1959 FIBA World Championship
FIBA Campeonato Mundial de Baloncesto de 1959
Tournament details
Host countryChile
Dates16–31 January
Officially opened byJorge Alessandri
Teams13
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up United States
Third place Chile
Fourth place Formosa
Tournament statistics
Games played48
MVPBrazil Amaury Pasos
Top scorerTaiwan James T. L. Chen
(20.1 points per game)
Brazilian stamp marking the team's victory

The 1959 FIBA World Championship was the 3rd FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. It was hosted by Chile from 16 to 31 January 1959. Amaury Antônio Pasos was named the MVP.

The hosting cities for the competition were Antofagasta, Concepción, Temuco, Valparaíso, with the final stages being held at the capital of Santiago.

The final stages were supposed to be held at the newly constructed Metropolitan Indoor Stadium, but because the venue was not finished in time the games were postponed by a year from the original date and moved outdoors to the Estadio Nacional de Chile, configured in a way that the games were seen by a crowd of 16,000.

Competing nations

Group A Group B Group C

 Argentina
 United Arab Rep.
 Formosa
 United States

 Brazil
 Canada
 Mexico
 Soviet Union

 Bulgaria
 Philippines
 Puerto Rico
 Uruguay

 Chile – advanced automatically to the final round as host

Competition format

  • 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:
    • First round: Two groups of three teams (A1, B2, C1 and A2, B1, C2) play each other once.
    • Second round: Top teams from each group play for eighth, second placers play for tenth, and last placers play for twelfth.
  • Final round: All top two from preliminary round group play each other once. The team with the best record wins the championship.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 271 204 +67 6 Final round
2  Formosa 3 2 1 207 209 2 5
3  Argentina 3 1 2 197 202 5 4 Classification round
4  United Arab Republic 3 0 3 179 239 60 3
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
16 January
United States  8773  Argentina
Scoring by half: 48-27, 39-46
16 January
Formosa  7169  United Arab Rep.
Scoring by half: 39-38, 32-31
17 January
Argentina  6552  United Arab Rep.
Scoring by half: 36-32, 29-20
17 January
United States  8173  Formosa
Scoring by half: 35-38, 46-35
18 January
Argentina  5963  Formosa
Scoring by half: 33-31, 26-32
18 January
United Arab Rep.  58103  United States
Scoring by half: 49-23, 54-35

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 2 1 211 175 +36 5[lower-alpha 1] Final round
2  Soviet Union 3 2 1 229 199 +30 5[lower-alpha 1]
3  Canada 3 2 1 169 174 5 5[lower-alpha 1] Classification round
4  Mexico 3 0 3 173 234 61 3
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: Brazil 1–1 (1.06 GAvg), Soviet Union 1–1 (1.00 GAvg), Canada 1–1 (0.94 GAvg)
16 January
Canada  5269  Brazil
Scoring by half: 24-30, 28-39
16 January
Soviet Union  10272  Mexico
Scoring by half: 48-42, 54-30
17 January
Canada  5451  Mexico
Scoring by half: 26-19, 28-32
17 January
Soviet Union  7364  Brazil
Scoring by half: 39-36, 34-28
18 January
Canada  6354  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 32-23, 31-31
18 January
Mexico  5078  Brazil
Scoring by half: 20-50, 30-28

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Bulgaria 3 3 0 217 174 +43 6 Final round
2  Puerto Rico 3 2 1 209 194 +15 5
3  Philippines 3 1 2 192 220 28 4 Classification round
4  Uruguay 3 0 3 181 211 30 3
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
16 January
Philippines  6859  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 36-31, 32-28
16 January
Bulgaria  6755  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 37-16, 30-39
17 January
Uruguay  6478  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 37-40, 27-38
17 January
Bulgaria  8561  Philippines
Scoring by half: 36-21, 49-40
18 January
Puerto Rico  7663  Philippines
Scoring by half: 39-32, 37-31
18 January
Bulgaria  6558  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 31-28, 34-30

Classification round

First round

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Philippines 2 2 0 145 130 +15 4 Eighth place playoff
2  United Arab Republic 2 1 1 136 135 +1 3 Tenth place playoff
3  Canada 2 0 2 134 150 16 2 Twelfth place playoff
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
21 January
Philippines  6665  United Arab Rep.
Scoring by half: 25-29, 41-36
22 January
Canada  6971  United Arab Rep.
Scoring by half: 40-28, 29-43
23 January
Canada  6579  Philippines
Scoring by half: 33-31, 32-48

Group E

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Uruguay 2 2 0 105 95 +10 4 Eighth place playoff
2  Argentina 2 1 1 123 117 +6 3 Tenth place playoff
3  Mexico 2 0 2 113 129 16 2 Twelfth place playoff
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
21 January
Argentina  4851  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 19-22, 29-29
22 January
Mexico  4754  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 20-25, 27-29
23 January
Argentina  7566  Mexico
Scoring by half: 34-34, 41-32
Valparaíso, Chile

Second round

Twelfth place playoff

25 January
Canada  6456  Mexico
Scoring by half: 33-25, 31-31

Tenth place playoff

25 January
United Arab Rep.  5961  Argentina
Scoring by half: 29-32, 30-29

Eighth place playoff

25 January
Philippines  7870  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 47-36, 31-34

Final round

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Brazil (C) 6 5 1 472 382 +90 11
2  United States 6 4 2 370 378 8 10
3  Chile (H) 6 2 4 393 444 51 8[lower-alpha 1]
4  Formosa 6 2 4 315 350 35 8[lower-alpha 1]
5  Puerto Rico 6 1 5 397 471 74 7
6  Soviet Union[lower-alpha 2] 6 5 1 365 264 +101 10
7  Bulgaria[lower-alpha 2] 6 2 4 315 338 23 7
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Chile 1–0 Formosa
  2. 1 2 FIBA demoted the Soviet Union and Bulgaria to the bottom two places after they refused to play against Formosa, forfeiting the game, due to political reasons.
20 January
Chile  8685 (OT)  Formosa
Scoring by half: 35-27, 36-44 Overtime: 15-14
21 January
Puerto Rico  5584  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 29-26, 26-58
21 January
Bulgaria  5863  United States
Scoring by half: 27-26, 31-37
22 January
Brazil  9476  Formosa
Scoring by half: 56-35, 38-41
22 January
Chile  8371  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 46-31, 37-40
23 January
Brazil  6253  Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 30-28, 32-25
23 January
United States  5453  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 25-32, 29-21
24 January
Brazil  6366  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 31-30, 32-36
24 January
Bulgaria  7671  Chile
Scoring by half: 37-33, 39-38
26 January
Formosa  6985  United States
Scoring by half: 32-33, 37-52
26 January
Bulgaria  5878  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 18-35, 40-43
27 January
Formosa  8185  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 34-42, 47-43
27 January
Chile  4975  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 28-35, 21-40
28 January
Brazil  9971  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 45-29, 54-42
28 January
United States  3762  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 14-25, 23-37
29 January
Bulgaria  7062  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 35-25, 35-37
29 January
Chile  5564  United States
30 January
Formosa  20  Soviet Union
30 January
Brazil  8167  United States
Scoring by half: 40-37, 41-30
31 January
Bulgaria  02  Formosa
31 January
Brazil  7349  Chile
Scoring by half: 37-21, 36-28

Awards

 1959 World Championship winner 

Brazil
First title
Most Valuable Player
Brazil Amaury Pasos

Final standings

RankTeamRecord
1  Brazil7–2
2  United States7–2
3  Chile2–4
4  Formosa4–5
5  Puerto Rico3–6
6  Soviet Union7–2
7  Bulgaria5–4
8  Philippines4–2
9  Uruguay2–4
10  Argentina3–3
11  United Arab Republic1–5
12  Canada3–3
13  Mexico0–6

Top scorers (points per game)

  1. James T. L. Chen (Formosa) 20.1
  2. Juan "Pachin" Vicens (Puerto Rico) 19.7
  3. Wlamir Marques (Brazil) 18.6
  4. Jerry Vayda (USA) 18
  5. Lio Jin Ron (Formosa) 16.7
  6. Dick Welsh (USA) 16.4
  7. Viktor Radev (Bulgaria) 15.25
  8. Amaury Pasos (Brazil) 15.22
  9. Jose Angel Cestero (Puerto Rico) 14.3
  10. Evelio Droz (Puerto Rico) 13.7

All-Tournament team

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References

  1. "World Championship 1959".
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