IV WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (RIO DE JANEIRO 1963)

(From 12-05-1963 to 25-05-1963)
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PARTICIPANTS (13)

· Host nation: Brazil.

· Olympic Tournament winner: USA.

· Top 3 qualified teams in the South American Championship: Peru, Uruguay, Argentina (ranked 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the 1963 South American Championship, as the tournament winner Brazil was already qualified as host).

· Top 3 qualified teams in the European Championship: Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, France (ranked 4th in Eurobasket 1961, which took the place of 3rd-placed Bulgaria after this communist country refused to participate in the originally scheduled WC 1962 in Manila due to the presence of Formosa).

· The remaining 5 berths are filled by invited teams from three continents: AMERICA (Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico), EUROPE (Italy), ASIA (Japan).

 

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· The thirteen participating teams are divided in 3 groups of 4 teams each (host Brazil 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 Brazil) 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), also played as a league stage.
 

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

 

Group A (Belo Horizonte)

 

Group B (Curitiba)

 

Group C (São Paulo)

Competition Day 1 (12-05-1963)

Competition Day 1 (12-05-1963)

Competition Day 1 (12-05-1963)

France - Uruguay

64-54 (19-25)

Yugoslavia - Peru

84-67 (42-30)

USA - Mexico

88-74 (41-42)

Soviet Union - Canada

58-45 (27-24)

Puerto Rico - Japan

86-65 (33-33)

Italy - Argentina

91-73 (42-34)

Competition Day 2 (13-05-1963)

Competition Day 2 (13-05-1963)

Competition Day 2 (13-05-1963)

Canada - Uruguay

56-66 (25-27)

Puerto Rico - Peru

70-64 (45-33)

Mexico - Italy

82-90 (44-36)

France - Soviet Union

57-70 (30-28)

Japan - Yugoslavia

63-95 (24-37)

Argentina - USA

51-81 (26-43)

Competition Day 3 (14-05-1963)

Competition Day 3 (14-05-1963)

Competition Day 3 (14-05-1963)

Canada - France

57-79 (25-28)

Peru - Japan

50-70 (17-41)

Mexico - Argentina

84-82 (43-53)

Uruguay - Soviet Union

75-94 (30-39)

Puerto Rico - Yugoslavia

78-83 (35-42)

USA - Italy

87-77 (42-34)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Soviet Union

3

3

0

222

177

6

2. France

3

2

1

200

181

5

3. Uruguay

3

1

2

195

214

4

4. Canada

3

0

3

158

203

3

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Yugoslavia

3

3

0

262

208

6

2. Puerto Rico

3

2

1

234

212

5

3. Japan

3

1

2

198

231

4

4. Peru

3

0

3

181

224

3

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. USA

3

3

0

256

202

6

2. Italy

3

2

1

258

242

5

3. Mexico

3

1

2

240

260

4

4. Argentina

3

0

3

206

256

3

 

BYE: Brazil (host).

 

 

CLASSIFICATION ROUND (PLACES 8-13)

(Petrópolis)

Competition Day 1 (16-05-1963)

Argentina - Mexico

88-86 (41-40)

Peru - Canada

66-59 (32-24;52-52)

Competition Day 2 (17-05-1963)

Japan - Uruguay

63-79 (30-42)

Peru - Mexico

57-72 (27-34)

Competition Day 3 (18-05-1963)

Argentina - Japan

103-85 (58-39)

Canada - Uruguay

73-71 (34-30)

Competition Day 4 (19-05-1963)

Peru - Uruguay

66-67 (34-29)

Competition Day 5 (20-05-1963)

Canada - Argentina

82-77 (51-34)

Mexico - Japan

71-70 (35-36)

Competition Day 6 (21-05-1963)

Peru - Japan

95-85 (53-46)

Argentina - Uruguay

97-83 (46-45)

Competition Day 7 (22-05-1963)

Peru - Argentina

78-84 (38-36;75-75)

Mexico - Canada

87-73 (38-32)

Competition Day 8 (23-05-1963)

Japan - Canada

74-78 (41-42)

Uruguay - Mexico

76-73 (42-33)

 

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pts.

1. Argentina

5

4

1

449

414

9

2. Mexico

5

3

2

389

364

8

3. Uruguay

5

3

2

376

372

8

4. Canada

5

3

2

365

375

8

5. Peru

5

2

3

362

367

7

6. Japan

5

0

5

377

426

5

 

 

FINAL ROUND (PLACES 1-7)

Competition Day 1 (16-05-1963)

Soviet Union - France

58-48 (25-23)

USA - Yugoslavia

73-75 (32-30)

Brazil - Puerto Rico

62-55 (25-27)

Competition Day 2 (17-05-1963)

Yugoslavia - Puerto Rico

73-57 (34-32)

USA - France

81-61 (36-35)

Brazil - Italy

81-62 (40-24)

Competition Day 3 (18-05-1963)

Puerto Rico - France

60-67 (27-28)

Yugoslavia - Italy

85-74 (34-36)

USA - Soviet Union

74-75 (40-34)

Competition Day 4 (20-05-1963)

France - Italy

67-63 (30-24)

Yugoslavia - Brazil

71-90 (27-51)

Competition Day 5 (21-05-1963)

Puerto Rico - Soviet Union

55-64 (18-29)

France - Brazil

63-77 (31-38)

Competition Day 6 (22-05-1963)

Italy - Soviet Union

63-83 (28-48)

Puerto Rico - USA

64-88 (26-33)

Competition Day 7 (23-05-1963)

Italy - USA

73-101 (28-59)

Soviet Union - Brazil

79-90 (42-43)

Competition Day 8 (24-05-1963)

Italy - Puerto Rico

72-75 (31-42)

France - Yugoslavia

63-99 (33-46)

Competition Day 9 (25-05-1963)

Soviet Union - Yugoslavia

67-69 (28-34)

Brazil - USA

85-81 (39-39)

 

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pts.

1. Brazil

6

6

0

485

411

12

2. Yugoslavia

6

5

1

472

424

11

3. Soviet Union

6

4

2

426

399

10

4. USA

6

3

3

498

433

9

5. France

6

2

4

369

438

8

6. Puerto Rico

6

1

5

366

426

7

7. Italy

6

0

6

407

492

6

 

 

FINAL (DECISIVE GAME)

VENUE: Ginásio do Maracanã (Rio de Janeiro)

DATE: 23-05-1963 (22:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 20.000

REFEREES: Julio Sánchez Padilla (URU), Luigi Cicoria (ITA)

FOULED OUT: Amaury, Sucar / Petrov (35’), Minashvili, Korneev

2P: BRA (39) / USSR (34); 1P: BRA (12/16) / USSR (11/16); PF: BRA (27) / USSR (29)

[Incidents: This game turned out to be the virtual “final” of the tournament, as both Brazil and the Soviet Union where at the time the only teams with a chance to become the new world champion (in spite of their victory, the Brazilians were not mathematically crowned until the last competition day). At the end of the first half, the Brazilian coach Kanela received a disqualifying technical foul after trying to attack the Uruguayan referee Sánchez Padilla, and he had to sit behind the Brazilian bench during the second half. In this tournament, Amaury Pasos completed his amazing progression from the power-forward position at the beginning of his career to that of point guard (armador).]

Brasil

Brazil - Soviet Union

СССР

90-79 (43-42)

Brazil (coach: Togo Renan Soares “Kanela”)

Amaury Pasos (16)

Wlamir Marques (20)

Victor Mirshauswka (27)

Carmo de Souza “Rosa Branca” (14)

Antônio Salvador Sucar (2)

Soviet Union (coach: Aleksandr Gomel’skij)

Guram Minashvili (-)

Juris Kalniņš (-)

Yurij Korneev (10)

Gennadij Vol’nov (10)

Aleksandr Petrov (32)

Ubiratan Pereira (9)

Jatyr Schall (-)

Waldemar Blatskauskas (2)

Viktor Zubkov (4)

Vladimer Ugrekhelidze (2)

Aleksandr Travin (16)

Anzor Lezhava (5)

Vjacheslav Khrynin (-)

 

 

FINAL STANDING

1.

Brazil BRA

2.

Yugoslavia YUG

3.

Soviet Union USSR

4.

USA USA

5.

France FRA

6.

Puerto Rico PUR

7.

Italy ITA

8.

Argentina ARG

9.

Mexico MEX

10.

Uruguay URU

11.

Canada CAN

12.

Peru PER

13.

Japan JAP

 

 

TOP SCORERS (POINTS PER GAME)

Player

Pts.

G

Avg.

1. Ricardo Duarte (PER)

162

7

23.1

2. Luis Enrique Grajeda (MEX)

160

8

20.0

3. Wlamir Marques (BRA)

108

6

18.0

4. Amaury Pasos (BRA)

106

6

17.7

5. Maxime Dorigo (FRA)

155

9

17.2

6. Alberto Desimone (ARG)

133

8

16.6

7. Radivoj Korać (YUG)

148

9

16.4

8. Aleksandr Petrov (USSR)

147

9

16.3

9. Jerry Shipp (USA)

147

9

16.3

10. Rafael Valle (PUR)

143

9

15.9

 

 

TOURNAMENT MVP: Wlamir Marques (BRA)

 

 

TOURNAMENT TEAM

Amaury Pasos (BRA)

Wlamir Marques (BRA)

Don Kojis (USA)

Maxime Dorigo (FRA)

Aleksandr Petrov (USSR)

   

 

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