1963 FIBA World Championship
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The 1963 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from May 11 to 23, 1963.

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Competing nations

Group A Group B Group C

 Canada
 France
 Soviet Union
 Uruguay

 Japan
 Peru
 Puerto Rico
 Yugoslavia

 Argentina
 Italy
 Mexico
 USA
 Brazil - advanced automatically to the final round as host

Preliminary round

Qualified for the final round
Qualified for the classification round

Group A

Team Pts. W L PF PA PD
 Soviet Union 6 3 0 222 177 +45
 France 5 2 1 200 181 +19
 Uruguay 4 1 2 195 214 -19
 Canada 3 0 3 158 203 -45
France  64–54  Uruguay Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Soviet Union  58–45  Canada Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Canada  56–66  Uruguay Belo Horizonte, Brazil
France  57–70  Soviet Union Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Canada  57–79  France Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Uruguay  75–94  Soviet Union Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Group B

Team Pts. W L PF PA PD
 Yugoslavia 6 3 0 262 208 +54
 Puerto Rico 5 2 1 234 212 +22
 Japan 4 1 2 198 231 -33
 Peru 3 0 3 181 224 -43
Yugoslavia  84–67  Peru Curitiba, Brazil
Puerto Rico  86–45  Japan Curitiba, Brazil
Puerto Rico  70–64  Peru Curitiba, Brazil
Japan  63–95  Yugoslavia Curitiba, Brazil
Peru  50–70  Japan Curitiba, Brazil
Puerto Rico  78–83  Yugoslavia Curitiba, Brazil

Group C

Team Pts. W L PF PA PD
 USA 6 3 0 256 202 +54
 Italy 5 2 1 258 242 +16
 Mexico 4 1 2 240 260 -20
 Argentina 3 0 3 206 256 -50
USA  88–74  Mexico Sao Paulo, Brazil
Italy  91–73  Argentina Sao Paulo, Brazil
Mexico  82–90  Italy Sao Paulo, Brazil
Argentina  51–81  USA Sao Paulo, Brazil
Mexico  84–82  Argentina Sao Paulo, Brazil
USA  87–77  Italy Sao Paulo, Brazil

Classification round

Team Pts. W L PF PA PD First Tiebreaker
Classification for Tied Teams		 Second Tiebreaker
Goal Average for Tied Teams
 Argentina 9 4 1 449 414 +35
 Mexico 8 3 2 389 364 +25 1-1 1.07
 Uruguay 8 3 2 376 372 +4 1-1 1.01
 Canada 8 3 2 365 375 -10 1-1 0.92
 Peru 7 2 3 362 367 -5
 Japan 5 0 5 377 426 -49

Final round

Team Pts. W L PF PA PD
 Brazil 12 6 0 485 411 +74
 Yugoslavia 11 5 1 473 424 +49
 Soviet Union 10 4 2 426 399 +27
 USA 9 3 3 498 433 +65
 France 8 2 4 369 438 -69
 Puerto Rico 7 1 5 366 426 -60
 Italy 6 0 6 407 492 -85

Final ranking

Rank Team
1  Brazil
2 Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
3 Flag of the Soviet Union USSR
4 Flag of the United States United States
5  France
6  Puerto Rico
7  Italy
8  Argentina
9  Mexico
10  Uruguay
11  Canada
12  Peru
13  Japan

All-Tournament Team


Top scorers (ppg)

  1. Ricardo Duarte (Peru) 20.3
  2. Aleksander Petrov (USSR) 17.6
  3. Luis Enrique Grajeda (Mexico) 17.5
  4. Radivoj Korac (Yugoslavia) 16.8
  5. Maxime Dorigo (France) 16.8
  6. Alfredo Tulli (Argentina) 16.1
  7. Alberto Desimone (Argentina) 16
  8. Rafael Valle (Puerto Rico) 15.8
  9. Nemanja Djuric (Yugoslavia) 14.6
  10. Paolo Vittori (Italy) 14.3


International basketball
v • d • e

FIBA | Olympics | World Championship | World Rankings
U21 World Championship | U19 World Championship | U17 World Championship | Teams
     Africa: FIBA Africa – Africa Championship
     Americas: FIBA Americas – Americas Championship
     Asia: FIBA Asia – Asian Championship
     Europe: FIBA Europe – EuroBasket
     Oceania: FIBA Oceania – Oceania Championship
Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.

Argentina 1950 | Brazil 1954 | Chile 1959 | Brazil 1963 | Uruguay 1967 | Yugoslavia 1970 | Puerto Rico 1974 | Philippines 1978 | Colombia 1982 | Spain 1986 | Argentina 1990 | Canada 1994 | Greece 1998 | United States 2002 | Japan 2006 | Turkey 2010 | 2014

Team appearances | Records
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