# 1953 FIBA World Championship for Women

The 1953 FIBA World Championship for Women (Spanish: 1953 Campeonato Mundial FIBA Femenino) was the first edition of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. It was held in Chile from 7 March to 22 March 1953. Ten national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA, the sport's governing body. The city of Santiago hosted the tournament. The United States won its first title.

## Venues

All games were played at the Estadio Nacional de Chile.
* Santiago
* Estadio Nacional de Chile

## Format

* In the preliminary round, each team played a single game, with the winner advancing to the final round. The losing teams played in the first repass round, while the losing team with the worst point margin played in the second repass round.
* In the first repass round, four teams were paired again and played a single game where the winners advanced to the second repass round and the losing teams to the classification round. In the second repass round, a round-robin group of three teams was formed, where the top team advanced to the final round and the other two teams to the classification round.
* In the final round, a six-team round-robin group was formed to compete for the championship and second through sixth places in the final standings.
* In the classification round another round-robin group of four teams was formed to define seventh through tenth place in the final standings.

## Preliminary round

Winners qualify to the final round. Losing teams to the first repass round, and the losing team with the largest point margin to the second repass round.
    Times given below are in Chile Standard Time (UTC−4).
* 7 March 20:30
* Boxscore
| Peru | 22–62 | France |
| Scoring by half: 10–28, 12–34 |||
| Pts: Bedregal, Espinoza 6 | | Pts: Colchen 21 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 8 March
* Boxscore
| Cuba | 31–50 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 16–21, 15–29 |||
| Pts: Buergo 11 | | Pts: Ferrari 19 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 8 March 19:30
* Boxscore
| Paraguay | 28–60 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 14–25, 14–35 |||
| Pts: Escudero 9 | | Pts: Baldwin 13 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 10 March
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 39–34 | Mexico |
| Scoring by half: 18–8, 21–26 |||
| Pts: Pastorino 9 | | Pts: Alfaro 8 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 10 March 22:30
* Boxscore
| Chile | 37–28 | Switzerland |
| Scoring by half: 18–15, 19–13 |||
| Pts: Reyes 11 | | Pts: Girod 12 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

## Repass round
### First round

* 11 March 21:00
* Boxscore
| Mexico | 33–41 | Paraguay |
| Scoring by half: 16–15, 17–26 |||
| Pts: Gamborino 8 | | Pts: Bataglia 11 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 11 March 22:30
* Boxscore
| Cuba | 32–28 | Switzerland |
| Scoring by half: 10–14, 22–14 |||
| Pts: Suárez 8 | | Pts: Bartschi 9 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

### Second round

* Qualified for the final round
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Paraguay | 2 | 2 | 0 | 111 | 89 | +22 | 4 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1 | 1 | 101 | 98 | +3 | 3 |
| Peru | 2 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 84 | −25 | 2 |
* 13 March 21:00
* Boxscore
| Peru | 29–42 | Cuba |
| Scoring by half: 17–28, 12–13 |||
| Pts: Bedregal 13 | | Pts: Gonzales 10 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 14 March 21:00
* Boxscore
| Peru | 30–42 | Paraguay |
| Scoring by half: 11–19, 19–24 |||
| Pts: de Balbuena 14 | | Pts: López 12 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 15 March 17:00
* Boxscore
| Cuba | 59–69 (OT) | Paraguay |
| Scoring by half: 15–17, 28–26 Overtime: 8–8, 8–18 |||
| Pts: Aldao, Soler 11 | | Pts: Escudero 18 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

## Classification round

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Peru | 3 | 3 | 0 | 106 | 73 | +33 | 6 |
| Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 98 | 94 | +4 | 5 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 68 | 79 | −11 | 4 |
| Cuba | 3 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 79 | −26 | 3 |
* 18 March 21:40
* Boxscore
| Peru | 31–20 | Cuba |
| Scoring by half: 13–6, 18–14 |||
| Pts: Bedregal 9 | | Pts: Suárez 9 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 18 March 22:55
* Boxscore
| Switzerland | 25–40 | Mexico |
| Scoring by half: 9–20, 16–20 |||
| Pts: Girod 10 | | Pts: Alfaro 11 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 19 March
* Boxscore
| Peru | 34–26 | Switzerland |
| Scoring by half: 20–14, 14–12 |||
| Pts: de Balbuena 9 | | Pts: Girod 11 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 19 March 23:05
* Boxscore
| Cuba | 28–31 (OT) | Mexico |
| Scoring by half: 9–7, 13–15 Overtime: 6–9 |||
| Pts: Aldao 11 | | Pts: Alfaro, Gómez 8 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 20 March
* Boxscore
| Mexico | 27–41 | Peru |
| Scoring by half: 13–26, 14–15 |||
| Pts: Alfaro 11 | | Pts: Bedregal 16 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 20 March 21:35
* Boxscore
| Switzerland | 17–5 | Cuba |
| Scoring by half: 11–2, 6–3 |||
| Pts: Pochon 5 | | Pts: Morales 3 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

## Final round

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 188 | 155 | +33 | 9 |
| Chile | 5 | 3 | 2 | 227 | 207 | +20 | 8 |
| France | 5 | 3 | 2 | 227 | 176 | +51 | 8 |
| Brazil | 5 | 3 | 2 | 183 | 186 | −3 | 8 |
| Paraguay | 5 | 1 | 4 | 170 | 237 | −67 | 6 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1 | 4 | 159 | 193 | −34 | 6 |
* 13 March 22:30
* Boxscore
| France | 37–41 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 16–20, 21–21 |||
| Pts: Biny 13 | | Pts: Washington 12 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 14 March 22:30
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 36–40 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 14–11, 22–29 |||
| Pts: Pastorino 12 | | Pts: Ferrari 10 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 15 March 18:30
* Boxscore
| Chile | 38–44 | Argentina |
| Scoring by half: 10–23, 28–21 |||
| Pts: Hurtado 16 | | Pts: Reyes 16 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 16 March 21:00
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 37–49 | France |
| Scoring by half: 17–18, 20–31 |||
| Pts: Giogio 9 | | Pts: Colchen 25 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 16 March 22:30
* Boxscore
| Chile | 67–42 | Paraguay |
| Scoring by half: 24–19, 43–23 |||
| Pts: Hurtado 27 | | Pts: Escobar 10 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 17 March 22:00
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 22–34 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 15–16, 7–18 |||
| Pts: Medrano, Reyes 5 | | Pts: Bowden 14 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 18 March 21:00
* Boxscore
| Paraguay | 27–58 | France |
| Scoring by half: 15–21, 12–37 |||
| Pts: López 8 | | Pts: Colchen 18 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 18 March 22:30
* Boxscore
| United States | 23–29 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 7–18, 16–11 |||
| Pts: Washington 10 | | Pts: Ferrari 14 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 19 March 21:00
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 31–33 | Paraguay |
| Scoring by half: 12–13, 19–20 |||
| Pts: Reyes 12 | | Pts: Escobar 7 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 19 March 22:30
* Boxscore
| Chile | 45–35 | France |
| Scoring by half: 19–21, 26–14 |||
| Pts: Reyes 24 | | Pts: Kloeck 13 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 21 March 21:00
* Boxscore
| Paraguay | 31–41 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 6–21, 25–20 |||
| Pts: Escobar 11 | | Pts: Washington 13 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 21 March 22:30
* Boxscore
| Chile | 41–37 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 25–18, 16–19 |||
| Pts: Reyes 17 | | Pts: Ulbrich 10 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 22 March 18:30
* Boxscore
| Paraguay | 37–40 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 15–20, 22–20 |||
| Pts: Bataglia 11 | | Pts: Ulbrich 10 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 22 March 19:30
* Boxscore
| France | 48–26 | Argentina |
| Scoring by half: 25–13, 23–13 |||
| Pts: Colchen 30 | | Pts: Pastorino 10 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
* 22 March 20:30
* Boxscore
| Chile | 36–49 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 19–26, 17–23 |||
| Pts: Hurtado 11 | | Pts: Bowden 17 |
* Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | United States | 5–1 |
| | Chile | 4–2 |
| | France | 4–2 |
| 4 | Brazil | 4–2 |
| 5 | Paraguay | 4–5 |
| 6 | Argentina | 2–4 |
| 7 | Peru | 3–3 |
| 8 | Mexico | 2–3 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 1–4 |
| 10 | Cuba | 2–5 |