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1963 FIBA World Championship

1963 edition of the FIBA World Championship

Field	Value
tourney_name	FIBA World Championship
year	1963
other_titles	FIBA Campeonato Mundial de Basquetebol Masculino de 1963
country	Brazil
dates	12–25 May
opened	João Goulart
num_teams	13
confederations	3
venues	5
cities	5
champion	Brazil
champion-flagvar	1960
count	2
second	Yugoslavia
third	Soviet Union
third-flagvar	1955
fourth	United States
fourth-flagvar	1960
games	54
mvp	BRA Wlamir Marques
top_scorer	PER Ricardo Duarte
(23.1 points per game)
prevseason	[1959](1959-fiba-world-championship)
nextseason	[1967](1967-fiba-world-championship)

| champion-flagvar = 1960 | third-flagvar = 1955 | fourth-flagvar = 1960 (23.1 points per game)

The 1963 FIBA World Championship was the 4th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The competition was hosted by Brazil from 12 to 25 May 1963.

The Philippines was originally awarded the right to host the tournament, but FIBA rescinded this after the Filipino immigration officials refused to grant visas to players from communist countries.

Brazil, the defending champion and a previous host, re-hosted the championship from 12 to 25 May 1963, and won the first back-to-back title with just six games, having been seeded and entering the well-rested team in the final round only.

Background

The Philippines was supposed to host the FIBA World Championship in 1962 but FIBA revoked hosting rights after the government of then President Diosdado Macapagal, refused to grant visas to players and officials of socialists countries including Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union. A smaller tournament, the Spalding Invitation Tournament was held in the Philippines in its place.

The FIBA World Championship was held in 1963 in Brazil.

Competing nations

Event	Date	Location	Berths
Original host nation			0
[1959 FIBA World Championship](1959-fiba-world-championship) / host nation	16–31 January 1959	CHI Chile	1
1960 Summer Olympics	26 August–10 September 1960	ITA Rome	1
EuroBasket 1961	29 April–8 May 1961	YUG Beograd	3

South American Basketball Championship 1961	20–30 April 1961	BRA Rio de Janeiro	3

Wild cards			5

Competition format

Preliminary round: Three groups of four teams play each other once; top two teams progress to the final round, bottom two teams relegated to classification round.
Classification round: All bottom two teams from preliminary round group play each other once. The team with the best record is ranked eighth; the worst is ranked 13th.
Final round: All top two teams from preliminary round group, the 1960 Olympic champion, and the host team play each other once. The team with the best record wins the championship.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Classification round

Final round

Awards

Most Valuable Player
Brazil Wlamir Marques

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	—
	6–0
	8–1
	7–2
	6–3
	4–5
	3–6
	2–7
	4–4
	4–4
	4–4
	3–5
	2–6
	1–7
	Suspended

All-Tournament Team

Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team

Amaury Pasos (Brazil)
Wlamir Marques - (MVP) (Brazil)
Aleksander Petrov (USSR)
Don Kojis (USA)
Maxime Dorigo (France)

Top scorers (ppg)

Ricardo Duarte (Peru) 23.1
Aleksander Petrov (USSR) 17.6
Luis Enrique Grajeda (Mexico) 17.5
Radivoj Korać (Yugoslavia) 16.8
Maxime Dorigo (France) 16.8
Alfredo Tulli (Argentina) 16.1
Alberto Desimone (Argentina) 16
Rafael Valle (Puerto Rico) 15.8
Nemanja Đurić (Yugoslavia) 14.6
Paolo Vittori (Italy) 14.3

References

(4 August 2014). "Looking back: The 1978 World Basketball Championship in Manila (Part I)". Rappler.
(17 December 1962). "A roundup of the sports information of the week". Sports Illustrated.
"A Doctor’s Mission to Protect the Legacy of Philippine Basketball". Esquiremag.ph.

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