1947 South American Basketball Championship

1947 South American Basketball Championship
13th South American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	31 May - 17 June
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (4th title)
	← 1945 1949 →

The 1947 South American Basketball Championship was the 13th edition of this regional tournament. It was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and won by the Uruguay national basketball team. 6 teams competed.

Final rankings

Results

Each team played the other five teams once, for a total of five games played by each team and 15 overall in the preliminary round. Ties in the standings were broken by head-to-head results, as only a tie for first would have resulted in a final match.

Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1	Uruguay	10	5	0	225	183	+42
2	Brazil	8	3	2	200	181	+19
3	Chile	8	3	2	205	193	+12
4	Ecuador	7	2	3	193	234	-41
5	Argentina	7	2	3	223	228	-5
6	Peru	5	0	5	196	223	-27


Uruguay	37 - 27	Brazil
Uruguay	45 - 44	Chile
Uruguay	46 - 33	Ecuador
Uruguay	51 - 48	Argentina
Uruguay	46 - 31	Peru
Brazil	44 - 33	Chile
Brazil	50 - 34	Ecuador
Brazil	37 - 38	Argentina
Brazil	42 - 39	Peru
Chile	52 - 31	Ecuador
Chile	42 - 41	Argentina
Chile	34 - 32	Peru
Ecuador	47 - 43	Argentina
Ecuador	48 - 43	Peru
Argentina	53 - 51	Peru

External links

FIBA.com archive for SAC1947^{[dead link‍]}