The 1950 World Basketball Championship is the first men's world basketball championship. Passed in the city of Buenos Aires ( Argentina ) from October 22 to November 3, 1950 .
| 1950 World Cup | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st World Championship on basketball | ||
| Tournament details | ||
| Location |  Argentina | |
| the date of the | October 22 - November 3 | |
| Teams | 10 (from 2 federations) | |
| Stadiums | 1 (in 1 city) | |
 Champion | Argentina (1st title) | |
| Tournament statistics | ||
| Players | Team | |
| Glasses | ||
| Rebounds | ||
| Gears | ||
1954 → | ||
Content
History
The decision to hold the men's world championships in basketball was taken at the FIBA congress during the 1948 Olympics in London . Only 2 years later, choosing a country that was Argentina , gathered 10 national teams, where the host country and won first place.
Commands
Championship participants were determined by the FIBA World Congress in 1948 . The tournament was supposed to take part: the organizing country ( Argentina ), three Olympic medalists of 1948 ( USA , France and Brazil ), European champion of 1949 ( Egypt ), two best teams of the South American championship of 1949 ( Uruguay and Chile [1] ), the two best countries of the qualifying European tournament, held in January 1950 in Nice ( Italy and Spain ) and one team by decision of the organizing country ( Ecuador ).
Italy refused to travel to Argentina for financial reasons and was replaced by Yugoslavia , which ranked third in the qualifying European tournament. Uruguay for political reasons was not allowed into the country by the organizers, and was replaced by the national team of Peru . One of the strongest on the European continent - the USSR national team - was not allowed to the championship because it did not participate in the 1949 European Championship. The teams of Spain and France traveled to the site of the world championship for 36 hours and did not have time for the opening ceremony.
10 teams took part in the championship. The first world basketball champion was the Argentina national team, which defeated the 1948 Olympic champion of the USA team [2] .
Tournament Rules
The number of participants was inconvenient for a simple competition system. To determine the six finalists, preliminary games were held, which for the first and last time passed through the Olympic system. As a result, two groups were formed. One - for 1–6 places, the second - for 7–10 places.
Qualifying games
1st round
| October 22, 1950 | |||
| Peru | 33-27 | Yugoslavia | |
| Egypt | 43-37 | Ecuador |
2nd round
| October 23, 1950 | |||
| USA | 37-33 | Chile | |
| Argentina | 56-40 | France | |
| October 23, 1950 | |||
| Peru | 33-40 | Brazil | |
| Egypt | 57-56 | Spain |
Additional qualifying games
1st round
| October 24, 1950 | |||
| Chile | 40-24 | Yugoslavia | |
| Ecuador | 43-48 | France |
2nd round
| October 25, 1950 | |||
| Spain | 40-54 | Chile | |
| France | 49-46 (FROM) | Peru |
7–10 place games
| # | Team | ABOUT | AT | P | MOH | MP | Goal difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Peru | 6 | 3 | 0 | 140 | 123 | +17 |
| eight | Ecuador | five | 2 | one | 142 | 140 | +2 |
| 9 | Spain | four | one | 2 | 89 | 97 | −8 |
| ten | Yugoslavia | 2 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 93 | −10 |
| October 27, 1950 | |||
| Ecuador | 45-40 | Yugoslavia | |
| Peru | 43-37 | Spain | |
| October 29, 1950 | |||
| Peru | 46-43 (FROM) | Yugoslavia | |
| Ecuador | 54-50 | Spain | |
| October 30, 1950 | |||
| Spain | 2-0 (non-appearance) | Yugoslavia | |
| Ecuador | 43-51 | Peru |
Final Round
| # | Team | ABOUT | AT | P | MOH | MP | Goal difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Argentina | ten | five | 0 | 300 | 200 | +100 |
| 2 | USA | 9 | four | one | 221 | 200 | +21 |
| 3 | Chile | 7 | 2 | 3 | 209 | 233 | −24 |
| four | Brazil | 7 | 2 | 3 | 214 | 182 | +32 |
| five | Egypt | 7 | 2 | 3 | 158 | 208 | −50 |
| 6 | France | five | 0 | five | 173 | 252 | −79 |
| October 27, 1950 | |||
| France | 44-48 | Chile | |
| Egypt | 32-34 | USA | |
| October 29, 1950 | |||
| Egypt | 31-28 | France | |
| Argentina | 40-35 | Brazil | |
| October 30, 1950 | |||
| Argentina | 62-41 | Chile | |
| Brazil | 42-45 | USA | |
| October 31, 1950 | |||
| Brazil | 38-19 | Egypt | |
| Argentina | 66-41 | France | |
| November 1, 1950 | |||
| Chile | 29-44 | USA | |
| Argentina | 68-33 | Egypt | |
| November 2, 1950 | |||
| France | 33-48 | USA | |
| Brazil | 40-51 | Chile | |
| November 3, 1950 | |||
| Chile | 40-43 | Egypt | |
| Brazil | 59-27 | France | |
| Argentina | 64-50 | USA |
Final position
| A place | Team |
|---|---|
| one | Argentina |
| 2 | USA |
| 3 | Chile |
| four | Brazil |
| five | Egypt |
| 6 | France |
| 7 | Peru |
| eight | Ecuador |
| 9 | Spain |
| ten | Yugoslavia |
Symbolic tournament team
- Oscar Furlong
- John Stanic
- Rufino Bernedo
- Alvaro Salvadores
- Ricardo Gonzalez
Interesting Facts
- The average height of the winners of the World Cup - Argentina national team - 184 cm [3]
- Many of the participants of the 1st World Cup eventually became basketball functionaries:
- Borislav Stankovic (Yugoslavia) - FIBA Secretary General;
- Raimundo Saporta (manager in the Spanish national team) - a member of the European department of FIBA and one of the driving forces in creating European club competitions;
- Abdul El Azim Ashri (Judge, Egypt) - FIBA African Secretary General and Member of the Central Division of the Federation;
- Anselmo Lopez (coach of Spain) - in 1968 he will create a commission on mini-basketball and become its first president;
- Robert Busnel (coach of the French team) - member of the technical commission, president of FIBA (from 1984 to 1990);
- Nebojsa Popovic (Yugoslavia) - Secretary General of the Yugoslav Olympic Committee;
- Eduardo Airaldi Rivarola (Judge, Peru) - member of the central department and secretary general of FIBA. [3]
Notes
- ↑ Brazil, runner-up, has already received a ticket
- ↑ Basketball History (inaccessible link) . The appeal date is March 13, 2009. Archived February 26, 2009.
- ↑ 1 2 World History