The 1937 South American Basketball Championship was the 5th edition of this tournament. It was held in Valparaíso and Santiago, Chile and won by the host, Chile national basketball team. A record 5 teams competed, including Peru in their first appearance.
Final rankings
Results
Each team played the other four teams twice apiece, for a total of eight games played by each team and 20 overall in the tournament.
RankTeamPtsWLPFPADiff 1 1680244185+59 2 1353201198+3 3 1135181214-33 4 1026182190-8 5 1026197218-21
Chile21 - 20ArgentinaArgentina30 - 33ChileChile35 - 22BrazilBrazil18 - 34ChileChile33 - 21PeruPeru34 - 35ChileChile19 - 13UruguayUruguay27 - 34ChileUruguay26 - 30ArgentinaArgentina29 - 30UruguayUruguay28 - 23BrazilBrazil27 - 30UruguayUruguay24 - 17PeruPeru19 - 23UruguayBrazil31 - 22ArgentinaArgentina21 - 30BrazilBrazil12 - 29PeruPeru15 - 18BrazilPeru23 - 20ArgentinaArgentina25 - 24Peru
External links
FIBA.com archive for SAC1937