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South American Basketball Championship The South American Basketball Championship, or FIBA South American Championship, is the main FIBA tournament for men's national teams from South America's region of FIBA Americas. The tournament was first played in 1930. The tournament often has ...

1963 was the 19th edition of this regional tournament. It was held from February 14 to March 4 in

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. Nine teams competed.

Results

The final standings were determined by a round robin, where the 9 teams played against each other once.

References

FIBA Archive
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