1950 FIBA World Championship

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FIBA Basketball World Cup international basketball competition sports tournament

The 1950 FIBA World Championship was the inaugural global men's basketball tournament organized by FIBA, held in Argentina and won by the host nation.

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1950 FIBA World Cup 1
1st FIBA World Championship 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf FIBA Basketball World Cup ⓘ
international basketball competition ⓘ
sports tournament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1950 FIBA World Championship ⓘ
surface form: 1950 FIBA World Cup

1950 FIBA World Championship ⓘ
surface form: 1st FIBA World Championship
champion Argentina men's national basketball team ⓘ
competitionLevel senior national teams ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Argentina ⓘ
editionNumber 1 ⓘ
endDate 1950-11-03 ⓘ
finalMatchCity Buenos Aires ⓘ
finalMatchCountry Argentina ⓘ
finalMatchVenue Luna Park ⓘ
finalRoundFormat round-robin ⓘ
format round-robin final group ⓘ
fourthPlace Brazil men's national basketball team ⓘ
gender men's ⓘ
globalTournament true ⓘ
governingBody FIBA ⓘ
groupStageFormat round-robin ⓘ
hostCity Buenos Aires ⓘ
hostConfederation FIBA Americas ⓘ
hostCountry Argentina ⓘ
hostSelectionMethod FIBA decision ⓘ
isInauguralEdition true ⓘ
location Buenos Aires ⓘ
mostValuablePlayer Oscar Furlong ⓘ
MVPTeam Argentina men's national basketball team ⓘ
nextEdition 1954 FIBA World Championship ⓘ
numberOfConfederations 3 ⓘ
numberOfHostCities 1 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations 10 ⓘ
numberOfTeams 10 ⓘ
numberOfVenues 1 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
organizer FIBA ⓘ
partOfSeries FIBA ⓘ
surface form: FIBA Basketball World Cup
previousEdition none ⓘ
runnerUp United States men's national basketball team ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
startDate 1950-10-22 ⓘ
thirdPlace Chile national basketball team ⓘ
surface form: Chile men's national basketball team
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
venue Luna Park ⓘ
winner Argentina men's national basketball team ⓘ
year 1950 ⓘ

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1950 FIBA World Championship → alsoKnownAs → 1950 FIBA World Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1950 FIBA World Cup
1950 FIBA World Championship → alsoKnownAs → 1950 FIBA World Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1st FIBA World Championship