The 1950 FIBA World Championship, also called the 1st World Basketball Championship – 1950, was an international

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tournament held by the

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Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

, from 22 October to 3 November 1950. Ten nations participated in the inaugural tournament. All competition was held at the

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claimed the gold medal, by beating the

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64–50.

Venues

Competing nations

FIBA determined the requirements to qualify for the World Championship as follows: the three best teams in the previous Olympic tournament (

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and the

), the two best teams from South America (

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 ...

and

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 ...

, the top two teams in the 1949 South American Basketball Championship), Europe (

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

, the winner of

EuroBasket 1949 The 1949 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1949, was the sixth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Seven national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took par ...

) and Asia (South Korea), plus the host country (Argentina). As South Korea withdrew due to travel difficulties, and Uruguay withdrew after being refused visas to enter Argentina, FIBA extended invitations to

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

and

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Preliminary rounds

First phase

*Egypt and Peru advance to the second preliminary phase. *Ecuador and Yugoslavia advance to the first repass round.

Second phase

*Argentina, Brazil, Egypt and USA advance to the final round. *Chile and France advance to the first repass round *Peru and Spain advance to the second repass round.

Repass rounds

First phase

*Chile and France advance to the second phase. *Ecuador and Yugoslavia are relegated to the classification round.

Second phase

*Chile and France advance to the final round. *Peru and Spain are relegated to the classification round.

Classification round

Final round

Awards

Final rankings

Team rosters

Source
FIBA archive
#Argentina: 8. Óscar Furlong, 11. Ricardo González, 3. Pedro Bustos, 5.

Leopoldo Contarbio Leopoldo ("Pichón") Contarbio (April 29, 1927 – August 24, 1993) was an Argentine basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Buenos Aires. In 1948 he was a member of the Ar ...

, 4. Hugo del Vecchio, 7.Vito Liva, 14. Alberto López, 10. Rubén Menini, 13. Omar Monza, 6. Raúl Pérez Varela, 12. Juan Carlos Uder, 9. Roberto Viau (Coach: Jorge Hugo Canavesi – Casimiro González Trilla]) #USA: 20. John Stanich, 66.Bob Fisher, 75.Bryce Heffley, 55.Thomas Jaquet, 33.Dan Kahler, 19.John Langdon, 40.Les Metzger, 44. J. L. Parks, 22.Jimmy Reese, 16.Don Slocum, 77. Blake Williams (Coach: Gordon Carpenter) #Chile:

Rufino Bernedo Rufino "Chico" Bernedo Zorzano (21 December 1926 – 3 February 2006) was a Chilean basketball player. At a height of 1.72 m (5'7 ") tall, he played at the small forward position. He is generally considered to be the best Chilean basketbal ...

, Pedro Araya, Eduardo Cordero, Mariano Fernández,

Exequiel Figueroa Exequiel Fernando Figueroa Reyes (1924 – 28 December 2005) was a Chilean basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset ...

Juan José Gallo Juan José Gallo Chinchilla (18 October 1924 – 10 June 2003) was a Chilean basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialais ...

, Raúl López, Luis Enrique Marmentini,

Juan Ostoic Juan Benito Ostoic Ostojic (21 March 1931 – 25 June 2020), known as Juan Ostoic, was a Chilean basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics. After his playing career, Ost ...

Hernán Ramos Hernán Ramos Muñoz (born 29 April 1929) is a Chilean basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially ...

, Marcos Sánchez,

Víctor Mahana Víctor is a Spanish masculine given name, equivalent to Victor in English and Vítor in Portuguese. Notable people with the given name include: * Víctor Cabrera (Argentine footballer) * Víctor Cabrera (Chilean footballer) * Víctor Hugo Cabre ...

(Coach: Kenneth Davidson) #Brazil: 45. Zenny de Azevedo "Algodão", 46. Ruy de Freitas, 44.

Alfredo da Motta Alfredo Rodrigues da Motta (12 January 1921 – 22 April 1998) was a Brazilian basketball player, who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. There he won the bronze medal with the men's national team. He was born in Rio ...

, 48.Paulo Rodrigues Siqueira "Montanha", 42.Hélio Marques Pereira "Godinho", 46.Celso dos Santos, 47.Plutão de Macedo, 49.Sebastião Amorim Gimenez "Tiao", 50. Thales Monteiro, 51.

Alexandre Gemignani Alexandre Gemignani (June 26, 1925 – March 8, 1998) was a Brazilian basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. There he won the bronze medal with the national team under the guidance of head coach Moacyr Daiuto. He was bor ...

, Milton Santos Marques "Miltinho", 53.Ângelo Bonfietti "Angelim" (Coach:

Moacyr Brondi Daiuto Moacyr Brondi Daiuto, commonly known as Moacyr Daiuto (July 19, 1915 – 1994) was a Brazilian basketball coach, who guided the men's national team to the bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. As an assistant-coa ...

)

All-Tournament Team

Oscar Furlong Oscar Alberto Furlong Chretienneau (22 October 1927 – 11 June 2018) was an Argentine basketball player, and tennis player and coach. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As a basketball player, he was a FIBA World Cup champion in 1950, wh ...

(Argentina) * John Stanich (USA) *

(Chile) * Álvaro Salvadores (Spain) * Ricardo González (Argentina)

Top scorers

# Álvaro Salvadores (Spain) 13.8 # Fortunato Muñoz (Ecuador) 13.2 # Alfredo Arroyave (Ecuador) 11.4 # Óscar Furlong (Argentina) 11.2 #

(Chile) 10.8 # Ricardo González (Argentina) 10.7 # Eduardo Kucharski González (Spain) 9.8 #

Hussein Kamel Montasser Hussain Montassir (2 March 1923 – 14 February 1992) was an Egyptian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; ...

(Egypt) 8.8 # Eduardo Fiestas (Peru) 8.7 #

Alberto Fernández Alberto Ángel Fernández (; born 2 April 1959) is an Argentine politician, lawyer and professor, serving as president of Argentina since 2019. Born in Buenos Aires, Fernández attended the University of Buenos Aires, where he earned his law ...

(Peru) 8.2

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Results

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