1979 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

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1979 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates15–25 August
Teams12 (from 5 federations)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of the United States.svg United States (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorerUruguay Horacio López (33.2)
PPG (Team)File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (104.7)
Official website
1979 FIBA U19 World Championship
1983 →

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

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Group A

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 5 4 1 409 388 +21 9
File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia 5 4 1 419 376 +43 9
 Brazil 5 3 2 440 378 +62 8
 Uruguay 5 2 3 440 467 −27 7
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 5 2 3 372 398 −26 7
 Philippines 5 0 5 444 517 −73 5
15 August 1979
19:00
Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 67–89 File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg 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) File:Flag of Italy.svg 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 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Scoring by half: 37–51, 34–37
Pts: Saldaña 31 Pts: Tonut 16
16 August 1979
21:50
Brazil  71–73 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Scoring by half: 33–34, 38–39
Pts: Vitoria 15 Pts: Gaze 16
16 August 1979
23:40
Yugoslavia File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg 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 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Scoring by half: 46–37, 33–35
Pts: López 35 Pts: Sengstock 21
17 August 1979
20:55
Brazil  85–79 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Scoring by half: 48–37, 37–42
Pts: dos Santos 18 Pts: Fantin (it) 16
17 August 1979
22:40
Yugoslavia File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg 106–102  Philippines
Scoring by half: 48–53, 58–49
Pts: Grbović 24 Pts: Saldaña 31
18 August 1979
19:00
Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 89–83  Philippines
Scoring by half: 49–33, 40–50
Pts: Pearce 22 Pts: Cristobal 27
18 August 1979
20:45
Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 64–63 File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg 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 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 71–76 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Scoring by half: 37–51, 34–37
Pts: Gaze 18 Pts: Riva 23
19 August 1979
21:30
Brazil  65–72 File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 28–35, 37–37
Pts: da Silva 18 Pts: Čutura 24

Group B

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 5 5 0 427 236 +191 10
 Argentina 5 4 1 472 357 +115 9
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 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
File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt 5 0 5 278 590 −312 5
15 August 1979
United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 2–0  Panama
USA won by forfeit after Panama failed to appear
15 August 1979
19:00
Argentina  150–44 File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt
Scoring by half: 75–12, 75–32
Pts: Politi 23 Pts: Nazmi 10
15 August 1979
21:45
Soviet Union File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 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 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 126–60 File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg 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 File:Flag of the United States.svg 98–61  Argentina
Scoring by half: 58–31, 40–30
Pts: Perkins 13 Pts: Duffy 12
17 August 1979
19:00
United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 105–59  Canada
Scoring by half: 49–17, 56–42
Pts: White 22 Pts: Fitzgerald 11
17 August 1979
21:00
Egypt File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg 68–78  Panama
Scoring by half: 24–42, 44–36
Pts: Elhabash 21 Pts: Macias 29
17 August 1979
22:45
Argentina  74–72 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 36–41, 38–31
Pts: Aréjula 20 Pts: Popov (ru) 20
18 August 1979
19:00
Soviet Union File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 92–62  Panama
Scoring by half: 38–30, 54–32
Pts: Berezhniy 20 Pts: Gálvez 17
18 August 1979
21:00
United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 128–38 File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg 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 File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg 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 File:Flag of the United States.svg 94–78 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 47–37, 47–41
Pts: Floyd 19 Pts: Grdzelidze 25

Final round

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Classification 7th–12th

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 230 212 +18 6
 Uruguay 3 2 1 300 217 +83 5
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 3 2 1 207 185 +22 5
 Philippines 3 2 1 286 235 +51 5
 Panama 3 0 3 213 241 −28 3
File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt 3 0 3 194 340 −146 3
August 1979
Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 64–63  Panama
Scoring by half: 30–33, 35–40
August 1979
Uruguay  126–67 File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg 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 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 88–59 File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt
Scoring by half: 42–31, 36–45
August 1979
Panama  78–79  Philippines
Scoring by half: 32–28, 46–41
August 1979
Egypt File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg 68–126  Philippines
Scoring by half: 38–66, 30–60
August 1979
Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 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

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
File:Flag of the United States.svg 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
File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia 3 1 2 237 257 −20 4
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 3 1 2 237 243 −6 4
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 3 0 3 226 286 −60 3
20 August 1979
20:00
Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 77–134 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Scoring by half: 35–64, 42–70
Pts: Fantozzi 15 Pts: Floyd 23
21 August 1979
20:00
Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 79–81 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 38–36, 41–45
Pts: Costa 16 Pts: Grdzelidze 22
21 August 1979
23:00
Yugoslavia File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg 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 File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg 88–81 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 45–53, 43–28
Pts: Čutura 17 Pts: Grdzelidze 21
24 August 1979
19:30
Yugoslavia File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg 74–99 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Scoring by half: 37–44, 37–55
Pts: Čutura 24 Pts: Worthy 27
24 August 1979
21:15
Brazil  76–75 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 45–39, 31–36
Pts: Malvesi 22 Pts: Popov (ru) 27
25 August 1979
21:00
Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 70–71  Argentina
Scoring by half: 38–36, 32–35
Pts: Fantin 21 Pts: Maretto 18
25 August 1979
22:45
Brazil  55–75 File:Flag of the United States.svg 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

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Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 8–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Brazil 5–3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Argentina 6–2
4th File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia 5–3
5th File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 4–4
6th File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 4–4
7th  Canada 4–4
8th  Uruguay 4–4
9th File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 4–4
10th  Philippines 2–6
11th  Panama 2–6
12th File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt 0–8

Awards

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 1979 Under-19 World champions 
File:Flag of the United States.svg
United States
First title

References

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