III WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (SANTIAGO 1959)

(From 16-01-1959 to 31-01-1959)
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PARTICIPANTS (13)

· Host nation: Chile.

· Olympic Tournament winner: USA.

· Top 2 qualified teams in the South American Championship: Brazil, Uruguay.

· Top 2 qualified teams in the European Championship: Soviet Union, Bulgaria.

· The remaining 7 berths are filled by invited teams from two continents: AMERICA (Argentina, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico), ASIA (Formosa, Philippines, UAR ["United Arab Republic" is the official name of Egypt between 1958 and 1971]).

 

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· The thirteen participating teams are divided in 3 groups of 4 teams each (host Chile is bye) playing a round robin. In case that two or more teams finish level on points, their position is decided by their particular basket average.

· The group winners and runners-up (together with bye Chile) advance to the Final Round (places 1-7), played as a league stage. In case that two or more teams finish level on points, their position is decided by their particular basket average. The group winner at the end of this stage becomes World Champion.

· The rest of teams not qualified for the Final Round enter a Classification Round (places 8-13), divided in 2 groups of 3 teams each playing a round robin and later a head-to-head match with the team from the other group qualified in the same position.
 

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

 

Group A (Concepción)

 

Group B (Temuco)

 

Group C (Antofagasta)

Competition Day 1 (16-01-1959)

Competition Day 1 (16-01-1959)

Competition Day 1 (16-01-1959)

USA - Argentina

87-73 (48-27)

Brazil - Canada

69-52 (30-24)

Philippines - Uruguay

68-59 (36-31)

Formosa - UAR

71-69 (39-38)

Mexico - Soviet Union

72-102 (42-48)

Bulgaria - Puerto Rico

67-55 (37-16)

Competition Day 2 (17-01-1959)

Competition Day 2 (17-01-1959)

Competition Day 2 (17-01-1959)

Argentina - UAR

65-52 (36-32)

Canada - Mexico

54-51 (26-19)

Puerto Rico - Uruguay

78-64 (40-37)

USA - Formosa

81-73 (35-38)

Brazil - Soviet Union

64-73 (36-39)

Bulgaria - Philippines

85-61 (36-21)

Competition Day 3 (18-01-1959)

Competition Day 3 (18-01-1959)

Competition Day 3 (18-01-1959)

Formosa - Argentina

63-59 (31-33)

Canada - Soviet Union

63-54 (32-23)

Philippines - Puerto Rico

63-76 (32-39)

USA - UAR

103-58 (49-23)

Brazil - Mexico

78-50 (50-20)

Bulgaria - Uruguay

65-58 (31-28)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. USA

3

3

0

271

204

6

2. Formosa

3

2

1

207

209

5

3. Argentina

3

1

2

197

202

4

4. UAR

3

0

3

179

239

3

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Brazil

3

2

1

211

175

5

2. Soviet Union

3

2

1

229

199

5

3. Canada

3

2

1

169

174

5

4. Mexico

3

0

3

173

234

3

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Bulgaria

3

3

0

217

174

6

2. Puerto Rico

3

2

1

209

194

5

3. Philippines

3

1

2

192

220

4

4. Uruguay

3

0

3

181

211

3

 

BYE: Chile (host).

 

 

CLASSIFICATION ROUND (PLACES 8-13)

(Valparaíso)

 

GROUP A

 

GROUP B

Competition Day 1 (21-01-1959)

Competition Day 1 (21-01-1959)

Philippines - UAR

66-65 (25-29)

Argentina - Uruguay

48-51 (19-22)

Competition Day 2 (22-01-1959)

Competition Day 2 (22-01-1959)

Canada - UAR

69-71 (40-28)

Mexico - Uruguay

47-54 (20-25)

Competition Day 3 (23-01-1959)

Competition Day 3 (23-01-1959)

Canada - Philippines

65-79 (33-31)

Argentina - Mexico

75-66 (34-34)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Philippines

2

2

0

145

130

4

2. UAR

2

1

1

136

135

3

3. Canada

2

0

2

134

150

2

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Uruguay

2

2

0

105

95

4

2. Argentina

2

1

1

123

117

3

3. Mexico

2

0

2

113

129

2

 

CLASSIFICATION PLAYOFF

(25-01-1959)

A3-B3 (12/13): Canada - Mexico

64-56 (33-25)

A2-B2 (10/11): UAR - Argentina

59-61 (29-32)

A1-B1 (8/9): Philippines - Uruguay

78-70 (47-36)

 

 

FINAL ROUND (PLACES 1-7)

Competition Day 1 (20-01-1959)

Chile - Formosa

86-85 (35-27;71-71)

Competition Day 2 (21-01-1959)

Puerto Rico - Soviet Union

55-84 (29-26)

Bulgaria - USA

58-63 (27-26)

Competition Day 3 (22-01-1959)

Brazil - Formosa

94-76 (56-35)

Chile - Puerto Rico

83-71 (46-31)

Competition Day 4 (23-01-1959)

Brazil - Bulgaria

62-53 (30-28)

USA - Puerto Rico

54-53 (25-32)

Competition Day 5 (24-01-1959)

Brazil - Soviet Union

63-66 (31-30)

Bulgaria - Chile

76-71 (37-33)

Competition Day 6 (26-01-1959)

Formosa - USA

69-85 (32-33)

Bulgaria - Soviet Union

58-78 (18-35)

Competition Day 7 (27-01-1959)

Formosa - Puerto Rico

81-85 (34-42)

Chile - Soviet Union

49-75 (28-35)

Competition Day 8 (28-01-1959)

Brazil - Puerto Rico

99-71 (45-29)

USA - Soviet Union

37-62 (14-25)

Competition Day 9 (29-01-1959)

Bulgaria - Puerto Rico

70-62 (35-25)

Chile - USA

55-64 (34-32)

Competition Day 10 (30-01-1959)

Formosa - Soviet Union

2-0 (w.o.) (*)

Brazil - USA

81-67 (40-37)

Competition Day 11 (31-01-1959)

Bulgaria - Formosa

0-2 (w.o.) (*)

Brazil - Chile

73-49 (37-21)

* Games awarded by forfeit to Formosa due to the withdrawal of Soviet Union and Bulgaria as a way of political protest against the Nationalist Chinese Government of Taiwan, at war with the mainland Communist China.

 

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pts.

1. Brazil

4

4

0

347

263

8

2. USA

4

3

1

270

258

7

3. Chile

4

2

2

273

293

6

4. Puerto Rico

4

1

3

280

317

5

5. Formosa

4

0

4

311

350

4

6. Soviet Union (*)

-

-

-

-

-

0

7. Bulgaria (*)

-

-

-

-

-

0

* After the withdrawal of Soviet Union and Bulgaria in their games with Formosa, FIBA Central Board deprived these two teams of all their points in the Final Round and scratched their matches, thus drastically altering the final classification (the USSR was the virtual winner, even after the 2-0 defeat against Formosa).

 

 

FINAL (DECISIVE GAME)

VENUE: Estadio Nacional (Santiago)

DATE: 31-01-1959 (22:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 30.000

REFEREES: Dagoberto Cereceda (URU), William Ross (USA)

FOULED OUT: Zitko, Etchepare

2P: BRA (30) / CHI (18); 1P: BRA (13/23) / CHI (13/24); PF: BRA (24) / CHI (22 + 1 technical foul)

[Incidents: After FIBA’s decision to deprive the Soviet Union (virtual winner of the tournament) of all its points and cancel its games, as a punishment for the Soviet withdrawal against Formosa, the last competition match between Brazil and Chile turned out decisive to unveil the new world champion: Brazil just needed to win this game or lose it by less than 12 points, whereas Chile could still become world champion in case of defeating the Brazilians by 12 or more points.]

Brasil

Brazil - Chile

Chile

73-49 (37-21)

Brazil (coach: Togo Renan Soares “Kanela”)

Zenny de Azevedo “Algodão” (8)

Wlamir Marques (17)

Waldemar Blatskauskas (7)

Amaury Pasos (16)

Édson Bispo dos Santos (6)

Chile (coach: Luis Valenzuela)

Rufino Bernedo (14)

Juan Zitko (4)

Luis Salvadores (15)

Rolando Etchepare (5)

Juan Guillermo Thompson (10)

José Maciel Senra “Zezinho” (2)

Carmo de Souza “Rosa Branca” (-)

Jatyr Schall (2)

Otto Nóbrega (4)

Pedro Vicente da Fonseca “Pecente” (11)

José de la Fuente (1)

 

 

FINAL STANDING

1.

Brazil BRA

2.

USA USA

3.

Chile CHI

4.

Puerto Rico PUR

5.

Formosa FOR

6.

Soviet Union USSR

7.

Bulgaria BUL

8.

Philippines PHI

9.

Uruguay URU

10.

Argentina ARG

11.

UAR UAR

12.

Canada CAN

13.

Mexico MEX

 

 

TOP SCORERS (POINTS PER GAME)

Player

Pts.

G

Avg.

1. Chen Tsu Li (FOR)

141

7

20.1

2. Pachín Vicéns (PUR)

158

8

19.8

3. Wlamir Marques (BRA)

149

8

18.6

4. Jerry Vayda (USA)

162

9

18.0

5. Liu Jing Rong (FOR)

117

7

16.7

6. Dick Welsh (USA)

148

9

16.4

7. Viktor Radev (BUL)

122

8

15.3

8. Loreto Carbonell (PHI)

92

6

15.3

9. Amaury Pasos (BRA)

137

9

15.2

10. Rufino Bernedo (CHI)

90

6

15.0

 

 

TOURNAMENT MVP: Amaury Pasos (BRA)

 

 

TOURNAMENT TEAM

Pachín Vicéns (PUR)

Wlamir Marques (BRA)

Atanas Atanasov (BUL)

Amaury Pasos (BRA)

Jānis Krūmiņš (USSR)

   

 

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