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Brazil - 12 May 1963 - 24 May 1963

Winner : Brazil

 

Final standings

1	Brazil
2	Yugoslavia
3	Soviet Union
4	United States
5	France
6	Puerto Rico
7	Italy
8	Argentina
9	Mexico
10	Uruguay
11	Canada
12	Peru
13	Japan

 

First round - Group A (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - 12/05/1963 - 14/05/1963)

Classification

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Soviet Union	6	3	3	0	222	177	+45
2	France	5	3	2	1	200	181	+19
3	Uruguay	4	3	1	2	195	214	-19
4	Canada	3	3	0	3	158	203	-45

Last matches

12 May 1963
	Soviet Union	58 - 45	Canada
	France	64 - 54	Uruguay
13 May 1963
	Uruguay	66 - 56	Canada
	Soviet Union	70 - 57	France
14 May 1963
	France	79 - 57	Canada
	Soviet Union	94 - 75	Uruguay

Detail of the results

First round - Group B (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - 12/05/1963 - 14/05/1963)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Yugoslavia	6	3	3	0	262	208	+54
2	Puerto Rico	5	3	2	1	234	212	+22
3	Japan	4	3	1	2	198	231	-33
4	Peru	3	3	0	3	181	224	-43

Last matches

12 May 1963
	Yugoslavia	84 - 67	Peru
	Puerto Rico	86 - 65	Japan
13 May 1963
	Puerto Rico	70 - 64	Peru
	Yugoslavia	95 - 63	Japan
14 May 1963
	Japan	70 - 50	Peru
	Yugoslavia	83 - 78	Puerto Rico

Detail of the results

First round - Group C (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - 12/05/1963 - 14/05/1963)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	United States	6	3	3	0	256	202	+54
2	Italy	5	3	2	1	258	242	+16
3	Mexico	4	3	1	2	240	260	-20
4	Argentina	3	3	0	3	206	256	-50

Last matches

12 May 1963
	United States	88 - 74	Mexico
	Italy	91 - 73	Argentina
13 May 1963
	United States	81 - 51	Argentina
	Italy	90 - 82	Mexico
14 May 1963
	Mexico	84 - 82	Argentina
	United States	87 - 77	Italy

Detail of the results

Classification 8-13 (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - 16/05/1963 - 20/05/1963)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Argentina	9	5	4	1	387	366	+21
2	Uruguay	9	5	4	1	371	355	+16
3	Mexico	7	5	2	3	401	392	+9
4	Peru	7	5	2	3	355	365	-10
5	Canada	7	5	2	3	339	364	-25
6	Japan	6	5	1	4	327	338	-11

Last matches

16 May 1963
	Peru	66 - 59	Canada
	Uruguay	79 - 63	Japan
	Argentina	88 - 86	Mexico
17 May 1963
	Uruguay	67 - 66	Peru
	Mexico	87 - 73	Canada
	Argentina	97 - 83	Uruguay
18 May 1963
	Uruguay	76 - 73	Mexico
	Canada	78 - 74	Japan
	Argentina	84 - 78	Peru
19 May 1963
	Japan	35 - 36	Argentina
	Canada	73 - 71	Mexico
20 May 1963
	Peru	95 - 85	Japan

Detail of the results

Final Group (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - 17/05/1963 - 24/05/1963)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Brazil	12	6	6	0	485	411	+74
2	Yugoslavia	11	6	5	1	472	424	+48
3	Soviet Union	10	6	4	2	426	399	+27
4	United States	9	6	3	3	498	433	+65
5	France	8	6	2	4	369	438	-69
6	Puerto Rico	7	6	1	5	366	426	-60
7	Italy	6	6	0	6	407	492	-85

Last matches

17 May 1963
	United States	81 - 61	France
18 May 1963
	Soviet Union	58 - 48	France
19 May 1963
	Brazil	62 - 55	Puerto Rico
	France	67 - 60	Puerto Rico
	Yugoslavia	73 - 57	Puerto Rico
	Soviet Union	75 - 74	United States
	Yugoslavia	75 - 73	United States
	Yugoslavia	85 - 74	Italy
20 May 1963
	Soviet Union	64 - 55	Puerto Rico
	France	67 - 63	Italy
	Brazil	81 - 62	Italy
	Brazil	90 - 71	Yugoslavia
21 May 1963
	Brazil	77 - 63	France
	Soviet Union	83 - 63	Italy
	United States	88 - 64	Puerto Rico
23 May 1963
	Puerto Rico	75 - 72	Italy
	Brazil	90 - 79	Soviet Union
	United States	101 - 73	Italy
24 May 1963
	Yugoslavia	69 - 67	Soviet Union
	Brazil	85 - 81	United States
	Yugoslavia	99 - 63	France

Detail of the results

Statistics

• General statistics
  • Number of events : 5
  • Number of rounds : 5
  • Matches : 51
  • Home victories : 50 (98 %)
  • Away victories : 1 (2 %)

  • Best round in points : 1st (7405 points)
  • Average points per match : 145.2
  • Average points scored at home : 78.63
  • Scoring average: away games : 66.57
  • Total number of points : 7405
  • Average points per round : 1481
• Various statistics
  
  

  Wins

  1	Yugoslavia	8
  2	Soviet Union	7
  3	Brazil	6
  4	United States	6
  5	Argentina	4
  6	France	4

  Losses

  1	Italy	7
  2	Japan	6
  3	Puerto Rico	6
  4	Canada	5
  5	France	5
  6	Mexico	5

Men's World Championship 1963 - Participating teams

Argentina

Brazil

Canada

France

Italy

Japan

Mexico

Peru

Puerto Rico

Soviet Union

United States

Uruguay

Yugoslavia

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