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1947 South American Basketball Championship

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Host nation
  
Brazil

Teams
  
6

Champions
  
Uruguay (4th title)

Dates
  
31 May - 17 June

Venues
  
1 (in 1 host city)

The South American Basketball Championship 1947 was the thirteenth South American Basketball Championship. It was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and won by the Uruguay national basketball team. 6 teams competed.

Contents

Final rankings

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

Results

Each team played the other five teams once, for a total of five games played by each team and 15 overall in the preliminary round. Ties in the standings were broken by head-to-head results, as only a tie for first would have resulted in a final match.

References

1947 South American Basketball Championship Wikipedia