The 1938 South American Basketball Championship was the 6th edition of this tournament. It was held in Lima, Peru and won by the host, Peru national basketball team. 5 teams competed, including Ecuador in their first appearance.
Final rankings
Results
Each team played the other four teams once, for a total of four games played by each team and 10 overall in the tournament.
RankTeamPtsWLPFPADiff 1 Peru840203167+36 2 Argentina731218180+38 3 Uruguay622160139+21 4 Brazil513174195-21 5 Ecuador404132206-74
Peru61 - 55ArgentinaPeru42 - 36UruguayPeru50 - 47BrazilPeru50 - 29EcuadorArgentina46 - 39UruguayArgentina60 - 38BrazilArgentina57 - 42EcuadorUruguay45 - 30BrazilUruguay40 - 21EcuadorBrazil59 - 40Ecuador
External links FIBA.com archive for SAC1938