1963 FIBA World Championship

The 1963 FIBA World Championship was the 4th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The competition was hosted by Brazil from 12 to 25 May 1963.

1963 FIBA World Championship
FIBA Campeonato Mundial de Basquetebol Masculino de 1963
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates12–25 May
Officially opened byJoão Goulart
Teams13 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up Yugoslavia
Third place Soviet Union
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Games played54
MVPBrazil Wlamir Marques
Top scorerPeru Ricardo Duarte
(23.1 points per game)

The Philippines was originally supposed to host the tournament but FIBA revoked hosting rights after the country refused to grant visas to players from communist countries. Brazil being the defending Champion and a previous host, fairly managed to re-host the Championship from 12 to 25 May 1963 and won the 1st back to back title with just six (6) games by seeding the well-rested host team in the final round only.

Background

The Philippines was supposed to host the FIBA World Championship in 1962 but FIBA revoked hosting rights after the government of then President Diosdado Macapagal, refused to grant visas to players and officials of socialists countries including Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union.[1][2]

The FIBA World Championship was held in 1963 in Brazil.

Competing nations
Event Date Location Berths Qualified
Original Host nation 0  Philippines
1959 FIBA World Championship/Host nation 16–31 January 1959 Chile Chile 1  Brazil
1960 Summer Olympics 26 August–10 September 1960 Italy Rome 1  United States
EuroBasket 1961 29 April–8 May 1961 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Beograd 3  Soviet Union
 Yugoslavia
 France
South American Basketball Championship 1961 20–30 April 1961 Brazil Rio de Janeiro 3  Peru
 Uruguay
 Argentina
Wild cards 5  Canada
 Mexico
 Puerto Rico
 Italy
 Japan

Suspension
  • FIBA suspended the original host country Philippines after Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal refused to allow players from Yugoslavia and other communist countries to enter the host country. Brazil being the defending Champion and a previous host, fairly managed to re-host the Championship. Later, the Philippines, despite being the Asian champion, was forced to play in a pre-Olympic tournament in order to qualify in the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Competition format
  • Preliminary round: Three groups of four teams play each other once; top two teams progress to the final round, bottom two teams relegated to classification round.
  • Classification round: All bottom two teams from preliminary round group play each other once. The team with the best record is ranked eighth; the worst is ranked 13th.
  • Final round: All top two teams from preliminary round group, the 1960 Olympic champion, and the host team play each other once. The team with the best record wins the championship.

Preliminary round

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union 3 3 0 222 177 +45 6 Final round
2  France 3 2 1 200 181 +19 5
3  Uruguay 3 1 2 195 214 −19 4 Classification round
4  Canada 3 0 3 158 203 −45 3
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
12 May
France  64–54  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 19-25, 45-29
12 May
Soviet Union  58–45  Canada
Scoring by half: 27-24, 31-21
13 May
Canada  56–66  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 27-25, 29-41
13 May
France  57–70  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 30-28, 27-42
14 May
Canada  57–79  France
Scoring by half: 25-28, 32-51
14 May
Uruguay  75–94  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 30-39, 45-55

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Yugoslavia 3 3 0 262 208 +54 6 Final round
2  Puerto Rico 3 2 1 234 212 +22 5
3  Japan 3 1 2 198 231 −33 4 Classification round
4  Peru 3 0 3 181 224 −43 3
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
12 May
Yugoslavia  84–67  Peru
Scoring by half: 30-42, 54-25
12 May
Puerto Rico  86–65  Japan
Scoring by half: 33-33, 53-32
13 May
Puerto Rico  70–64  Peru
Scoring by half: 45-33, 25-31
13 May
Japan  63–95  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 24-37, 39-58
14 May
Peru  50–70  Japan
Scoring by half: 17-41, 33-29
14 May
Puerto Rico  78–83  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 35-42, 43-41

Group C
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 256 202 +54 6 Final round
2  Italy 3 2 1 258 242 +16 5
3  Mexico 3 1 2 240 260 −20 4 Classification round
4  Argentina 3 0 3 206 256 −50 3
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
12 May
United States  88–74  Mexico
Scoring by half: 41-42, 47-32
12 May
Italy  91–73  Argentina
Scoring by half: 42-34, 49-39
13 May
Mexico  82–90  Italy
Scoring by half: 44-36, 38-54
13 May
Argentina  51–81  United States
Scoring by half: 26-43, 25-38
14 May
Mexico  84–82  Argentina
Scoring by half: 42-53, 42-29
14 May
United States  87–77  Italy
Scoring by half: 42-34, 45-43

Classification round
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
8  Argentina 5 4 1 449 414 +35 9
9  Mexico 5 3 2 389 364 +25 8[lower-alpha 1]
10  Uruguay 5 3 2 376 372 +4 8[lower-alpha 1]
11  Canada 5 3 2 365 375 −10 8[lower-alpha 1]
12  Peru 5 2 3 362 367 −5 7
13  Japan 5 0 5 377 426 −49 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Mexico 1–1 (1.07 GAvg), Uruguay 1–1 (1.01 GAvg), Canada 1–1 (0.92 GAvg)
16 May
Argentina  88–86  Mexico
Scoring by half: 41-40, 47-46
16 May
Peru  66–59 (OT)  Canada
Scoring by half: 32-24, 20-28 Overtime: 14-7
17 May
Japan  63–79  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 30-42, 33-37
17 May
Peru  57–72  Mexico
Scoring by half: 27-34, 30-38
18 May
Argentina  103–85  Japan
Scoring by half: 58-39, 45-46
18 May
Canada  73–71  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 34-30, 39-41
19 May
Peru  66–67  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 34-29, 32-38
20 May
Canada  82–77  Argentina
Scoring by half: 51-34, 31-43
20 May
Mexico  71–70  Japan
Scoring by half: 35-36, 36-34
21 May
Peru  95–85  Japan
Scoring by half: 53-46, 42-39
21 May
Argentina  97–83  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 46-45, 51-38
22 May
Peru  78–84 (OT)  Argentina
Scoring by half: 38-36, 37-39 Overtime: 3-9
22 May
Mexico  87–73  Canada
Scoring by half: 38-32, 49-41
23 May
Japan  74–78  Canada
Scoring by half: 41-42, 33-36
23 May
Uruguay  76–73  Mexico
Scoring by half: 42-33, 34-40

Final round
Yugoslavia's Radivoj Korać versus USA's Ed Smallwood in the Final round. Yugoslavia won the contest 75–73.
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Brazil (C, H) 6 6 0 485 411 +74 12
2  Yugoslavia 6 5 1 472 424 +48 11
3  Soviet Union 6 4 2 426 399 +27 10
4  United States 6 3 3 498 433 +65 9
5  France 6 2 4 369 438 −69 8
6  Puerto Rico 6 1 5 366 426 −60 7
7  Italy 6 0 6 407 492 −85 6
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
16 May
Soviet Union  58–48  France
Scoring by half: 25-23, 33-25
16 May
United States  73–75  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 32-30, 41-45
16 May
Brazil  62–55  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 25-27, 37-28
17 May
Yugoslavia  73–57  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 34-32, 39-25
17 May
United States  81–61  France
Scoring by half: 36-35, 45-26
17 May
Brazil  81–62  Italy
Scoring by half: 40-24, 41-38
18 May
Puerto Rico  60–67  France
Scoring by half: 27-28, 33-39
18 May
Yugoslavia  85–74  Italy
Scoring by half: 34-36, 51-38
18 May
United States  74–75  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 40-34, 34-41
20 May
France  67–63  Italy
Scoring by half: 30-24, 37-39
20 May
Yugoslavia  71–90  Brazil
Scoring by half: 27-51, 44-39
21 May
Puerto Rico  55–64  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 18-29, 37-35
21 May
France  63–77  Brazil
Scoring by half: 31-38, 32-39
22 May
Italy  63–83  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 28-48, 35-35
22 May
Puerto Rico  64–88  United States
Scoring by half: 26-33, 38-55
23 May
Italy  73–101  United States
Scoring by half: 28-59, 45-42
23 May
Soviet Union  79–90  Brazil
Scoring by half: 42-43, 37-47
24 May
Italy  72–75  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 31-42, 41-33
24 May
France  63–99  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 33-46, 30-53
25 May
Soviet Union  67–69  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 28-34, 39-35
25 May
Brazil  85–81  United States
Scoring by half: 39-39, 46-42

Awards
 1963 World Championship winner 

Brazil
Second title
Most Valuable Player
Brazil Wlamir Marques

Final standings
RankTeamRecord
1  Brazil6–0
2  Yugoslavia8–1
3  Soviet Union7–2
4  United States6–3
5  France4–5
6  Puerto Rico3–6
7  Italy2–7
8  Argentina4–4
9  Mexico4–4
10  Uruguay4–4
11  Canada3–5
12  Peru2–6
13  Japan1–7
—  PhilippinesSuspended

All-Tournament Team
Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team

Top scorers (ppg)
  1. Ricardo Duarte (Peru) 23.1
  2. Aleksander Petrov (USSR) 17.6
  3. Luis Enrique Grajeda (Mexico) 17.5
  4. Radivoj Korać (Yugoslavia) 16.8
  5. Maxime Dorigo (France) 16.8
  6. Alfredo Tulli (Argentina) 16.1
  7. Alberto Desimone (Argentina) 16
  8. Rafael Valle (Puerto Rico) 15.8
  9. Nemanja Đurić (Yugoslavia) 14.6
  10. Paolo Vittori (Italy) 14.3

References
  1. Ramirez, Bert (4 August 2014). "Looking back: The 1978 World Basketball Championship in Manila (Part I)". Rappler. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. "A roundup of the sports information of the week". Sports Illustrated. 17 December 1962. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
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