1979 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

The 1979 FIBA Under-19 World Championship was the maiden edition of the FIBA Under-19 World Cup and was held in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil from August 15 to August 25, 1979.

1979 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Brazil
DatesAugust 15–25
Teams12 
(from 5 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions United States
(1st title)
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Horacio López (33.2)  United States (104.7)
Official website
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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 541409388+219
 Yugoslavia 541419376+439
 Brazil 532440378+628
 Uruguay 523440467–277
 Australia 523372398–267
 Philippines 505444517–735
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 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 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 550427236+19110
 Argentina 541472357+1159
 Soviet Union 532459362+978
 Panama 523293332–396
 Canada 514390442–526
 Egypt 505278590–3125
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 26 Pts: Lichti 15
16 August 1979
18:00
Soviet Union  126–60  Egypt
Scoring by half: 72–38, 54–22
Pts: Popov 28 Pts: Kinoshita 22
16 August 1979
20:10
Canada  80–81  Panama
Scoring by half: 75–12, 75–32
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 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 330230212+186
 Uruguay 321300217+835
 Australia 321207185+225
 Philippines 321286235+515
 Panama 303213241–283
 Egypt 303194340–1463
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 330308206+1026
 Brazil 321205223–185
 Argentina 321221219+25
 Yugoslavia 312237257–204
 Soviet Union 312237243–64
 Italy 303226286–603
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 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

Final standings
RankTeamRecord
 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
 1979 Under-19 World Champions 

United States
First title

References
  1. "FIRST FIBA MEN'S JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP -- 1979". usab.com. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
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