1940 South American Basketball Championship


The 1940 South American Basketball Championship was the 8th edition of this tournament. It was held in Montevideo, Uruguay and won by the host, Uruguay national basketball team. A record 6 teams competed, including Paraguay in their first appearance, despite the World War that was currently under way.

Final rankings

  6. Results

Each team played the other five teams once, for a total of five games played by each team and 15 overall in the tournament.