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Basketball, Men

Date11 – 23 October 1964
StatusOlympic
LocationKokuritsu Yoyogi Kyogijo (Annex), Shibuya, Tokyo
Participants189 from 16 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to single-elimination tournament.

By 1964 the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia had become the dominant forces in European basketball, and Brazil was a South American rival to the United States. In 1963, Brazil won the World Championships with Yugoslavia second, the USSR third, and the United States fourth. At the 1963 European Championships, the Soviet Union won, with Poland second and Yugoslavia third.

But at Tokyo, the United States again produced the best team in the competition, winning all nine of their games. They were only pushed once, beating Yugoslavia 69-61, in a pool match. The US was led by future NBA stars Bill Bradley, Walt Hazzard, Luke Jackson, and Jeff Mullins. Also playing for the United States was Larry Brown, who would play professionally in the ABA, but earned more fame as a coach at the professional level.

PosNrTeamNOCWLPtsPoints
1United StatesUSA9018704–434Gold
2Soviet UnionURS8116674–544Silver
3BrazilBRA6312596–565Bronze
4Puerto RicoPUR5410595–592
5ItalyITA6312649–602
6PolandPOL5410608–596
7YugoslaviaYUG6312670–583
8UruguayURU458596–642
9AustraliaAUS458568–575
10JapanJPN458532–537
11FinlandFIN458527–601
12MexicoMEX366615–657
13HungaryHUN458574–617
14CanadaCAN182555–670
15PeruPER366583–601
16Republic of KoreaKOR090581–811

Preliminary Round (11 – 18 October 1964)

Group A (11 – 18 October 1964)

Round-robin pools.

PosNOCWLPtsPoints
1URS7014562–424
2PUR5210493–454
3POL438467–448
4ITA438495–480
5MEX346485–514
6JPN346421–428
7HUN254407–469
8CAN070408–521

Match #111 Oct 13:30POL 56 – 53HUN
Match #211 Oct 16:00ITA 85 – 80MEX
Match #311 Oct 17:30PUR 65 – 55JPN
Match #411 Oct 19:00URS 87 – 52CAN
Match #512 Oct 10:30ITA 74 – 64PUR
Match #612 Oct 12:00POL 81 – 57JPN
Match #712 Oct 19:00URS 87 – 76MEX
Match #812 Oct 20:30HUN 70 – 59CAN
Match #913 Oct 12:00POL 61 – 58ITA
Match #1013 Oct 13:30PUR 73 – 55MEX
Match #1113 Oct 16:00URS 84 – 42HUN
Match #1213 Oct 19:00JPN 58 – 37CAN
Match #1314 Oct 9:00URS 82 – 63PUR
Match #1414 Oct 12:00JPN 58 – 41HUN
Match #1514 Oct 16:00ITA 66 – 54CAN
Match #1614 Oct 20:30MEX 71 – 70POL
Match #1716 Oct 12:00MEX 78 – 68CAN
Match #1816 Oct 16:00ITA 77 – 73HUN
Match #1916 Oct 17:30URS 72 – 59JPN
Match #2016 Oct 20:30PUR 66 – 60POL
Match #2117 Oct 9:00JPN 72 – 68ITA
Match #2217 Oct 10:00HUN 69 – 61MEX
Match #2317 Oct 12:00URS 74 – 65POL
Match #2417 Oct 13:30PUR 88 – 69CAN
Match #2518 Oct 9:00PUR 74 – 59HUN
Match #2618 Oct 12:00POL 74 – 69CAN
Match #2718 Oct 16:00MEX 64 – 62JPN
Match #2818 Oct 19:00URS 76 – 67ITA

Group B (11 – 18 October 1964)

Round-robin pools.

PosNOCWLPtsPoints
1USA7014569–333
2BRA5210473–452
3YUG5210529–453
4URU438472–482
5FIN346409–475
6AUS254434–460
7PER254431–453
8KOR070432–641

Match #111 Oct 9:00FIN 80 – 72KOR
Match #211 Oct 10:30PER 58 – 50BRA
Match #311 Oct 12:00YUG 84 – 71URU
Match #411 Oct 20:30USA 78 – 45AUS
Match #512 Oct 9:00URU 105 – 64KOR
Match #612 Oct 13:30BRA 68 – 64YUG
Match #712 Oct 16:00USA 77 – 51FIN
Match #812 Oct 17:30AUS 81 – 62PER
Match #913 Oct 9:00USA 60 – 45PER
Match #1013 Oct 10:30URU 73 – 55FIN
Match #1113 Oct 17:30YUG 74 – 70
AET
AUS
Match #1213 Oct 20:30BRA 92 – 65KOR
Match #1314 Oct 10:30USA 83 – 28URU
Match #1414 Oct 13:30YUG 73 – 64PER
Match #1514 Oct 17:30BRA 61 – 54FIN
Match #1614 Oct 19:00AUS 65 – 58KOR
Match #1716 Oct 9:00FIN 61 – 59AUS
Match #1816 Oct 10:30PER 84 – 57KOR
Match #1916 Oct 13:30BRA 80 – 68URU
Match #2016 Oct 19:00USA 69 – 61YUG
Match #2117 Oct 16:00YUG 99 – 66KOR
Match #2217 Oct 17:30FIN 63 – 59PER
Match #2317 Oct 19:00USA 86 – 53BRA
Match #2417 Oct 20:30URU 58 – 57AUS
Match #2518 Oct 10:30USA 116 – 50KOR
Match #2618 Oct 13:30YUG 74 – 45FIN
Match #2718 Oct 17:30BRA 69 – 57AUS
Match #2818 Oct 20:30URU 69 – 59PER

Classification Round 5-8 (20 October 1964)

Classification matches.

Match #120 Oct 18:30ITA 75 – 63YUG
Match #220 Oct 20:00POL 82 – 69URU

Classification Round 9-12 (21 October 1964)

Classification matches.

Match #121 Oct 14:00AUS 70 – 58MEX
Match #221 Oct 15:30JPN 54 – 45FIN

Classification Round 13-16 (20 October 1964)

Classification matches.

Match #120 Oct 14:00HUN 99 – 83KOR
Match #220 Oct 15:30CAN 82 – 81
AET
PER

Semi-Finals (21 October 1964)

Single-elimination.

Match #121 Oct 18:30USA 62 – 42PUR
Match #221 Oct 20:00URS 53 – 47BRA

Final Round (20 – 23 October 1964)

Medal round.

Match 1/223 Oct 20:00USA 73 – 59URS
Match 3/423 Oct 18:30BRA 76 – 60PUR
Match 5/622 Oct 20:00ITA 79 – 59POL
Match 7/822 Oct 18:30YUG 78 – 55URU
Match 9/1023 Oct 15:30AUS 64 – 57JPN
Match 11/1223 Oct 14:00FIN 73 – 72MEX
Match 13/1422 Oct 15:30HUN 68 – 65CAN
Match 15/1622 Oct 14:00PER 71 – 66KOR

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