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{{Short description|1954 edition of the FIBA World Championship}}
{{Infobox international basketball competition
| tourney_name     = FIBA World Championship
| year             = 1954
| other_titles     = ''FIBA Campeonato Mundial de Basquetebol Masculino de 1954''
| image            = 1954 FIBA World Championship.jpg
| size             = 
| alt              = 
| caption          = 
| city             = [[Rio de Janeiro]]
| country          = Brazil
| dates            = 23 October – 5 November
| opened           = [[Café Filho]]
| num_teams        = 12
| confederations   = 
| venues           = [[Ginásio do Maracanãzinho]]
| cities           = 
| champion         = United States
| champion-flagvar = 1912
| count            = 1
| second           = Brazil
| second-flagvar   = 1889
| third            = Philippines
| third-flagvar    = 1936
| fourth           = France
| fourth-flagvar   = 1794
| games            = 46
| attendance       = 
| mvp              = {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Kirby Minter]]
| top_scorer       = {{flagicon|URU}} [[Oscar Moglia]]  <br>(18.7 [[points per game]])
| prevseason       = [[1950 FIBA World Championship|1950]]
| nextseason       = [[1959 FIBA World Championship|1959]]
| updated          =
}}
The '''1954 [[FIBA Basketball World Cup|FIBA World Championship]]''' (also called the 2nd World Basketball Championship&nbsp;– 1954) was the international [[basketball]] world championship for men's national teams. It was held by the [[International Basketball Federation]], from 23 October to 5 November 1954. [[Brazil]] hosted the event at [[Ginásio do Maracanãzinho]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]]. Twelve nations participated in the tournament.<ref name="ROSTERS">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140903204331/http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/mundial/1954_RIO_SQUADS.htm ROSTERS]}}</ref><ref name="GAME DETAILS">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110713211650/http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/mundial/1954_RIO_gd.htm GAME DETAILS]}}</ref>

==Competing nations==
{{see also|1954 FIBA World Championship squads}}
[[Image:FIBA WC 1954 Teams.PNG|thumb|right|Teams competed]]
{| class="wikitable" width=50%
!width=25%|Group A
!width=25%|Group B
!width=25%|Group C
!width=25%|Group D
|-
|
{{Bk|Brazil|1889}}<BR />
{{Bk|Paraguay|1954}}<BR />
{{Bk|Philippines|1936}}<BR />
|
{{Bk|Canada|1921}}<BR />
{{Bk|Peru}}<BR />
{{Bk|United States|1912}}<BR />
|
{{Bk|France|1794}}<BR />
{{Bk|Uruguay}}<BR />
{{Bk|Yugoslavia}}<BR />
| valign="top"|
{{Bk|Chile}}<BR />
{{Bk|ROC|name=Formosa}}<BR />
{{Bk|Israel}}<BR />
|}

==Preliminary round==


===Group A===
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|name_B={{bk|PHI|1936}} |win_B=1 |loss_B=1 |gf_B=126 |ga_B=151
|name_C={{bk|PAR|1954}} |win_C=0 |loss_C=2 |gf_C=104 |ga_C=125

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|teamB={{bk|Paraguay|1954}} |scoreB=52
|H1='''26'''–27 |H2='''38'''–25
|points1=[[Carlos Loyzaga|Loyzaga]] 15
|points2=[[Antonio Zapattini|Zapattini]] 22
}}
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|teamB={{bk|Philippines|1936}} |scoreB=62
|H1='''44'''–22 |H2='''55'''–40
|points1=[[Angelo Bonfietti|Bonfietti]] 18
|points2=[[Lauro Mumar|Mumar]] 22
}}
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|teamA={{bk-rt|Paraguay|1954}} |scoreA=52
|teamB='''{{bk|Brazil|1889}}''' |scoreB='''61'''
|H1=17–'''33''' |H2=35–'''28'''
|points1=[[Gustavo Bendlin|Bendlin]] 13
|points2=[[Mayr Facci|Facci]] 14
}}

===Group B===
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|name_A={{bk|USA|1912}} |win_A=2 |loss_A=0 |gf_A=132 |ga_A=88
|name_B={{bk|CAN|1921}} |win_B=1 |loss_B=1 |gf_B=105 |ga_B=117
|name_C={{bk|PER}} |win_C=0 |loss_C=2 |gf_C=109 |ga_C=141

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|teamA={{bk-rt|Canada|1921}} |scoreA=37
|teamB='''{{bk|United States|1912}}''' |scoreB='''59'''
|H1=18–'''33''' |H2=19–'''26'''
|points1=[[Carl Ridd|Ridd]] 11
|points2=[[Kirby Minter|Minter]] 16
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|teamA={{bk-rt|Peru}} |scoreA=51
|teamB='''{{bk|United States|1912}}''' |scoreB='''73'''
|H1=26–'''24''' |H2=25–'''49'''
|points1=[[Jose Chocano|Chocano]] 15
|points2=[[William Bill Johnson|Johnson]] 22
}}
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|teamB={{bk|Peru}} |scoreB=58
|H1='''28'''–33 |H2='''40'''–25
|points1=[[Carl Ridd|Ridd]] 25
|points2=[[Rodolfo Salas|Salas]] 20
}}

===Group C===
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|for_against_style=points

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|name_A={{bk|URU}} |win_A=2 |loss_A=0 |gf_A=113 |ga_A=98
|name_B={{bk|FRA|1794}} |win_B=1 |loss_B=1 |gf_B=113 |ga_B=118
|name_C={{bk|YUG}} |win_C=0 |loss_C=2 |gf_C=112 |ga_C=122

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|teamB='''{{bk|Uruguay}}''' |scoreB='''55'''|overtime=OT
|H1=23–23 |H2=28–28 |OT=1–'''4'''
|points1=[[Borislav Ćurčić|Ćurčić]] 17
|points2=[[Oscar Moglia|Moglia]] 22
}}
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|teamB={{bk|Yugoslavia}} |scoreB=60
|H1='''33'''–26 |H2='''34'''–34
|points1=[[Jean-Paul Beugnot|Beugnot]] 25
|points2=[[Borislav Ćurčić|Ćurčić]] 16
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|teamB={{bk|France|1794}} |scoreB=46
|H1='''34'''–15 |H2='''24'''–31
|points1=[[Adesio Lombardo|Lombardo]] 14
|points2=[[Roger Haudegand|Haudegand]] 11
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===Group D===
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|for_against_style=points

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|team_order=A, B, C

|name_A={{bk|ROC|name=Formosa}} |win_A=1 |loss_A=1 |gf_A=115 |ga_A=113
|name_B={{bk|ISR}} |win_B=1 |loss_B=1 |gf_B=100 |ga_B=98
|name_C={{bk|CHI}} |win_C=1 |loss_C=1 |gf_C=117 |ga_C=121

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|teamA={{bk-rt|Israel}} |scoreA=45
|teamB='''{{bk|Republic of China|name=Formosa}}''' |scoreB='''49'''
|H1='''27'''–25 |H2=18–'''24'''
|points1=[[Alfred Cohen|Cohen]] 12
|points2=[[Tong Suet-Fong|Tong S.F.]] 18
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|teamB='''{{bk|Chile}}''' |scoreB='''68'''
|H1='''28'''–27 |H2=38–'''41'''
|points1=[[Tong Suet-Fong|Tong S.F.]] 19
|points2=[[Victor Badria|Badria]] 22
}}
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|teamA='''{{bk-rt|Israel}}''' |scoreA='''55'''
|teamB={{bk|Chile}} |scoreB=49
|H1=18–'''25''' |H2='''37'''–24
|points1=[[Avraham Schneor|Schneor]] 21
|points2=[[Victor Badria|Badria]] 13
}}

==Classification round==
All teams play one game against each other for a total of three games.
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|for_against_style=points

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|team_order=A, B, C, D

|name_A={{bk|PAR|1954}} |pos_A=9 |win_A=3 |loss_A=0 |gf_A=193 |ga_A=177
|name_B={{bk|CHI}} |pos_B=10|win_B=2 |loss_B=1 |gf_B=179 |ga_B=170
|name_C={{bk|YUG}} |pos_C=11|win_C=1 |loss_C=2 |gf_C=210 |ga_C=221
|name_D={{bk|PER}} |pos_D=12|win_D=0 |loss_D=3 |gf_D=190 |ga_D=204

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|teamA={{bk-rt|Yugoslavia}} |scoreA=62
|teamB='''{{bk|Chile}}''' |scoreB='''70'''
|H1=25–'''35''' |H2='''37'''–35
|points1=[[Bogdan Muller|Muller]] 13
|points2=[[Victor Badria|Badria]] 21
}}
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|teamA='''{{bk-rt|Paraguay|1954}}''' |scoreA='''66'''
|teamB={{bk|Peru}} |scoreB=58
|H1=28–'''34''' |H2='''38'''–24
|points1=[[Francisco Yegros|Yegros]] 19
|points2=[[Rodolfo Salas|Salas]] 25
}}
{{basketballbox|date=31 October |time=17:30 |place=[[Ginásio do Maracanãzinho]], [[Rio de Janeiro]]
|teamA='''{{bk-rt|Yugoslavia}}''' |scoreA='''86'''
|teamB={{bk|Peru}} |scoreB=84 |overtime=OT
|H1=39–'''44''' |H2='''42'''–37 | OT='''5'''–3
|points1=[[Bogdan Muller|Muller]] 21
|points2=[[Rodolfo Salas|Salas]] 30
}}
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|teamA={{bk-rt|Chile}} |scoreA=57
|teamB='''{{bk|Paraguay|1954}}''' |scoreB='''60'''
|H1='''30'''–22 |H2=27–'''38'''
|points1=[[Victor Badria|Badria]] 14
|points2=[[Aristides Isusi|Isusi]] 18
}}
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|H1=28–'''37''' |H2='''34'''–30
|points1=[[Milan Bjegojević|Bjegojević]] 16
|points2=[[Aristides Isusi|Isusi]] 21
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|teamA={{bk-rt|Peru}} |scoreA=48
|teamB='''{{bk|Chile}}''' |scoreB='''52'''
|H1=25–'''30''' |H2='''23'''–22
|points1=[[Rodolfo Salas|Salas]] 13
|points2=[[Victor Badria|Badria]] 12
}}

==Final round==
All teams play one game against each other for a total of seven games. The teams with the best records are awarded medals.
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|for_against_style=points

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|team_order=A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H

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|name_B={{bk|BRA|1889}} |win_B=6 |loss_B=1 |gf_B=418 |ga_B=341 |status_B=H
|name_C={{bk|PHI|1936}} |win_C=5 |loss_C=2 |gf_C=438 |ga_C=406
|name_D={{bk|FRA|1794}} |win_D=3 |loss_D=4 |gf_D=371 |ga_D=392
|name_E={{bk|ROC|name=Formosa}} |win_E=2 |loss_E=5 |gf_E=345 |ga_E=405 |hth_E=Head-to-head record: Formosa 1–1 (1.06 GAvg), Uruguay 1–1 (1.03 GAvg), Canada 1–1 (0.91 GAvg)
|name_F={{bk|URU}} |win_F=2 |loss_F=5 |gf_F=422 |ga_F=446 |hth_F=E
|name_G={{bk|CAN|1921}} |win_G=2 |loss_G=5 |gf_G=433 |ga_G=498 |hth_G=E
|name_H={{bk|ISR}} |win_H=1 |loss_H=6 |gf_H=330 |ga_H=451

|result1=gold |result2=silver |result3=bronze

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|col_gold=gold
|col_silver=silver
|col_bronze=#cc9966
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[[File:Photograph of the United States Basketball Team Playing Brazil in the Title Game of the 1954 World Basketball Tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - DPLA - d84052404bddc1cbfecd46d56b7117b5.JPG|250px|right|thumb|Photograph of the United States Basketball Team Playing Brazil in the Title Game]]

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|points1=[[Carl Ridd|Ridd]] 13
|points2=[[Alfred Cohen|Cohen]] 13
|referee=Alberto Pedro (PAR), Noli Coutinho (BRA)
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|points2=[[Oscar Moglia|Moglia]] 19
|referee=Earl Schlup (USA), Angelo Benvenuto (CHI)
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|H1=26–'''32''' |H2=18–'''29'''
|points1=[[Wang Yih-Jiun|Wang Y.J.]] 16
|points2=[[Wlamir Marques|Marques]] 14
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|H1=29–'''35''' |H2='''37'''–32
|points1=[[Oscar Moglia|Moglia]] 31
|points2=[[Carl Ridd|Ridd]] 14
|referee=Alberto Pedro (PAR), Orlando Tabuso (BRA)
}}
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|H1=20–'''31''' |H2=26–'''37'''
|points1=[[Dan Erez|Erez]] 13
|points2=[[Amaury Pasos|Pasos]] 15
|referee=Pietro Reverberi (ITA), Angelo Benvenuto (CHI)
}}
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|H1=21–'''32''' |H2=28–'''38'''
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|H1=21–21 |H2=17–'''27'''
|points1=[[Wang Yih-Jiun|Wang Y.J.]] 12
|points2=[[Napoleon Flores|Flores]] 12
|referee=Renato Righetto (BRA), Juan M. Rossini (URU)
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|H1=22–'''43''' |H2='''45'''–39
|points1=[[Doug Gresham|Gresham]] 19
|points2=[[Angelo Bonfietti|Bonfietti]] 15
|referee=Earl Schlup (USA), Angelo Benvenuto (CHI)
}}
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|H1=26–'''30''' |H2=33–'''34'''
|points1=[[Martín Acosta y Lara|Lara]] 23
|points2=[[Bertram Born|Born]] 15
|referee=Pietro Reverberi (ITA), Helio Louzada (BRA)
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|H1=30–'''37''' |H2=26–'''53'''
|points1=[[Avraham Schneor|Schneor]] 14
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|teamA='''{{bk-rt|France|1794}}''' |scoreA='''58'''
|teamB={{bk|Republic of China|name=Formosa}} |scoreB=48
|H1='''27'''–22 |H2='''31'''–26
|points1=[[Jean-Paul Beugnot|Beugnot]] 19
|points2=[[Wang Yih-Jiun|Wang Y.J.]] 17
|referee=Pietro Reverberi (ITA), Angelo Benvenuto (CHI)
}}
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|teamA={{bk-rt|Canada|1921}} |scoreA=50
|teamB='''{{bk|United States|1912}}''' |scoreB='''84'''
|H1=30–'''47''' |H2=20–'''37'''
|points1=[[George Delkers|Delkers]] 18
|points2=[[Bertram Born|Born]] 17
|referee=Eduardo Airaldi (PER), Alberto Pedro (PAR)
}}
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|teamA='''{{bk-rt|Brazil|1889}}''' |scoreA='''57'''
|teamB={{bk|Philippines|1936}} |scoreB=41
|H1='''35'''–23 |H2='''22'''–18
|points1=[[Almir Nelson de Almeida|de Almeida]] 15
|points2=[[Carlos Loyzaga|Loyzaga]] 15
|referee=Alberto Pedro (PAR), Juan M. Rossini (URU)
}}
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|teamB={{bk|Republic of China|name=Formosa}} |scoreB=62
|H1=28–'''33''' |H2='''39'''–29
|points1=[[Oscar Moglia|Moglia]] 27
|points2=[[Wang Yih-Jiun|Wang Y.J.]] 18
|referee=Renato Righetto (BRA), Angelo Benvenuto (CHI)
}}
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|teamA='''{{bk-rt|Israel}}''' |scoreA='''48'''
|teamB={{bk|France|1794}} |scoreB=45 |overtime=OT
|H1='''21'''–17 |H2=22–'''26''' |OT='''5'''–2
|points1=[[Avraham Schneor|Schneor]] 15
|points2=[[Jacques Dessemme|Dessemme]] 11
|referee=Earl Schlup (USA), Helio Louzada (BRA)
}}
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|teamA={{bk-rt|Canada|1921}} |scoreA=76
|teamB='''{{bk|Philippines|1936}}''' |scoreB='''83'''
|H1=35–'''41''' |H2=41–'''42'''
|points1=[[Carl Ridd|Ridd]] 37
|points2=[[Lauro Mumar|Mumar]] 24
|referee=Earl Schlup (USA), Orlando Tabuso (BRA)
}}
{{basketballbox|date=1 November |time= |place=[[Ginásio do Maracanãzinho]], [[Rio de Janeiro]]
|teamA='''{{bk-rt|United States|1912}}''' |scoreA='''72'''
|teamB={{bk|Republic of China|name=Formosa}} |scoreB=28
|H1='''31'''–11 |H2='''41'''–17
|points1=[[Bertram Born|Born]] 14
|points2=[[Ling Jing-Huan|Ling J.H.]] 7
|referee=Eduardo Airaldi (PER), Juan M. Rossini (URU)
}}
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|teamA='''{{bk-rt|Brazil|1889}}''' |scoreA='''49'''
|teamB={{bk|France|1794}} |scoreB=36
|H1='''25'''–14 |H2='''24'''–22
|points1=[[Angelo Bonfietti|Bonfietti]] 13
|points2=[[Roger Haudegand|Haudegand]] 9
|referee=Pietro Reverberi (ITA), Angelo Benvenuto (CHI)
}}
{{basketballbox|date=3 November |time= |place=[[Ginásio do Maracanãzinho]], [[Rio de Janeiro]]
|teamA='''{{bk-rt|Uruguay}}''' |scoreA='''73'''
|teamB={{bk|Israel}} |scoreB=69
|H1='''32'''–31 |H2='''41'''–38
|points1=[[Adesio Lombardo|Lombardo]] 22
|points2=[[Alfred Cohen|Cohen]] 21
|referee=Aladino Astuto (BRA), Pietro Reverberi (ITA)
}}
{{basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=3 November |time= |place=[[Ginásio do Maracanãzinho]], [[Rio de Janeiro]]
|teamA={{bk-rt|Canada|1921}} |scoreA=61
|teamB='''{{bk|Republic of China|name=Formosa}}''' |scoreB='''74'''
|H1=29–29 |H2=32–'''45'''
|points1=[[Carl Ridd|Ridd]] 26
|points2=[[Tong Suet-Fong|Tong S.F.]] 18
|referee=Angelo Benvenuto (CHI), Orlando Tabuso (BRA)
}}
{{basketballbox |date=3 November |time= |place=[[Ginásio do Maracanãzinho]], [[Rio de Janeiro]]
|teamA='''{{bk-rt|Philippines|1936}}''' |scoreA='''66'''
|teamB={{bk|France|1794}} |scoreB=60
|H1='''25'''–23 |H2='''41'''–37
|points1=[[Carlos Loyzaga|Loyzaga]] 19
|points2=[[Roger Haudegand|Haudegand]] 11
|referee=Eduardo Airaldi (PER), Noli Coutinho (BRA)
}}
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|teamA='''{{bk-rt|United States|1912}}''' |scoreA='''74'''
|teamB={{bk|Israel}} |scoreB=30
|H1='''36'''–20 |H2='''38'''–10
|points1=[[William Bill Johnson|Johnson]] 13
|points2=[[Avraham Schneor|Schneor]] 6
|referee=Angelo Benvenuto (CHI), Alberto Pedro (PAR)
}}
{{basketballbox|date=4 November |time= |place=[[Ginásio do Maracanãzinho]], [[Rio de Janeiro]]
|teamA='''{{bk-rt|Brazil|1889}}''' |scoreA='''60'''
|teamB={{bk|Uruguay}} |scoreB=45
|H1='''24'''–23 |H2='''36'''–22
|points1=[[Amaury Pasos|Pasos]] 18
|points2=[[Oscar Moglia|Moglia]] 18
|referee=Pietro Reverberi (ITA), Eduardo Airaldi (PER)
}}
{{basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=4 November |time= |place=[[Ginásio do Maracanãzinho]], [[Rio de Janeiro]]
|teamA={{bk-rt|Canada|1921}} |scoreA=62
|teamB='''{{bk|France|1794}}''' |scoreB='''66'''
|H1='''32'''–27 |H2=30–'''39'''
|points1=[[Carl Ridd|Ridd]] 22
|points2=[[Roger Antoine|Antoine]] 14
|referee=Earl Schlup (USA), Aladino Astuto (BRA)
}}
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|teamA='''{{bk-rt|Republic of China|name=Formosa}}''' |scoreA='''51'''
|teamB={{bk|Israel}} |scoreB=38
|H1='''27'''–12 |H2=24–'''26'''
|points1=[[Ling Jing-Huan|Ling J.H.]] 12
|points2=[[Zachariah Ofri|Ofri]] 11
|referee=Pietro Reverberi (ITA), Helio Louzada (BRA)
}}
{{basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=5 November |time= |place=[[Ginásio do Maracanãzinho]], [[Rio de Janeiro]]
|teamA='''{{bk-rt|Philippines|1936}}''' |scoreA='''67'''
|teamB={{bk|Uruguay}} |scoreB=63
|H1=32–32 |H2='''35'''–31
|points1=[[Carlos Loyzaga|Loyzaga]] 31
|points2=[[Adesio Lombardo|Lombardo]] 14
|referee=Aladino Astuto (BRA), Angelo Benvenuto (CHI)
}}
{{basketballbox |date=5 November |time= |place=[[Ginásio do Maracanãzinho]], [[Rio de Janeiro]]
|teamA='''{{bk-rt|United States|1912}}''' |scoreA='''62'''
|teamB={{bk|Brazil|1889}} |scoreB=41
|H1='''35'''–19 |H2='''27'''–22
|points1=[[Solomon Edward|Edward]] 14
|points2=[[Amaury Pasos|Pasos]] 12
|referee=Eduardo Airaldi (PER), Alberto Pedro (PAR)
}}

==Awards==
{{winners|bk|1954 World Championship winner|United States|First|1954}}
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; margin:auto"
|-
![[FIBA World Cup MVP|Most Valuable Player]]
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Kirby Minter]]
|}

==Top scorers==
{| class="wikitable" width=70%
|-
!|Name
!|Country
!|Games
!|Total points
!|Average points
|-
|| [[Oscar Moglia]]|| {{Bk|Uruguay}}||9||168||18.7
|-
|| [[Carl Ridd]]|| {{Bk|Canada|1921}}||9||164||18.2
|-
|| [[Carlos Loyzaga]]|| {{Bk|Philippines|1936}}||9||148||16.4
|-
|| [[Jean-Paul Beugnot]]|| {{Bk|France|1794}}||8||96||12.0
|-
|| [[Kirby Minter]]|| {{Bk|United States|1912}}||9||100||11.1
|-
|| [[Amaury Pasos]]|| {{Bk|Brazil|1889}}||9||100||11.1
|-
|| [[Doug Gresham]]|| {{Bk|Canada|1921}}||9||98||10.8
|-
|| [[Angelo Bonfietti]]|| {{Bk|Brazil|1889}}||9||97||10.7
|-
|| [[Avraham Schneor]]|| {{Bk|Israel}}||9||97||10.7
|-
|| [[Wlamir Marques]]|| {{Bk|Brazil|1889}}||9||95||10.5
|}

==All-tournament team==
{{main|FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team}}
{| class="wikitable" width=40%
|-
!|Name
!|Country
|-
|| [[Carlos Loyzaga]]|| {{Bk|Philippines|1936}}
|-
|| [[Kirby Minter]]|| {{Bk|United States|1912}}
|-
|| [[Oscar Moglia]]|| {{Bk|Uruguay}}
|-
|| [[Algodão|Zenny de Azevedo ("Algodão")]]|| {{Bk|Brazil|1889}}
|-
|| [[Wlamir Marques]]|| {{Bk|Brazil|1889}}
|}

==Final standings==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank !!width=200px| Team !!Record
|- bgcolor=gold
! {{gold1}}
| {{Bk|USA|1912}}
| 9–0
|- bgcolor=silver
! {{silver2}}
| {{Bk|BRA|1889}}
| 8–1
|- bgcolor=cc9966
! {{bronze3}}
| {{Bk|PHI|1936}}
| 6–3
|-
! 4
| {{Bk|FRA|1794}}
| 4–5
|-
! 5
| {{Bk|TAI}}
| 3–6
|-
! 6
| {{Bk|URU}}
| 4–5
|-
! 7
| {{Bk|CAN|1921}}
| 3–6
|-
! 8
| {{Bk|ISR}}
| 2–7
|-
! 9
| {{Bk|PAR|1954}}
| 3–2
|-
! 10
| {{Bk|CHI}}
| 3–2
|-
! 11
| {{Bk|YUG}}
| 1–4
|-
! 12
| {{Bk|PER}}
| 0–5
|-
|}
* source:[https://web.archive.org/web/20181220004514/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/cid/sid/2903/_/1954_World_Championship_for_Men/index.html FIBA]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{officialwebsite|http://www.fiba.com|FIBA official website}}
* {{Official website|https://www.eurobasket.com/World-Cup/basketball_1954.aspx|EuroBasket.com FIBA Basketball World Cup Page}}
* {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20140915211540/http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/mundial/worldcup.htm FIBA 1954 World Championships]}}
* [https://www.landofbasketball.com/world_cup/1954_world_cup.htm FIBA 1954 World Cup]

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