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Brazil - 23 October 1954 - 5 November 1954

Winner : United States of America

 

Final standings

1	United States of America
2	Brazil
3	Philippines
4	France
5	Taiwan
6	Uruguay
7	Canada
8	Israel
9	Paraguay
10	Chile
11	Yugoslavia
12	Peru

 

First round - Group A (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - 23/10/1954 - 25/10/1954)

Classification

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	United States of America	4	2	2	0	132	88	+44
2	Canada	3	2	1	1	105	117	-12
3	Peru	2	2	0	2	109	141	-32

Last matches

23 October 1954
	Canada	68 - 58	Peru
24 October 1954
	United States of America	59 - 37	Canada
25 October 1954
	United States of America	73 - 51	Peru

Detail of the results

First round - Group B (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - 23/10/1954 - 25/10/1954)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Brazil	4	2	2	0	160	115	+45
2	Philippines	3	2	1	1	127	151	-24
3	Paraguay	2	2	0	2	104	125	-21

Last matches

23 October 1954
	Philippines	64 - 52	Paraguay
24 October 1954
	Brazil	99 - 63	Philippines
25 October 1954
	Brazil	61 - 52	Paraguay

Detail of the results

First round - Group C (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - 24/10/1954 - 26/10/1954)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Uruguay	4	2	2	0	113	98	+15
2	France	3	2	1	1	113	118	-5
3	Yugoslavia	2	2	0	2	112	122	-10

Last matches

24 October 1954
	Uruguay	55 - 52	Yugoslavia
25 October 1954
	France	67 - 60	Yugoslavia
26 October 1954
	Uruguay	58 - 46	France

Detail of the results

First round - Group D (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - 24/10/1954 - 26/10/1954)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Taiwan	3	2	1	1	115	113	+2
2	Israel	3	2	1	1	100	98	+2
3	Chile	3	2	1	1	117	121	-4

Last matches

24 October 1954
	Taiwan	49 - 45	Israel
25 October 1954
	Chile	68 - 66	Taiwan
26 October 1954
	Israel	55 - 49	Chile

Detail of the results

Classification Round (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - 29/10/1954 - 04/11/1954)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Paraguay	6	3	3	0	193	177	+16
2	Chile	5	3	2	1	179	170	+9
3	Yugoslavia	4	3	1	2	210	221	-11
4	Peru	3	3	0	3	190	204	-14

Last matches

29 October 1954
	Chile	70 - 62	Yugoslavia
30 October 1954
	Paraguay	66 - 58	Peru
31 October 1954
	Yugoslavia	86 - 84	Peru
1 November 1954
	Paraguay	60 - 57	Chile
3 November 1954
	Paraguay	67 - 62	Yugoslavia
4 November 1954
	Chile	52 - 48	Peru

Detail of the results

Final Group (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - 27/10/1954 - 05/11/1954)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	United States of America	14	7	7	0	482	300	+182
2	Brazil	13	7	6	1	418	341	+77
3	Philippines	12	7	5	2	438	406	+32
4	France	10	7	3	4	371	392	-21
5	Uruguay	9	7	2	5	422	446	-24
6	Taiwan	9	7	2	5	345	405	-60
7	Canada	9	7	2	5	433	498	-65
8	Israel	8	7	1	6	330	451	-121

Last matches

27 October 1954
	Canada	50 - 43	Israel
	United States of America	56 - 43	Philippines
	France	57 - 49	Uruguay
	Brazil	61 - 44	Taiwan
28 October 1954
	Canada	67 - 66	Uruguay
	Brazil	68 - 46	Israel
	United States of America	70 - 49	France
29 October 1954
	Philippines	48 - 38	Taiwan
	United States of America	64 - 59	Uruguay
	Brazil	82 - 67	Canada
30 October 1954
	France	58 - 48	Taiwan
	United States of America	84 - 50	Canada
	Philippines	90 - 56	Israel
31 October 1954
	Israel	48 - 45	France
	Brazil	57 - 41	Philippines
	Uruguay	67 - 62	Taiwan
1 November 1954
	Brazil	49 - 36	France
	United States of America	72 - 28	Taiwan
	Philippines	83 - 76	Canada
3 November 1954
	Philippines	66 - 60	France
	Uruguay	73 - 69	Israel
	Taiwan	74 - 61	Canada
4 November 1954
	Brazil	60 - 45	Uruguay
	France	66 - 62	Canada
	United States of America	74 - 30	Israel
5 November 1954
	Taiwan	51 - 38	Israel
	United States of America	62 - 41	Brazil
	Philippines	67 - 63	Uruguay

Detail of the results

Statistics

• General statistics
  • Number of events : 6
  • Number of rounds : 6
  • Matches : 46
  • Home victories : 46 (100 %)
  • Away victories : 0 (0 %)

  • Best round in points : 1st (5418 points)
  • Average points per match : 117.78
  • Average points scored at home : 65.24
  • Scoring average: away games : 52.54
  • Total number of points : 5418
  • Average points per round : 903
• Various statistics
  
  

  Wins

  1	United States of America	9
  2	Brazil	8
  3	Philippines	6
  4	France	4
  5	Uruguay	4
  6	Canada	3

  Losses

  1	Israel	7
  2	Canada	6
  3	Taiwan	6
  4	France	5
  5	Peru	5
  6	Uruguay	5

Men's World Championship 1954 - Participating teams

Brazil

Canada

Chile

France

Israel

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Taiwan

United States of America

Uruguay

Yugoslavia

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