38

Mexico	84–82	Argentina
Scoring by half: 42-53, 42-29

United States	87–77	Italy
Scoring by half: 42-34, 45-43

Classification round[edit]

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

Argentina	88–86	Mexico
Scoring by half: 41-40, 47-46

Peru	66–59 (OT)	Canada
Scoring by half: 32-24, 20-28 Overtime: 14-7

Japan	63–79	Uruguay
Scoring by half: 30-42, 33-37

Peru	57–72	Mexico
Scoring by half: 27-34, 30-38

Argentina	103–85	Japan
Scoring by half: 58-39, 45-46

Canada	73–71	Uruguay
Scoring by half: 34-30, 39-41

Peru	66–67	Uruguay
Scoring by half: 34-29, 32-38

Canada	82–77	Argentina
Scoring by half: 51-34, 31-43

Mexico	71–70	Japan
Scoring by half: 35-36, 36-34

Peru	95–85	Japan
Scoring by half: 53-46, 42-39

Argentina	97–83	Uruguay
Scoring by half: 46-45, 51-38

Peru	78–84 (OT)	Argentina
Scoring by half: 38-36, 37-39 Overtime: 3-9

Mexico	87–73	Canada
Scoring by half: 38-32, 49-41

Japan	74–78	Canada
Scoring by half: 41-42, 33-36

Uruguay	76–73	Mexico
Scoring by half: 42-33, 34-40

Final round[edit]

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

Soviet Union	58–48	France
Scoring by half: 25-23, 33-25

United States	73–75	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 32-30, 41-45

Brazil	62–55	Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 25-27, 37-28

Yugoslavia	73–57	Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 34-32, 39-25

United States	81–61	France
Scoring by half: 36-35, 45-26

Brazil	81–62	Italy
Scoring by half: 40-24, 41-38

Puerto Rico	60–67	France
Scoring by half: 27-28, 33-39

Yugoslavia	85–74	Italy
Scoring by half: 34-36, 51-38

United States	74–75	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 40-34, 34-41

France	67–63	Italy
Scoring by half: 30-24, 37-39

Yugoslavia	71–90	Brazil
Scoring by half: 27-51, 44-39

Puerto Rico	55–64	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 18-29, 37-35

France	63–77	Brazil
Scoring by half: 31-38, 32-39

Italy	63–83	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 28-48, 35-35

Puerto Rico	64–88	United States
Scoring by half: 26-33, 38-55

Italy	73–101	United States
Scoring by half: 28-59, 45-42

Soviet Union	79–90	Brazil
Scoring by half: 42-43, 37-47

Italy	72–75	Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 31-42, 41-33

France	63–99	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 33-46, 30-53

Soviet Union	67–69	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 28-34, 39-35

Brazil	85–81	United States
Scoring by half: 39-39, 46-42

Awards[edit]

1963 World Championship winner
Brazil Second title

Most Valuable Player
Wlamir Marques

Final standings[edit]

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[edit]

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

Top scorers (ppg)[edit]

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

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• FIBA official website
• EuroBasket.com FIBA Basketball World Cup Page
• FIBA WC-1963