1958 South American Basketball Championship of Champion Clubs

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1958 Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones de Básquetbol
Tournament details
CityQuito, Ecuador
Dates16 August - 1 September 1958
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsUruguay Sporting Club Uruguay (1st title)
Runner-upArgentina San Lorenzo
Third placeColombia Valle del Cauca Select Team
Fourth placeEcuador L.D.U. Quito
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The 1958 South American Basketball Championship of Champion Clubs was the 4th edition of the Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones de Básquetbol, the first-tier basketball competition in South America.

Eight teams from eight countries participated and played each other in a round-robin format. Chile sent its national team as their representative, Colombia and Brazil sent two select teams that were created for the tournament.

The competition was played from 16 August to 1 September 1958 and was held in Quito, the capital city of Ecuador. Sporting Club Uruguay won the championship, becoming the first Uruguayan club to do so.[1]

Final standings[edit]

Key

  • Pos.: Position
  • GP: Games played
  • W: Games won
  • L: Games lost
  • Pts: Points (2 given for a win, 1 for a loss)
Pos. Club GP W L Pts
1 Uruguay Sporting Club Uruguay 7 5 2 12
2 Argentina San Lorenzo 7 5 2 12
3 Colombia Valle del Cauca Select Team 7 5 2 12
4 Ecuador L.D.U. Quito 7 4 3 11
5 Paraguay Olimpia Asunción 7 4 3 11
6 Ecuador Oriente 7 3 4 10
7  Chile 7 2 5 9
8 Brazil Río Grande Select Team 7 0 7 7

Winning roster[edit]

Player Total Points
Héctor Costa (captain) 124
Adolfo Lubnicki 97
Enrique Baliño 60
José Llera 39
Jorge Pagani 34
Zafiro Antúnez 31
Hugo Vázquez 24
Luciano Aranzadi 23
Tydeo Irigoyen 20
Carlos Peinado 4
Nelson Chelle 4
Carlos Roselló 2
José Otonello.

Head coach: Héctor López Reboledo

References[edit]

  1. ^ "63 años del Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones, Quito 1958". Defensor Sporting Club | Sitio oficial (in Spanish). 1 September 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2023.