1979 FIBA Under-19 World Championship
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Brazil |
Dates | 15–25 August |
Teams | 12 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Top scorer | ![]() |
PPG (Team) | ![]() |
Official website | |
1979 FIBA U19 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.
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 |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 409 | 388 | +21 | 9 |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 419 | 376 | +43 | 9 |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 440 | 378 | +62 | 8 |
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5 | 2 | 3 | 440 | 467 | −27 | 7 |
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5 | 2 | 3 | 372 | 398 | −26 | 7 |
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5 | 0 | 5 | 444 | 517 | −73 | 5 |
15 August 1979
19:00 |
Australia ![]() |
67–89 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 32–49, 35–40 | ||
Pts: Patterson 18 | Pts: Čutura 14 |
15 August 1979
21:10 |
Brazil ![]() |
123–80 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 65–29, 58–51 | ||
Pts: dos Santos 25 | Pts: Banal 15 |
15 August 1979
23:00 |
Uruguay ![]() |
98–102 (OT) | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 46–48, 42–40 Overtime: 10–14 | ||
Pts: López 38 | Pts: Fantin 21 |
16 August 1979
20:00 |
Philippines ![]() |
71–88 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 37–51, 34–37 | ||
Pts: Saldaña 31 | Pts: Tonut 16 |
16 August 1979
21:50 |
Brazil ![]() |
71–73 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 33–34, 38–39 | ||
Pts: Vitoria 15 | Pts: Gaze 16 |
16 August 1979
23:40 |
Yugoslavia ![]() |
89–78 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 33–43, 56–35 | ||
Pts: Radović, Dogan 18 | Pts: López 33 |
17 August 1979
19:00 |
Uruguay ![]() |
79–72 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 46–37, 33–35 | ||
Pts: López 35 | Pts: Sengstock 21 |
17 August 1979
20:55 |
Brazil ![]() |
85–79 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 48–37, 37–42 | ||
Pts: dos Santos 18 | Pts: Fantin 16 |
17 August 1979
22:40 |
Yugoslavia ![]() |
106–102 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 48–53, 58–49 | ||
Pts: Grbović 24 | Pts: Saldaña 31 |
18 August 1979
19:00 |
Australia ![]() |
89–83 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 49–33, 40–50 | ||
Pts: Pearce 22 | Pts: Cristobal 27 |
18 August 1979
20:45 |
Italy ![]() |
64–63 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 33–26, 31–37 | ||
Pts: Riva 22 | Pts: Čutura 26 |
18 August 1979
22:40 |
Brazil ![]() |
96–74 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 56–26, 40–48 | ||
Pts: Pedrosa 25 | Pts: López 21 |
19 August 1979
18:00 |
Uruguay ![]() |
111–108 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 61–53, 50–55 | ||
Pts: López 39 | Pts: Cristobal 24 |
19 August 1979
21:30 |
Brazil ![]() |
65–72 | ![]() |
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 |
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5 | 5 | 0 | 427 | 236 | +191 | 10 |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 472 | 357 | +115 | 9 |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 459 | 362 | +97 | 8 |
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5 | 2 | 3 | 293 | 332 | −39 | 6 |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 390 | 442 | −52 | 6 |
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5 | 0 | 5 | 278 | 590 | −312 | 5 |
15 August 1979
19:00 |
Argentina ![]() |
150–44 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 75–12, 75–32 | ||
Pts: Politi 23 | Pts: Nazmi 10 |
15 August 1979
21:45 |
Soviet Union ![]() |
117–72 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 51–29, 66–43 | ||
Pts: Grdzelidze, Nagayama, Popov 26 | Pts: Lichti 15 |
16 August 1979
18:00 |
Soviet Union ![]() |
126–60 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 72–38, 54–22 | ||
Pts: Popov 28 | Pts: Kinoshita 22 |
16 August 1979
20:10 |
Canada ![]() |
80–81 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 48–48, 32–33 | ||
Pts: Pasquale 22 | Pts: Grenald, Macias 18 |
16 August 1979
21:45 |
United States ![]() |
98–61 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 58–31, 40–30 | ||
Pts: Perkins 13 | Pts: Duffy 12 |
17 August 1979
19:00 |
United States ![]() |
105–59 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 49–17, 56–42 | ||
Pts: White 22 | Pts: Fitzgerald 11 |
17 August 1979
21:00 |
Egypt ![]() |
68–78 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 24–42, 44–36 | ||
Pts: Elhabash 21 | Pts: Macias 29 |
17 August 1979
22:45 |
Argentina ![]() |
74–72 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 36–41, 38–31 | ||
Pts: Aréjula 20 | Pts: Popov 20 |
18 August 1979
19:00 |
Soviet Union ![]() |
92–62 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 38–30, 54–32 | ||
Pts: Berezhniy 20 | Pts: Gálvez 17 |
18 August 1979
21:00 |
United States ![]() |
128–38 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 70–18, 58–20 | ||
Pts: Perkins 13 | Pts: Kinoshita 8 |
18 August 1979
22:45 |
Argentina ![]() |
97–71 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 36–41, 38–31 | ||
Pts: Aréjula 22 | Pts: Pasquale 17 |
19 August 1979
18:00 |
Canada ![]() |
108–68 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 56–20, 52–48 | ||
Pts: Lichti 33 | Pts: Kinoshita 21 |
19 August 1979
19:50 |
Argentina ![]() |
90–72 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 47–31, 43–41 | ||
Pts: Maretto 21 | Pts: Gálvez 24 |
19 August 1979
23:00 |
United States ![]() |
94–78 | ![]() |
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 |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 230 | 212 | +18 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 300 | 217 | +83 | 5 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 207 | 185 | +22 | 5 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 286 | 235 | +51 | 5 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 213 | 241 | −28 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 194 | 340 | −146 | 3 |
Championship round
[edit]Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 308 | 206 | +102 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 205 | 223 | −18 | 5 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 221 | 219 | +2 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 237 | 257 | −20 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 237 | 243 | −6 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 226 | 286 | −60 | 3 |
20 August 1979
20:00 |
Italy ![]() |
77–134 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 35–64, 42–70 | ||
Pts: Fantozzi 15 | Pts: Floyd 23 |
21 August 1979
20:00 |
Italy ![]() |
79–81 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 38–36, 41–45 | ||
Pts: Costa 16 | Pts: Grdzelidze 22 |
21 August 1979
23:00 |
Yugoslavia ![]() |
75–77 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 39–42, 36–35 | ||
Pts: Čutura 18 | Pts: Aréjula 18 |
22 August 1979
19:00 |
Brazil ![]() |
74–73 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 36–33, 38–40 | ||
Pts: da Silva 19 | Pts: Aréjula 21 |
23 August 1979
19:00 |
Yugoslavia ![]() |
88–81 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 45–53, 43–28 | ||
Pts: Čutura 17 | Pts: Grdzelidze 21 |
24 August 1979
19:30 |
Yugoslavia ![]() |
74–99 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 37–44, 37–55 | ||
Pts: Čutura 24 | Pts: Worthy 27 |
24 August 1979
21:15 |
Brazil ![]() |
76–75 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 45–39, 31–36 | ||
Pts: Malvesi 22 | Pts: Popov 27 |
25 August 1979
21:00 |
Italy ![]() |
70–71 | ![]() |
Scoring by half: 38–36, 32–35 | ||
Pts: Fantin 21 | Pts: Maretto 18 |
25 August 1979
22:45 |
Brazil ![]() |
55–75 | ![]() |
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 |
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8–0 |
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5–3 |
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6–2 |
4th | ![]() |
5–3 |
5th | ![]() |
4–4 |
6th | ![]() |
4–4 |
7th | ![]() |
4–4 |
8th | ![]() |
4–4 |
9th | ![]() |
4–4 |
10th | ![]() |
2–6 |
11th | ![]() |
2–6 |
12th | ![]() |
0–8 |
Awards
[edit]1979 Under-19 World champions |
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![]() United States First title |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.