The 1932 South American Basketball Championship was the 2nd edition of this regional tournament. It was held in

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

and won by

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

Final rankings

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Results

Preliminary round

Each team played the other two teams twice apiece, for a total of four games played by each team. Uruguay's loss to Chile was its first defeat; nevertheless it took the top seed in the preliminary round.

Final

As Uruguay and Chile finished level on points, a play-off match for the championship was required. Uruguay won the final to claim its second South American title.

External links

FIBA.com archive for SAC1932
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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 ...