The 1958 South American Basketball Championship of Champion Clubs was the 4th edition of the Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones de Básquetbol, the first-tier basketball competition in South America.
Eight teams from eight countries participated and played each other in a round-robin format. Chile sent its national team as their representative, Colombia and Brazil sent two select teams that were created for the tournament.
The competition was played from 16 August to 1 September 1958 and was held in Quito, the capital city of Ecuador. Sporting Club Uruguay won the championship, becoming the first Uruguayan club to do so.
Final standings Key
Pos.: Position GP: Games played W: Games won L: Games lost Pts: Points (2 given for a win, 1 for a loss)
Pos.ClubGPWLPts1 Sporting Club Uruguay752122 San Lorenzo752123 Valle del Cauca Select Team752124 L.D.U. Quito743115 Olimpia Asunción743116 Oriente73410772598 Río Grande Select Team7077
Winning roster PlayerTotal PointsHéctor Costa (captain)124Adolfo Lubnicki97Enrique Baliño60José Llera39Jorge Pagani34Zafiro Antúnez31Hugo Vázquez24Luciano Aranzadi23Tydeo Irigoyen20Carlos Peinado4Nelson Chelle4Carlos Roselló2José Otonello.– Head coach: Héctor López Reboledo
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