1932 South American Basketball Championship Explained

Continent:South America
Year:1932
Host:Chile
Dates:29 April - 14 May
Teams:3
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champions:Uruguay
Title Number:2
Prevseason:1930
Nextseason:1934

The 1932 South American Basketball Championship was the 2nd edition of this regional tournament. It was held in Santiago, Chile and won by Uruguay.

Results

Preliminary round

Each team played the other two teams twice apiece, for a total of four games played by each team.

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Uruguay21 - 19Chile
Chile14 - 13Uruguay
Uruguay31 - 25Argentina
Argentina13 - 18Uruguay
Chile27 - 24Argentina
Argentina19 - 21Chile

Uruguay's loss to Chile was its first defeat; nevertheless it took the top seed in the preliminary round.

Final

As Uruguay and Chile finished level on points, a play-off match for the championship was required.

Uruguay won the final to claim its second South American title.

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