1957 FIBA World Championship for Women

The 1957 FIBA World Championship for Women (Portuguese:Campeonato Mundial Feminino da Fiba de 1957) was the second FIBA World Championship for Women basketball championship held by FIBA. It was held in Brazil between 13 October and 26 October 1957. Twelve national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA, the sport's governing body. The city of Rio de Janeiro hosted the tournament. The United States won its second title after finishing in first place in the second round.

1957 FIBA World Championship
for Women
2nd FIBA World Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates13–26 October
Teams12
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorerParaguay Nuñez 23.4
1953
1959

Format

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  • In the preliminary round teams were split into three round-robin groups, two of four teams and one of three teams. The top two teams from each group advanced to the final round. Hosts Brazil advanced to the final round directly.
  • The teams that did not reach the final round, played in the classification round, which consisted of a round-robin group of five teams to define eighth through twelfth places in the final standings.
  • In the final, a seven-team round-robin group was formed to compete for the championship and second through seventh places in the final standings.

Preliminary round

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Qualified for the final round
Times given below are in Brasília time (UTC−3).

Group A

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TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 Czechoslovakia330215120+956
 United States321189129+605
 Argentina312138183−454
 Peru303108218−1103
13 October
20:00
United States  75–37  Peru
Scoring by half: 41–12, 34–25
Pts: Sipes 19Pts: Barrenechea 11
13 October
21:30
Czechoslovakia  76–42  Argentina
Scoring by half: 41–15, 35–27
Pts: Dubska 24Pts: Bonetti 11
Rio de Janeiro
14 October
20:00
Czechoslovakia  86–28  Peru
Scoring by half: 40–15, 46–13
Pts: Dubska 15Pts: Fulgosi 7
Rio de Janeiro
14 October
21:30
United States  64–39  Argentina
Scoring by half: 35–15, 29–24
Pts: White 22Pts: Bonetti 11
Rio de Janeiro
15 October
20:00
Argentina  57–43  Peru
Scoring by half: 29–21, 28–22
Pts: Pietrapina 18Pts: Cantina 13
Rio de Janeiro
15 October
21:30
United States  50–53  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 20–23, 30–30
Pts: Crawford 14Pts: Mubalokova 16
Rio de Janeiro

Group B

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TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 Soviet Union22014083+574
 Paraguay211116101+153
 Australia20263135−722
13 October
21:30
Soviet Union  70–32  Australia
Scoring by half: 29–13, 41–19
Pts: Kostikova 24Pts: Cockburn 11
14 October
22:00
Soviet Union  70–51  Paraguay
Scoring by half: 35–33, 35–18
Pts: Kostikova 20Pts: Nuñez 22
Rio de Janeiro
15 October
19:00
Paraguay  65–31  Australia
Scoring by half: 38–15, 27–16
Pts: Nuñez 32Pts: Hill 9
Rio de Janeiro

Group C

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TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 Hungary330244153+916
 Chile321180161+195
 Mexico312154190−364
 Cuba303130204−743
13 October
Chile  53–65  Hungary
Scoring by half: 27–28, 26–37
Pts: Velasquez 27Pts: Koren, Matay 16
13 October
20:00
Cuba  39–49  Mexico
Scoring by half: 21–30, 18–19
Pts: Buergo 12Pts: Concepsión 10
Rio de Janeiro
14 October
19:00
Chile  62–51  Mexico
Scoring by half: 39–22, 23–29
Pts: Pauchard 27Pts: Concepsión 22
Rio de Janeiro
14 October
20:30
Hungary  90–46  Cuba
Scoring by half: 42–24, 48–22
Pts: Matay 22Pts: Buergo 16
Rio de Janeiro
15 October
20:30
Chile  65–45  Cuba
Scoring by half: 33–12, 32–33
Pts: Pauchard 26Pts: Thaureaux 18
Rio de Janeiro
15 October
22:00
Mexico  54–89  Hungary
Scoring by half: 20–45, 34–44
Pts: Concepsión 22Pts: Schneider 18
Rio de Janeiro

Classification round

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TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 Mexico440197173+248
 Argentina431228188+407
 Australia422170171−16
 Peru413167180−135
 Cuba404170220−504
18 October
20:00
Cuba  50–58  Mexico
Scoring by half: 23–25, 27–33
Pts: Thaureaux 9Pts: Sánchez 14
18 October
21:30
Australia  44–52  Argentina
Scoring by half: 24–24, 20–28
Pts: Cockburn 9Pts: Bonetti 21
Rio de Janeiro
20 October
20:00
Mexico  45–38  Australia
Scoring by half: 23–21, 22–17
Pts: Rivera 9Pts: Cockburn 11
Rio de Janeiro
20 October
21:30
Peru  49–66  Argentina
Scoring by half: 16–31, 33–35
Pts: Flechele 21Pts: Lorenzo 17
Rio de Janeiro
21 October
20:00
Cuba  43–50  Australia
Scoring by half: 26–26, 17–24
Pts: Thaureaux 13Pts: Cockburn, Macquire 13
Rio de Janeiro
21 October
21:30
Mexico  45–36  Peru
Scoring by half: 17–18, 28–19
Pts: Sánchez 9Pts: Flechele 11
Rio de Janeiro
22 October
20:00
Argentina  62–46  Cuba
Scoring by half: 25–27, 37–19
Pts: Lorenzo, Pietrapina 12Pts: Thaureaux 14
Rio de Janeiro
22 October
21:30
Australia  38–31  Peru
Scoring by half: 16–20, 22–11
Pts: Macquire 13Pts: Barrenechea 14
Rio de Janeiro
23 October
20:00
Mexico  49–48  Argentina
Scoring by half: 23–24, 26–24
Pts: García 19Pts: Lorenzo 17
Rio de Janeiro
23 October
21:30
Cuba  31–50  Peru
Scoring by half: 23–23, 8–27
Pts: Buergo, de Dios 6Pts: Barrenechea 15
Rio de Janeiro

Final round

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TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 United States660366280+8612
 Soviet Union651365292+7311
 Czechoslovakia642394319+7510
 Brazil633324365−419
 Hungary624297317−208
 Paraguay615274338−647
 Chile606287396−1096
17 October
20:00
Chile  46–76  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 19–30, 27–46
Pts: Pauchard 20Pts: Mubalokova 22
17 October
21:30
Brazil  48–46  Paraguay
Scoring by half: 25–27, 23–19
Pts: Ramos 11Pts: Nuñez 22
Rio de Janeiro
18 October
20:00
Soviet Union  67–38  Chile
Scoring by half: 36–19, 31–19
Pts: Kostikova 22Pts: Pauchard 15
Rio de Janeiro
18 October
21:30
United States  51–46  Hungary
Scoring by half: 27–29, 24–17
Pts: Sipes 15Pts: Parti 16
Rio de Janeiro
19 October
20:00
Czechoslovakia  68–47  Paraguay
Scoring by half: 30–22, 38–25
Pts: Mazlova-Adamirova 25Pts: Nuñez 18
Rio de Janeiro
19 October
21:30
Brazil  44–67  United States
Scoring by half: 21–33, 23–34
Pts: Bento 9Pts: White 28
Rio de Janeiro
20 October
19:00
Soviet Union  69–49  Paraguay
Scoring by half: 36–22, 33–27
Pts: Maksimelenova 15Pts: Nuñez 24
Rio de Janeiro
20 October
20:00
Czechoslovakia  57–61  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 28–30, 29–31
Pts: Mazlova-Adamirova 14Pts: Maksimelenova 19
Rio de Janeiro
20 October
20:30
Brazil  66–64  Chile
Scoring by half: 36–30, 30–34
Pts: Bento 26Pts: Velasquez 29
Rio de Janeiro
20 October
22:00
Hungary  34–55  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 13–25, 21–30
Pts: Matay 8Pts: Mazlova-Adamirova 18
Rio de Janeiro
21 October
20:00
Paraguay  46–43  Chile
Scoring by half: 22–23, 24–20
Pts: Nuñez 21Pts: Velasquez 17
Rio de Janeiro
21 October
21:30
Hungary  53–64  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 26–32, 27–32
Pts: Schneider 25Pts: Jarosevskaya 14
Rio de Janeiro
22 October
20:00
United States  76–47  Chile
Scoring by half: 40–17, 36–30
Pts: White 18Pts: Velasquez 17
Rio de Janeiro
22 October
21:30
Brazil  44–56  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 24–20, 20–36
Pts: Cardozo 10Pts: Maksimelenova 19
Rio de Janeiro
23 October
20:00
Paraguay  46–50  Hungary
Scoring by half: 25–28, 21–22
Pts: Nuñez 27Pts: Parti 17
Rio de Janeiro
23 October
21:30
United States  61–55  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 30–24, 31–31
Pts: Crawford 15Pts: Mubalokova 21
Rio de Janeiro
24 October
21:30
Brazil  52–49  Hungary
Scoring by half: 25–24, 27–25
Pts: Campos 21Pts: Schneider 10
Rio de Janeiro
25 October
20:00
Paraguay  40–60  United States
Scoring by half: 8–36, 23–24
Pts: Nuñez 21Pts: Sipes 27
Rio de Janeiro
25 October
21:30
Chile  49–65  Hungary
Scoring by half: 30–36, 19–29
Pts: Silva 15Pts: Schneider 23
Rio de Janeiro
26 October
20:00
United States  51–48  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 24–27, 27–21
Pts: Sipes 18Pts: Jarosevskaya 15
Rio de Janeiro
26 October
21:30
Brazil  70–83  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 33–28, 37–55
Pts: Bento 27Pts: Mazlova-Adamirova 26
Rio de Janeiro

Final standings

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RankTeamRecord
 United States8–1
 Soviet Union7–1
 Czechoslovakia7–2
4  Brazil3–3
5  Hungary5–4
6  Paraguay2–6
7  Chile2–7
8  Mexico5–2
9  Argentina4–3
10  Australia2–4
10  Peru1–6
10  Cuba0–7

References

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