The 1953 South American Basketball Championship was the 15th edition of this regional tournament. It was held in Montevideo, Uruguay and won by the host, Uruguay national basketball team. A record seven national teams competed. It was the first to follow the first World Championship in 1950.
Final rankings
Results
Each team played the other six teams once, for a total of six games played by each team and 21 overall in the preliminary round. The three-way tie between Chile, Peru, and Paraguay was broken by a sub-bracket; each was 1–1 against the other teams in that sub-bracket. The point differentials within the bracket gave Chile the top spot in it with +5, Paraguay had +4, and Peru had -9. This was mostly due to Chile's relatively large victory over Peru while the other two games (Peru-Paraguay and Chile-Paraguay) had both been much closer.
RankTeamPtsWLPFPADiff 1 1260309200+109 2 1151274222+52 3 933269282-13 4 933287284+3 5 933235237-2 6 715259310-51 7 606241339-98
Uruguay48 - 32BrazilUruguay52 - 36ChileUruguay62 - 45ParaguayUruguay22 - 20PeruUruguay58 - 34EcuadorUruguay67 - 33ColombiaBrazil51 - 40ChileBrazil40 - 37ParaguayBrazil31 - 15PeruBrazil51 - 37EcuadorBrazil69 - 45ColombiaChile40 - 46ParaguayChile56 - 45PeruChile52 - 47EcuadorChile45 - 41ColombiaParaguay51 - 53PeruParaguay57 - 43EcuadorParaguay51 - 46ColombiaPeru50 - 43EcuadorPeru52 - 34ColombiaEcuador55 - 42Colombia
External links FIBA.com archive for SAC1953