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1979 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

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The 1979 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Portuguese: 1979 Campeonato Mundial FIBA Sub-19) was the maiden edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship. It was held in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil from 15 to 25 August 1979.

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The United States notched their first-ever world juniors championship by sweeping both the preliminary round and the championship round, winning the Gold Medal against the hosts Brazil in the final day of the tournament, 75–55.[1]

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Preliminary round

Group A

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15 August 1979
19:00
Australia  67–89  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 32–49, 35–40
Pts: Patterson 18 Pts: Čutura 14
15 August 1979
21:10
Brazil  123–80  Philippines
Scoring by half: 65–29, 58–51
Pts: dos Santos 25 Pts: Banal 15
15 August 1979
23:00
Uruguay  98–102 (OT)  Italy
Scoring by half: 46–48, 42–40 Overtime: 10–14
Pts: López 38 Pts: Fantin [it] 21
16 August 1979
20:00
Philippines  71–88  Italy
Scoring by half: 37–51, 34–37
Pts: Saldaña 31 Pts: Tonut 16
16 August 1979
21:50
Brazil  71–73  Australia
Scoring by half: 33–34, 38–39
Pts: Vitoria 15 Pts: Gaze 16
16 August 1979
23:40
Yugoslavia  89–78  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 33–43, 56–35
Pts: Radović, Dogan 18 Pts: López 33
17 August 1979
19:00
Uruguay  79–72  Australia
Scoring by half: 46–37, 33–35
Pts: López 35 Pts: Sengstock 21
17 August 1979
20:55
Brazil  85–79  Italy
Scoring by half: 48–37, 37–42
Pts: dos Santos 18 Pts: Fantin [it] 16
17 August 1979
22:40
Yugoslavia  106–102  Philippines
Scoring by half: 48–53, 58–49
Pts: Grbović 24 Pts: Saldaña 31
18 August 1979
19:00
Australia  89–83  Philippines
Scoring by half: 49–33, 40–50
Pts: Pearce 22 Pts: Cristobal 27
18 August 1979
20:45
Italy  64–63  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 33–26, 31–37
Pts: Riva 22 Pts: Čutura 26
18 August 1979
22:40
Brazil  96–74  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 56–26, 40–48
Pts: Pedrosa 25 Pts: López 21
19 August 1979
18:00
Uruguay  111–108  Philippines
Scoring by half: 61–53, 50–55
Pts: López 39 Pts: Cristobal 24
19 August 1979
19:45
Australia  71–76  Italy
Scoring by half: 37–51, 34–37
Pts: Gaze 18 Pts: Riva 23
19 August 1979
21:30
Brazil  65–72  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 28–35, 37–37
Pts: da Silva 18 Pts: Čutura 24

Group B

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15 August 1979
United States  2–0  Panama
USA won by forfeit after Panama failed to appear
15 August 1979
19:00
Argentina  150–44  Egypt
Scoring by half: 75–12, 75–32
Pts: Politi 23 Pts: Nazmi 10
15 August 1979
21:45
Soviet Union  117–72  Canada
Scoring by half: 51–29, 66–43
Pts: Grdzelidze, Nagayama, Popov [ru] 26 Pts: Lichti 15
16 August 1979
18:00
Soviet Union  126–60  Egypt
Scoring by half: 72–38, 54–22
Pts: Popov [ru] 28 Pts: Kinoshita 22
16 August 1979
20:10
Canada  80–81  Panama
Scoring by half: 48–48, 32–33
Pts: Pasquale 22 Pts: Grenald, Macias 18
16 August 1979
21:45
United States  98–61  Argentina
Scoring by half: 58–31, 40–30
Pts: Perkins 13 Pts: Duffy 12
17 August 1979
19:00
United States  105–59  Canada
Scoring by half: 49–17, 56–42
Pts: White 22 Pts: Fitzgerald 11
17 August 1979
21:00
Egypt  68–78  Panama
Scoring by half: 24–42, 44–36
Pts: Elhabash 21 Pts: Macias 29
17 August 1979
22:45
Argentina  74–72  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 36–41, 38–31
Pts: Aréjula 20 Pts: Popov [ru] 20
18 August 1979
19:00
Soviet Union  92–62  Panama
Scoring by half: 38–30, 54–32
Pts: Berezhniy 20 Pts: Gálvez 17
18 August 1979
21:00
United States  128–38  Egypt
Scoring by half: 70–18, 58–20
Pts: Perkins 13 Pts: Kinoshita 8
18 August 1979
22:45
Argentina  97–71  Canada
Scoring by half: 36–41, 38–31
Pts: Aréjula 22 Pts: Pasquale 17
19 August 1979
18:00
Canada  108–68  Egypt
Scoring by half: 56–20, 52–48
Pts: Lichti 33 Pts: Kinoshita 21
19 August 1979
19:50
Argentina  90–72  Panama
Scoring by half: 47–31, 43–41
Pts: Maretto 21 Pts: Gálvez 24
19 August 1979
23:00
United States  94–78  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 47–37, 47–41
Pts: Floyd 19 Pts: Grdzelidze 25
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Final round

Classification 7th–12th

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August 1979
Australia  64–63  Panama
Scoring by half: 30–33, 35–40
August 1979
Uruguay  126–67  Egypt
Scoring by half: 67–39, 59–28
August 1979
Canada  89–81  Philippines
Scoring by half: 42–38, 47–43
August 1979
Canada  78–76  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 42–31, 36–45
August 1979
Australia  88–59  Egypt
Scoring by half: 42–31, 36–45
August 1979
Panama  78–79  Philippines
Scoring by half: 32–28, 46–41
August 1979
Egypt  68–126  Philippines
Scoring by half: 38–66, 30–60
August 1979
Australia  55–63  Canada
Scoring by half: 31–35, 24–28
August 1979
Uruguay  98–72  Panama
Scoring by half: 47–33, 51–39

Championship round

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20 August 1979
20:00
Italy  77–134  United States
Scoring by half: 35–64, 42–70
Pts: Fantozzi 15 Pts: Floyd 23
21 August 1979
20:00
Italy  79–81  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 38–36, 41–45
Pts: Costa 16 Pts: Grdzelidze 22
21 August 1979
23:00
Yugoslavia  75–77  Argentina
Scoring by half: 39–42, 36–35
Pts: Čutura 18 Pts: Aréjula 18
22 August 1979
19:00
Brazil  74–73  Argentina
Scoring by half: 36–33, 38–40
Pts: da Silva 19 Pts: Aréjula 21
23 August 1979
19:00
Yugoslavia  88–81  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 45–53, 43–28
Pts: Čutura 17 Pts: Grdzelidze 21
24 August 1979
19:30
Yugoslavia  74–99  United States
Scoring by half: 37–44, 37–55
Pts: Čutura 24 Pts: Worthy 27
24 August 1979
21:15
Brazil  76–75  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 45–39, 31–36
Pts: Malvesi 22 Pts: Popov [ru] 27
25 August 1979
21:00
Italy  70–71  Argentina
Scoring by half: 38–36, 32–35
Pts: Fantin 21 Pts: Maretto 18
25 August 1979
22:45
Brazil  55–75  United States
Scoring by half: 22–41, 33–34
Pts: da Silva 25 Pts: Floyd 15
Ginásio de Esportes Antônio Balbino, Salvador
Referees: Marcial Paredes Lopes (PER), Artenik Arabadjian (BUL)
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Final standings

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Awards

 1979 Under-19 World champions 

United States
First title

References

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