1943 South American Basketball Championship

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1943 South American Basketball Championship
11th South American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryPeru
Dates3-17 May
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina (5th title)
1942
1945

The 1943 South American Basketball Championship was the 11th edition of regional tournament. It was held in Lima, Peru and won by the Argentina national basketball team. 6 teams, including Bolivia in their first appearance, competed despite the World War that was currently under way.

Contents

Final rankings

  1. Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
  2. Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
  3. Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
  4. Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
  5. Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
  6. Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia

Results

Preliminary round

Each team played the other five teams once, for a total of five games played by each team and 15 overall in the preliminary round. Placing in the top four qualified a team to move on to the final round.

RankTeamPtsWLPFPADiff
1Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1050205134+71
2Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 941223117+106
3Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 832222166+56
4Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 723204154+50
5Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 614121292-171
6Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 505137249-112
Peru23 - 21Uruguay
Peru38 - 37Chile
Peru42 - 32Argentina
Peru66 - 22Paraguay
Peru36 - 22Bolivia
Uruguay39 - 33Chile
Uruguay30 - 24Argentina
Uruguay72 - 15Paraguay
Uruguay61 - 22Bolivia
Chile40 - 27Argentina
Chile56 - 23Paraguay
Chile56 - 39Bolivia
Argentina66 - 20Paraguay
Argentina55 - 22Bolivia
Paraguay41 - 32Bolivia

Final round

The top four teams advanced to the final round, where they played each of the other three once. Only the results from this round were used to determine final placing for the top four.

RankTeamPtsWLPFPADiff
1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 63010679+27
2Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 52110282+20
3Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 4129084+6
4Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 30377130-53
Argentina32 - 29Uruguay
Argentina34 - 23Peru
Argentina40 - 27Chile
Uruguay66 - 22Peru
Uruguay46 - 27Chile
Peru44 - 23Chile

Argentina line-up: Candido Arrua (Santa Fe), Jose Alberto Beltran (Capital Federal), Carlos Jensen Buhl (Capital Federal), Julio Carrasco (Santa Fe), Gustavo Chazarreta (Stgo del Estero), Mario Jimenez (Stgo del Estero), Rafael Lledo (Stgo del Estero), Italo Malvicini (Santa Fe), Marcelino Ojeda (Corrientes), Hector Romagnolo (Capital Federal), Carlos Sanchez (Stgo del Estero), Oscar Serena (Santa Fe). Coach: Saul Ramirez Manfredi.