1950 FIBA World Championship
The 1950 FIBA World Championship, also called the 1st World Basketball Championship – 1950, was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 22 October to 3 November 1950. Ten nations participated in the inaugural tournament. All competition was held at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires. Argentina claimed the gold medal, by beating the United States 64–50.
Venues
Competing nations
FIBA determined the requirements to qualify for the World Championship as follows: the three best teams in the previous Olympic tournament, the two best teams from South America, Europe and Asia, plus the host country.As South Korea withdrew due to travel difficulties, and Uruguay withdrew after being refused visas to enter Argentina, FIBA extended invitations to Ecuador, Yugoslavia, Spain and Peru.
| Seeded to the 1st preliminary round | Seeded to the 2nd preliminary round | |
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Preliminary rounds
First phase
- Egypt and Peru advance to the second preliminary phase.
- Ecuador and Yugoslavia advance to the first repass round.
Second phase
- Argentina, Brazil, Egypt and USA advance to the final round.
- Chile and France advance to the first repass round
- Peru and Spain advance to the second repass round.
Repass">Repechage">Repass rounds
First phase
- Chile and France advance to the second phase.
- Ecuador and Yugoslavia are relegated to the classification round.
Second phase
- Chile and France advance to the final round.
- Peru and Spain are relegated to the classification round.
Classification round
Final round
Awards
| Most Valuable Player |
 Oscar Furlong |
Final rankings
| Rank | Team | Record |
| 1 | 6–0 | |
| 2 | 5–1 | |
| 3 | 4–4 | |
| 4 | 3–3 | |
| 5 | 4–3 | |
| 6 | 2–6 | |
| 7 | 4–2 | |
| 8 | 2–3 | |
| 9 | 1–4 | |
| 10 | 0–5 |
Team rosters
Source:- Argentina: 8.Óscar Furlong, 11.Ricardo González, 3.Pedro Bustos, 5.Leopoldo Contarbio, 4.Hugo del Vecchio, 7.Vito Liva, 14.Alberto López, 10.Rubén Menini, 13.Omar Monza, 6.Raúl Pérez Varela, 12.Juan Carlos Uder, 9.Roberto Viau
- USA: 20.John Stanich, 66.Bob Fisher, 75.Bryce Heffley, 55.Thomas Jaquet, 33.Dan Kahler, 19.John Langdon, 40.Les Metzger, 44.J. L. Parks, 22.Jimmy Reese, 16.Don Slocum, 77.Blake Williams
- Chile: Rufino Bernedo, Pedro Araya, Eduardo Cordero, Mariano Fernández, Exequiel Figueroa, Juan José Gallo, Raúl López, Luis Enrique Marmentini, Juan Ostoic, Hernán Ramos, Marcos Sánchez, Víctor Mahana
- Brazil: 45.Zenny de Azevedo "Algodão", 46.Ruy de Freitas, 44.Alfredo da Motta, 48.Paulo Rodrigues Siqueira "Montanha", 42.Hélio Marques Pereira "Godinho", 46.Celso dos Santos, 47.Plutão de Macedo, 49.Sebastião Amorim Gimenez "Tiao", 50.Thales Monteiro, 51.Alexandre Gemignani, Milton Santos Marques "Miltinho", 53.Ângelo Bonfietti "Angelim"
All-Tournament Team
- Oscar Furlong
- John Stanich
- Rufino Bernedo
- Álvaro Salvadores
- Ricardo González
Top scorers
- Álvaro Salvadores 13.8
- Fortunato Muñoz 13.2
- Alfredo Arroyave 11.4
- Óscar Furlong 11.2
- Rufino Bernedo 10.8
- Ricardo González 10.7
- Eduardo Kucharski González 9.8
- Hussein Kamel Montasser 8.8
- Eduardo Fiestas 8.7
- Alberto Fernández 8.2