Basketball, Men

Competition 1954 World Men Basketball Championships
Venue Rio de Janeiro BRA
Held 23 October – 5 November 1954
Status Medal
Competitors 146
Countries 12
Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
🥇 United States USA 9 0 0
August Heineman / Bertram Born / Richard Gott / Forrest Hamilton / William Johnson / Allen Kelley / Kirby Minter / Donald Penwell / Richard Retherford / Kendall Sheets / Edward Solomon / Joseph Stratton
🥈 Brazil BRA 8 0 1
Godinho / Bombarda / Angelim / José Henrique De Carli / Almir / Algodão / Mário Jorge / Mayr Facci / Thales / Fausto / Jamil Gedeão / Wlamir Marques / Amaury / Alfredo da Motta
🥉 Philippines PHI 6 0 3
Bayani Amador / Rafael Barretto / Florentino Bautista / Napoleón Flores / Benjamin Francisco / Tony Genato / Carlos Loyzaga / Mon Manulat / Lauro Mumar / Francisco Rabat / Pons Saldaña / Mariano Tolentino
4 France FRA 4 0 5
Roger Antoine / Louis Bertorelle / Jean-Paul Beugnot / André Buffiere / Jacques Dessemme / Jacques Freimuller / Yves Gominon / Henri Grange / Roger Haudegand / Robert Monclar / Jean Perniceni / Henri Rey / André Schlupp / Robert Zagury
5 Chinese Taipei TPE 3 0 6
Hoo Cha-Pen / Hua-Qing Yao / Ling Jing-Huan / Lai Lam-Kwong / Edward Lee / Joachim Poon / Tong Suet-Fong / James Yap / Ng Yet-Ang / Wang Yih-Jiun
6 Uruguay URU 4 0 5
Martín Acosta y Lara / Enrique Baliño / Héctor Costa / Nelson Demarco / Héctor García / Julio César Gully / Adesio Lombardo / Roberto Lovera / Sergio Matto / Raúl Mera / Óscar Moglia / Carlos Roselló / Manuel Usher / Omar Zubillaga
7 Canada CAN 3 0 6
Roy Burkett / Kenneth Callis / Doug Gresham / George Oelkers / Herbert Olafsson / Wally Parobec / Carl Ridd / Andy Spack / Michael Spack / Ralph Watts
8 Israel ISR 2 0 7
Freddy Cohen / Dan Erez / Reuben Perach / Yehuda Gafni / Mordechai Hefez / Ralph Klein / Daniel Levy / Azriel Luboshitz / Zacharia Ofri / Shimon Shelah / Abraham Shneior / Israel Tavil
9 Paraguay PAR 3 0 2
Federico Abente / Óscar Amarilla / Gustavo Bendlin / Jorge Bogado / Reinaldo Calcena / Antonio Coscia / José Gorostiaga / Aristides Isusi / Oswaldo Mongelós / Rubén Olavarrieta / Francisco Yegros / Antonio Zapattini
10 Chile CHI 3 0 2
Pedro Araya / Salomón Awad / Rolando Etchepare / Dante Gianoni / Emilio Raúl López / Víctor Mahaña / Juan Ostoic / Hernán Raffo / Milenko Skoknic / Antonio Torres / Raúl Urra / Juan Zitko
11 Yugoslavia YUG 1 0 4
Đorđe Andrijašević / Milan Bjegojević / Milan Bjegojević / Aleksandar Blašković / Borislav Ćurčić / Lajos Engler / Dragan Godžić / Đorđe Konjović / Boris Kristančič / Vilmoš Lóczi / Mirko Marjanović / Bogdan Müller
12 Peru PER 0 0 5
Álvaro Castro / José Chocano / Virgilio Drago / Jorge Ferreyros / Eduardo Fiestas / Isaac Loveday / Amalfi Lucioni / Aurelio Moreyra / José Vizcarra / Víctor Obando / Rodolfo Salas / Hernán Sánchez / Guillermo Toro

Preliminary Round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Brazil BRA 2 0 0 4
2 Philippines PHI 1 0 1 3
3 Paraguay PAR 0 0 2 2

Matches

Paraguay PAR 52-64 Philippines PHI
Brazil BRA 99-62 Philippines PHI
Paraguay PAR 52-61 Brazil BRA

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 United States USA 2 0 0 4
2 Canada CAN 1 0 1 3
3 Peru PER 0 0 2 2

Matches

Canada CAN 37-59 United States USA
Peru PER 51-73 United States USA
Canada CAN 66-58 Peru PER

Group C

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Uruguay URU 2 0 0 4
2 France FRA 1 0 1 3
3 Yugoslavia YUG 0 0 2 2

Matches

Uruguay URU 51-51 (4-1)
After Extra Time
Yugoslavia YUG
France FRA 67-60 Yugoslavia YUG
France FRA 46-58 Uruguay URU

Group D

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Chinese Taipei TPE 1 0 1 3
2 Israel ISR 1 0 1 3
3 Chile CHI 1 0 1 3

Matches

Chinese Taipei TPE 49-45 Israel ISR
Chinese Taipei TPE 66-68 Chile CHI
Israel ISR 55-49 Chile CHI

Final

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 United States USA 7 0 0 14
2 Brazil BRA 6 0 1 13
3 Philippines PHI 5 0 2 12
4 France FRA 3 0 4 10
5 Chinese Taipei TPE 2 0 5 9
6 Uruguay URU 2 0 5 9
7 Canada CAN 2 0 5 9
8 Israel ISR 1 0 6 8

Matches

France FRA 57-49 Uruguay URU
Chinese Taipei TPE 44-61 Brazil BRA
Canada CAN 50-43 Israel ISR
United States USA 56-43 Philippines PHI
France FRA 49-70 United States USA
Uruguay URU 66-67 Canada CAN
Israel ISR 46-68 Brazil BRA
Chinese Taipei TPE 38-48 Philippines PHI
Uruguay URU 59-64 United States USA
Canada CAN 67-82 Brazil BRA
France FRA 58-48 Chinese Taipei TPE
Canada CAN 50-84 United States USA
Israel ISR 56-90 Philippines PHI
France FRA 43-43 (2-5)
After Extra Time
Israel ISR
Chinese Taipei TPE 62-67 Uruguay URU
Brazil BRA 57-41 Philippines PHI
France FRA 36-49 Brazil BRA
Chinese Taipei TPE 28-72 United States USA
Canada CAN 76-83 Philippines PHI
France FRA 60.66 Philippines PHI
Chinese Taipei TPE 74-61 Canada CAN
Uruguay URU 73-69 Israel ISR
France FRA 66-62 Canada CAN
Uruguay URU 45-60 Brazil BRA
Israel ISR 30-74 United States USA
Chinese Taipei TPE 51-38 Israel ISR
Uruguay URU 63-67 Philippines PHI
United States USA 62-41 Brazil BRA

Classification Round

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
9 Paraguay PAR 3 0 0 6
10 Chile CHI 2 0 1 5
11 Yugoslavia YUG 1 0 2 4
12 Peru PER 0 0 3 3

Matches

Paraguay PAR 66-58 Peru PER
Chile CHI 70-62 Yugoslavia YUG
Paraguay PAR 60-57 Chile CHI
Yugoslavia YUG 81-81 (5-3)
After Extra Time
Peru PER
Paraguay PAR 67-62 Yugoslavia YUG
Chile CHI 52-48 Peru PER