1957 FIBA World Championship for Women

Basketball championship

International basketball competition

1957 FIBA World Championship
for Women2nd FIBA World Championship for Women

Tournament details
Host country| Brazil
Dates| 13–26 October
Teams| 12
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  United States (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer|  Nuñez 23.4
PPG (Team)|  Czechoslovakia 67.7

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The 1957 FIBA World Championship for Women (Portuguese:Campeonato Mundial Feminino da Fiba de 1957) was the second FIBA World Championship for Women basketball championship held by FIBA. It was held in Brazil between 13 October and 26 October 1957. Twelve national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA, the sport's governing body. The city of Rio de Janeiro hosted the tournament. The United States won its second title after finishing in first place in the second round.

## Format

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* In the preliminary round teams were split into three round-robin groups, two of four teams and one of three teams. The top two teams from each group advanced to the final round. Hosts Brazil advanced to the final round directly.
* The teams that did not reach the final round, played in the classification round, which consisted of a round-robin group of five teams to define eighth through twelfth places in the final standings.
* In the final, a seven-team round-robin group was formed to compete for the championship and second through seventh places in the final standings.

## Preliminary round

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| Qualified for the final round

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Times given below are in Brasília time (UTC−3).

### Group A

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Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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Czechoslovakia | 3  | 3  | 0  | 215  | 120 | +95  | 6
United States | 3  | 2  | 1  | 189  | 129 | +60  | 5
Argentina | 3  | 1  | 2  | 138  | 183 | −45  | 4
Peru | 3  | 0  | 3  | 108  | 218 | −110  | 3

13 October
20:00

Boxscore

United States | 75-37 |  Peru

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Scoring by half: 41–12, 34–25
Pts: Sipes 19 |  | Pts: Barrenechea 11

Rio de Janeiro

13 October
21:30

Boxscore

Czechoslovakia | 76-42 |  Argentina

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Scoring by half: 41–15, 35–27
Pts: Dubska 24 |  | Pts: Bonetti 11

Rio de Janeiro

14 October
20:00

Boxscore

Czechoslovakia | 86-28 |  Peru

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Scoring by half: 40–15, 46–13
Pts: Dubska 15 |  | Pts: Fulgosi 7

Rio de Janeiro

14 October
21:30

Boxscore

United States | 64-39 |  Argentina

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Scoring by half: 35–15, 29–24
Pts: White 22 |  | Pts: Bonetti 11

Rio de Janeiro

15 October
20:00

Boxscore

Argentina | 57-43 |  Peru

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Scoring by half: 29–21, 28–22
Pts: Pietrapina 18 |  | Pts: Cantina 13

Rio de Janeiro

15 October
21:30

Boxscore

United States | 50-53 |  Czechoslovakia

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Scoring by half: 20–23, 30–30
Pts: Crawford 14 |  | Pts: Mubalokova 16

Rio de Janeiro

### Group B

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Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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Soviet Union | 2  | 2  | 0  | 140  | 83 | +57  | 4
Paraguay | 2  | 1  | 1  | 116  | 101 | +15  | 3
Australia | 2  | 0  | 2  | 63  | 135 | −72  | 2

13 October
21:30

Boxscore

Soviet Union | 70-32 |  Australia

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Scoring by half: 29–13, 41–19
Pts: Kostikova 24 |  | Pts: Cockburn 11

Rio de Janeiro

14 October
22:00

Boxscore

Soviet Union | 70-51 |  Paraguay

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Scoring by half: 35–33, 35–18
Pts: Kostikova 20 |  | Pts: Nuñez 22

Rio de Janeiro

15 October
19:00

Boxscore

Paraguay | 65-31 |  Australia

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Scoring by half: 38–15, 27–16
Pts: Nuñez 32 |  | Pts: Hill 9

Rio de Janeiro

### Group C

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Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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Hungary | 3  | 3  | 0  | 244  | 153 | +91  | 6
Chile | 3  | 2  | 1  | 180  | 161 | +19  | 5
Mexico | 3  | 1  | 2  | 154  | 190 | −36  | 4
Cuba | 3  | 0  | 3  | 130  | 204 | −74  | 3

13 October

Boxscore

Chile | 53-65 |  Hungary

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Scoring by half: 27–28, 26–37
Pts: Velasquez 27 |  | Pts: Koren, Matay 16

Rio de Janeiro

13 October
20:00

Boxscore

Cuba | 39-49 |  Mexico

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Scoring by half: 21–30, 18–19
Pts: Buergo 12 |  | Pts: Concepsión 10

Rio de Janeiro

14 October
19:00

Boxscore

Chile | 62-51 |  Mexico

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Scoring by half: 39–22, 23–29
Pts: Pauchard 27 |  | Pts: Concepsión 22

Rio de Janeiro

14 October
20:30

Boxscore

Hungary | 90-46 |  Cuba

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Scoring by half: 42–24, 48–22
Pts: Matay 22 |  | Pts: Buergo 16

Rio de Janeiro

15 October
20:30

Boxscore

Chile | 65-45 |  Cuba

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Scoring by half: 33–12, 32–33
Pts: Pauchard 26 |  | Pts: Thaureaux 18

Rio de Janeiro

15 October
22:00

Boxscore

Mexico | 54-89 |  Hungary

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Scoring by half: 20–45, 34–44
Pts: Concepsión 22 |  | Pts: Schneider 18

Rio de Janeiro

## Classification round

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Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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Mexico | 4  | 4  | 0  | 197  | 173 | +24  | 8
Argentina | 4  | 3  | 1  | 228  | 188 | +40  | 7
Australia | 4  | 2  | 2  | 170  | 171 | −1  | 6
Peru | 4  | 1  | 3  | 167  | 180 | −13  | 5
Cuba | 4  | 0  | 4  | 170  | 220 | −50  | 4

18 October
20:00

Boxscore

Cuba | 50-58 |  Mexico

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Scoring by half: 23–25, 27–33
Pts: Thaureaux 9 |  | Pts: Sánchez 14

Rio de Janeiro

18 October
21:30

Boxscore

Australia | 44-52 |  Argentina

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Scoring by half: 24–24, 20–28
Pts: Cockburn 9 |  | Pts: Bonetti 21

Rio de Janeiro

20 October
20:00

Boxscore

Mexico | 45-38 |  Australia

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Scoring by half: 23–21, 22–17
Pts: Rivera 9 |  | Pts: Cockburn 11

Rio de Janeiro

20 October
21:30

Boxscore

Peru | 49-66 |  Argentina

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Scoring by half: 16–31, 33–35
Pts: Flechele 21 |  | Pts: Lorenzo 17

Rio de Janeiro

21 October
20:00

Boxscore

Cuba | 43-50 |  Australia

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Scoring by half: 26–26, 17–24
Pts: Thaureaux 13 |  | Pts: Cockburn, Macquire 13

Rio de Janeiro

21 October
21:30

Boxscore

Mexico | 45-36 |  Peru

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Scoring by half: 17–18, 28–19
Pts: Sánchez 9 |  | Pts: Flechele 11

Rio de Janeiro

22 October
20:00

Boxscore

Argentina | 62-46 |  Cuba

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Scoring by half: 25–27, 37–19
Pts: Lorenzo, Pietrapina 12 |  | Pts: Thaureaux 14

Rio de Janeiro

22 October
21:30

Boxscore

Australia | 38-31 |  Peru

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Scoring by half: 16–20, 22–11
Pts: Macquire 13 |  | Pts: Barrenechea 14

Rio de Janeiro

23 October
20:00

Boxscore

Mexico | 49-48 |  Argentina

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Scoring by half: 23–24, 26–24
Pts: García 19 |  | Pts: Lorenzo 17

Rio de Janeiro

23 October
21:30

Boxscore

Cuba | 31-50 |  Peru

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Scoring by half: 23–23, 8–27
Pts: Buergo, de Dios 6 |  | Pts: Barrenechea 15

Rio de Janeiro

## Final round

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Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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United States | 6  | 6  | 0  | 366  | 280 | +86  | 12
Soviet Union | 6  | 5  | 1  | 365  | 292 | +73  | 11
Czechoslovakia | 6  | 4  | 2  | 394  | 319 | +75  | 10
Brazil | 6  | 3  | 3  | 324  | 365 | −41  | 9
Hungary | 6  | 2  | 4  | 297  | 317 | −20  | 8
Paraguay | 6  | 1  | 5  | 274  | 338 | −64  | 7
Chile | 6  | 0  | 6  | 287  | 396 | −109  | 6

17 October
20:00

Boxscore

Chile | 46-76 |  Czechoslovakia

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Scoring by half: 19–30, 27–46
Pts: Pauchard 20 |  | Pts: Mubalokova 22

Rio de Janeiro

17 October
21:30

Boxscore

Brazil | 48-46 |  Paraguay

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Scoring by half: 25–27, 23–19
Pts: Ramos 11 |  | Pts: Nuñez 22

Rio de Janeiro

18 October
20:00

Boxscore

Soviet Union | 67-38 |  Chile

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Scoring by half: 36–19, 31–19
Pts: Kostikova 22 |  | Pts: Pauchard 15

Rio de Janeiro

18 October
21:30

Boxscore

United States | 51-46 |  Hungary

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Scoring by half: 27–29, 24–17
Pts: Sipes 15 |  | Pts: Parti 16

Rio de Janeiro

19 October
20:00

Boxscore

Czechoslovakia | 68-47 |  Paraguay

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Scoring by half: 30–22, 38–25
Pts: Mazlova-Adamirova 25 |  | Pts: Nuñez 18

Rio de Janeiro

19 October
21:30

Boxscore

Brazil | 44-67 |  United States

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Scoring by half: 21–33, 23–34
Pts: Bento 9 |  | Pts: White 28

Rio de Janeiro

20 October
19:00

Boxscore

Soviet Union | 69-49 |  Paraguay

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Scoring by half: 36–22, 33–27
Pts: Maksimelenova 15 |  | Pts: Nuñez 24

Rio de Janeiro

20 October
20:00

Boxscore

Czechoslovakia | 57-61 |  Soviet Union

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Scoring by half: 28–30, 29–31
Pts: Mazlova-Adamirova 14 |  | Pts: Maksimelenova 19

Rio de Janeiro

20 October
20:30

Boxscore

Brazil | 66-64 |  Chile

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Scoring by half: 36–30, 30–34
Pts: Bento 26 |  | Pts: Velasquez 29

Rio de Janeiro

20 October
22:00

Boxscore

Hungary | 34-55 |  Czechoslovakia

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Scoring by half: 13–25, 21–30
Pts: Matay 8 |  | Pts: Mazlova-Adamirova 18

Rio de Janeiro

21 October
20:00

Boxscore

Paraguay | 46-43 |  Chile

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Scoring by half: 22–23, 24–20
Pts: Nuñez 21 |  | Pts: Velasquez 17

Rio de Janeiro

21 October
21:30

Boxscore

Hungary | 53-64 |  Soviet Union

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Scoring by half: 26–32, 27–32
Pts: Schneider 25 |  | Pts: Jarosevskaya 14

Rio de Janeiro

22 October
20:00

Boxscore

United States | 76-47 |  Chile

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Scoring by half: 40–17, 36–30
Pts: White 18 |  | Pts: Velasquez 17

Rio de Janeiro

22 October
21:30

Boxscore

Brazil | 44-56 |  Soviet Union

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Scoring by half: 24–20, 20–36
Pts: Cardozo 10 |  | Pts: Maksimelenova 19

Rio de Janeiro

23 October
20:00

Boxscore

Paraguay | 46-50 |  Hungary

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Scoring by half: 25–28, 21–22
Pts: Nuñez 27 |  | Pts: Parti 17

Rio de Janeiro

23 October
21:30

Boxscore

United States | 61-55 |  Czechoslovakia

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Scoring by half: 30–24, 31–31
Pts: Crawford 15 |  | Pts: Mubalokova 21

Rio de Janeiro

24 October
21:30

Boxscore

Brazil | 52-49 |  Hungary

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Scoring by half: 25–24, 27–25
Pts: Campos 21 |  | Pts: Schneider 10

Rio de Janeiro

25 October
20:00

Boxscore

Paraguay | 40-60 |  United States

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Scoring by half: 8–36, 23–24
Pts: Nuñez 21 |  | Pts: Sipes 27

Rio de Janeiro

25 October
21:30

Boxscore

Chile | 49-65 |  Hungary

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Scoring by half: 30–36, 19–29
Pts: Silva 15 |  | Pts: Schneider 23

Rio de Janeiro

26 October
20:00

Boxscore

United States | 51-48 |  Soviet Union

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Scoring by half: 24–27, 27–21
Pts: Sipes 18 |  | Pts: Jarosevskaya 15

Rio de Janeiro

26 October
21:30

Boxscore

Brazil | 70-83 |  Czechoslovakia

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Scoring by half: 33–28, 37–55
Pts: Bento 27 |  | Pts: Mazlova-Adamirova 26

Rio de Janeiro

## Final standings

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Rank  | Team  | Record

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|  United States | 8–1
|  Soviet Union | 7–1
|  Czechoslovakia | 7–2
4  |  Brazil | 3–3
5  |  Hungary | 5–4
6  |  Paraguay | 2–6
7  |  Chile | 2–7
8  |  Mexico | 5–2
9  |  Argentina | 4–3
10  |  Australia | 2–4
10  |  Peru | 1–6
10  |  Cuba | 0–7

## References

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* Results (Archived 2009-05-20)
* 1957 World Championship for Women, FIBA.com.

* v
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* e

FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup

Tournaments|

* Chile 1953
* Brazil 1957
* Soviet Union 1959
* Peru 1964
* Czechoslovakia 1967
* Brazil 1971
* Colombia 1975
* South Korea 1979
* Brazil 1983
* Soviet Union 1986
* Malaysia 1990
* Australia 1994
* Germany 1998
* China 2002
* Brazil 2006
* Czech Republic 2010
* Turkey 2014
* Spain 2018
* Australia 2022
* Germany 2026

Finals|

* 1953
* 1957
* 1959
* 1964
* 1967
* 1971
* 1975
* 1979
* 1983
* 1986
* 1990
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022
* 2026

Squads|

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* 1990
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022
* 2026

Qualification|

* 2022
* 2026
* Pre-qualifying
* Qualifying

Qualifying tournaments|

* Africa
* Americas
* Asia and Oceania
* Europe
* Olympics

* Team appearances
* Awards
* All-Tournament Team
* Most Valuable Player

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International women's basketball

* FIBA
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* U21
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Africa|

* AfroBasket Women
* U20
* U18
* U16

Americas|

* AmeriCup
* U20
* U18
* U16
* Caribbean Championship
* U20
* Centrobasket
* U17
* U15
* Central American Championship
* U21
* South American Championship
* 2nd tier
* U21
* U17
* U15

Asia|

* Asia Cup (includes Oceania)
* U20
* U18
* U16
* Discovery Women's Basketball Invitational
* William Jones Cup

Europe|

* EuroBasket Women
* U-20
* U-18
* U-16
* European Championship for Small Countries

Oceania|

* Oceania Championship (defunct)
* U20
* U17
* U15
* Melanesia Cup
* Polynesian Cup

Other
tournaments|

* African Games
* Arab Championship
* Arab Games
* ASEAN University Games
* Asian Games
* Bolivarian Games
* Central Asian Games
* Central American and Caribbean Games
* Central American Games
* Commonwealth Games
* Deaflympics
* Mediterranean Games
* Micronesian Games
* European Games
* EYOF
* Games of the Small States of Europe
* Pacific Games
* Pan American Games
* Southeast Asian Games

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