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It was held by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), from 22 October to 3 November 1950. Argentina hosted the competition at Luna Park in Buenos Aires, where ten nations participated in the event. Argentina claimed the gold medal, by beating the United States 64–50 in the decisive game of the final round. After winning the ...
Argentina played its first international game against Uruguay in 1921. In 1950 Argentina won its first and only World Championship to date, with a squad formed entirely of amateur players, after defeating France (twice), Brazil, Chile, Egypt and the United States in the decisive match.
The Olympics title in 2004 is the higher honor and important title of Argentine basketball. After those triumphs, Argentina won the gold medal in 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball, and the bronze medal at The 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics Basketball Tournament. At the end of the 2008 Olympic Games Argentina reached the first position in the FIBA Men's Ranking.
Argentina won the World Championship in 1950. In Brazil, basketball became popular with the Brazil men's national basketball team winning the World Championship two times (1959, 1963) and the Olympic bronze 3 times. Oscar Schmidt is the most renowned male Brazilian player.
The Brazilian team that competed at the 1934 South American Championship, held in Argentina. Basketball was initially introduced to Brazil by Professor Augusto Shaw in 1896. In 1912, he began organizing the first state tournament and in 1922 the first national team made its debut at games against Argentina and Uruguay.
The first international basketball tournament took place in South America in 1930, some forty years after Dr. James Naismith invented the game.. The International Amateur Basketball Federation (better known by its French acronym FIBA) was founded two years later with founding members Argentina, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Portugal, Romania, and Switzerland. [1]
The 2002 FIBA World Championship final was the concluding basketball game which determined the winner of the 2002 ... Brazil: 78–67 New ... Argentina 19/39 (48.7% ...
The 1954 FIBA World Championship (also called the 2nd World Basketball Championship – 1954) was the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. It was held by the International Basketball Federation, from 23 October to 5 November 1954. Brazil hosted the event at Ginásio do Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro. Twelve ...