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1940 South American Basketball Championship

Field	Value
continent	South America
year	1940
host	Uruguay
dates	20-28 January
teams	6
venues	1
cities	1
champions	Uruguay
title_number	3
prevseason	1939
nextseason	1941

The 1940 South American Basketball Championship was the 8th edition of this tournament. It was held in Montevideo, Uruguay and won by the host, Uruguay national basketball team. A record 6 teams competed, including Paraguay in their first appearance, despite the World War that was currently under way.

Final rankings

Results

Each team played the other five teams once, for a total of five games played by each team and 15 overall in the tournament.

Rank	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1	10	5	0	192	101	+91
2	9	4	1	177	106	+71
3	8	3	2	135	156	-21
4	7	2	3	166	155	+11
5	6	1	4	149	146	+3
6	5	0	5	83	238	-155

Peru	46 - 19	Paraguay

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