Basketball - Men's World Championship - First round - Group C - 1959 - Detailed results

Chile - Santiago de Chile - 16 January 1959 - 18 January 1959

Standing - - First round - Group C 1959

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Bulgaria	6	3	3	0	217	174	+43
2	Puerto Rico	5	3	2	1	209	194	+15
3	Philippines	4	3	1	2	192	220	-28
4	Uruguay	3	3	0	3	181	211	-30

Results - - First round - Group C 1959

16 January 1959
	Philippines	68 - 59	Uruguay
	Bulgaria	67 - 55	Puerto Rico
17 January 1959
	Bulgaria	85 - 61	Philippines
	Puerto Rico	78 - 64	Uruguay
18 January 1959
	Puerto Rico	76 - 63	Philippines
	Bulgaria	65 - 58	Uruguay

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