1957 FIBA World Championship for Women

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1957 FIBA World Championship
for Women
2nd FIBA World Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates13–26 October
Teams12
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg Nuñez 23.4
PPG (Team)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 67.7
1953
1959

The 1957 FIBA World Championship for Women (Portuguese:Campeonato Mundial Feminino da Fiba de 1957) was the second FIBA World Championship for Women basketball championship held by FIBA. It was held in Brazil between 13 October and 26 October 1957. Twelve national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA, the sport's governing body. The city of Rio de Janeiro hosted the tournament. The United States won its second title after finishing in first place in the second round.

Contents

Format

Preliminary round

Qualified for the final round
Times given below are in Brasília time (UTC−3).

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 330215120+956
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States 321189129+605
Flag of Argentina (civil).svg  Argentina 312138183454
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 3031082181103
13 October
20:00
United States  Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg7537Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Scoring by half:41–12, 34–25
Pts: Sipes 19Pts: Barrenechea 11
13 October
21:30
Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg7642Flag of Argentina (civil).svg  Argentina
Scoring by half:41–15, 35–27
Pts: Dubska 24Pts: Bonetti 11
Rio de Janeiro
14 October
20:00
Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg8628Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Scoring by half:40–15, 46–13
Pts: Dubska 15Pts: Fulgosi 7
Rio de Janeiro
14 October
21:30
United States  Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg6439Flag of Argentina (civil).svg  Argentina
Scoring by half:35–15, 29–24
Pts: White 22Pts: Bonetti 11
Rio de Janeiro
15 October
20:00
Argentina  Flag of Argentina (civil).svg5743Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Scoring by half:29–21, 28–22
Pts: Pietrapina 18Pts: Cantina 13
Rio de Janeiro
15 October
21:30
United States  Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg5053Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 20–23, 30–30
Pts: Crawford 14Pts: Mubalokova 16
Rio de Janeiro

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 22014083+574
Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg  Paraguay 211116101+153
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 20263135722
13 October
21:30
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg7032Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Scoring by half:29–13, 41–19
Pts: Kostikova 24Pts: Cockburn 11
14 October
22:00
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg7051Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg  Paraguay
Scoring by half:35–33, 35–18
Pts: Kostikova 20Pts: Nuñez 22
Rio de Janeiro
15 October
19:00
Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg6531Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Scoring by half:38–15, 27–16
Pts: Nuñez 32Pts: Hill 9
Rio de Janeiro

Group C

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 330244153+916
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 321180161+195
Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 312154190364
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 303130204743
13 October
Chile  Flag of Chile.svg5365Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Scoring by half: 27–28, 26–37
Pts: Velasquez 27Pts: Koren, Matay 16
13 October
20:00
Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg3949Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico
Scoring by half: 21–30, 18–19
Pts: Buergo 12Pts: Concepsión 10
Rio de Janeiro
14 October
19:00
Chile  Flag of Chile.svg6251Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico
Scoring by half:39–22, 23–29
Pts: Pauchard 27Pts: Concepsión 22
Rio de Janeiro
14 October
20:30
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg9046Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Scoring by half:42–24, 48–22
Pts: Matay 22Pts: Buergo 16
Rio de Janeiro
15 October
20:30
Chile  Flag of Chile.svg6545Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Scoring by half:33–12, 32–33
Pts: Pauchard 26Pts: Thaureaux 18
Rio de Janeiro
15 October
22:00
Mexico  Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg5489Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Scoring by half: 20–45, 34–44
Pts: Concepsión 22Pts: Schneider 18
Rio de Janeiro

Classification round

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 440197173+248
Flag of Argentina (civil).svg  Argentina 431228188+407
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 42217017116
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 413167180135
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 404170220504
18 October
20:00
Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg5058Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico
Scoring by half: 23–25, 27–33
Pts: Thaureaux 9Pts: Sánchez 14
18 October
21:30
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg4452Flag of Argentina (civil).svg  Argentina
Scoring by half: 24–24, 20–28
Pts: Cockburn 9Pts: Bonetti 21
Rio de Janeiro
20 October
20:00
Mexico  Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg4538Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Scoring by half:23–21, 22–17
Pts: Rivera 9Pts: Cockburn 11
Rio de Janeiro
20 October
21:30
Peru  Flag of Peru.svg4966Flag of Argentina (civil).svg  Argentina
Scoring by half: 16–31, 33–35
Pts: Flechele 21Pts: Lorenzo 17
Rio de Janeiro
21 October
20:00
Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg4350Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Scoring by half: 26–26, 17–24
Pts: Thaureaux 13Pts: Cockburn, Macquire 13
Rio de Janeiro
21 October
21:30
Mexico  Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg4536Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Scoring by half: 17–18, 28–19
Pts: Sánchez 9Pts: Flechele 11
Rio de Janeiro
22 October
20:00
Argentina  Flag of Argentina (civil).svg6246Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Scoring by half: 25–27, 37–19
Pts: Lorenzo, Pietrapina 12Pts: Thaureaux 14
Rio de Janeiro
22 October
21:30
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg3831Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Scoring by half: 16–20, 22–11
Pts: Macquire 13Pts: Barrenechea 14
Rio de Janeiro
23 October
20:00
Mexico  Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg4948Flag of Argentina (civil).svg  Argentina
Scoring by half: 23–24, 26–24
Pts: García 19Pts: Lorenzo 17
Rio de Janeiro
23 October
21:30
Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg3150Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Scoring by half: 23–23, 8–27
Pts: Buergo, de Dios 6Pts: Barrenechea 15
Rio de Janeiro

Final round

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States 660366280+8612
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 651365292+7311
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 642394319+7510
Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil 633324365419
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 624297317208
Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg  Paraguay 615274338647
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 6062873961096
17 October
20:00
Chile  Flag of Chile.svg4676Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 19–30, 27–46
Pts: Pauchard 20Pts: Mubalokova 22
17 October
21:30
Brazil  Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg4846Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg  Paraguay
Scoring by half: 25–27, 23–19
Pts: Ramos 11Pts: Nuñez 22
Rio de Janeiro
18 October
20:00
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg6738Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Scoring by half:36–19, 31–19
Pts: Kostikova 22Pts: Pauchard 15
Rio de Janeiro
18 October
21:30
United States  Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg5146Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Scoring by half: 27–29, 24–17
Pts: Sipes 15Pts: Parti 16
Rio de Janeiro
19 October
20:00
Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg6847Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg  Paraguay
Scoring by half:30–22, 38–25
Pts: Mazlova-Adamirova 25Pts: Nuñez 18
Rio de Janeiro
19 October
21:30
Brazil  Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg4467Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
Scoring by half: 21–33, 23–34
Pts: Bento 9Pts: White 28
Rio de Janeiro
20 October
19:00
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg6949Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg  Paraguay
Scoring by half:36–22, 33–27
Pts: Maksimelenova 15Pts: Nuñez 24
Rio de Janeiro
20 October
20:00
Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg5761Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 28–30, 29–31
Pts: Mazlova-Adamirova 14Pts: Maksimelenova 19
Rio de Janeiro
20 October
20:30
Brazil  Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg6664Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Scoring by half:36–30, 30–34
Pts: Bento 26Pts: Velasquez 29
Rio de Janeiro
20 October
22:00
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg3455Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 13–25, 21–30
Pts: Matay 8Pts: Mazlova-Adamirova 18
Rio de Janeiro
21 October
20:00
Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg4643Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Scoring by half: 22–23, 24–20
Pts: Nuñez 21Pts: Velasquez 17
Rio de Janeiro
21 October
21:30
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg5364Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 26–32, 27–32
Pts: Schneider 25Pts: Jarosevskaya 14
Rio de Janeiro
22 October
20:00
United States  Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg7647Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Scoring by half:40–17, 36–30
Pts: White 18Pts: Velasquez 17
Rio de Janeiro
22 October
21:30
Brazil  Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg4456Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Scoring by half:24–20, 20–36
Pts: Cardozo 10Pts: Maksimelenova 19
Rio de Janeiro
23 October
20:00
Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg4650Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Scoring by half: 25–28, 21–22
Pts: Nuñez 27Pts: Parti 17
Rio de Janeiro
23 October
21:30
United States  Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg6155Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half:30–24, 31–31
Pts: Crawford 15Pts: Mubalokova 21
Rio de Janeiro
24 October
21:30
Brazil  Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg5249Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Scoring by half:25–24, 27–25
Pts: Campos 21Pts: Schneider 10
Rio de Janeiro
25 October
20:00
Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg4060Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
Scoring by half: 8–36, 23–24
Pts: Nuñez 21Pts: Sipes 27
Rio de Janeiro
25 October
21:30
Chile  Flag of Chile.svg4965Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Scoring by half: 30–36, 19–29
Pts: Silva 15Pts: Schneider 23
Rio de Janeiro
26 October
20:00
United States  Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg5148Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 24–27, 27–21
Pts: Sipes 18Pts: Jarosevskaya 15
Rio de Janeiro
26 October
21:30
Brazil  Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg7083Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half:33–28, 37–55
Pts: Bento 27Pts: Mazlova-Adamirova 26
Rio de Janeiro

Final standings

RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States 8–1
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 7–1
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 7–2
4Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil 3–3
5Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 5–4
6Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg  Paraguay 2–6
7Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 2–7
8Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 5–2
9Flag of Argentina (civil).svg  Argentina 4–3
10Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2–4
10Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1–6
10Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 0–7

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