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{{Short description|1963 edition of the FIBA World Championship}}
{{Infobox international basketball competition
| tourney_name     = FIBA World Championship
| year             = 1963
| other_titles     = ''FIBA Campeonato Mundial de Basquetebol Masculino de 1963''
| image            = 
| size             = 
| alt              = 
| caption          = 
| city             = 
| country          = Brazil
| dates            = 12–25 May
| opened           = [[João Goulart]]
| num_teams        = 13
| confederations   = 3
| venues           = 5
| cities           = 5
| champion         = Brazil
| champion-flagvar = 1960
| count            = 2
| second           = Yugoslavia
| third            = Soviet Union
| third-flagvar    = 1955
| fourth           = United States
| fourth-flagvar   = 1960
| games            = 54
| attendance       = 
| mvp              = {{flagicon|BRA|1960}} [[Wlamir Marques]]
| top_scorer       = {{flagicon|PER}} [[Ricardo Duarte]]<br />(23.1 [[points per game]])
| prevseason       = [[1959 FIBA World Championship|1959]]
| nextseason       = [[1967 FIBA World Championship|1967]]
| updated          =
}}

The '''1963 FIBA World Championship''' was the 4th [[FIBA World Championship]], the international [[basketball]] world championship for men's national teams. The competition was hosted by [[Brazil]] from 12 to 25 May 1963.

The Philippines was originally awarded the right to host the tournament, but FIBA rescinded this after the Filipino immigration officials refused to grant visas to players from communist countries.

[[Brazil national basketball team|Brazil]], the defending champion and a previous host, re-hosted the championship from 12 to 25 May 1963, and won the first back-to-back title with just six games, having been seeded and entering the well-rested team in the final round only.

==Background==
The Philippines was supposed to host the FIBA World Championship in 1962 but FIBA revoked hosting rights after the government of then President [[Diosdado Macapagal]], refused to grant visas to players and officials of socialists countries including Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ramirez|first1=Bert|title=Looking back: The 1978 World Basketball Championship in Manila (Part I)|url=http://www.rappler.com/sports/by-sport/basketball/fiba/65185-looking-back-world-basketball-championship-manila-part-i|access-date=1 February 2016|publisher=Rappler|date=4 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=A roundup of the sports information of the week|journal=Sports Illustrated|date=17 December 1962|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1962/12/17/628104/a-roundup-of-the-sports-information-of-the-week|access-date=1 February 2016}}</ref>

The FIBA World Championship was held in 1963 in Brazil.

==Competing nations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Event
!Date
!Location
!Berths
!Qualified
|-
|Original host nation
|
|
|align=center|0
|<s>{{bk|PHI|1936}}</s>
|-
|[[1959 FIBA World Championship]]/host nation
|16–31 January 1959
|{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Chile]]
|align=center|1
|{{bk|BRA|1960}}
|-
|[[Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Summer Olympics]]
|26 August–10 September 1960
|{{flagicon|ITA|1946}} [[Rome]]
|align=center|1
|{{bk|USA}}
|-
|[[EuroBasket 1961]]
|29 April–8 May 1961
|{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Beograd]]
|align=center|3
|{{bk|URS|1955}}<br />{{bk|YUG}}<br />{{bk|FRA|1794}}
|-
|[[South American Basketball Championship 1961]]
|20–30 April 1961
|{{flagicon|BRA|1960}} [[Rio de Janeiro]]
|align=center|3
|{{bk|PER}}<br />{{bk|URU}}<br />{{bk|ARG}}
|-
|Wild cards
|
|
|align=center|5
|{{bk|CAN|1957}}<br />{{bk|MEX|1934}}<br />{{bk|PUR|1952}}<br />{{bk|ITA}}<br />{{bk|JPN|1870}}
|}

==Suspension==
FIBA suspended the original host country, the [[Philippines]], after Philippine President [[Diosdado Macapagal]] refused to allow players from Yugoslavia and other communist countries to enter the country.

[[Brazil]], being the defending champion and a previous host, managed to re-host the championship. 

Later, the Philippines, despite being the Asian champion, were forced to play in a pre-Olympic tournament in order to qualify for the [[1964 Summer Olympics]].

==Competition format==
* Preliminary round: Three groups of four teams play each other once; top two teams progress to the final round, bottom two teams relegated to classification round.
* Classification round: All bottom two teams from preliminary round group play each other once. The team with the best record is ranked eighth; the worst is ranked 13th.
* Final round: All top two teams from preliminary round group, the 1960 Olympic champion, and the host team play each other once. The team with the best record wins the championship.

==Preliminary round==
===Group A===
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===Group B===
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===Group C===
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==Classification round==
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==Final round==
[[File:Радивој Кораћ репрезентација.jpg|thumb|right|270px|Yugoslavia's [[Radivoj Korać]] versus the USA's [[Ed Smallwood]] in the Final round. Yugoslavia won 75–73.]]
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|teamA={{bk-rt|ITA|1946}} |scoreA=72
|teamB={{bk|PUR|1952}} |scoreB=75
|H1=31-42|H2=41-33}}
{{basketballbox|date=24 May |place=[[Ginásio do Maracanãzinho]], [[Rio de Janeiro]]
|teamA={{bk-rt|FRA|1794}} |scoreA=63
|teamB={{bk|YUG}} |scoreB=99
|H1=33-46|H2=30-53}}
{{basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=25 May |place=[[Ginásio do Maracanãzinho]], [[Rio de Janeiro]]
|teamA={{bk-rt|URS|1955}} |scoreA=67
|teamB={{bk|YUG}} |scoreB=69
|H1=28-34|H2=39-35}}
{{basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=25 May |place=[[Ginásio do Maracanãzinho]], [[Rio de Janeiro]]
|teamA={{bk-rt|BRA|1960}} |scoreA=85
|teamB={{bk|USA|1960}} |scoreB=81
|H1=39-39|H2=46-42}}

==Awards==
{{winners|bk|1963 World Championship winner|Brazil|Second|1963}}
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; margin:auto"
|-
![[FIBA World Cup MVP|Most Valuable Player]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Wlamir Marques]]
|}

==Final standings==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank !!width=200px| Team !!Record
|- bgcolor=gold
! 1
| {{Bk|BRA|1960}} || 6–0
|- bgcolor=silver
! 2
| {{Bk|YUG}} || 8–1
|- bgcolor=cc9966
! 3
| {{Bk|URS|1955}} || 7–2
|-
! 4
| {{Bk|USA|1960}} || 6–3
|-
! 5
| {{Bk|FRA|1794}} || 4–5
|-
! 6
| {{Bk|PUR|1952}} || 3–6
|-
! 7
| {{Bk|ITA|1946}} || 2–7
|-
! 8
| {{Bk|ARG}} || 4–4
|-
! 9
| {{Bk|MEX|1934}} || 4–4
|-
! 10
| {{Bk|URU}} || 4–4
|-
! 11
| {{Bk|CAN|1957}} || 3–5
|-
! 12
| {{Bk|PER}} || 2–6
|-
! 13
| {{Bk|JPN|1870}} || 1–7
|-
! —
| {{Bk|PHI|1936}} || Suspended
|}

==All-Tournament Team==
{{main|FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team}}
* [[Amaury Pasos]] (Brazil)
* [[Wlamir Marques]] - ([[FIBA World Cup MVP|MVP]]) (Brazil)
* [[Aleksandr Petrov (basketball)|Aleksander Petrov]] (USSR)
* [[Don Kojis]] (USA)
* [[Maxime Dorigo]] (France)

==Top scorers (ppg)==
# [[Ricardo Duarte]] (Peru) 23.1
# [[Aleksandr Petrov (basketball)|Aleksander Petrov]] (USSR) 17.6
# [[Luis Enrique Grajeda]] (Mexico) 17.5
# [[Radivoj Korać]] (Yugoslavia) 16.8
# [[Maxime Dorigo]] (France) 16.8
# [[Alfredo Tulli]] (Argentina) 16.1
# [[Alberto Desimone]] (Argentina) 16
# [[Rafael Valle]] (Puerto Rico) 15.8
# [[Nemanja Đurić]] (Yugoslavia) 14.6
# [[Paolo Vittori]] (Italy) 14.3

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.fiba.com|FIBA official website}}
* {{Official website|https://www.eurobasket.com/world-cup/basketball.aspx|EuroBasket.com FIBA Basketball World Cup Page}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081228031601/http://www.fiba.com/pages/en/events/competition/p/competitioncode/WMM/fisc/false/lang/EN/roundid/440/season/1963/stattype//select_round.html FIBA WC-1963]

{{FIBA Basketball World Cup}}
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{{Yugoslavia Squad 1963 FIBA World Championship}}
{{Soviet Union Squad 1963 FIBA World Championship}}

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[[Category:May 1963 sports events in South America| 12-25]]