The 1940 South American Basketball Championship was the 8th edition of this tournament. 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.
Final rankings
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.
RankTeamPtsWLPFPADiff 1 1050192101+91 2 941177106+71 3 832135156-21 4 723166155+11 5 614149146+3 6 50583238-155
Uruguay25 - 23ArgentinaUruguay38 - 15BrazilUruguay43 - 26ChileUruguay25 - 24PeruUruguay61 - 13ParaguayArgentina46 - 33BrazilArgentina18 - 17ChileArgentina40 - 26PeruArgentina50 - 5ParaguayBrazil36 - 31ChileBrazil27 - 21PeruBrazil24 - 20ParaguayChile35 - 32PeruChile57 - 26ParaguayPeru46 - 19Paraguay
External links
FIBA.com archive for SAC1940