1953 FIBA World Championship for Women

1953 FIBA World Championship
for Women
1st FIBA World Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host countryChile
Dates7–22 March
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorerFrance Colchen 19.2
PPG (Team) France 48.2
1957

The 1953 FIBA World Championship for Women (Spanish: 1953 Campeonato Mundial FIBA Femenino) was the first edition of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. It was held in Chile from 7 March to 22 March 1953. Ten national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA, the sport's governing body. The city of Santiago hosted the tournament. The United States won its first title.

Venues

All games were played at the Estadio Nacional de Chile.

Squads

Format

  • In the preliminary round, each team played a single game, with the winner advancing to the final round. The losing teams played in the first repass round, while the losing team with the worst point margin played in the second repass round.
  • In the first repass round, four teams were paired again and played a single game where the winners advanced to the second repass round and the losing teams to the classification round. In the second repass round, a round-robin group of three teams was formed, where the top team advanced to the final round and the other two teams to the classification round.
  • In the final round, a six-team round-robin group was formed to compete for the championship and second through sixth places in the final standings.
  • In the classification round another round-robin group of four teams was formed to define seventh through tenth place in the final standings.

Preliminary round

Winners qualify to the final round. Losing teams to the first repass round, and the losing team with the largest point margin to the second repass round.

Times given below are in Chile Standard Time (UTC−4).
7 March
20:30
Peru  22–62  France
Scoring by half: 10–28, 12–34
Pts: Bedregal, Espinoza 6 Pts: Colchen 21
8 March
Cuba  31–50  Brazil
Scoring by half: 16–21, 15–29
Pts: Buergo 11 Pts: Ferrari 19
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
8 March
19:30
Paraguay  28–60  United States
Scoring by half: 14–25, 14–35
Pts: Escudero 9 Pts: Baldwin 13
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
10 March
Argentina  39–34  Mexico
Scoring by half: 18–8, 21–26
Pts: Pastorino 9 Pts: Alfaro 8
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
10 March
22:30
Chile  37–28   Switzerland
Scoring by half: 18–15, 19–13
Pts: Reyes 11 Pts: Girod 12
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

Repass round

First round

11 March
21:00
Mexico  33–41  Paraguay
Scoring by half: 16–15, 17–26
Pts: Gamborino 8 Pts: Bataglia 11
11 March
22:30
Cuba  32–28   Switzerland
Scoring by half: 10–14, 22–14
Pts: Suárez 8 Pts: Bartschi 9
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

Second round

Qualified for the final round
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Paraguay 2 2 0 111 89 +22 4
 Cuba 2 1 1 101 98 +3 3
 Peru 2 0 2 59 84 −25 2
13 March
21:00
Peru  29–42  Cuba
Scoring by half: 17–28, 12–13
Pts: Bedregal 13 Pts: Gonzales 10
14 March
21:00
Peru  30–42  Paraguay
Scoring by half: 11–19, 19–24
Pts: de Balbuena 14 Pts: López 12
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
15 March
17:00
Cuba  59–69 (OT)  Paraguay
Scoring by half: 15–17, 28–26 Overtime: 8–8, 8–18
Pts: Aldao, Soler 11 Pts: Escudero 18
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

Classification round

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Peru 3 3 0 106 73 +33 6
 Mexico 3 2 1 98 94 +4 5
  Switzerland 3 1 2 68 79 −11 4
 Cuba 3 0 3 53 79 −26 3
18 March
21:40
Peru  31–20  Cuba
Scoring by half: 13–6, 18–14
Pts: Bedregal 9 Pts: Suárez 9
18 March
22:55
Switzerland  25–40  Mexico
Scoring by half: 9–20, 16–20
Pts: Girod 10 Pts: Alfaro 11
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
19 March
Peru  34–26   Switzerland
Scoring by half: 20–14, 14–12
Pts: de Balbuena 9 Pts: Girod 11
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
19 March
23:05
Cuba  28–31 (OT)  Mexico
Scoring by half: 9–7, 13–15 Overtime: 6–9
Pts: Aldao 11 Pts: Alfaro, Gómez 8
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
20 March
Mexico  27–41  Peru
Scoring by half: 13–26, 14–15
Pts: Alfaro 11 Pts: Bedregal 16
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
20 March
21:35
Switzerland  17–5  Cuba
Scoring by half: 11–2, 6–3
Pts: Pochon 5 Pts: Morales 3
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

Final round

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 5 4 1 188 155 +33 9
 Chile 5 3 2 227 207 +20 8
 France 5 3 2 227 176 +51 8
 Brazil 5 3 2 183 186 −3 8
 Paraguay 5 1 4 170 237 −67 6
 Argentina 5 1 4 159 193 −34 6
13 March
22:30
France  37–41  United States
Scoring by half: 16–20, 21–21
Pts: Biny 13 Pts: Washington 12
14 March
22:30
Argentina  36–40  Brazil
Scoring by half: 14–11, 22–29
Pts: Pastorino 12 Pts: Ferrari 10
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
15 March
18:30
Chile  38–44  Argentina
Scoring by half: 10–23, 28–21
Pts: Hurtado 16 Pts: Reyes 16
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
16 March
21:00
Brazil  37–49  France
Scoring by half: 17–18, 20–31
Pts: Giogio 9 Pts: Colchen 25
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
16 March
22:30
Chile  67–42  Paraguay
Scoring by half: 24–19, 43–23
Pts: Hurtado 27 Pts: Escobar 10
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
17 March
22:00
Argentina  22–34  United States
Scoring by half: 15–16, 7–18
Pts: Medrano, Reyes 5 Pts: Bowden 14
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
18 March
21:00
Paraguay  27–58  France
Scoring by half: 15–21, 12–37
Pts: López 8 Pts: Colchen 18
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
18 March
22:30
United States  23–29  Brazil
Scoring by half: 7–18, 16–11
Pts: Washington 10 Pts: Ferrari 14
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
19 March
21:00
Argentina  31–33  Paraguay
Scoring by half: 12–13, 19–20
Pts: Reyes 12 Pts: Escobar 7
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
19 March
22:30
Chile  45–35  France
Scoring by half: 19–21, 26–14
Pts: Reyes 24 Pts: Kloeck 13
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
21 March
21:00
Paraguay  31–41  United States
Scoring by half: 6–21, 25–20
Pts: Escobar 11 Pts: Washington 13
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
21 March
22:30
Chile  41–37  Brazil
Scoring by half: 25–18, 16–19
Pts: Reyes 17 Pts: Ulbrich 10
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
22 March
18:30
Paraguay  37–40  Brazil
Scoring by half: 15–20, 22–20
Pts: Bataglia 11 Pts: Ulbrich 10
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
22 March
19:30
France  48–26  Argentina
Scoring by half: 25–13, 23–13
Pts: Colchen 30 Pts: Pastorino 10
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
22 March
20:30
Chile  36–49  United States
Scoring by half: 19–26, 17–23
Pts: Hurtado 11 Pts: Bowden 17
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 5–1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Chile 4–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France 4–2
4  Brazil 4–2
5  Paraguay 4–5
6  Argentina 2–4
7  Peru 3–3
8  Mexico 2–3
9   Switzerland 1–4
10  Cuba 2–5

References