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1937 South American Basketball Championship

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Host nation
  
Chile

Teams
  
5

Champions
  
Chile (1st title)

Dates
  
5 March - 16 March

Venues
  
2 (in 2 host cities)

Points
  
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The South American Basketball Championship 1937 was the fifth South American Basketball Championship. It was held in Valparaíso and Santiago, Chile and won by the host Chile national basketball team. A record 5 teams competed, including Peru in their first appearance.

Contents

Final rankings

  1.  Chile
  2.  Uruguay
  3.  Brazil
  4.  Peru
  5.  Argentina

Results

Each team played the other four teams twice apiece, for a total of eight games played by each team and 20 overall in the tournament.

References

1937 South American Basketball Championship Wikipedia