# 1979 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

The 1979 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Portuguese: 1979 Campeonato Mundial FIBA Sub-19) was the maiden edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship. It was held in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil from 15 to 25 August 1979.
The United States notched their first-ever world juniors championship by sweeping both the preliminary round and the championship round, winning the Gold Medal against the hosts Brazil in the final day of the tournament, 75–55.

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Italy | 5 | 4 | 1 | 409 | 388 | +21 | 9 |
| Yugoslavia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 419 | 376 | +43 | 9 |
| Brazil | 5 | 3 | 2 | 440 | 378 | +62 | 8 |
| Uruguay | 5 | 2 | 3 | 440 | 467 | −27 | 7 |
| Australia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 372 | 398 | −26 | 7 |
| Philippines | 5 | 0 | 5 | 444 | 517 | −73 | 5 |
* 15 August 1979 19:00
* Boxscore
| Australia | 67–89 | Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by half: 32–49, 35–40 |||
| Pts: Patterson 18 | | Pts: Čutura 14 |
* Salvador
* 15 August 1979 21:10
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 123–80 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 65–29, 58–51 |||
| Pts: dos Santos 25 | | Pts: Banal 15 |
* Salvador
* 15 August 1979 23:00
* Boxscore
| Uruguay | 98–102 (OT) | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 46–48, 42–40 Overtime: 10–14 |||
| Pts: López 38 | | Pts: Fantin [it] 21 |
* Salvador
* 16 August 1979 20:00
* Boxscore
| Philippines | 71–88 | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 37–51, 34–37 |||
| Pts: Saldaña 31 | | Pts: Tonut 16 |
* Salvador
* 16 August 1979 21:50
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 71–73 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 33–34, 38–39 |||
| Pts: Vitoria 15 | | Pts: Gaze 16 |
* Salvador
* 16 August 1979 23:40
* Boxscore
| Yugoslavia | 89–78 | Uruguay |
| Scoring by half: 33–43, 56–35 |||
| Pts: Radović, Dogan 18 | | Pts: López 33 |
* Salvador
* 17 August 1979 19:00
* Boxscore
| Uruguay | 79–72 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 46–37, 33–35 |||
| Pts: López 35 | | Pts: Sengstock 21 |
* Salvador
* 17 August 1979 20:55
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 85–79 | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 48–37, 37–42 |||
| Pts: dos Santos 18 | | Pts: Fantin [it] 16 |
* Salvador
* 17 August 1979 22:40
* Boxscore
| Yugoslavia | 106–102 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 48–53, 58–49 |||
| Pts: Grbović 24 | | Pts: Saldaña 31 |
* Salvador
* 18 August 1979 19:00
* Boxscore
| Australia | 89–83 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 49–33, 40–50 |||
| Pts: Pearce 22 | | Pts: Cristobal 27 |
* Salvador
* 18 August 1979 20:45
* Boxscore
| Italy | 64–63 | Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by half: 33–26, 31–37 |||
| Pts: Riva 22 | | Pts: Čutura 26 |
* Salvador
* 18 August 1979 22:40
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 96–74 | Uruguay |
| Scoring by half: 56–26, 40–48 |||
| Pts: Pedrosa 25 | | Pts: López 21 |
* Salvador
* 19 August 1979 18:00
* Boxscore
| Uruguay | 111–108 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 61–53, 50–55 |||
| Pts: López 39 | | Pts: Cristobal 24 |
* Salvador
* 19 August 1979 19:45
* Boxscore
| Australia | 71–76 | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 37–51, 34–37 |||
| Pts: Gaze 18 | | Pts: Riva 23 |
* Salvador
* 19 August 1979 21:30
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 65–72 | Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by half: 28–35, 37–37 |||
| Pts: da Silva 18 | | Pts: Čutura 24 |
* Salvador

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 427 | 236 | +191 | 10 |
| Argentina | 5 | 4 | 1 | 472 | 357 | +115 | 9 |
| Soviet Union | 5 | 3 | 2 | 459 | 362 | +97 | 8 |
| Panama | 5 | 2 | 3 | 293 | 332 | −39 | 6 |
| Canada | 5 | 1 | 4 | 390 | 442 | −52 | 6 |
| Egypt | 5 | 0 | 5 | 278 | 590 | −312 | 5 |
* 15 August 1979
| United States | 2–0 | Panama |
| USA won by forfeit after Panama failed to appear |||
* Presidente Prudente
* 15 August 1979 19:00
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 150–44 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 75–12, 75–32 |||
| Pts: Politi 23 | | Pts: Nazmi 10 |
* Presidente Prudente
* 15 August 1979 21:45
* Boxscore
| Soviet Union | 117–72 | Canada |
| Scoring by half: 51–29, 66–43 |||
| Pts: Grdzelidze, Nagayama, Popov [ru] 26 | | Pts: Lichti 15 |
* Presidente Prudente
* 16 August 1979 18:00
* Boxscore
| Soviet Union | 126–60 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 72–38, 54–22 |||
| Pts: Popov [ru] 28 | | Pts: Kinoshita 22 |
* Presidente Prudente
* 16 August 1979 20:10
* Boxscore
| Canada | 80–81 | Panama |
| Scoring by half: 48–48, 32–33 |||
| Pts: Pasquale 22 | | Pts: Grenald, Macias 18 |
* Presidente Prudente
* 16 August 1979 21:45
* Boxscore
| United States | 98–61 | Argentina |
| Scoring by half: 58–31, 40–30 |||
| Pts: Perkins 13 | | Pts: Duffy 12 |
* Presidente Prudente
* 17 August 1979 19:00
* Boxscore
| United States | 105–59 | Canada |
| Scoring by half: 49–17, 56–42 |||
| Pts: White 22 | | Pts: Fitzgerald 11 |
* Presidente Prudente
* 17 August 1979 21:00
* Boxscore
| Egypt | 68–78 | Panama |
| Scoring by half: 24–42, 44–36 |||
| Pts: Elhabash 21 | | Pts: Macias 29 |
* Presidente Prudente
* 17 August 1979 22:45
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 74–72 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 36–41, 38–31 |||
| Pts: Aréjula 20 | | Pts: Popov [ru] 20 |
* Presidente Prudente
* 18 August 1979 19:00
* Boxscore
| Soviet Union | 92–62 | Panama |
| Scoring by half: 38–30, 54–32 |||
| Pts: Berezhniy 20 | | Pts: Gálvez 17 |
* Presidente Prudente
* 18 August 1979 21:00
* Boxscore
| United States | 128–38 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 70–18, 58–20 |||
| Pts: Perkins 13 | | Pts: Kinoshita 8 |
* Presidente Prudente
* 18 August 1979 22:45
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 97–71 | Canada |
| Scoring by half: 36–41, 38–31 |||
| Pts: Aréjula 22 | | Pts: Pasquale 17 |
* Presidente Prudente
* 19 August 1979 18:00
* Boxscore
| Canada | 108–68 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 56–20, 52–48 |||
| Pts: Lichti 33 | | Pts: Kinoshita 21 |
* Presidente Prudente
* 19 August 1979 19:50
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 90–72 | Panama |
| Scoring by half: 47–31, 43–41 |||
| Pts: Maretto 21 | | Pts: Gálvez 24 |
* Presidente Prudente
* 19 August 1979 23:00
* Boxscore
| United States | 94–78 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 47–37, 47–41 |||
| Pts: Floyd 19 | | Pts: Grdzelidze 25 |
* Presidente Prudente

## Final round
### Classification 7th–12th

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 230 | 212 | +18 | 6 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 1 | 300 | 217 | +83 | 5 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 207 | 185 | +22 | 5 |
| Philippines | 3 | 2 | 1 | 286 | 235 | +51 | 5 |
| Panama | 3 | 0 | 3 | 213 | 241 | −28 | 3 |
| Egypt | 3 | 0 | 3 | 194 | 340 | −146 | 3 |
* August 1979
* Boxscore
| Australia | 64–63 | Panama |
| Scoring by half: 30–33, 35–40 |||
* São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo
* August 1979
* Boxscore
| Uruguay | 126–67 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 67–39, 59–28 |||
* Salvador
* August 1979
* Boxscore
| Canada | 89–81 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 42–38, 47–43 |||
* Salvador
* August 1979
* Boxscore
| Canada | 78–76 | Uruguay |
| Scoring by half: 42–31, 36–45 |||
* Salvador
* August 1979
* Boxscore
| Australia | 88–59 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 42–31, 36–45 |||
* Salvador
* August 1979
* Boxscore
| Panama | 78–79 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 32–28, 46–41 |||
* Salvador
* August 1979
* Boxscore
| Egypt | 68–126 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 38–66, 30–60 |||
* Salvador
* August 1979
* Boxscore
| Australia | 55–63 | Canada |
| Scoring by half: 31–35, 24–28 |||
* Salvador
* August 1979
* Boxscore
| Uruguay | 98–72 | Panama |
| Scoring by half: 47–33, 51–39 |||
* Salvador

### Championship round

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 308 | 206 | +102 | 6 |
| Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 205 | 223 | −18 | 5 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 221 | 219 | +2 | 5 |
| Yugoslavia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 237 | 257 | −20 | 4 |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 1 | 2 | 237 | 243 | −6 | 4 |
| Italy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 226 | 286 | −60 | 3 |
* 20 August 1979 20:00
* Boxscore
| Italy | 77–134 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 35–64, 42–70 |||
| Pts: Fantozzi 15 | | Pts: Floyd 23 |
* Presidente Prudente
* 21 August 1979 20:00
* Boxscore
| Italy | 79–81 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 38–36, 41–45 |||
| Pts: Costa 16 | | Pts: Grdzelidze 22 |
* Presidente Prudente
* 21 August 1979 23:00
* Boxscore
| Yugoslavia | 75–77 | Argentina |
| Scoring by half: 39–42, 36–35 |||
| Pts: Čutura 18 | | Pts: Aréjula 18 |
* Presidente Prudente
* 22 August 1979 19:00
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 74–73 | Argentina |
| Scoring by half: 36–33, 38–40 |||
| Pts: da Silva 19 | | Pts: Aréjula 21 |
* Presidente Prudente
* 23 August 1979 19:00
* Boxscore
| Yugoslavia | 88–81 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 45–53, 43–28 |||
| Pts: Čutura 17 | | Pts: Grdzelidze 21 |
* Presidente Prudente
* 24 August 1979 19:30
* Boxscore
| Yugoslavia | 74–99 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 37–44, 37–55 |||
| Pts: Čutura 24 | | Pts: Worthy 27 |
* Presidente Prudente
* 24 August 1979 21:15
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 76–75 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 45–39, 31–36 |||
| Pts: Malvesi 22 | | Pts: Popov [ru] 27 |
* Presidente Prudente
* 25 August 1979 21:00
* Boxscore
| Italy | 70–71 | Argentina |
| Scoring by half: 38–36, 32–35 |||
| Pts: Fantin 21 | | Pts: Maretto 18 |
* Presidente Prudente
* 25 August 1979 22:45
* Boxscore Boxscore Image
| Brazil | 55–75 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 22–41, 33–34 |||
| Pts: da Silva 25 | | Pts: Floyd 15 |
* Ginásio de Esportes Antônio Balbino, Salvador Referees: Marcial Paredes Lopes (PER), Artenik Arabadjian (BUL)

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | United States | 8–0 |
| | Brazil | 5–3 |
| | Argentina | 6–2 |
| 4th | Yugoslavia | 5–3 |
| 5th | Soviet Union | 4–4 |
| 6th | Italy | 4–4 |
| 7th | Canada | 4–4 |
| 8th | Uruguay | 4–4 |
| 9th | Australia | 4–4 |
| 10th | Philippines | 2–6 |
| 11th | Panama | 2–6 |
| 12th | Egypt | 0–8 |

## Awards

* 1979 Under-19 World champions
* United States First title