Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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6th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Tokyo 1964
Tournament details
Olympics 1964 Summer Olympics
Host nation Japan
City Tokyo
Duration October 11–23
Men's tournament
Teams 16
Medals
1 Gold medalists  United States
2 Silver medalists  Soviet Union
3 Bronze medalists  Brazil
Tournaments
← Rome 1960  Mexico City 1968 →

Basketball contests at the 1964 Summer Olympics took place at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan from October 11 to October 23. The United States defeated the Soviet Union to win their sixth straight gold medal at this event, while Brazil earned the bronze against Puerto Rico.

Results

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's basketball  United States
Jim Barnes
Bill Bradley
Larry Brown
Joe Caldwell
Mel Counts
Richard Davies
Walt Hazzard
Lucious Jackson
John McCaffrey
Jeff Mullins
Jerry Shipp
George Wilson		  Soviet Union
Valdis Muižnieks
Nikolay Bagley
Armenak Alachachian
Alexandr Travin
Viacheslav Khrynin
Jānis Krūmiņš
Levan Moseshvili
Yury Korneev
Alexsandr Petrov
Gennadi Volnov
Jaak Lipso
Juris Kalniņš		 23x15px Brazil

Amaury Antônio Pasos
Wlamir Marques
Ubiratan Pereira Maciel
Carlos Domingos Massoni
Friedrich Wilhem Braun
Carmo de Souza
Jatyr Eduardo Schall
Edson Bispo dos Santos
Antonio Salvador Sucar
Victor Mirshawka
Sergio de Toledo Machado
Jose Edvar Simoes

Qualification

Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country and the first eight places at the previous tournament. Additional spots were decided by various continental tournaments held by FIBA plus two additional intercontinental tournaments that granted six extra berths total, after the withdrawal of United Arab Republic and Czechoslovakia.

Means of qualification[1] Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host nation 1  Japan
1960 Summer Olympics 26 August–10 September 1960 Italy Rome 8  United States
 Soviet Union
23x15px Brazil
 Italy
 Czechoslovakia[a]
 SFR Yugoslavia
 Poland
 Uruguay
1963 Pan American Games 23 April–3 May 1963 23x15px São Paulo 2  Puerto Rico
 Peru
FIBA Africa Championship 1964 4–8 March 1964 Morocco Casablanca 1  United Arab Republic[a]
European Pre-Olympic Tournament 4–13 June 1964 Switzerland Geneva 2  Finland
 Hungary
Pan-Continental Pre-Olympic Tournament 25 September–3 October 1964 Japan Yokohama 4  Mexico
 Australia
 Canada[b]
 South Korea[b]
Total 12
  • a Withdrew from the tournament.
  • b Replacement teams.

Format

  • Two groups of eight teams are formed, where the top two from each group compete for the medals in a knockout round.
  • The remaining places are defined as follows:
    • Fifth through eighth places are decided in a separate bracket between the third and fourth places from each group in a separate bracket.
    • Ninth through sixteenth places are decided between the fifth through eighth places from each group in separate brackets.

Preliminary Round

The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals, while the remaining teams compete for 5th through 16th places in separate brackets. Both group leaders, the United States and the Soviet Union advanced undefeated to the knockout stage.

Group A

Qualified for the semifinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Soviet Union 7 0 562 424 +138 14
 Puerto Rico 5 2 493 454 +39 12
 Poland 4 3 467 448 +19 11 1W−0L
 Italy 4 3 495 480 +15 11 0W−1L
 Mexico 3 4 485 514 −29 10 1W−0L
 Japan 3 4 421 428 −7 10 0W−1L
 Hungary 2 5 407 469 −62 9
 Canada 0 7 408 521 −113 7

October 11


13:30
Poland  56–53  Hungary

16:00
Italy  85–80  Mexico

17:30
Japan  55–65  Puerto Rico

19:00
Soviet Union  87–52  Canada

October 12


10:30
Italy  74–64  Puerto Rico

12:00
Poland  81–57  Japan

19:00
Soviet Union  87–76  Mexico

20:30
Canada  59–70  Hungary

October 13


12:00
Italy  58–61  Poland

13:30
Puerto Rico  73–55  Mexico

16:00
Soviet Union  84–42  Hungary

19:00
Canada  37–58  Japan

October 14


9:00
Soviet Union  82–63  Puerto Rico

12:00
Hungary  41–58  Japan

16:00
Canada  54–66  Italy

20:30
Mexico  71–70  Poland

October 16


12:00
Mexico  78–68  Canada

16:00
Hungary  73–77  Italy

17:30
Soviet Union  72–59  Japan

20:30
Puerto Rico  66–60  Poland

October 17


9:00
Japan  72–68  Italy

10:00
Hungary  69–61  Mexico

12:00
Soviet Union  74–65  Poland

13:30
Puerto Rico  88–69  Canada

October 18


9:00
Puerto Rico  74–59  Hungary

10:00
Poland  74–69  Canada

12:00
Japan  62–64  Mexico

13:30
Soviet Union  76–67  Italy

Group B

Qualified for the semifinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 United States 7 0 569 333 +236 14
23x15px Brazil 5 2 473 452 +21 12 1W−0L
 SFR Yugoslavia 5 2 529 453 +76 12 0W−1L
 Uruguay 4 3 472 482 −10 11
 Finland 3 4 409 475 −66 10
 Australia 2 5 434 460 −26 9 1W−0L
 Peru 2 5 431 453 −22 9 0W−1L
 South Korea 0 7 432 641 −209 7

October 11


9:00
South Korea  72–80  Finland

10:30
Brazil 23x15px 50–58  Peru

12:00
SFR Yugoslavia  84–71  Uruguay

20:30
United States  78–45  Australia

October 12


9:00
South Korea  64–105  Uruguay

13:30
Brazil 23x15px 68–64  SFR Yugoslavia

16:00
United States  77–51  Finland

17:30
Australia  81–62  Peru

October 13


9:00
United States  60–45  Peru

10:30
Finland  55–73  Uruguay

13:30
Australia  70–74  SFR Yugoslavia

20:30
South Korea  65–92 23x15px Brazil

October 14


10:30
United States  83–28  Uruguay

13:30
Peru  64–73  SFR Yugoslavia

17:30
Finland  54–61 23x15px Brazil

19:00
Australia  65–58  South Korea

October 16


9:00
Finland  61–59  Australia

10:30
Peru  84–57  South Korea

13:30
Uruguay  68–80 23x15px Brazil

19:00
United States  69–61  SFR Yugoslavia

October 17


16:00
SFR Yugoslavia  99–66  South Korea

17:30
Peru  59–63  Finland

19:00
United States  86–53 23x15px Brazil

20:30
Uruguay  58–57  Australia

October 18


10:30
United States  116–50  South Korea

13:30
SFR Yugoslavia  74–45  Finland

17:30
Brazil 23x15px 69–57  Australia

20:30
Uruguay  69–59  Peru

Knockout Stage

Championship playoffs

  Semifinals (October 23)
One-game playoff		                    
  A1  Soviet Union Soviet Union 53  
  B2  Brazil Brazil 47   Gold medal Final (October 23)
One-game playoff
      A1  United States United States 73
  Semifinals (October 23)
One-game playoff		   B1  Soviet Union Soviet Union 59
  B1  United States United States 62
  A2  Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 42   Bronze medal game (October 23)
One-game playoff
    A2  Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 60
    B2  Brazil Brazil 76

Classification brackets

5th–8th Place

  Semifinals (October 20)     5th place (October 22)
                 
  A3   Poland 82  
  B4   Uruguay 69    
      A3   Poland 59
      A5   Italy 79
  B3   SFR Yugoslavia 63    
  A4   Italy 75   7th place (October 22)
 
B3   SFR Yugoslavia 78
  B4   Uruguay 55

9th–12th Place

  Semifinals (October 21)     9th place (October 23)
                 
  A5   Mexico 58  
  B6   Australia 70    
      B6   Australia 64
      A6   Japan 57
  B5   Finland 45    
  A6   Japan 54   11th place (October 23)
 
A5   Mexico 72
  B5   Finland 73

13th–16th Place

  Semifinals (October 20)     13th place (October 22)
                 
  A7   Hungary 99  
  B8   South Korea 83    
      A7   Hungary 68
      A8   Canada 65
  B7   Peru 81    
  A8   Canada 82   14th place (October 22)
 
B7   South Korea 66
  B8   Peru 71

Final standings

Rank Team W L
1st  United States 9 0
2nd  Soviet Union 8 1
3rd 23x15px Brazil 6 3
4th  Puerto Rico 5 4
5th  Italy 6 3
6th  Poland 5 4
7th  SFR Yugoslavia 6 3
8th  Uruguay 4 5
9th  Australia 4 5
10th  Japan 4 5
11th  Finland 4 5
12th  Mexico 3 6
13th  Hungary 4 5
14th  Canada 1 8
15th  Peru 3 6
16th  South Korea 0 9

Awards

1964 Olympic Basketball Champions
United States
United States
Sixth title

References

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