South American Basketball Championship

South American Basketball Championship
Most recent season or competition:
2016 South American Basketball Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1930
First season1930
No. of teams10
CountrySouth American countries
ContinentSouth America
Most recent
champion(s)
 Venezuela (3rd title)
Most titles Brazil (18 titles)
Related
competitions
FIBA AmeriCup
Official websiteFIBAAmericas.com

The South American Basketball Championship, or FIBA South American Championship, was the main FIBA tournament for men's national teams from South America's region of FIBA Americas. The tournament was first played in 1930.[1] The tournament often has been played biannually, but the last took place in 2016. It has been largely supplanted by the FIBA AmeriCup.

Results

Year Hosts Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth Place
1930
Details
Uruguay
(Montevideo)

Uruguay
Round Robin
Argentina

Brazil
Round Robin
Chile
1932
Details
Chile
(Santiago)

Uruguay
42–28
Chile

Argentina
N/A None
1934
Details
Argentina
(Buenos Aires)

Argentina
Round Robin
Chile

Brazil
Round Robin
Uruguay
1935
Details
Brazil
(Rio de Janeiro)

Argentina
Round Robin
Brazil

Uruguay
N/A None
1937
Details
Chile
(Santiago & Valparaíso)

Chile
Round Robin
Uruguay

Brazil
Round Robin
Peru
1938
Details
Peru
(Lima)

Peru
Round Robin
Argentina

Uruguay
Round Robin
Brazil
1939
Details
Brazil
(Rio de Janeiro)

Brazil
Round Robin
Uruguay

Argentina
Round Robin
Peru
1940
Details
Uruguay
(Montevideo)

Uruguay
Round Robin
Argentina

Brazil
Round Robin
Chile
1941
Details
Argentina
(Mendoza)

Argentina
Round Robin
Peru

Uruguay
Round Robin
Chile
1942
Details
Chile
(Santiago)

Argentina
Round Robin
Uruguay

Chile
Round Robin
Brazil
1943
Details
Peru
(Lima)

Argentina
Round Robin
Uruguay

Peru
Round Robin
Chile
1945
Details
Ecuador
(Guayaquil)

Brazil
Round Robin
Uruguay

Argentina
Round Robin
Chile
1947
Details
Brazil
(Rio de Janeiro)

Uruguay
Round Robin
Brazil

Chile
Round Robin
Ecuador
1949
Details
Paraguay
(Asunción)

Uruguay
Round Robin
Brazil

Chile
Round Robin
Peru
1953
Details
Uruguay
(Montevideo)

Uruguay
Round Robin
Brazil

Chile
Round Robin
Paraguay
1955
Details
Colombia
(Cúcuta)

Uruguay
Round Robin
Paraguay

Brazil
Round Robin
Argentina
1958
Details
Chile
(Santiago)

Brazil
Round Robin
Uruguay

Paraguay
Round Robin
Argentina
1960
Details
Argentina
(Córdoba)

Brazil
Round Robin
Paraguay

Argentina
Round Robin
Uruguay
1961
Details
Brazil
(Rio de Janeiro)

Brazil
Round Robin
Uruguay

Argentina
Round Robin
Paraguay
1963
Details
Peru
(Lima)

Brazil
Round Robin
Peru

Uruguay
Round Robin
Argentina
1966
Details
Argentina
(Mendoza & San Juan)

Argentina
Round Robin
Brazil

Peru
Round Robin
Uruguay
1968
Details
Paraguay
(Asunción)

Brazil
Round Robin
Uruguay

Peru
Round Robin
Paraguay
1969
Details
Uruguay
(Montevideo)

Uruguay
Round Robin
Brazil

Argentina
Round Robin
Peru
1971
Details
Uruguay
(Montevideo)

Brazil
Round Robin
Uruguay

Argentina
Round Robin
Peru
1973
Details
Colombia
(Bogotá)

Brazil
Round Robin
Argentina

Peru
Round Robin
Uruguay
1976
Details
Colombia
(Medellín)

Argentina
Round Robin
Brazil

Uruguay
Round Robin
Paraguay
1977
Details
Chile
(Valdivia)

Brazil
Round Robin
Uruguay

Argentina
Round Robin
Venezuela
1979
Details
Argentina
(Bahía Blanca)

Argentina
Round Robin
Brazil

Uruguay
Round Robin
Chile
1981
Details
Uruguay
(Montevideo)

Uruguay
Round Robin
Brazil

Argentina
Round Robin
Chile
1983
Details
Brazil
(São José dos Campos)

Brazil
Round Robin
Argentina

Uruguay
Round Robin
Venezuela
1985
Details
Colombia
(Medellín)

Brazil
Round Robin
Uruguay

Argentina
Round Robin
Venezuela
1987
Details
Paraguay
(Asunción)

Argentina
Round Robin
Venezuela

Brazil
Round Robin
Uruguay
1989
Details
Ecuador
(Machala & Guayaquil)

Brazil
Round Robin
Argentina

Uruguay
Round Robin
Venezuela
1991
Details
Venezuela
(Valencia)

Venezuela
122–121
Brazil

Argentina
Round Robin
Uruguay
1993
Details
Brazil
(Guaratinguetá)

Brazil
82–76
Argentina

Venezuela

Uruguay
1995
Details
Uruguay
(Montevideo)

Uruguay
89–74
Argentina

Brazil
85–63
Venezuela
1997
Details
Venezuela
(Maracaibo)

Uruguay
Round Robin
Venezuela

Argentina
Round Robin
Brazil
1999
Details
Argentina
(Bahía Blanca)

Brazil
73–67
Argentina

Venezuela
99–77
Uruguay
2001
Details
Chile
(Valdivia)

Argentina
76–69
Brazil

Venezuela
94–90
Uruguay
2003
Details
Uruguay
(Montevideo)

Brazil
83–80
Argentina

Uruguay
88–82
Venezuela
2004
Details
Brazil
(Campos dos Goytacazes)

Argentina
95–78
Brazil

Venezuela
76–74
Uruguay
2006
Details
Venezuela
(Caracas)

Brazil
92–61
Uruguay

Argentina
95–78
Venezuela
2008
Details
Chile
(Puerto Montt)

Argentina
100–95
Uruguay

Venezuela
87–72
Brazil
2010
Details
Colombia
(Neiva)

Brazil
87–77
Argentina

Uruguay
76–70
Venezuela
2012
Details
Argentina
(Resistencia)

Argentina
79–56
Venezuela

Uruguay
80–68
Brazil
2014
Details
Venezuela
(Isla Margarita)

Venezuela
74–65
Argentina

Brazil
66–61
Uruguay
2016
Details
Venezuela
(Caracas)

Venezuela
64–58
Brazil

Uruguay
87–83
Argentina

Performance by nation

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil1813839
2 Argentina13121338
3 Uruguay11131236
4 Venezuela33511
5 Chile1247
 Peru1247
7 Paraguay0213
8 Bolivia0000
 Colombia0000
 Ecuador0000
Totals (10 entries)474747141

Participation details

Team
1930

1932

1934

1935

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1945

1947

1949

1953

1955

1958

1960

1961

1963
 Argentina 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 5th 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 3rd 5th 5th - 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 4th
 Bolivia - - - - - - - - - - 6th - - - - - - - - 9th
 Brazil 3rd - 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 3rd 5th 4th - 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st
 Chile 4th 2nd 2nd - 1st - 5th 4th 4th 3rd 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 6th 5th 5th 6th 7th
 Colombia - - - - - - - - - - - 6th - - 7th 8th 6th 6th - 8th
 Ecuador - - - - - 5th - - - 5th - 5th 4th - 6th 7th 8th 7th 7th 6th
 Paraguay - - - - - - - 6th 6th - 5th - - 6th 4th 2nd 3rd 2nd 4th 5th
 Peru - - - - 4th 1st 4th 5th 2nd - 3rd - 6th 4th 5th 5th 7th - 5th 2nd
 Uruguay 1st 1st 4th 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 4th 2nd 3rd
 Venezuela - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9th - - 8th -
Team
1966

1968

1969

1971

1973

1976

1977

1979

1981

1983

1985

1987

1989

1991

1993

1995

1997

1999

2001

2003
 Argentina 1st 5th 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 3rd 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd
 Bolivia - - - - - - 9th - - - - - 9th - - - 10th 10th 10th -
 Brazil 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 1st
 Chile 6th 6th 5th 6th 5th 6th 6th 4th 4th 5th 7th 6th - - 6th 6th 6th 7th 6th 5th
 Colombia 7th 7th 6th 5th 6th 5th 7th - - 6th 5th - 7th 5th - - 5th 9th 7th 6th
 Ecuador 5th 8th - 8th 8th - - - - - - - 5th 6th 5th - 8th 6th 9th -
 Paraguay 8th 4th 7th 7th 7th 4th 8th 6th 6th 7th 6th - 6th 7th - 5th 7th 5th 5th -
 Peru 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 3rd 7th 5th 7th 5th - 8th 5th 8th 8th - - 9th 8th 8th -
 Uruguay 4th 2nd 1st 2nd 4th 3rd 2nd 3rd 1st 3rd 2nd 4th 3rd 4th 4th 1st 1st 4th 4th 3rd
 Venezuela - - - - - - 4th 5th - 4th 4th 2nd 4th 1st 3rd 4th 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th
Team
2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2016
Total
 Argentina 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 4th 46
 Bolivia - - - - 7th - 8th 9
 Brazil 2nd 1st 4th 1st 4th 3rd 2nd 45
 Chile 5th 6th 6th 7th 6th 6th 7th 43
 Colombia - 5th 5th 6th 7th - 5th 26
 Ecuador - - - 8th - 7th 9th 23
 Paraguay 6th - - 5th 5th 5th 6th 32
 Peru - - - - - 8th 10th 31
 Uruguay 4th 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 3rd 47
 Venezuela 3rd 4th 3rd 4th 2nd 1st 1st 22

See also

References

  1. ^ "South American Championship for Men". International Basketball Federation. FIBA Archive. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.