| Continent: | South America |
| Year: | 1955 |
| Host: | Colombia |
| Dates: | August 13–31 |
| Teams: | 9 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champions: | Uruguay |
| Title Number: | 7 |
| Prevseason: | 1953 |
| Nextseason: | 1958 |
The South American Basketball Championship 1955 was the 16th edition of this tournament. It was played in Cúcuta, Colombia. The title holder is Uruguay.
| width=150px | Team ! | width=30px | Pts. ! | width=20px | W ! | width=20px | L ! | width=40px | PF ! | width=40px | PA ! | width=40px | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 183 | 138 | +45 | ||||||||
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 177 | 148 | +29 | ||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 154 | 163 | -9 | ||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 125 | 91 | +34 | ||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 128 | 97 | +31 | ||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 154 | 168 | -14 | ||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 153 | 190 | -37 | ||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 102 | 138 | -36 | ||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 99 | 137 | -38 |
| width=150px | Team ! | width=30px | Pts. ! | width=20px | W ! | width=20px | L ! | width=40px | PF ! | width=40px | PA ! | width=40px | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 186 | 167 | +19 | ||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 165 | 162 | +3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 154 | 156 | -2 | ||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 152 | 172 | -20 |