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1979 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

April 09, 2024

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 scorer 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
Boxscore
Australia   67–89   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 32–49, 35–40
Pts: Patterson 18 Pts: Čutura 14
15 August 1979
21:10
Boxscore
Brazil   123–80   Philippines
Scoring by half: 65–29, 58–51
Pts: dos Santos 25 Pts: Banal 15
15 August 1979
23:00
Boxscore
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
Boxscore
Philippines   71–88   Italy
Scoring by half: 37–51, 34–37
Pts: Saldaña 31 Pts: Tonut 16
16 August 1979
21:50
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Brazil   71–73   Australia
Scoring by half: 33–34, 38–39
Pts: Vitoria 15 Pts: Gaze 16
16 August 1979
23:40
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Yugoslavia   89–78   Uruguay
Scoring by half: 33–43, 56–35
Pts: Radović, Dogan 18 Pts: López 33
17 August 1979
19:00
Boxscore
Uruguay   79–72   Australia
Scoring by half: 46–37, 33–35
Pts: López 35 Pts: Sengstock 21
17 August 1979
20:55
Boxscore
Brazil   85–79   Italy
Scoring by half: 48–37, 37–42
Pts: dos Santos 18 Pts: Fantin [it] 16
17 August 1979
22:40
Boxscore
Yugoslavia   106–102   Philippines
Scoring by half: 48–53, 58–49
Pts: Grbović 24 Pts: Saldaña 31
18 August 1979
19:00
Boxscore
Australia   89–83   Philippines
Scoring by half: 49–33, 40–50
Pts: Pearce 22 Pts: Cristobal 27
18 August 1979
20:45
Boxscore
Italy   64–63   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 33–26, 31–37
Pts: Riva 22 Pts: Čutura 26
18 August 1979
22:40
Boxscore
Brazil   96–74   Uruguay
Scoring by half: 56–26, 40–48
Pts: Pedrosa 25 Pts: López 21
19 August 1979
18:00
Boxscore
Uruguay   111–108   Philippines
Scoring by half: 61–53, 50–55
Pts: López 39 Pts: Cristobal 24
19 August 1979
19:45
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Australia   71–76   Italy
Scoring by half: 37–51, 34–37
Pts: Gaze 18 Pts: Riva 23
19 August 1979
21:30
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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
Boxscore
Argentina   150–44   Egypt
Scoring by half: 75–12, 75–32
Pts: Politi 23 Pts: Nazmi 10
15 August 1979
21:45
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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
Boxscore
Soviet Union   126–60   Egypt
Scoring by half: 72–38, 54–22
Pts: Popov [ru] 28 Pts: Kinoshita 22
16 August 1979
20:10
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Canada   80–81   Panama
Scoring by half: 48–48, 32–33
Pts: Pasquale 22 Pts: Grenald, Macias 18
16 August 1979
21:45
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United States   98–61   Argentina
Scoring by half: 58–31, 40–30
Pts: Perkins 13 Pts: Duffy 12
17 August 1979
19:00
Boxscore
United States   105–59   Canada
Scoring by half: 49–17, 56–42
Pts: White 22 Pts: Fitzgerald 11
17 August 1979
21:00
Boxscore
Egypt   68–78   Panama
Scoring by half: 24–42, 44–36
Pts: Elhabash 21 Pts: Macias 29
17 August 1979
22:45
Boxscore
Argentina   74–72   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 36–41, 38–31
Pts: Aréjula 20 Pts: Popov [ru] 20
18 August 1979
19:00
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Soviet Union   92–62   Panama
Scoring by half: 38–30, 54–32
Pts: Berezhniy 20 Pts: Gálvez 17
18 August 1979
21:00
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United States   128–38   Egypt
Scoring by half: 70–18, 58–20
Pts: Perkins 13 Pts: Kinoshita 8
18 August 1979
22:45
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Argentina   97–71   Canada
Scoring by half: 36–41, 38–31
Pts: Aréjula 22 Pts: Pasquale 17
19 August 1979
18:00
Boxscore
Canada   108–68   Egypt
Scoring by half: 56–20, 52–48
Pts: Lichti 33 Pts: Kinoshita 21
19 August 1979
19:50
Boxscore
Argentina   90–72   Panama
Scoring by half: 47–31, 43–41
Pts: Maretto 21 Pts: Gálvez 24
19 August 1979
23:00
Boxscore
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
Boxscore
Australia   64–63   Panama
Scoring by half: 30–33, 35–40
August 1979
Boxscore
Uruguay   126–67   Egypt
Scoring by half: 67–39, 59–28
August 1979
Boxscore
Canada   89–81   Philippines
Scoring by half: 42–38, 47–43
August 1979
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Canada   78–76   Uruguay
Scoring by half: 42–31, 36–45
August 1979
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Australia   88–59   Egypt
Scoring by half: 42–31, 36–45
August 1979
Boxscore
Panama   78–79   Philippines
Scoring by half: 32–28, 46–41
August 1979
Boxscore
Egypt   68–126   Philippines
Scoring by half: 38–66, 30–60
August 1979
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Australia   55–63   Canada
Scoring by half: 31–35, 24–28
August 1979
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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
Boxscore
Italy   77–134   United States
Scoring by half: 35–64, 42–70
Pts: Fantozzi 15 Pts: Floyd 23
21 August 1979
20:00
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Italy   79–81   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 38–36, 41–45
Pts: Costa 16 Pts: Grdzelidze 22
21 August 1979
23:00
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Yugoslavia   75–77   Argentina
Scoring by half: 39–42, 36–35
Pts: Čutura 18 Pts: Aréjula 18
22 August 1979
19:00
Boxscore
Brazil   74–73   Argentina
Scoring by half: 36–33, 38–40
Pts: da Silva 19 Pts: Aréjula 21
23 August 1979
19:00
Boxscore
Yugoslavia   88–81   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 45–53, 43–28
Pts: Čutura 17 Pts: Grdzelidze 21
24 August 1979
19:30
Boxscore
Yugoslavia   74–99   United States
Scoring by half: 37–44, 37–55
Pts: Čutura 24 Pts: Worthy 27
24 August 1979
21:15
Boxscore
Brazil   76–75   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 45–39, 31–36
Pts: Malvesi 22 Pts: Popov [ru] 27
25 August 1979
21:00
Boxscore
Italy   70–71   Argentina
Scoring by half: 38–36, 32–35
Pts: Fantin 21 Pts: Maretto 18
25 August 1979
22:45
Boxscore Boxscore Image
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. ^ . usab.com. 10 June 2010. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

External links edit

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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 1979 FIBA Under 19 Basketball World CupTournament detailsHost countryBrazilDates15 25 AugustTeams12Venue s 1 in 1 host city Final positionsChampions United States 1st title Tournament statisticsTop scorerHoracio Lopez 33 2 Official website1979 FIBA U19 World Championship1983 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 Contents 1 Preliminary round 1 1 Group A 1 2 Group B 2 Final round 2 1 Classification 7th 12th 2 2 Championship round 3 Final standings 4 Awards 5 References 6 External linksPreliminary round editGroup A edit Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts nbsp Italy 5 4 1 409 388 21 9 nbsp Yugoslavia 5 4 1 419 376 43 9 nbsp Brazil 5 3 2 440 378 62 8 nbsp Uruguay 5 2 3 440 467 27 7 nbsp Australia 5 2 3 372 398 26 7 nbsp Philippines 5 0 5 444 517 73 515 August 197919 00BoxscoreAustralia nbsp 67 89 nbsp YugoslaviaScoring by half 32 49 35 40Pts Patterson 18 Pts Cutura 14Salvador 15 August 197921 10BoxscoreBrazil nbsp 123 80 nbsp PhilippinesScoring by half 65 29 58 51Pts dos Santos 25 Pts Banal 15Salvador 15 August 197923 00BoxscoreUruguay nbsp 98 102 OT nbsp ItalyScoring by half 46 48 42 40 Overtime 10 14Pts Lopez 38 Pts Fantin it 21Salvador 16 August 197920 00BoxscorePhilippines nbsp 71 88 nbsp ItalyScoring by half 37 51 34 37Pts Saldana 31 Pts Tonut 16Salvador 16 August 197921 50BoxscoreBrazil nbsp 71 73 nbsp AustraliaScoring by half 33 34 38 39Pts Vitoria 15 Pts Gaze 16Salvador 16 August 197923 40BoxscoreYugoslavia nbsp 89 78 nbsp UruguayScoring by half 33 43 56 35Pts Radovic Dogan 18 Pts Lopez 33Salvador 17 August 197919 00BoxscoreUruguay nbsp 79 72 nbsp AustraliaScoring by half 46 37 33 35Pts Lopez 35 Pts Sengstock 21Salvador 17 August 197920 55BoxscoreBrazil nbsp 85 79 nbsp ItalyScoring by half 48 37 37 42Pts dos Santos 18 Pts Fantin it 16Salvador 17 August 197922 40BoxscoreYugoslavia nbsp 106 102 nbsp PhilippinesScoring by half 48 53 58 49Pts Grbovic 24 Pts Saldana 31Salvador 18 August 197919 00BoxscoreAustralia nbsp 89 83 nbsp PhilippinesScoring by half 49 33 40 50Pts Pearce 22 Pts Cristobal 27Salvador 18 August 197920 45BoxscoreItaly nbsp 64 63 nbsp YugoslaviaScoring by half 33 26 31 37Pts Riva 22 Pts Cutura 26Salvador 18 August 197922 40BoxscoreBrazil nbsp 96 74 nbsp UruguayScoring by half 56 26 40 48Pts Pedrosa 25 Pts Lopez 21Salvador 19 August 197918 00BoxscoreUruguay nbsp 111 108 nbsp PhilippinesScoring by half 61 53 50 55Pts Lopez 39 Pts Cristobal 24Salvador 19 August 197919 45BoxscoreAustralia nbsp 71 76 nbsp ItalyScoring by half 37 51 34 37Pts Gaze 18 Pts Riva 23Salvador 19 August 197921 30BoxscoreBrazil nbsp 65 72 nbsp YugoslaviaScoring by half 28 35 37 37Pts da Silva 18 Pts Cutura 24Salvador Group B edit Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts nbsp United States 5 5 0 427 236 191 10 nbsp Argentina 5 4 1 472 357 115 9 nbsp Soviet Union 5 3 2 459 362 97 8 nbsp Panama 5 2 3 293 332 39 6 nbsp Canada 5 1 4 390 442 52 6 nbsp Egypt 5 0 5 278 590 312 515 August 1979United States nbsp 2 0 nbsp PanamaUSA won by forfeit after Panama failed to appearPresidente Prudente 15 August 197919 00BoxscoreArgentina nbsp 150 44 nbsp EgyptScoring by half 75 12 75 32Pts Politi 23 Pts Nazmi 10Presidente Prudente 15 August 197921 45BoxscoreSoviet Union nbsp 117 72 nbsp CanadaScoring by half 51 29 66 43Pts Grdzelidze Nagayama Popov ru 26 Pts Lichti 15Presidente Prudente 16 August 197918 00BoxscoreSoviet Union nbsp 126 60 nbsp EgyptScoring by half 72 38 54 22Pts Popov ru 28 Pts Kinoshita 22Presidente Prudente 16 August 197920 10BoxscoreCanada nbsp 80 81 nbsp PanamaScoring by half 48 48 32 33Pts Pasquale 22 Pts Grenald Macias 18Presidente Prudente 16 August 197921 45BoxscoreUnited States nbsp 98 61 nbsp ArgentinaScoring by half 58 31 40 30Pts Perkins 13 Pts Duffy 12Presidente Prudente 17 August 197919 00BoxscoreUnited States nbsp 105 59 nbsp CanadaScoring by half 49 17 56 42Pts White 22 Pts Fitzgerald 11Presidente Prudente 17 August 197921 00BoxscoreEgypt nbsp 68 78 nbsp PanamaScoring by half 24 42 44 36Pts Elhabash 21 Pts Macias 29Presidente Prudente 17 August 197922 45BoxscoreArgentina nbsp 74 72 nbsp Soviet UnionScoring by half 36 41 38 31Pts Arejula 20 Pts Popov ru 20Presidente Prudente 18 August 197919 00BoxscoreSoviet Union nbsp 92 62 nbsp PanamaScoring by half 38 30 54 32Pts Berezhniy 20 Pts Galvez 17Presidente Prudente 18 August 197921 00BoxscoreUnited States nbsp 128 38 nbsp EgyptScoring by half 70 18 58 20Pts Perkins 13 Pts Kinoshita 8Presidente Prudente 18 August 197922 45BoxscoreArgentina nbsp 97 71 nbsp CanadaScoring by half 36 41 38 31Pts Arejula 22 Pts Pasquale 17Presidente Prudente 19 August 197918 00BoxscoreCanada nbsp 108 68 nbsp EgyptScoring by half 56 20 52 48Pts Lichti 33 Pts Kinoshita 21Presidente Prudente 19 August 197919 50BoxscoreArgentina nbsp 90 72 nbsp PanamaScoring by half 47 31 43 41Pts Maretto 21 Pts Galvez 24Presidente Prudente 19 August 197923 00BoxscoreUnited States nbsp 94 78 nbsp Soviet UnionScoring by half 47 37 47 41Pts Floyd 19 Pts Grdzelidze 25Presidente PrudenteFinal round editClassification 7th 12th edit Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts nbsp Canada 3 3 0 230 212 18 6 nbsp Uruguay 3 2 1 300 217 83 5 nbsp Australia 3 2 1 207 185 22 5 nbsp Philippines 3 2 1 286 235 51 5 nbsp Panama 3 0 3 213 241 28 3 nbsp Egypt 3 0 3 194 340 146 3August 1979BoxscoreAustralia nbsp 64 63 nbsp PanamaScoring by half 30 33 35 40Sao Bernardo do Campo Sao Paulo August 1979BoxscoreUruguay nbsp 126 67 nbsp EgyptScoring by half 67 39 59 28Salvador August 1979BoxscoreCanada nbsp 89 81 nbsp PhilippinesScoring by half 42 38 47 43Salvador August 1979BoxscoreCanada nbsp 78 76 nbsp UruguayScoring by half 42 31 36 45Salvador August 1979BoxscoreAustralia nbsp 88 59 nbsp EgyptScoring by half 42 31 36 45Salvador August 1979BoxscorePanama nbsp 78 79 nbsp PhilippinesScoring by half 32 28 46 41Salvador August 1979BoxscoreEgypt nbsp 68 126 nbsp PhilippinesScoring by half 38 66 30 60Salvador August 1979BoxscoreAustralia nbsp 55 63 nbsp CanadaScoring by half 31 35 24 28Salvador August 1979BoxscoreUruguay nbsp 98 72 nbsp PanamaScoring by half 47 33 51 39Salvador Championship round edit Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts nbsp United States 3 3 0 308 206 102 6 nbsp Brazil 3 2 1 205 223 18 5 nbsp Argentina 3 2 1 221 219 2 5 nbsp Yugoslavia 3 1 2 237 257 20 4 nbsp Soviet Union 3 1 2 237 243 6 4 nbsp Italy 3 0 3 226 286 60 320 August 197920 00BoxscoreItaly nbsp 77 134 nbsp United StatesScoring by half 35 64 42 70Pts Fantozzi 15 Pts Floyd 23Presidente Prudente 21 August 197920 00BoxscoreItaly nbsp 79 81 nbsp Soviet UnionScoring by half 38 36 41 45Pts Costa 16 Pts Grdzelidze 22Presidente Prudente 21 August 197923 00BoxscoreYugoslavia nbsp 75 77 nbsp ArgentinaScoring by half 39 42 36 35Pts Cutura 18 Pts Arejula 18Presidente Prudente 22 August 197919 00BoxscoreBrazil nbsp 74 73 nbsp ArgentinaScoring by half 36 33 38 40Pts da Silva 19 Pts Arejula 21Presidente Prudente 23 August 197919 00BoxscoreYugoslavia nbsp 88 81 nbsp Soviet UnionScoring by half 45 53 43 28Pts Cutura 17 Pts Grdzelidze 21Presidente Prudente 24 August 197919 30BoxscoreYugoslavia nbsp 74 99 nbsp United StatesScoring by half 37 44 37 55Pts Cutura 24 Pts Worthy 27Presidente Prudente 24 August 197921 15BoxscoreBrazil nbsp 76 75 nbsp Soviet UnionScoring by half 45 39 31 36Pts Malvesi 22 Pts Popov ru 27Presidente Prudente 25 August 197921 00BoxscoreItaly nbsp 70 71 nbsp ArgentinaScoring by half 38 36 32 35Pts Fantin 21 Pts Maretto 18Presidente Prudente 25 August 197922 45Boxscore Boxscore ImageBrazil nbsp 55 75 nbsp United StatesScoring by half 22 41 33 34Pts da Silva 25 Pts Floyd 15Ginasio de Esportes Antonio Balbino SalvadorReferees Marcial Paredes Lopes PER Artenik Arabadjian BUL Final standings editRank Team Record nbsp nbsp United States 8 0 nbsp nbsp Brazil 5 3 nbsp nbsp Argentina 6 24th nbsp Yugoslavia 5 35th nbsp Soviet Union 4 46th nbsp Italy 4 47th nbsp Canada 4 48th nbsp Uruguay 4 49th nbsp Australia 4 410th nbsp Philippines 2 611th nbsp Panama 2 612th nbsp Egypt 0 8Awards edit 1979 Under 19 World champions nbsp United StatesFirst titleReferences 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 External links editBrazilian History USA history Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1979 FIBA Under 19 World Championship amp oldid 1183231103, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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