1957 FIBA World Championship for Women

The 1957 FIBA World Championship for Women (Portugese:Campeonato Mundial Feminino da Fiba de 1957) was the second FIBA World Championship for Women basketball championship held by FIBA. It was held in Brazil between 13 October and 26 October 1957. Twelve national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA, the sport's governing body. The city of Rio de Janeiro hosted the tournament. The United States won its second title after finishing in first place in the second round.

1957 FIBA World Championship
for Women
2nd FIBA World Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host nationBrazil
Dates13–26 October
Teams12
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions United States
(2nd title)
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Nuñez 23.4  Czechoslovakia 67.7
< 1953
1959 >

Format

  • In the preliminary round teams were split into three round-robin groups, two of four teams and one of three teams. The top two teams from each group advanced to the final round. Hosts Brazil advanced to the final round directly.
  • The teams that did not reach the final round, played in the classification round, which consisted of a round-robin group of five teams to define eighth through twelfth places in the final standings.
  • In the final, a seven-team round-robin group was formed to compete for the championship and second through seventh places in the final standings.

Preliminary round

Qualified for the final round
Times given below are in Brasília time (UTC−3).

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Czechoslovakia 3 3 0 215 120+95 6
 United States 3 2 1 189 129+60 5
 Argentina 3 1 2 138 18345 4
 Peru 3 0 3 108 218110 3
13 October
20:00
United States  7537  Peru
Scoring by half: 41–12, 34–25
Pts: Sipes 19 Pts: Barrenechea 11
13 October
21:30
Czechoslovakia  7642  Argentina
Scoring by half: 41–15, 35–27
Pts: Dubska 24 Pts: Bonetti 11
Rio de Janeiro
14 October
20:00
Czechoslovakia  8628  Peru
Scoring by half: 40–15, 46–13
Pts: Dubska 15 Pts: Fulgosi 7
Rio de Janeiro
14 October
21:30
United States  6439  Argentina
Scoring by half: 35–15, 29–24
Pts: White 22 Pts: Bonetti 11
Rio de Janeiro
15 October
20:00
Argentina  5743  Peru
Scoring by half: 29–21, 28–22
Pts: Pietrapina 18 Pts: Cantina 13
Rio de Janeiro
15 October
21:30
United States  5053  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 20–23, 30–30
Pts: Crawford 14 Pts: Mubalokova 16
Rio de Janeiro

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Soviet Union 2 2 0 140 83+57 4
 Paraguay 2 1 1 116 101+15 3
 Australia 2 0 2 63 13572 2
13 October
21:30
Soviet Union  7032  Australia
Scoring by half: 29–13, 41–19
Pts: Kostikova 24 Pts: Cockburn 11
14 October
22:00
Soviet Union  7051  Paraguay
Scoring by half: 35–33, 35–18
Pts: Kostikova 20 Pts: Nuñez 22
Rio de Janeiro
15 October
19:00
Paraguay  6531  Australia
Scoring by half: 38–15, 27–16
Pts: Nuñez 32 Pts: Hill 9
Rio de Janeiro

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Hungary 3 3 0 244 153+91 6
 Chile 3 2 1 180 161+19 5
 Mexico 3 1 2 154 19036 4
 Cuba 3 0 3 130 20474 3
13 October
Chile  5365  Hungary
Scoring by half: 27–28, 26–37
Pts: Velasquez 27 Pts: Koren, Matay 16
13 October
20:00
Cuba  3949  Mexico
Scoring by half: 21–30, 18–19
Pts: Buergo 12 Pts: Concepsión 10
Rio de Janeiro
14 October
19:00
Chile  6251  Mexico
Scoring by half: 39–22, 23–29
Pts: Pauchard 27 Pts: Concepsión 22
Rio de Janeiro
14 October
20:30
Hungary  9046  Cuba
Scoring by half: 42–24, 48–22
Pts: Matay 22 Pts: Buergo 16
Rio de Janeiro
15 October
20:30
Chile  6545  Cuba
Scoring by half: 33–12, 32–33
Pts: Pauchard 26 Pts: Thaureaux 18
Rio de Janeiro
15 October
22:00
Mexico  5489  Hungary
Scoring by half: 20–45, 34–44
Pts: Concepsión 22 Pts: Schneider 18
Rio de Janeiro

Classification round

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Mexico 4 4 0 197 173+24 8
 Argentina 4 3 1 228 188+40 7
 Australia 4 2 2 170 1711 6
 Peru 4 1 3 167 18013 5
 Cuba 4 0 4 170 22050 4
18 October
20:00
Cuba  5058  Mexico
Scoring by half: 23–25, 27–33
Pts: Thaureaux 9 Pts: Sánchez 14
18 October
21:30
Australia  4452  Argentina
Scoring by half: 24–24, 20–28
Pts: Cockburn 9 Pts: Bonetti 21
Rio de Janeiro
20 October
20:00
Mexico  4538  Australia
Scoring by half: 23–21, 22–17
Pts: Rivera 9 Pts: Cockburn 11
Rio de Janeiro
20 October
21:30
Peru  4966  Argentina
Scoring by half: 16–31, 33–35
Pts: Flechele 21 Pts: Lorenzo 17
Rio de Janeiro
21 October
20:00
Cuba  4350  Australia
Scoring by half: 26–26, 17–24
Pts: Thaureaux 13 Pts: Cockburn, Macquire 13
Rio de Janeiro
21 October
21:30
Mexico  4536  Peru
Scoring by half: 17–18, 28–19
Pts: Sánchez 9 Pts: Flechele 11
Rio de Janeiro
22 October
20:00
Argentina  6246  Cuba
Scoring by half: 25–27, 37–19
Pts: Lorenzo, Pietrapina 12 Pts: Thaureaux 14
Rio de Janeiro
22 October
21:30
Australia  3831  Peru
Scoring by half: 16–20, 22–11
Pts: Macquire 13 Pts: Barrenechea 14
Rio de Janeiro
23 October
20:00
Mexico  4948  Argentina
Scoring by half: 23–24, 26–24
Pts: García 19 Pts: Lorenzo 17
Rio de Janeiro
23 October
21:30
Cuba  3150  Peru
Scoring by half: 23–23, 8–27
Pts: Buergo, de Dios 6 Pts: Barrenechea 15
Rio de Janeiro

Final round

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 6 6 0 366 280+86 12
 Soviet Union 6 5 1 365 292+73 11
 Czechoslovakia 6 4 2 394 319+75 10
 Brazil 6 3 3 324 36541 9
 Hungary 6 2 4 297 31720 8
 Paraguay 6 1 5 274 33864 7
 Chile 6 0 6 287 396109 6
17 October
20:00
Chile  4676  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 19–30, 27–46
Pts: Pauchard 20 Pts: Mubalokova 22
17 October
21:30
Brazil  4846  Paraguay
Scoring by half: 25–27, 23–19
Pts: Ramos 11 Pts: Nuñez 22
Rio de Janeiro
18 October
20:00
Soviet Union  6738  Chile
Scoring by half: 36–19, 31–19
Pts: Kostikova 22 Pts: Pauchard 15
Rio de Janeiro
18 October
21:30
United States  5146  Hungary
Scoring by half: 27–29, 24–17
Pts: Sipes 15 Pts: Parti 16
Rio de Janeiro
19 October
20:00
Czechoslovakia  6847  Paraguay
Scoring by half: 30–22, 38–25
Pts: Mazlova-Adamirova 25 Pts: Nuñez 18
Rio de Janeiro
19 October
21:30
Brazil  4467  United States
Scoring by half: 21–33, 23–34
Pts: Bento 9 Pts: White 28
Rio de Janeiro
20 October
19:00
Soviet Union  6949  Paraguay
Scoring by half: 36–22, 33–27
Pts: Maksimelenova 15 Pts: Nuñez 24
Rio de Janeiro
20 October
20:00
Czechoslovakia  5761  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 28–30, 29–31
Pts: Mazlova-Adamirova 14 Pts: Maksimelenova 19
Rio de Janeiro
20 October
20:30
Brazil  6664  Chile
Scoring by half: 36–30, 30–34
Pts: Bento 26 Pts: Velasquez 29
Rio de Janeiro
20 October
22:00
Hungary  3455  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 13–25, 21–30
Pts: Matay 8 Pts: Mazlova-Adamirova 18
Rio de Janeiro
21 October
20:00
Paraguay  4643  Chile
Scoring by half: 22–23, 24–20
Pts: Nuñez 21 Pts: Velasquez 17
Rio de Janeiro
21 October
21:30
Hungary  5364  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 26–32, 27–32
Pts: Schneider 25 Pts: Jarosevskaya 14
Rio de Janeiro
22 October
20:00
United States  7647  Chile
Scoring by half: 40–17, 36–30
Pts: White 18 Pts: Velasquez 17
Rio de Janeiro
22 October
21:30
Brazil  4456  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 24–20, 20–36
Pts: Cardozo 10 Pts: Maksimelenova 19
Rio de Janeiro
23 October
20:00
Paraguay  4650  Hungary
Scoring by half: 25–28, 21–22
Pts: Nuñez 27 Pts: Parti 17
Rio de Janeiro
23 October
21:30
United States  6155  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 30–24, 31–31
Pts: Crawford 15 Pts: Mubalokova 21
Rio de Janeiro
24 October
21:30
Brazil  5249  Hungary
Scoring by half: 25–24, 27–25
Pts: Campos 21 Pts: Schneider 10
Rio de Janeiro
25 October
20:00
Paraguay  4060  United States
Scoring by half: 8–36, 23–24
Pts: Nuñez 21 Pts: Sipes 27
Rio de Janeiro
25 October
21:30
Chile  4965  Hungary
Scoring by half: 30–36, 19–29
Pts: Silva 15 Pts: Schneider 23
Rio de Janeiro
26 October
20:00
United States  5148  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 24–27, 27–21
Pts: Sipes 18 Pts: Jarosevskaya 15
Rio de Janeiro
26 October
21:30
Brazil  7083  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 33–28, 37–55
Pts: Bento 27 Pts: Mazlova-Adamirova 26
Rio de Janeiro

Final standings

Rank Team Record
 United States 8–1
 Soviet Union 7–1
 Czechoslovakia 7–2
4  Brazil 3–3
5  Hungary 5–4
6  Paraguay 2–6
7  Chile 2–7
8  Mexico 5–2
9  Argentina 4–3
10  Australia 2–4
10  Peru 1–6
10  Cuba 0–7

References

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