Basketball - Men's World Championship - First round - Group A - 1959 - Detailed results

Chile - Santiago de Chile - 16 January 1959 - 18 January 1959

Standing - - First round - Group A 1959

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	United States of America	6	3	3	0	271	204	+67
2	Taiwan	5	3	2	1	207	209	-2
3	Argentina	4	3	1	2	197	202	-5
4	Egypt	3	3	0	3	179	239	-60

Results - - First round - Group A 1959

16 January 1959
	United States of America	87 - 73	Argentina
	Taiwan	71 - 69	Egypt
17 January 1959
	United States of America	81 - 73	Taiwan
	Argentina	65 - 52	Egypt
18 January 1959
	United States of America	103 - 58	Egypt
	Taiwan	63 - 59	Argentina

General Informations

• First edition : 1950
• Editions : 19 (including 2023)
• Official name : FIBA Basketball World Cup
• Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBA_Basketball_World_Cup
• Organiser : Fédération Internationale de Basket-ball (FIBA)
• Official website : http://fiba.com/spain2014
• First winner : Argentina
• Most wins : United States of America (5)
• Most recent winner : Germany