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{{Infobox FIBA tourney
| continent    = South America
| year         = 1939
| host         = Brazil
| dates        = 14-30 April
| teams        = 5
| federations  = 
| venues       = 1 
| cities       = 1
| champions    = Brazil
| title_number = 1
| ppg_t        = 
| prevseason   = [[1938 South American Basketball Championship|1938]]
| nextseason   = [[1940 South American Basketball Championship|1940]]
}}

The '''1939 South American Basketball Championship''' was the 7th edition of [[South American Basketball Championship|this tournament]]. It was held in [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]] and won by the host, [[Brazil national basketball team]].  5 teams competed.

==Final rankings==

# {{Bk|BRA}}
# {{Bk|URU}}
# {{Bk|ARG}}
# {{Bk|PER}}
# {{Bk|CHI}}

==Results==

Each team played the other four teams once, for a total of four games played by each team and 10 overall in the tournament.  

{| style=border-collapse:collapse border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5
|- align=center bgcolor=#efefef
!width=20|Rank
!width=220|Team
!width=20|Pts
!width=20|W
!width=20|L
!width=20|PF
!width=20|PA
!width=20|Diff

|- align=center bgcolor=gold
| 1 ||align=left| {{Bk|BRA}}
|'''8'''||4||0||139||120||+19
|- align=center bgcolor=silver
| 2 ||align=left| {{Bk|URU}}
|'''7'''||3||1||151||122||+29
|- align=center bgcolor=cc9966
| 3 ||align=left| {{Bk|ARG}}
|'''6'''||2||2||151||126||+25
|- align=center
| 4 ||align=left| {{Bk|PER}}
|'''5'''||1||3||129||132||-3
|- align=center
| 5 ||align=left| {{Bk|CHI}}
|'''4'''||0||4||97||167||-70
|}

{| width=75% cellspacing=1
!width=25%|
!width=25%|
!width=25%|

|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''Brazil'''
|align=center|'''34 - 32'''
|Uruguay
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''Brazil'''
|align=center|'''31 - 30'''
|Argentina

|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''Brazil'''
|align=center|'''32 - 25'''
|Peru
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''Brazil'''
|align=center|'''42 - 33'''
|Chile

|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''Uruguay'''
|align=center|'''43 - 42'''
|Argentina
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''Uruguay'''
|align=center|'''34 - 29'''
|Peru

|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''Uruguay'''
|align=center|'''42 - 17'''
|Chile
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''Argentina'''
|align=center|'''38 - 33'''
|Peru

|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''Argentina'''
|align=center|'''41 - 19'''
|Chile
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''Peru'''
|align=center|'''42 - 28'''
|Chile
|}

==External links==

*[http://www.fiba.com/pages/en/events/competition/latest_results.asp?RoundID=2818&CompetitionCode=SAMSM&Season=1939&fisC=false&lang=&act_link=1 FIBA.com archive for SAC1939]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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