Basketball, Men

Competition 1963 World Men Basketball Championships
Venue various cities BRA
Held 12 – 25 May 1963
Status Medal
Competitors 156
Countries 13

BRA as host was seeded automatically to the Final Round.

Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
🥇 Brazil BRA 6 0 0
Waldemar Blatskauskas / Fritz / Rosa Branca / Mosquito / Wlamir Marques / Luiz Menon / Victor Mirshawka / Paulista / Amaury / Bira / Succar / Jatyr
🥈 Yugoslavia YUG 8 0 1
Vital Eiselt / Vladimir Cvetković / Ivo Daneu / Slobodan Gordić / Josip Gjergja / Nemanja Đurić / Radivoj Korać / Dragan Kovačić / Miodrag Nikolić / Zvonko Petričević / Trajko Rajković / Dragoslav Ražnatović
🥉 Soviet Union URS 7 0 2
Vadim Gladun / Vyacheslav Khrynin / Leonid Ivanov / Juris Kalniņš / Yury Korneyev / Anzor Lezhava / Guram Minashvili / Aleksandr Petrov / Aleksandr Travin / Vladimer Ugrekhelidze / Gennady Volnov / Viktor Zubkov
4 United States USA 6 0 3
Bunk Adams / Charles Bowerman / Vincent Ernst / Melvin Gibson / Luke Jackson / Donald Kojis / Pete McCaffrey / Melvin Peterson / Willis Reed / Jerry Shipp / Edgar Smallwood / Walter Torrence
5 France FRA 4 0 5
Christian Baltzer / Jean Degros / Max Dorigo / Alain Gilles / Henri Grange / Michel Le Ray / Jean-Claude Lefèbvre / Bernard Mayeur / Michel Rat / Jean-Baptiste Ré / Raphaël Ruiz / Jean-Daniel Vinson
6 Puerto Rico PUR 3 0 6
Eduardo Álvarez / Juan Ramón Báez / César Bocachica / Ángel Cancel / Salvador Dijols / Evelio Droz / Tomás Gutiérrez / Bill McCadney / Ramón Siragusa / Armando Torres / Rafael Valle / Juan Vicéns
7 Italy ITA 2 0 7
Franco Bertini / Giambattista Cescutti / Vittorio Del Pozzo / Guido Gatti / Giovanni Gavagnin / Augusto Giomo / Gianfranco Lombardi / Massimo Masini / Giusto Pellanera / Alessandro Riminucci / Gabriele Vianello / Paolo Vittori
8 Argentina ARG 4 0 4
Arturo Cacciamani / Gustavo Chazarreta / Alberto Desimone / Zoilo Domínguez / Atilio Fruet / Víctor LeBihan / Carlos Lutringer / Gregorio Moreno / Hugo Oliva / Samuel Oliva / Antonio Tozzi / Alfredo Tulli
9 Mexico MEX 4 0 4
Humberto Camero / Jaime Castillo / Luis Grajeda / Rafael Heredia / Rubén Izzaguirre / Mario Peña / Rico Pontvianne / Carlos Quintanar / Manuel Raga / Guillermo Torres / Carlos Vega / Urbano Zea
10 Uruguay URU 4 0 4
Carlos Blixen / Atilio Caneiro / Édison Ciavattone / Ramiro de León / Francisco di Matteo / Manuel Gadea / Julio César Gómez / Óscar Ledesma / Walter Márquez / Sergio Pisano / Waldemar Rial / Álvaro Roca
11 Canada CAN 3 0 5
Harry Blacker / Neil Dirom / Gordon Fester / Ken Galanchuk / Bob Inglis / Ken Larsen / John Lilja / Bill McDonald / Lance Stephens / Logan Tait / Dave Way / Allen West
12 Peru PER 2 0 6
Óscar Benalcázar / Fernando Claudet / Enrique Duarte / Raúl Duarte / Ricardo Duarte / Luis Gusmán / Ernesto Potestá / Francisco Saldarriaga / Antonio Sangio / Tomás Sangio / Óscar Sevilla / Jorge Vargas
13 Japan JPN 1 0 7
Yashikuni Awano / Yoshitaka Egawa / Fumihiko Moroyama / Takashi Masuda / Kunihiko Nakamura / Setsuo Nara / Keizo Okayama / Yasukuni Oshima / Masashi Shiga / Katsuji Tsunoda / Kaoru Wakabayashi / Isamu Yamaguchi

Preliminary Round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Soviet Union URS 3 0 0 6
2 France FRA 2 0 1 5
3 Uruguay URU 1 0 2 4
4 Canada CAN 0 0 3 3

Matches

France FRA 64-54 Uruguay URU
Canada CAN 45-58 Soviet Union URS
France FRA 57-70 Soviet Union URS
Uruguay URU 66-56 Canada CAN
France FRA 79-57 Canada CAN
Uruguay URU 75-94 Soviet Union URS

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Yugoslavia YUG 3 0 0 6
2 Puerto Rico PUR 2 0 1 5
3 Japan JPN 1 0 2 4
4 Peru PER 0 0 3 3

Matches

Puerto Rico PUR 86-65 Japan JPN
Peru PER 67-84 Yugoslavia YUG
Puerto Rico PUR 70-64 Peru PER
Japan JPN 63-95 Yugoslavia YUG
Puerto Rico PUR 78-83 Yugoslavia YUG
Peru PER 50-70 Japan JPN

Group C

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 United States USA 3 0 0 6
2 Italy ITA 2 0 1 5
3 Mexico MEX 1 0 2 4
4 Argentina ARG 0 0 3 3

Matches

United States USA 88-74 Mexico MEX
Italy ITA 91-73 Argentina ARG
United States USA 81-51 Argentina ARG
Italy ITA 90-82 Mexico MEX
United States USA 87-77 Italy ITA
Argentina ARG 82-84 Mexico MEX

Final

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Brazil BRA 6 0 0 12
2 Yugoslavia YUG 5 0 1 11
3 Soviet Union URS 4 0 2 10
4 United States USA 3 0 3 9
5 France FRA 2 0 4 8
6 Puerto Rico PUR 1 0 5 7
7 Italy ITA 0 0 6 6

Matches

United States USA 73-75 Yugoslavia YUG
France FRA 48-58 Soviet Union URS
Puerto Rico PUR 55-62 Brazil BRA
United States USA 81-61 France FRA
Puerto Rico PUR 57-73 Yugoslavia YUG
Italy ITA 62-81 Brazil BRA
United States USA 74-75 Soviet Union URS
France FRA 67-60 Puerto Rico PUR
Italy ITA 74-85 Yugoslavia YUG
France FRA 67-63 Italy ITA
Puerto Rico PUR 55-64 Soviet Union URS
Brazil BRA 90-71 Yugoslavia YUG
United States USA 88-64 Puerto Rico PUR
France FRA 63-77 Brazil BRA
Italy ITA 63-83 Soviet Union URS
United States USA 101-73 Italy ITA
France FRA 63-99 Yugoslavia YUG
Brazil BRA 90-79 Soviet Union URS
United States USA 81-85 Brazil BRA
Puerto Rico PUR 75-72 Italy ITA
Yugoslavia YUG 69-67 Soviet Union URS

Classification Round

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
8 Argentina ARG 4 0 1 9
9 Mexico MEX 3 0 2 8
10 Uruguay URU 3 0 2 8
11 Canada CAN 3 0 2 8
12 Peru PER 2 0 3 7
13 Japan JPN 0 0 5 5

Matches

Argentina ARG 88-86 Mexico MEX
Uruguay URU 79-63 Japan JPN
Canada CAN 52-52 (7-14)
After Extra Time 		Peru PER
Argentina ARG 103-85 Japan JPN
Mexico MEX 72-57 Peru PER
Uruguay URU 71-73 Canada CAN
Argentina ARG 77-82 Canada CAN
Mexico MEX 71-70 Japan JPN
Uruguay URU 67-66 Peru PER
Argentina ARG 97-83 Uruguay URU
Mexico MEX 87-73 Canada CAN
Peru PER 95-85 Japan JPN
Argentina ARG 75-75 (9-3)
After Extra Time 		Peru PER
Mexico MEX 73-76 Uruguay URU
Canada CAN 78-74 Japan JPN