# 1957 FIBA World Championship for Women

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 |
* 13 October 20:00
* Boxscore
| United States | 75–37 | Peru |
| Scoring by half: 41–12, 34–25 |||
| Pts: Sipes 19 | | Pts: Barrenechea 11 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 13 October 21:30
* Boxscore
| Czechoslovakia | 76–42 | Argentina |
| Scoring by half: 41–15, 35–27 |||
| Pts: Dubska 24 | | Pts: Bonetti 11 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 14 October 20:00
* Boxscore
| Czechoslovakia | 86–28 | Peru |
| Scoring by half: 40–15, 46–13 |||
| Pts: Dubska 15 | | Pts: Fulgosi 7 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 14 October 21:30
* Boxscore
| United States | 64–39 | Argentina |
| Scoring by half: 35–15, 29–24 |||
| Pts: White 22 | | Pts: Bonetti 11 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 15 October 20:00
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 57–43 | Peru |
| Scoring by half: 29–21, 28–22 |||
| Pts: Pietrapina 18 | | Pts: Cantina 13 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 15 October 21:30
* Boxscore
| United States | 50–53 | Czechoslovakia |
| Scoring by half: 20–23, 30–30 |||
| Pts: Crawford 14 | | Pts: Mubalokova 16 |
* Rio de Janeiro

### 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 |
* 13 October 21:30
* Boxscore
| Soviet Union | 70–32 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 29–13, 41–19 |||
| Pts: Kostikova 24 | | Pts: Cockburn 11 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 14 October 22:00
* Boxscore
| Soviet Union | 70–51 | Paraguay |
| Scoring by half: 35–33, 35–18 |||
| Pts: Kostikova 20 | | Pts: Nuñez 22 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 15 October 19:00
* Boxscore
| Paraguay | 65–31 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 38–15, 27–16 |||
| Pts: Nuñez 32 | | Pts: Hill 9 |
* Rio de Janeiro

### 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 |
* 13 October
* Boxscore
| Chile | 53–65 | Hungary |
| Scoring by half: 27–28, 26–37 |||
| Pts: Velasquez 27 | | Pts: Koren, Matay 16 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 13 October 20:00
* Boxscore
| Cuba | 39–49 | Mexico |
| Scoring by half: 21–30, 18–19 |||
| Pts: Buergo 12 | | Pts: Concepsión 10 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 14 October 19:00
* Boxscore
| Chile | 62–51 | Mexico |
| Scoring by half: 39–22, 23–29 |||
| Pts: Pauchard 27 | | Pts: Concepsión 22 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 14 October 20:30
* Boxscore
| Hungary | 90–46 | Cuba |
| Scoring by half: 42–24, 48–22 |||
| Pts: Matay 22 | | Pts: Buergo 16 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 15 October 20:30
* Boxscore
| Chile | 65–45 | Cuba |
| Scoring by half: 33–12, 32–33 |||
| Pts: Pauchard 26 | | Pts: Thaureaux 18 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 15 October 22:00
* Boxscore
| Mexico | 54–89 | Hungary |
| Scoring by half: 20–45, 34–44 |||
| Pts: Concepsión 22 | | Pts: Schneider 18 |
* Rio de Janeiro

## 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 |
* 18 October 20:00
* Boxscore
| Cuba | 50–58 | Mexico |
| Scoring by half: 23–25, 27–33 |||
| Pts: Thaureaux 9 | | Pts: Sánchez 14 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 18 October 21:30
* Boxscore
| Australia | 44–52 | Argentina |
| Scoring by half: 24–24, 20–28 |||
| Pts: Cockburn 9 | | Pts: Bonetti 21 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 20 October 20:00
* Boxscore
| Mexico | 45–38 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 23–21, 22–17 |||
| Pts: Rivera 9 | | Pts: Cockburn 11 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 20 October 21:30
* Boxscore
| Peru | 49–66 | Argentina |
| Scoring by half: 16–31, 33–35 |||
| Pts: Flechele 21 | | Pts: Lorenzo 17 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 21 October 20:00
* Boxscore
| Cuba | 43–50 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 26–26, 17–24 |||
| Pts: Thaureaux 13 | | Pts: Cockburn, Macquire 13 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 21 October 21:30
* Boxscore
| Mexico | 45–36 | Peru |
| Scoring by half: 17–18, 28–19 |||
| Pts: Sánchez 9 | | Pts: Flechele 11 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 22 October 20:00
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 62–46 | Cuba |
| Scoring by half: 25–27, 37–19 |||
| Pts: Lorenzo, Pietrapina 12 | | Pts: Thaureaux 14 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 22 October 21:30
* Boxscore
| Australia | 38–31 | Peru |
| Scoring by half: 16–20, 22–11 |||
| Pts: Macquire 13 | | Pts: Barrenechea 14 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 23 October 20:00
* Boxscore
| Mexico | 49–48 | Argentina |
| Scoring by half: 23–24, 26–24 |||
| Pts: García 19 | | Pts: Lorenzo 17 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 23 October 21:30
* Boxscore
| Cuba | 31–50 | Peru |
| Scoring by half: 23–23, 8–27 |||
| Pts: Buergo, de Dios 6 | | Pts: Barrenechea 15 |
* Rio de Janeiro

## 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 |
* 17 October 20:00
* Boxscore
| Chile | 46–76 | Czechoslovakia |
| Scoring by half: 19–30, 27–46 |||
| Pts: Pauchard 20 | | Pts: Mubalokova 22 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 17 October 21:30
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 48–46 | Paraguay |
| Scoring by half: 25–27, 23–19 |||
| Pts: Ramos 11 | | Pts: Nuñez 22 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 18 October 20:00
* Boxscore
| Soviet Union | 67–38 | Chile |
| Scoring by half: 36–19, 31–19 |||
| Pts: Kostikova 22 | | Pts: Pauchard 15 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 18 October 21:30
* Boxscore
| United States | 51–46 | Hungary |
| Scoring by half: 27–29, 24–17 |||
| Pts: Sipes 15 | | Pts: Parti 16 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 19 October 20:00
* Boxscore
| Czechoslovakia | 68–47 | Paraguay |
| Scoring by half: 30–22, 38–25 |||
| Pts: Mazlova-Adamirova 25 | | Pts: Nuñez 18 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 19 October 21:30
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 44–67 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 21–33, 23–34 |||
| Pts: Bento 9 | | Pts: White 28 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 20 October 19:00
* Boxscore
| Soviet Union | 69–49 | Paraguay |
| Scoring by half: 36–22, 33–27 |||
| Pts: Maksimelenova 15 | | Pts: Nuñez 24 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 20 October 20:00
* Boxscore
| Czechoslovakia | 57–61 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 28–30, 29–31 |||
| Pts: Mazlova-Adamirova 14 | | Pts: Maksimelenova 19 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 20 October 20:30
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 66–64 | Chile |
| Scoring by half: 36–30, 30–34 |||
| Pts: Bento 26 | | Pts: Velasquez 29 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 20 October 22:00
* Boxscore
| Hungary | 34–55 | Czechoslovakia |
| Scoring by half: 13–25, 21–30 |||
| Pts: Matay 8 | | Pts: Mazlova-Adamirova 18 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 21 October 20:00
* Boxscore
| Paraguay | 46–43 | Chile |
| Scoring by half: 22–23, 24–20 |||
| Pts: Nuñez 21 | | Pts: Velasquez 17 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 21 October 21:30
* Boxscore
| Hungary | 53–64 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 26–32, 27–32 |||
| Pts: Schneider 25 | | Pts: Jarosevskaya 14 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 22 October 20:00
* Boxscore
| United States | 76–47 | Chile |
| Scoring by half: 40–17, 36–30 |||
| Pts: White 18 | | Pts: Velasquez 17 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 22 October 21:30
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 44–56 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 24–20, 20–36 |||
| Pts: Cardozo 10 | | Pts: Maksimelenova 19 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 23 October 20:00
* Boxscore
| Paraguay | 46–50 | Hungary |
| Scoring by half: 25–28, 21–22 |||
| Pts: Nuñez 27 | | Pts: Parti 17 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 23 October 21:30
* Boxscore
| United States | 61–55 | Czechoslovakia |
| Scoring by half: 30–24, 31–31 |||
| Pts: Crawford 15 | | Pts: Mubalokova 21 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 24 October 21:30
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 52–49 | Hungary |
| Scoring by half: 25–24, 27–25 |||
| Pts: Campos 21 | | Pts: Schneider 10 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 25 October 20:00
* Boxscore
| Paraguay | 40–60 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 8–36, 23–24 |||
| Pts: Nuñez 21 | | Pts: Sipes 27 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 25 October 21:30
* Boxscore
| Chile | 49–65 | Hungary |
| Scoring by half: 30–36, 19–29 |||
| Pts: Silva 15 | | Pts: Schneider 23 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 26 October 20:00
* Boxscore
| United States | 51–48 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 24–27, 27–21 |||
| Pts: Sipes 18 | | Pts: Jarosevskaya 15 |
* Rio de Janeiro
* 26 October 21:30
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 70–83 | Czechoslovakia |
| Scoring by half: 33–28, 37–55 |||
| Pts: Bento 27 | | Pts: Mazlova-Adamirova 26 |
* Rio de Janeiro

## 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 |