1957 FIBA World Championship for Women

1957 FIBA World Championship
for Women

2nd FIBA World Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	13–26 October
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer	Nuñez 23.4
← 1953 1959 →

The 1957 FIBA World Championship for Women (Portuguese:Campeonato Mundial Feminino da Fiba de 1957) was the second FIBA World Championship for Women basketball championship held by FIBA. It was held in Brazil between 13 October and 26 October 1957. Twelve national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA, the sport's governing body. The city of Rio de Janeiro hosted the tournament. The United States won its second title after finishing in first place in the second round.

Format

• In the preliminary round teams were split into three round-robin groups, two of four teams and one of three teams. The top two teams from each group advanced to the final round. Hosts Brazil advanced to the final round directly.
• The teams that did not reach the final round, played in the classification round, which consisted of a round-robin group of five teams to define eighth through twelfth places in the final standings.
• In the final, a seven-team round-robin group was formed to compete for the championship and second through seventh places in the final standings.

Preliminary round

Qualified for the final round

Times given below are in Brasília time (UTC−3).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Czechoslovakia	3	3	0	215	120	+95	6
United States	3	2	1	189	129	+60	5
Argentina	3	1	2	138	183	−45	4
Peru	3	0	3	108	218	−110	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	2	2	0	140	83	+57	4
Paraguay	2	1	1	116	101	+15	3
Australia	2	0	2	63	135	−72	2

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Hungary	3	3	0	244	153	+91	6
Chile	3	2	1	180	161	+19	5
Mexico	3	1	2	154	190	−36	4
Cuba	3	0	3	130	204	−74	3

Classification round

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Mexico	4	4	0	197	173	+24	8
Argentina	4	3	1	228	188	+40	7
Australia	4	2	2	170	171	−1	6
Peru	4	1	3	167	180	−13	5
Cuba	4	0	4	170	220	−50	4

Final round

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	6	6	0	366	280	+86	12
Soviet Union	6	5	1	365	292	+73	11
Czechoslovakia	6	4	2	394	319	+75	10
Brazil	6	3	3	324	365	−41	9
Hungary	6	2	4	297	317	−20	8
Paraguay	6	1	5	274	338	−64	7
Chile	6	0	6	287	396	−109	6

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	United States	8–1
	Soviet Union	7–1
	Czechoslovakia	7–2
4	Brazil	3–3
5	Hungary	5–4
6	Paraguay	2–6
7	Chile	2–7
8	Mexico	5–2
9	Argentina	4–3
10	Australia	2–4
10	Peru	1–6
10	Cuba	0–7

References

• Results (Archived 2009-05-20)
• 1957 World Championship for Women, FIBA.com.