# South American Basketball Championship

The South American Basketball Championship, or FIBA South American Championship, was the main FIBA tournament for men's national teams from South America's region of FIBA Americas. The tournament was first played in 1930. The tournament often has been played biannually, but the last took place in 2016. It has been largely supplanted by the FIBA AmeriCup.

## Results

| Year | Hosts | Gold medal game | Gold medal game | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| Year | Hosts | Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth Place |
| 1930 Details | Uruguay (Montevideo) | Uruguay | Round Robin | Argentina | Brazil | Round Robin | Chile |
| 1932 Details | Chile (Santiago) | Uruguay | 42–28 | Chile | Argentina | N/A | None |
| 1934 Details | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Argentina | Round Robin | Chile | Brazil | Round Robin | Uruguay |
| 1935 Details | Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) | Argentina | Round Robin | Brazil | Uruguay | N/A | None |
| 1937 Details | Chile (Santiago & Valparaíso) | Chile | Round Robin | Uruguay | Brazil | Round Robin | Peru |
| 1938 Details | Peru (Lima) | Peru | Round Robin | Argentina | Uruguay | Round Robin | Brazil |
| 1939 Details | Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) | Brazil | Round Robin | Uruguay | Argentina | Round Robin | Peru |
| 1940 Details | Uruguay (Montevideo) | Uruguay | Round Robin | Argentina | Brazil | Round Robin | Chile |
| 1941 Details | Argentina (Mendoza) | Argentina | Round Robin | Peru | Uruguay | Round Robin | Chile |
| 1942 Details | Chile (Santiago) | Argentina | Round Robin | Uruguay | Chile | Round Robin | Brazil |
| 1943 Details | Peru (Lima) | Argentina | Round Robin | Uruguay | Peru | Round Robin | Chile |
| 1945 Details | Ecuador (Guayaquil) | Brazil | Round Robin | Uruguay | Argentina | Round Robin | Chile |
| 1947 Details | Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) | Uruguay | Round Robin | Brazil | Chile | Round Robin | Ecuador |
| 1949 Details | Paraguay (Asunción) | Uruguay | Round Robin | Brazil | Chile | Round Robin | Peru |
| 1953 Details | Uruguay (Montevideo) | Uruguay | Round Robin | Brazil | Chile | Round Robin | Paraguay |
| 1955 Details | Colombia (Cúcuta) | Uruguay | Round Robin | Paraguay | Brazil | Round Robin | Argentina |
| 1958 Details | Chile (Santiago) | Brazil | Round Robin | Uruguay | Paraguay | Round Robin | Argentina |
| 1960 Details | Argentina (Córdoba) | Brazil | Round Robin | Paraguay | Argentina | Round Robin | Uruguay |
| 1961 Details | Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) | Brazil | Round Robin | Uruguay | Argentina | Round Robin | Paraguay |
| 1963 Details | Peru (Lima) | Brazil | Round Robin | Peru | Uruguay | Round Robin | Argentina |
| 1966 Details | Argentina (Mendoza & San Juan) | Argentina | Round Robin | Brazil | Peru | Round Robin | Uruguay |
| 1968 Details | Paraguay (Asunción) | Brazil | Round Robin | Uruguay | Peru | Round Robin | Paraguay |
| 1969 Details | Uruguay (Montevideo) | Uruguay | Round Robin | Brazil | Argentina | Round Robin | Peru |
| 1971 Details | Uruguay (Montevideo) | Brazil | Round Robin | Uruguay | Argentina | Round Robin | Peru |
| 1973 Details | Colombia (Bogotá) | Brazil | Round Robin | Argentina | Peru | Round Robin | Uruguay |
| 1976 Details | Colombia (Medellín) | Argentina | Round Robin | Brazil | Uruguay | Round Robin | Paraguay |
| 1977 Details | Chile (Valdivia) | Brazil | Round Robin | Uruguay | Argentina | Round Robin | Venezuela |
| 1979 Details | Argentina (Bahía Blanca) | Argentina | Round Robin | Brazil | Uruguay | Round Robin | Chile |
| 1981 Details | Uruguay (Montevideo) | Uruguay | Round Robin | Brazil | Argentina | Round Robin | Chile |
| 1983 Details | Brazil (São José dos Campos) | Brazil | Round Robin | Argentina | Uruguay | Round Robin | Venezuela |
| 1985 Details | Colombia (Medellín) | Brazil | Round Robin | Uruguay | Argentina | Round Robin | Venezuela |
| 1987 Details | Paraguay (Asunción) | Argentina | Round Robin | Venezuela | Brazil | Round Robin | Uruguay |
| 1989 Details | Ecuador (Machala & Guayaquil) | Brazil | Round Robin | Argentina | Uruguay | Round Robin | Venezuela |
| 1991 Details | Venezuela (Valencia) | Venezuela | 122–121 | Brazil | Argentina | Round Robin | Uruguay |
| 1993 Details | Brazil (Guaratinguetá) | Brazil | 82–76 | Argentina | Venezuela | – | Uruguay |
| 1995 Details | Uruguay (Montevideo) | Uruguay | 89–74 | Argentina | Brazil | 85–63 | Venezuela |
| 1997 Details | Venezuela (Maracaibo) | Uruguay | Round Robin | Venezuela | Argentina | Round Robin | Brazil |
| 1999 Details | Argentina (Bahía Blanca) | Brazil | 73–67 | Argentina | Venezuela | 99–77 | Uruguay |
| 2001 Details | Chile (Valdivia) | Argentina | 76–69 | Brazil | Venezuela | 94–90 | Uruguay |
| 2003 Details | Uruguay (Montevideo) | Brazil | 83–80 | Argentina | Uruguay | 88–82 | Venezuela |
| 2004 Details | Brazil (Campos dos Goytacazes) | Argentina | 95–78 | Brazil | Venezuela | 76–74 | Uruguay |
| 2006 Details | Venezuela (Caracas) | Brazil | 92–61 | Uruguay | Argentina | 95–78 | Venezuela |
| 2008 Details | Chile (Puerto Montt) | Argentina | 100–95 | Uruguay | Venezuela | 87–72 | Brazil |
| 2010 Details | Colombia (Neiva) | Brazil | 87–77 | Argentina | Uruguay | 76–70 | Venezuela |
| 2012 Details | Argentina (Resistencia) | Argentina | 79–56 | Venezuela | Uruguay | 80–68 | Brazil |
| 2014 Details | Venezuela (Isla Margarita) | Venezuela | 74–65 | Argentina | Brazil | 66–61 | Uruguay |
| 2016 Details | Venezuela (Caracas) | Venezuela | 64–58 | Brazil | Uruguay | 87–83 | Argentina |

## Performance by nation

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil | 18 | 13 | 8 | 39 |
| 2 | Argentina | 13 | 12 | 13 | 38 |
| 3 | Uruguay | 11 | 13 | 12 | 36 |
| 4 | Venezuela | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | Chile | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Peru | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Paraguay | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Bolivia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 47 | 47 | 47 | 141 |

## Participation details

| Team | 1930 | 1932 | 1934 | 1935 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1945 | 1947 | 1949 | 1953 | 1955 | 1958 | 1960 | 1961 | 1963 |
| Argentina | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 5th | - | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th |
| Bolivia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9th |
| Brazil | 3rd | - | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 4th | - | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| Chile | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | - | 1st | - | 5th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 7th |
| Colombia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | 7th | 8th | 6th | 6th | - | 8th |
| Ecuador | - | - | - | - | - | 5th | - | - | - | 5th | - | 5th | 4th | - | 6th | 7th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 6th |
| Paraguay | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | 6th | - | 5th | - | - | 6th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 5th |
| Peru | - | - | - | - | 4th | 1st | 4th | 5th | 2nd | - | 3rd | - | 6th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 7th | - | 5th | 2nd |
| Uruguay | 1st | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd |
| Venezuela | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9th | - | - | 8th | - |
| Team | 1966 | 1968 | 1969 | 1971 | 1973 | 1976 | 1977 | 1979 | 1981 | 1983 | 1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 |
| Argentina | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd |
| Bolivia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9th | - | - | - | - | - | 9th | - | - | - | 10th | 10th | 10th | - |
| Brazil | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 1st |
| Chile | 6th | 6th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 7th | 6th | - | - | 6th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 5th |
| Colombia | 7th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 7th | - | - | 6th | 5th | - | 7th | 5th | - | - | 5th | 9th | 7th | 6th |
| Ecuador | 5th | 8th | - | 8th | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5th | 6th | 5th | - | 8th | 6th | 9th | - |
| Paraguay | 8th | 4th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 4th | 8th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 6th | - | 6th | 7th | - | 5th | 7th | 5th | 5th | - |
| Peru | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 7th | 5th | 7th | 5th | - | 8th | 5th | 8th | 8th | - | - | 9th | 8th | 8th | - |
| Uruguay | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 1st | 1st | 4th | 4th | 3rd |
| Venezuela | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4th | 5th | - | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th |
| Team | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | Total |
| Argentina | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 46 |
| Bolivia | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | 8th | 9 |
| Brazil | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 45 |
| Chile | 5th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 43 |
| Colombia | - | 5th | 5th | 6th | 7th | - | 5th | 26 |
| Ecuador | - | - | - | 8th | - | 7th | 9th | 23 |
| Paraguay | 6th | - | - | 5th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 32 |
| Peru | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | 10th | 31 |
| Uruguay | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 47 |
| Venezuela | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 22 |