1979 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

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)
PPG (Team) United States (104.7)
Official website
1979 FIBA U19 World Championship
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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.

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

Group A

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

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

Classification 7th–12th

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

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

Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 8–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Brazil 5–3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

 1979 Under-19 World champions 

United States
First title

References

  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.