Basketball - Men's World Championship - Final Group - 1959 - Detailed results

Chile - Santiago de Chile - 20 January 1959 - 31 January 1959

Standing - Men's World Championship - Final Group 1959

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Soviet Union	11	6	5	1	365	264	+101
2	Brazil	11	6	5	1	472	382	+90
3	United States	10	6	4	2	372	378	-6
4	Bulgaria	8	6	2	4	315	338	-23
5	Taiwan	8	6	2	4	315	350	-35
6	Chile	8	6	2	4	393	446	-53
7	Puerto Rico	7	6	1	5	397	471	-74

Results - Men's World Championship - Final Group 1959

20 January 1959
	Chile	86 - 85	Taiwan
21 January 1959
	Soviet Union	84 - 55	Puerto Rico
	United States	63 - 58	Bulgaria
22 January 1959
	Brazil	94 - 76	Taiwan
	Chile	83 - 71	Puerto Rico
23 January 1959
	Brazil	62 - 53	Bulgaria
	United States	54 - 53	Puerto Rico
24 January 1959
	Bulgaria	76 - 71	Chile
	Soviet Union	66 - 63	Brazil
26 January 1959
	United States	85 - 69	Taiwan
	Soviet Union	78 - 58	Bulgaria
27 January 1959
	Puerto Rico	85 - 81	Taiwan
	Soviet Union	75 - 49	Chile
28 January 1959
	Brazil	99 - 71	Puerto Rico
	Soviet Union	62 - 37	United States
29 January 1959
	Bulgaria	70 - 62	Puerto Rico
	United States	66 - 55	Chile
30 January 1959
	Brazil	81 - 67	United States
	Taiwan	2 - 0 (forfeit)	Bulgaria
31 January 1959
	Brazil	73 - 49	Chile
	Taiwan	2 - 0 (forfeit)	Soviet Union

The Soviet Union and Bulgaria refusal to meet Formosa in the final round led to their relegation to the last two places.

General Informations

• First edition : 1950
• Editions : 19 (including 2023)
• Official name : FIBA Basketball World Cup
• Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBA_Basketball_World_Cup
• Organiser : Fédération Internationale de Basket-ball (FIBA)
• Official website : http://fiba.com/spain2014
• First winner : Argentina
• Most wins : United States (5)
• Most recent winner : Germany