Venues 1 (in 1 host city) | Teams 6 Champions Uruguay (3rd title) | |
Dates 20 January - 28 January | ||
The South American Basketball Championship 1940 was the eighth South American Basketball Championship. 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.
Contents
Final rankings
- Uruguay
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Chile
- Peru
- Paraguay
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.
References
1940 South American Basketball Championship Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA