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1979 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

The 1979 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Portuguese: 1979 Campeonato Mundial FIBA Sub-19) was the maiden edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship. It was held in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil from 15 to 25 August 1979.

1979 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates15–25 August
Teams12
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorerUruguay Horacio López (33.2)
Official website
1979 FIBA U19 World Championship
1983 →

The United States notched their first-ever world juniors championship by sweeping both the preliminary round and the championship round, winning the Gold Medal against the hosts Brazil in the final day of the tournament, 75–55.[1]

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Italy 5 4 1 409 388 +21 9
  Yugoslavia 5 4 1 419 376 +43 9
  Brazil 5 3 2 440 378 +62 8
  Uruguay 5 2 3 440 467 −27 7
  Australia 5 2 3 372 398 −26 7
  Philippines 5 0 5 444 517 −73 5
15 August 1979
19:00
Australia   67–89   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 32–49, 35–40
Pts: Patterson 18 Pts: Čutura 14
15 August 1979
21:10
Brazil   123–80   Philippines
Scoring by half: 65–29, 58–51
Pts: dos Santos 25 Pts: Banal 15
15 August 1979
23:00
Uruguay   98–102 (OT)   Italy
Scoring by half: 46–48, 42–40 Overtime: 10–14
Pts: López 38 Pts: Fantin [it] 21
16 August 1979
20:00
Philippines   71–88   Italy
Scoring by half: 37–51, 34–37
Pts: Saldaña 31 Pts: Tonut 16
16 August 1979
21:50
Brazil   71–73   Australia
Scoring by half: 33–34, 38–39
Pts: Vitoria 15 Pts: Gaze 16
16 August 1979
23:40
Yugoslavia   89–78   Uruguay
Scoring by half: 33–43, 56–35
Pts: Radović, Dogan 18 Pts: López 33
17 August 1979
19:00
Uruguay   79–72   Australia
Scoring by half: 46–37, 33–35
Pts: López 35 Pts: Sengstock 21
17 August 1979
20:55
Brazil   85–79   Italy
Scoring by half: 48–37, 37–42
Pts: dos Santos 18 Pts: Fantin [it] 16
17 August 1979
22:40
Yugoslavia   106–102   Philippines
Scoring by half: 48–53, 58–49
Pts: Grbović 24 Pts: Saldaña 31
18 August 1979
19:00
Australia   89–83   Philippines
Scoring by half: 49–33, 40–50
Pts: Pearce 22 Pts: Cristobal 27
18 August 1979
20:45
Italy   64–63   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 33–26, 31–37
Pts: Riva 22 Pts: Čutura 26
18 August 1979
22:40
Brazil   96–74   Uruguay
Scoring by half: 56–26, 40–48
Pts: Pedrosa 25 Pts: López 21
19 August 1979
18:00
Uruguay   111–108   Philippines
Scoring by half: 61–53, 50–55
Pts: López 39 Pts: Cristobal 24
19 August 1979
19:45
Australia   71–76   Italy
Scoring by half: 37–51, 34–37
Pts: Gaze 18 Pts: Riva 23
19 August 1979
21:30
Brazil   65–72   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 28–35, 37–37
Pts: da Silva 18 Pts: Čutura 24

Group B edit

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  United States 5 5 0 427 236 +191 10
  Argentina 5 4 1 472 357 +115 9
  Soviet Union 5 3 2 459 362 +97 8
  Panama 5 2 3 293 332 −39 6
  Canada 5 1 4 390 442 −52 6
  Egypt 5 0 5 278 590 −312 5
15 August 1979
United States   2–0   Panama
USA won by forfeit after Panama failed to appear
15 August 1979
19:00
Argentina   150–44   Egypt
Scoring by half: 75–12, 75–32
Pts: Politi 23 Pts: Nazmi 10
15 August 1979
21:45
Soviet Union   117–72   Canada
Scoring by half: 51–29, 66–43
Pts: Grdzelidze, Nagayama, Popov [ru] 26 Pts: Lichti 15
16 August 1979
18:00
Soviet Union   126–60   Egypt
Scoring by half: 72–38, 54–22
Pts: Popov [ru] 28 Pts: Kinoshita 22
16 August 1979
20:10
Canada   80–81   Panama
Scoring by half: 48–48, 32–33
Pts: Pasquale 22 Pts: Grenald, Macias 18
16 August 1979
21:45
United States   98–61   Argentina
Scoring by half: 58–31, 40–30
Pts: Perkins 13 Pts: Duffy 12
17 August 1979
19:00
United States   105–59   Canada
Scoring by half: 49–17, 56–42
Pts: White 22 Pts: Fitzgerald 11
17 August 1979
21:00
Egypt   68–78   Panama
Scoring by half: 24–42, 44–36
Pts: Elhabash 21 Pts: Macias 29
17 August 1979
22:45
Argentina   74–72   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 36–41, 38–31
Pts: Aréjula 20 Pts: Popov [ru] 20
18 August 1979
19:00
Soviet Union   92–62   Panama
Scoring by half: 38–30, 54–32
Pts: Berezhniy 20 Pts: Gálvez 17
18 August 1979
21:00
United States   128–38   Egypt
Scoring by half: 70–18, 58–20
Pts: Perkins 13 Pts: Kinoshita 8
18 August 1979
22:45
Argentina   97–71   Canada
Scoring by half: 36–41, 38–31
Pts: Aréjula 22 Pts: Pasquale 17
19 August 1979
18:00
Canada   108–68   Egypt
Scoring by half: 56–20, 52–48
Pts: Lichti 33 Pts: Kinoshita 21
19 August 1979
19:50
Argentina   90–72   Panama
Scoring by half: 47–31, 43–41
Pts: Maretto 21 Pts: Gálvez 24
19 August 1979
23:00
United States   94–78   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 47–37, 47–41
Pts: Floyd 19 Pts: Grdzelidze 25

Final round edit

Classification 7th–12th edit

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Canada 3 3 0 230 212 +18 6
  Uruguay 3 2 1 300 217 +83 5
  Australia 3 2 1 207 185 +22 5
  Philippines 3 2 1 286 235 +51 5
  Panama 3 0 3 213 241 −28 3
  Egypt 3 0 3 194 340 −146 3
August 1979
Australia   64–63   Panama
Scoring by half: 30–33, 35–40
August 1979
Uruguay   126–67   Egypt
Scoring by half: 67–39, 59–28
August 1979
Canada   89–81   Philippines
Scoring by half: 42–38, 47–43
August 1979
Canada   78–76   Uruguay
Scoring by half: 42–31, 36–45
August 1979
Australia   88–59   Egypt
Scoring by half: 42–31, 36–45
August 1979
Panama   78–79   Philippines
Scoring by half: 32–28, 46–41
August 1979
Egypt   68–126   Philippines
Scoring by half: 38–66, 30–60
August 1979
Australia   55–63   Canada
Scoring by half: 31–35, 24–28
August 1979
Uruguay   98–72   Panama
Scoring by half: 47–33, 51–39

Championship round edit

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  United States 3 3 0 308 206 +102 6
  Brazil 3 2 1 205 223 −18 5
  Argentina 3 2 1 221 219 +2 5
  Yugoslavia 3 1 2 237 257 −20 4
  Soviet Union 3 1 2 237 243 −6 4
  Italy 3 0 3 226 286 −60 3
20 August 1979
20:00
Italy   77–134   United States
Scoring by half: 35–64, 42–70
Pts: Fantozzi 15 Pts: Floyd 23
21 August 1979
20:00
Italy   79–81   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 38–36, 41–45
Pts: Costa 16 Pts: Grdzelidze 22
21 August 1979
23:00
Yugoslavia   75–77   Argentina
Scoring by half: 39–42, 36–35
Pts: Čutura 18 Pts: Aréjula 18
22 August 1979
19:00
Brazil   74–73   Argentina
Scoring by half: 36–33, 38–40
Pts: da Silva 19 Pts: Aréjula 21
23 August 1979
19:00
Yugoslavia   88–81   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 45–53, 43–28
Pts: Čutura 17 Pts: Grdzelidze 21
24 August 1979
19:30
Yugoslavia   74–99   United States
Scoring by half: 37–44, 37–55
Pts: Čutura 24 Pts: Worthy 27
24 August 1979
21:15
Brazil   76–75   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 45–39, 31–36
Pts: Malvesi 22 Pts: Popov [ru] 27
25 August 1979
21:00
Italy   70–71   Argentina
Scoring by half: 38–36, 32–35
Pts: Fantin 21 Pts: Maretto 18
25 August 1979
22:45
Brazil   55–75   United States
Scoring by half: 22–41, 33–34
Pts: da Silva 25 Pts: Floyd 15
Ginásio de Esportes Antônio Balbino, Salvador
Referees: Marcial Paredes Lopes (PER), Artenik Arabadjian (BUL)

Final standings edit

Rank Team Record
    United States 8–0
    Brazil 5–3
    Argentina 6–2
4th   Yugoslavia 5–3
5th   Soviet Union 4–4
6th   Italy 4–4
7th   Canada 4–4
8th   Uruguay 4–4
9th   Australia 4–4
10th   Philippines 2–6
11th   Panama 2–6
12th   Egypt 0–8

Awards edit

 1979 Under-19 World champions 
 
United States
First title

References edit

  1. ^ "FIRST FIBA MEN'S JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP – 1979". usab.com. 10 June 2010. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

External links edit

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