The 1957 FIBA World Championship for Women (Portuguese:Campeonato Mundial Feminino da Fiba de 1957) was the second

FIBA World Championship for Women The FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, also known as the Basketball World Cup for Women or simply the FIBA Women's World Cup, is an international basketball tournament for women's national teams held quadrennially. It was created by the Internati ...

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championship held by

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. It was held in

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between 13 October and 26 October 1957. Twelve national teams entered the event under the auspices of

, the sport's governing body. The city of

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hosted the tournament. The

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won its second title after finishing in first place in the second round.

Format

*In the preliminary round teams were split into three round-robin groups, two of four teams and one of three teams. The top two teams from each group advanced to the final round. Hosts

advanced to the final round directly. *The teams that did not reach the final round, played in the classification round, which consisted of a round-robin group of five teams to define eighth through twelfth places in the final standings. *In the final, a seven-team round-robin group was formed to compete for the championship and second through seventh places in the final standings.

Preliminary round

:''Times given below are in Brasília time ( UTC−3).''

Group A

Group B

Group C

Classification round

Final round

Final standings

References

Results
2009-05-20)

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