World Championships (FIBA World Cup) in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1954)
1950 (4 year break)


Final Classification
1. USA (7-0)
2. Brazil (6-1)
3. Philippines (5-2)
4. France (3-4)
5. Formosa (2-5)
6. Uruguay (2-5)
7. Canada (2-5)
8. Israel (1-6)
9. Paraguay (3-0)
10. Chile (2-1)
11. Yugoslavia (1-2)
12. Peru (0-3)


USA National Team (Photo: USA Basketball)

  Rosters
Champion: USA (Jerry Arkarath, B.H. Born, Richard Gott, Forrest Hamilton, William Johnson, Allen Kelly, Kirby Minter, Donald Penwell, Richard Rutherford, Kendall Sheets, Edward Salomon, Joseph Stratton)
2. Brazil (Wilson Bombarda, Angelo Bonifetti, Jose
 Henrique Carli, Almir Nelson de Almeida, Zenny de Azevedo, Mair Facci, Fausto Rasga Filho, Jamil Gedeao, Wlamir Marques, Antonio Passos Amaury, Alfredo Rodrigues da Motta)
3. Philippines (Bayani Amador, Rafael Barreto, Florentino Bautista Jr., Napoleon Flores, Benjamin Francisco, Antonio Genato, Carlos Loyzaga, Ramon Manulat, Lauro Mumar, Francisco Rabat, Ponciano Saldana, Mariano Tolentino)