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1950 FIBA World Championship
The 1950 FIBA World Championship, also called the 1st World Basketball Championship – 1950, was the inaugural edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup, World Cup basketball tournament for men's national teams. It was held by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), from 22 October to 3 November 1950. Argentina hosted the competition at Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Luna Park in Buenos Aires, where ten nations participated in the event. Argentina men's national basketball team, Argentina claimed the gold medal, by beating the United States men's national basketball team, United States 64–50 in the decisive game of the final round. After winning the tournament, Argentinian fans celebrated by burning newspapers which became known as the "Night of the Torches". Host and venue In the aftermath of World War II, Argentina was chosen as host of the inaugural World Cup partly because of its Argentina during World War II, neutrality during the war. Competing nations FIBA deter ...
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Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, GaWC 2024 ranking. The city proper has a population of 3.1 million and its urban area 16.7 million, making it the List of metropolitan areas, twentieth largest metropolitan area in the world. It is known for its preserved eclecticism, eclectic European #Architecture, architecture and rich culture, cultural life. It is a multiculturalism, multicultural city that is home to multiple ethnic and religious groups, contributing to its culture as well as to the dialect spoken in the city and in some other parts of the country. This is because since the 19th century, the city, and the country in general, has been a major recipient of millions of Immigration to Argentina, im ...
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France Men's National Basketball Team
The France men's national basketball team () represents France in international basketball and is administered by the French Federation of Basketball. France is currently ranked fourth in the FIBA Men's World Ranking, FIBA World Ranking. France has been a regular at the EuroBasket, qualifying for 39 appearances all-time. Their best finish came in EuroBasket 2013, 2013, winning the gold medal. They have also come away with three silver (EuroBasket 1949, 1949, EuroBasket 2011, 2011, EuroBasket 2022, 2022) and six bronze medals (EuroBasket 1937, 1937, EuroBasket 1951, 1951, EuroBasket 1953, 1953, EuroBasket 1959, 1959, EuroBasket 2005, 2005, EuroBasket 2015, 2015). France has also won two bronze medals at the FIBA World Cup in 2014 FIBA World Cup, 2014 and 2019 FIBA World Cup, 2019. While at the Basketball at the Summer Olympics, Summer Olympics, France has won four silver medals (Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1948, Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000, Basketball ...
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Rosario
Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city, located northwest of Buenos Aires on the west bank of the Paraná River, is the third-most populous city in the country after Buenos Aires and Cordoba. With a growing and important metropolitan area, Greater Rosario has an estimated population of 1,750,000 . One of its main attractions includes the neoclassical architecture, neoclassical, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco architecture that has been preserved in hundreds of residences, houses and public buildings. The city is also famous for being the birthplace of the Argentine footballer Lionel Messi. Rosario is the head city of the Rosario Department and is located at the heart of the major industrial corridor in Argentina. The city is a major rail transport, railroad terminal and the shipping center for north-eastern Argentina. Ships reach the city via the Paraná River, which allows the existence of a ...
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La Plata
La Plata () is the capital city of Buenos Aires province, Argentina. According to the 2022 Argentina census, census, the La Plata Partido, Partido has a population of 772,618 and its metropolitan area, the Greater La Plata, has 938,287 inhabitants. It is located 9 kilometers (6 miles) inland from the southern shore of the estuary. La Plata was planned and developed to serve as the provincial capital after the city of Buenos Aires was Federalization of Buenos Aires, federalized in 1880. It was officially founded by Governor Dardo Rocha on 19 November 1882. Its construction is fully documented in photographs by Tomás Bradley Sutton. La Plata was briefly known as ''Ciudad Eva Perón'' (Eva Perón City) between 1952 and 1955. History and description After La Plata was designated the provincial capital, Rocha was placed in charge of creating the city. He hired urban planner Pedro Benoit, who designed a city layout based on a rationalism, rationalist urban planning, conception ...
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Repechage
Repechage ( , ; , ) is a practice in series competitions that allows participants who failed to meet qualifying standards by a small margin to continue to the next round. A well-known example is the wild card system. Types Different types of repechage can occur. As a basis for the examples below, assume that 64 competitors are divided into four pools of 16 competitors, labeled A, B, C, and D. The first three rounds of the primary championship bracket winnow the field down to eight competitors for the quarter-final. Full repechage In full repechage, a competitor who loses to the pool winner falls into the repechage bracket. The theory is that a worthy competitor who is paired with another worthy competitor should not be unduly penalized by luck of the draw, but have an opportunity to fight for at least third place. In our example, four competitors from each pool (the loser to the pool winner in the first, second, third and quarter-final rounds) fall into the repechage br ...
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Peru Men's National Basketball Team
The Peru national basketball team is administered by the Peru Basketball Federation (''Spanish:'' Federación Deportiva Peruana de Basketball) (F.D.P.B.). Peru joined the International Federation of Basketball (FIBA) in 1936 and has one of the world's longest basketball traditions. Their best result to date was 7th place at the 1950 FIBA World Cup. Until the mid 1970s, Peru was one of South America's major basketball forces. It was the second best South American contender at the 1936 Summer Olympics. At the 1964 Summer Olympics, Peru was the only contender that kept the dominant United States to only 60 points. Between 1950 and 1967, Peru qualified for four out of five Basketball World Cups. From 1963 to 1973, it finished in the Top Four at the South American Basketball Championship at six straight events. However, after 1973, the team went through a steep decline. The team won its last victory at the South American Basketball Championship on 22 July 2001, when Peru beat E ...
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Spain Men's National Basketball Team
The Spain men's national basketball team () represents Spain in international basketball competitions. They are managed by the Spanish Basketball Federation, the governing body for basketball in Spain. Spain is the current European champion. Spain has appeared 32 times at the EuroBasket, winning four gold medals, six silver medals, and four bronze medals. They have also competed at the Basketball at the Summer Olympics, Summer Olympics 14 times, with three silver medals and one bronze medal as their accomplishments. They have qualified for the FIBA World Cup 13 times, winning it twice, in 2006 FIBA World Championship, 2006 and 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, 2019. Spain is currently ranked fifth in the FIBA Men's World Ranking, FIBA World Ranking. History Olympic Games When Spain qualified for the Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics, 1936 Basketball at the Summer Olympics, Summer Olympics, where basketball was part of the games for the first time, expectations were high for ...
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Yugoslavia Men's National Basketball Team
The Yugoslavia men's national basketball team ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Košarkaška reprezentacija Jugoslavije, Кошаркашка репрезентација Југославије; ; ) represented the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1943 until 1992 in international basketball, and was controlled by the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia. After World War II, the team steadily improved their rankings and came to be one of the dominant forces of world basketball in the 1970s and the 1980s, along with the United States and Soviet Union, capturing five Olympic medals and eight World Cups, thirteen medals in total, along with another thirteen on the continental level at EuroBasket. Twelve FIBA Hall of Fame members emerged from the Yugoslav national team: Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Ivo Daneu, Mirza Delibašić, Vlade Divac, Dragan Kićanović, Radivoj Korać, Toni Kukoč, Dražen Petrović, Zoran Slavnić, Jure Zdovc and Dino Rađa. History 1 ...
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Ecuador Men's National Basketball Team
Ecuador national basketball team is the national men's basketball team from Ecuador who played in the 1950 FIBA World Championship where they came eighth. FIBA World Cup * 1950: ''8th place'' Pan American Games * 1951: ''9th place'' Current roster At the 2016 South American Basketball Championship The 2016 South American Basketball Championship was the 47th and last edition of the FIBA South American Basketball Championship. Ten teams participated in the competition, which was held in Caracas, Venezuela, from 26 June to 2 July 2016. The to ...:Ecuador , 2016 South American Championship for Men
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Egypt Men's National Basketball Team
The Egypt national basketball team represents Egypt in international basketball competitions. The team is directed by the Egyptian Basketball Federation. Winning the title of the EuroBasket 1949 has been the team's most celebrated achievement. They are the only non-European nation to win the competition. In addition its 5th-place finish at the 1950 FIBA World Championship as well as its 9th-place finish at the Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1952 Summer Olympics, remain the best results ever of an African nation at each tournament. The title of the EuroBasket 1949, is the most prestigious basketball title of an African nation as well. At the FIBA Africa Championship, Egypt holds a record number of 17 medals (alongside Angola national basketball team, Angola). Egypt joined the FIBA, International Federation of Basketball (FIBA) in 1934 and has Africa's longest basketball tradition. History EuroBasket 1937 The Egyptians finished last at the second European basketball cha ...
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EuroBasket 1949
The 1949 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1949, was the sixth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Seven national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition. The competition was hosted by Egypt after the Soviet Union refused to host it, as was the Soviet's obligation as defending champion under FIBA Europe rules. Czechoslovakia, the silver medallist at EuroBasket 1947, had been the host that year, so was not asked to repeat hosting duties and those duties fell to bronze medallist Egypt. The event took place in Cairo, with travel difficulties cited by many nations as the reason for not competing. Only four of the seven competing teams were European. Results The 1949 competition was in the same format as EuroBasket 1939. Each team played each of the other teams once. A win was worth 2 standings points, a loss worth 1. The rankings were based on those standing points. ...
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Chile Men's National Basketball Team
The Chile national basketball team is controlled by the Federación de Básquetbol de Chile. It is affiliated to FIBA, under the zone confederation of FIBA Americas. In the 1950s, Chile had one of the finest national basketball teams in the world. In more recent years team has primarily competed regionally at the FIBA South American Championship. History Past years The team has a distinguished history in international and regional competitions, with notable successes in the FIBA World Cup and the FIBA South American Championships. In the FIBA World Cup, Chile won two bronze medals: the first in the first ever World Cup in 1950 played in Buenos Aires, Argentina and another in 1959 when Chile hosted the tournament. In the South American Championship, Chile achieved its peak performance with a gold medal in 1937 on home soil. They also secured silver in 1932 and 1934, along with several bronze medals in the 1940s and 1950s, underlining their regional strength. The team won bro ...
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