The 1947 South American Basketball Championship was the 13th edition of this regional tournament. It was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and won by the Uruguay national basketball team. 6 teams competed.
Final rankings
Results
Each team played the other five teams once, for a total of five games played by each team and 15 overall in the preliminary round. Ties in the standings were broken by head-to-head results, as only a tie for first would have resulted in a final match.
RankTeamPtsWLPFPADiff 1 1050225183+42 2 832200181+19 3 832205193+12 4 723193234-41 5 723223228-5 6 505196223-27
Uruguay37 - 27BrazilUruguay45 - 44ChileUruguay46 - 33EcuadorUruguay51 - 48ArgentinaUruguay46 - 31PeruBrazil44 - 33ChileBrazil50 - 34EcuadorBrazil37 - 38ArgentinaBrazil42 - 39PeruChile52 - 31EcuadorChile42 - 41ArgentinaChile34 - 32PeruEcuador47 - 43ArgentinaEcuador48 - 43PeruArgentina53 - 51Peru
External links
FIBA.com archive for SAC1947