1963 FIBA World Championship

1963 FIBA World Championship
FIBA Campeonato Mundial de Basquetebol Masculino de 1963
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates12–25 May
Officially opened byJoão Goulart
Teams13 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up Yugoslavia
Third place Soviet Union
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Games played54
MVPBrazil Wlamir Marques
Top scorerPeru Ricardo Duarte
(23.1 points per game)
1959
1967

The 1963 FIBA World Championship was the 4th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The competition was hosted by Brazil from 12 to 25 May 1963.

The Philippines was originally awarded the right to host the tournament, but FIBA rescinded this after the Filipino immigration officials refused to grant visas to players from communist countries.

Brazil, the defending champion and a previous host, re-hosted the championship from 12 to 25 May 1963, and won the first back-to-back title with just six games, having been seeded and entering the well-rested team in the final round only.