Men Basketball I World Championship 1950 Buenos Aires (ARG) 22.10-03.11

Men Basketball I World Championship 1950 Buenos Aires (ARG) 22.10-03.11 - Winner Argentina

Final Group	w	l	pf	pa	p+-	ratio
1. Argentina	5	0	300:	200	+100	1.500
2. United States	4	1	221:	200	+21	1.105
3. Brazil	2	3	214:	182	+32	1.176
4. Chile	2	3	209:	233	-24	0.897
5. Egypt	2	3	158:	208	-50	0.760
6. France	0	5	173:	252	-79	0.687

Tie-break: Points difference.

Team	Arge	Unit	Braz	Chil	Egyp	Fran
Argentina	----	64:50	40:35	62:41	68:33	66:41
United States		----	45:42	44:29	34:32	48:33
Brazil			----		38:19	59:27
Chile			51:40	----		48:44
Egypt				43:40	----	31:28
France						----

All matches played at Luna Park, Buenos Aires. Capacity: 20,000.

Final Ranking

United States - Denver Chevrolets

Qualification

Teams Composition

Awards

Format:

1. Preliminary Round to find best 6 teams to Final Group>.

2. Final Group - 6 teams Round Robin.

-. Group 7-10 - 6 teams Round Robin.

date time	team 1 ________	score	team 2 _________	1T	2T
Fri 27.10.50 21:00	Chile	48-44	France	27-19	21-25
Fri 27.10.50 22:30	United States	34-32	Egypt	18-19	16-13
Sun 29.10.50 21:00	Egypt	31-28	France	10-9	21-19
Sun 29.10.50 22;30	Argentina	40-35	Brazil	22-21	18-14
Mon 30.10.50 21:00	Argentina	62-41	Chile	36-17	26-24
Mon 30.10.50 22:30	United States	45-42	Brazil	26-25	19-17
Tue 31.10.50 21:00	Brazil	38-19	Egypt	17-11	21-8
Tue 31.10.50 22:30	Argentina	66-41	France	38-19	28-22
Wed 01.11.50 21:00	United States	44-29	Chile	29-12	15-17
Wed 01.11.50 22:30	Argentina	68-33	Egypt	35-15	33-18
Thu 02.11.50 21:00	United States	48-33	France	26-23	22-10
Thu 02.11.50 22:30	Chile	51-40	Brazil	25-17	26-23
Fri 03.11.50 20:00	Egypt	43-40	Chile	18-19	25-21
Fri 03.11.50 21:30	Brazil	59-27	France	31-14	28-13
Virtual Final as both teams were unbeaten before this match.
Fri 03.11.50 23:00	Argentina	64-50	United States	34-24	30-26
Referee: Gualtiero Follati (ITA) and Marcel Pfeuti (SUI). Field Points: 32-36, Free Throws: 32-14, Fouls: 20-38. 7 USA players were fouled out with 4 fouls. They played las minute and a half with only 4 players.
Argentina: Furlong 20(3), Del Vecchio 14, Contarbio 8(4), Menini 7(4), Gonzalez 7(2), Perez Varela 4(1), Viau 2(3), Bustos 1, Uder 1(1), Lopez -(2), Monza, Liva.
United States: Stanich 11(4), Slocum 8(3), Langdon 6(3), Heffley 6(4), Kahler 5(3), Willimas 4(4), Metzger 3(4), Reese 3(1), Parks 2(4), Jacquet 2(4), Fischer 2(4).

Final Ranking	w	l	pf	pa	p+-	ratio
1. Argentina	6	0	356:	240	+116	1.483
2. United States	5	1	258:	233	+25	1.107
3. Brazil	3	3	258:	212	+46	1.217
4. Chile	4	4	336:	334	+2	1.006
5. Egypt	4	3	258:	301	-43	0.857
6. France	2	6	310:	397	-87	0.781
Group 7-10
7. Peru	4	2	249:	243	+6	1.025
8. Ecuador	2	3	222:	232	-10	0.957
9. Spain	1	4	185:	208	-23	0.889
10.Yugoslavia	0	5	134:	166	-32	0.807

Qualification
Argentina	Host
United States	1st Olympic Men 1948
France	2nd Olympic Men 1948
Brazil	3rd Olympic Men 1948
Chile	3rd South America Men 1949
Peru	5th South America Men 1949
Ecuador	replaced Asian team South Korea.
Egypt	1st Europe Men 1949
Spain	2nd Europe Men WQ 1950
Yugoslavia	3rd Europe Men WQ 1950

Uruguay South America Men 1949 1st was refused visas and replaced by Peru.

Italy 1st from Europe Men WQ 1950 withdrew in some stage and was replaced by Yugoslavia.

Canada, Cuba and Mexico were speculated to play on May 25th.

Belgium 4th from Europe Men WQ 1950 and Greece 2nd from Europe Men 1949 also were to be invited.

Group 7-10	w	l	pf	pa	p+-	ratio
7. Peru	3	0	140:	123	+17	1.138
8. Ecuador	2	1	142:	141	+1	1.007
9. Spain	1	2	89:	97	-8	0.918
10.Yugoslavia	0	3	83:	93	-10	0.892

Team	Peru	Ecua	Spai	Yugo
Peru	----	51:43	43:37	46:43
Ecuador		----	54:50	45:40
Spain			----	2:0
Yugoslavia				----

date time	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	1T	2T
matches played in La Plata.
Sat 28.10.50 21:15	Ecuador	45-40	Yugoslavia	14-15	31-25
Mon 30.10.50 21:15	Peru	43-37	Spain	20-19	23-18
played at Estadio Norte, Rosario
Tue 31.10.50 21:15	Peru	46-43	Yugoslavia	24-14	11-21
After 2 over times. FT: 35-35 , OT1: 39-39 (4-4). OT2: )7-4)
Wed 01.11.50 21:15	Ecuador	54-50	Spain	29-25	25-25
played at Gimnasio River, Buenos Aires.
Fri 03.11.50 19:00	Spain	2-0	Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia DNS due to political reasons. Yugoslavian players did not stand at spanish national antheim.
Sat 04.11.50 16:00	Peru	51-43	Ecuador	23-17	28-26

Preliminary Round

Played to find best 6 teams to Final Group. Eliminated played in Group 6-10.

date time	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	1T	2T
Round 1 - winners to Round 4> - loosers to Round 3.
Sun 22.10.50 22:10	Peru	33-27	Yugoslavia	18-16	15-11
Sun 22.10.50 23:15	Egypt	43-37	Ecuador	18-22	25-15
Round 2 - winners to Final Group - loosers to Round 3.
Mon 23.10.50 21:00	United States	37-33	Chile	20-19	17-14
Mon 23.10.50 22:00	Argentina	56-40	France	30-17	26-23
Round 3 - winners to Round 5 - loosers to Group 7-10.
Tue 24.10.50 21:00	France	48-43	Ecuador	30-26	18-17
Tue 24.10.50 22:30	Chile	40-24	Yugoslavia	27-11	13-13
Round 4 - winners to Final Group - loosers to Round 5.
Wed 25.10.50 21:00	Egypt	57-56	Spain	23-26	34-30
Wed 25.10.50 22:30	Brazil	44-30	Peru	16-15	24-18
Round 5 - winners to Final Group - loosers to Group 7-10.
Thu 26.10.50 21:00	Chile	54-40	Spain	24-18	30-22
Thu 26.10.50 22:00	France	49-46	Peru	25-22	21-24
After over time. FT: 46-46. Over time: 3-0.

Awards

All-Tournament Team
Oscar Furlong	Argentina
John Stanich	United States
Rufino Bernedo	Chile
Álvaro Salvadores	Spain
Ricardo González	Argentina

Top scorers
1. Rufino Bernedo (CHI)	86
2. Oscar Furlong (ARG)	67
3. Fortunato Muñoz (ECU)	66
4. Ricardo González (ARG)	64
5. Víctor Mahana (CHI)	63
6. Alfredo Arroyave (ECU)	57
7. Álvaro Salvadores (ESP)	55
8. Eduardo Fiestas (PER)	52
9. Jacques Perrier (FRA)	50
10.Alberto Fernández (PER)	49

Scorers per match
1. Álvaro Salvadores (ESP)	13.8
2. Fortunato Muñoz (ECU)	13.2
3. Alfredo Arroyave (ECU)	11.4
4. Óscar Furlong (ARG)	11.2
5. Rufino Bernedo (CHI)	10.8
6. Ricardo González (ARG)	10.7
7. Eduardo Kucharski González (ESP)	9.8
8. Hussein Kamel Montasser (EGY)	8.8
9. Eduardo Fiestas (PER)	8.7
10.Alberto Fernández (PER)	8.2

Referees:

Ernesto Lastra (ARG)

Juan Carlos Sánchez (ARG)

Mario Lescourieux (ARG)

Aladino Astuto (BRA)

César Rego Monteiro (BRA)

Gonzalo Bulnes Herrera (CHI)

Abdelazim Ashri (EGY)

William Juengling (USA)

Mariano del Río Garcimartín (SUI)

André Siener (FRA)

Gualtiero Follati (ITA)

Eduardo Airaldi (PER)

Carlos B. Ceballos (ECU)

Marcel Pfeuti (SUI)

Teams Composition

1. Argentina

3. Pedro Andrés Bustos

4. Hugo del Vecchio

5. Leopoldo Contarbio

6. Raúl Pérez

7. Vito Liva

8. Oscar Furlong

9. Roberto Viau

10.Rubén Menini

11.Ricardo Primitivo González

12.Juan Carlos Uder

13.Omar Monza

14.Alberto López

Coach: Jorge Hugo Canavesi

Coach: Casimiro González Trilla

2. United States
16.Don Slocum	6	30/5.0
19.John Langdon	6	19/3.2
20.John Stanich	6	43/7/2
22.Jimmy Reese	5	10/2.0
33.Dan Kahler	6	26/4.3
40.Les Metzger	6	17/2.8
44.John Leonard Parks	6	13/2.2
55.Tom Jaquet	5	17/3.4
66.Bob Fisher	6	17/2.8
75.Bryce Heffley	6	46/7/7
77.Blake Williams	6	20/3/3
Coach: Gordon Carpenter

3. Brazil

42.Hélio Marques Pereira "Godinho"

43.Celso dos Santos Meyer

44.Alfredo Rodrigues da Motta

45.Zenny de Azevedo "Algodão"

46.Ruy de Freitas

47.Plutão de Macedo

48.Paulo Rodrigues Siqueira Montanha

49.Sebastião Amorim Giménez "Tião"

50.Thales Monteiro

51.Alexandre Gemignani

52.Milton Santos Marques "Miltinho"

53.Ângelo Bonfietti "Angelim"

Coach: Moacyr Brondi Daiuto

4. Chile

30.Juan José Gallo Chinchilla

31.Hernán Ramos Muñoz

32.Luis Enrique Marmentini Gil

33.Eduardo Cordero Fernández

34.Víctor Mahana Badrie

35.Exequiel Figueroa Reyes

36.Mariano Fernández Lázaro

37.Rufino Bernedo Zorzano

38.Pedro Araya Zavala

39.Raúl López López

40.Marcos Sánchez Carmona

41.Juan Ostoic Ostoic

Coach: Kenneth Davidson

5. Egypt

3. Albert Fahmy Tadros

4. Hussein Kamel Montasser

5. Abdelrahman Hafez Ismail

6. Gabriel Armand Catafago

7. Fouad Abdelmeguid el-Kheir

8. Youssef Kamal Abouaouf

9. Wahid Chafik Saleh

10.Mohammed Ali el-Rashidi

11.Youssef Mohammed Abbas

12.Mohammed Mahmud Soliman

13.Medhat Mohammed Youssef

14.Mahmud Medhat Bahgat

Coach: Carmine "Nello" Paratore

6. France

3. Jacques Perrier

4. Jean Świdziński

5. Jean Perniceni

6. Fernand Guillou

7. Robert Marsolat

8. Jean-Pierre Salignon

9. Maurice Marcelot

10.Maurice Desaymonnet

11.Jacques Dessemme

12.André Vacheresse

13.Jacques Chalifour

14.Robert Monclar

Coach: Robert Busnel

7. Ecuador

3. Atilio Ansaldo

4. Jorge Díaz Granados

5. Fortunato Muñoz

6. Gabriel Peña

7. Víctor Andrade

8. Gonzalo Aparicio

9. Alfonso Quiñones

10.Raúl Guerrero

11.Rodolfo Arroyo

12.Justo Morán

15.Alfredo Arroyave

16.Pablo Sandiford Amador

Coach: Juvenal Sáenz Gil

8. Perú

12.Carlos Alegre Benavídez

13.Guillermo Airaldi Rivarola

14.Mario Castro Loureiro

15.David Descalzo Álvarez

16.Francisco de Zela Hurtado

17.Virgilio Drago Burga

18.Alberto Fernández Calderón

19.Eduardo Fiestas Arce

20.Luis Gardella Hoke

21.Ernesto Ortiz Campodonico

22.Rodolfo Salas Crespo

23.Luis Vergara Ibarra

Coach: Carlos Rojas y Rojas

9. España

3. Arturo Imedio Romero

4. Jaume Bassó Barberán

5. Andreu Oller Navarro

6. Álvaro Salvadores

7. Joan Dalmau Comas

8. Julio Gámez Salinas

9. Eduardo Kucharski González

10.Ángel González Adrio

11.Ángel Lozano Álvarez

12.Domingo Bárcenas González

13.Joan Ferrando Castillo

14.Ignacio Pinedo Borie

Coach: Michael Paul Rutzgis

10.Yugoslavia

3. Mirko Amon

4. Aleksandar Blašković

5. Lajos Engler

6. Dušan Radojčić

7. Ladislav Demšar

8. Nebojša Popović

10.Aleksandar Gec

11.Milorad Sokolović

12.Srđan Kalember

13.Vilmos Lóczi

14.Milenko Novaković

15.Borislav Stanković

Seleccionador: Nebojša Popović

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