The 1949 South American Basketball Championship was the 14th edition of this regional tournament. It was held in Asunción, Paraguay and won by the Uruguay national basketball team. 6 teams competed.
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 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.
RankTeamPtsWLPFPADiff 1 1050161134+27 2 832188178+10 3 832179174+5 4 723178162+16 5 723188187+1 6 505134193-59
Uruguay34 - 26BrazilUruguay35 - 34ChileUruguay32 - 21PeruUruguay35 - 34ArgentinaUruguay25 - 19ParaguayBrazil40 - 31ChileBrazil32 - 30PeruBrazil40 - 48ArgentinaBrazil50 - 35ParaguayChile41 - 35PeruChile47 - 40ArgentinaChile26 - 24ParaguayPeru37 - 29ArgentinaPeru55 - 28ParaguayArgentina37 - 28Paraguay
External links
FIBA.com archive for SAC1949