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    1963 FIBA World Championship

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    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)
    ← 1959
    1967 →

    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.

    The Philippines was originally awarded the right to host the tournament, but FIBA rescinded this after the Filipino immigration officials refused to grant visas to players from communist countries.

    Brazil, the defending champion and a previous host, re-hosted the championship from 12 to 25 May 1963, and won the first back-to-back title with just six games, having been seeded and entering the well-rested team in the final round only.

    Background

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    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

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    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

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    FIBA suspended the original host country, the Philippines, after Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal refused to allow players from Yugoslavia and other communist countries to enter the country.

    Brazil, being the defending champion and a previous host, managed to re-host the championship.

    Later, the Philippines, despite being the Asian champion, were forced to play in a pre-Olympic tournament in order to qualify for the 1964 Summer Olympics.

    Competition format

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    • 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

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    Group A

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    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
    Belo Horizonte
    12 May
    Soviet Union  58–45  Canada
    Scoring by half: 27-24, 31-21
    Belo Horizonte
    13 May
    Canada  56–66  Uruguay
    Scoring by half: 27-25, 29-41
    Belo Horizonte
    13 May
    France  57–70  Soviet Union
    Scoring by half: 30-28, 27-42
    Belo Horizonte
    14 May
    Canada  57–79  France
    Scoring by half: 25-28, 32-51
    Belo Horizonte
    14 May
    Uruguay  75–94  Soviet Union
    Scoring by half: 30-39, 45-55
    Belo Horizonte

    Group B

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    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
    Curitiba
    12 May
    Puerto Rico  86–65  Japan
    Scoring by half: 33-33, 53-32
    Curitiba
    13 May
    Puerto Rico  70–64  Peru
    Scoring by half: 45-33, 25-31
    Curitiba
    13 May
    Japan  63–95  Yugoslavia
    Scoring by half: 24-37, 39-58
    Curitiba
    14 May
    Peru  50–70  Japan
    Scoring by half: 17-41, 33-29
    Curitiba
    14 May
    Puerto Rico  78–83  Yugoslavia
    Scoring by half: 35-42, 43-41
    Curitiba

    Group C

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    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
    Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo
    12 May
    Italy  91–73  Argentina
    Scoring by half: 42-34, 49-39
    Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo
    13 May
    Mexico  82–90  Italy
    Scoring by half: 44-36, 38-54
    Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo
    13 May
    Argentina  51–81  United States
    Scoring by half: 26-43, 25-38
    Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo
    14 May
    Mexico  84–82  Argentina
    Scoring by half: 42-53, 42-29
    Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo
    14 May
    United States  87–77  Italy
    Scoring by half: 42-34, 45-43
    Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo

    Classification round

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    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[a]
    10  Uruguay 5 3 2 376 372 +4 8[a]
    11  Canada 5 3 2 365 375 −10 8[a]
    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. ^ a b c 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
    Petrópolis
    16 May
    Peru  66–59 (OT)  Canada
    Scoring by half: 32-24, 20-28 Overtime: 14-7
    Petropolis
    17 May
    Japan  63–79  Uruguay
    Scoring by half: 30-42, 33-37
    Petropolis
    17 May
    Peru  57–72  Mexico
    Scoring by half: 27-34, 30-38
    Petropolis
    18 May
    Argentina  103–85  Japan
    Scoring by half: 58-39, 45-46
    Petropolis
    18 May
    Canada  73–71  Uruguay
    Scoring by half: 34-30, 39-41
    Petropolis
    19 May
    Peru  66–67  Uruguay
    Scoring by half: 34-29, 32-38
    Petropolis
    20 May
    Canada  82–77  Argentina
    Scoring by half: 51-34, 31-43
    Petropolis
    20 May
    Mexico  71–70  Japan
    Scoring by half: 35-36, 36-34
    Petropolis
    21 May
    Peru  95–85  Japan
    Scoring by half: 53-46, 42-39
    Petropolis
    21 May
    Argentina  97–83  Uruguay
    Scoring by half: 46-45, 51-38
    Petropolis
    22 May
    Peru  78–84 (OT)  Argentina
    Scoring by half: 38-36, 37-39 Overtime: 3-9
    Petropolis
    22 May
    Mexico  87–73  Canada
    Scoring by half: 38-32, 49-41
    Petropolis
    23 May
    Japan  74–78  Canada
    Scoring by half: 41-42, 33-36
    Petropolis
    23 May
    Uruguay  76–73  Mexico
    Scoring by half: 42-33, 34-40
    Petropolis

    Final round

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    Yugoslavia's Radivoj Korać versus the USA's Ed Smallwood in the Final round. Yugoslavia won 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
    Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
    16 May
    United States  73–75  Yugoslavia
    Scoring by half: 32-30, 41-45
    Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
    16 May
    Brazil  62–55  Puerto Rico
    Scoring by half: 25-27, 37-28
    Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
    17 May
    Yugoslavia  73–57  Puerto Rico
    Scoring by half: 34-32, 39-25
    Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
    17 May
    United States  81–61  France
    Scoring by half: 36-35, 45-26
    Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
    17 May
    Brazil  81–62  Italy
    Scoring by half: 40-24, 41-38
    Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
    18 May
    Puerto Rico  60–67  France
    Scoring by half: 27-28, 33-39
    Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
    18 May
    Yugoslavia  85–74  Italy
    Scoring by half: 34-36, 51-38
    Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
    18 May
    United States  74–75  Soviet Union
    Scoring by half: 40-34, 34-41
    Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
    20 May
    France  67–63  Italy
    Scoring by half: 30-24, 37-39
    Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
    20 May
    Yugoslavia  71–90  Brazil
    Scoring by half: 27-51, 44-39
    Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
    21 May
    Puerto Rico  55–64  Soviet Union
    Scoring by half: 18-29, 37-35
    Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
    21 May
    France  63–77  Brazil
    Scoring by half: 31-38, 32-39
    Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
    22 May
    Italy  63–83  Soviet Union
    Scoring by half: 28-48, 35-35
    Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
    22 May
    Puerto Rico  64–88  United States
    Scoring by half: 26-33, 38-55
    Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
    23 May
    Italy  73–101  United States
    Scoring by half: 28-59, 45-42
    Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
    23 May
    Soviet Union  79–90  Brazil
    Scoring by half: 42-43, 37-47
    Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
    24 May
    Italy  72–75  Puerto Rico
    Scoring by half: 31-42, 41-33
    Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
    24 May
    France  63–99  Yugoslavia
    Scoring by half: 33-46, 30-53
    Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
    25 May
    Soviet Union  67–69  Yugoslavia
    Scoring by half: 28-34, 39-35
    Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
    25 May
    Brazil  85–81  United States
    Scoring by half: 39-39, 46-42
    Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro

    Awards

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     1963 World Championship winner 

    Brazil
    Second title
    Most Valuable Player
    Brazil Wlamir Marques

    Final standings

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    Rank Team Record
    1  Brazil 6–0
    2  Yugoslavia 8–1
    3  Soviet Union 7–2
    4  United States 6–3
    5  France 4–5
    6  Puerto Rico 3–6
    7  Italy 2–7
    8  Argentina 4–4
    9  Mexico 4–4
    10  Uruguay 4–4
    11  Canada 3–5
    12  Peru 2–6
    13  Japan 1–7
    —  Philippines Suspended

    All-Tournament Team

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    Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team
    • Amaury Pasos (Brazil)
    • Wlamir Marques - (MVP) (Brazil)
    • Aleksander Petrov (USSR)
    • Don Kojis (USA)
    • Maxime Dorigo (France)

    Top scorers (ppg)

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    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

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    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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