| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| City | Quito, Ecuador |
| Dates | 16 August - 1 September 1958 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Sporting Club Uruguay (1st title) |
| Runner-up |  San Lorenzo |
| Third place |  Valle del Cauca Select Team |
| Fourth place |  L.D.U. Quito |
The 1958 South American Basketball Championship of Champion Clubs was the 4th edition of the Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones de Básquetbol, the first-tier basketball competition in South America.
Eight teams from eight countries participated and played each other in a round-robin format. Chile sent its national team as their representative, Colombia and Brazil sent two select teams that were created for the tournament.
The competition was played from 16 August to 1 September 1958 and was held in Quito, the capital city of Ecuador. Sporting Club Uruguay won the championship, becoming the first Uruguayan club to do so.[1]
Final standings
Key
- Pos.: Position
- GP: Games played
- W: Games won
- L: Games lost
- Pts: Points (2 given for a win, 1 for a loss)
| Pos. | Club | GP | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sporting Club Uruguay |
7 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | San Lorenzo |
7 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Valle del Cauca Select Team |
7 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | L.D.U. Quito |
7 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 |  Olimpia Asunción |
7 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Oriente |
7 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 |  Chile |
7 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 |  Río Grande Select Team |
7 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Winning roster
| Player | Total Points |
|---|---|
| Héctor Costa (captain) | 124 |
| Adolfo Lubnicki | 97 |
| Enrique Baliño | 60 |
| José Llera | 39 |
| Jorge Pagani | 34 |
| Zafiro Antúnez | 31 |
| Hugo Vázquez | 24 |
| Luciano Aranzadi | 23 |
| Tydeo Irigoyen | 20 |
| Carlos Peinado | 4 |
| Nelson Chelle | 4 |
| Carlos Roselló | 2 |
| José Otonello. | – |
Head coach: Héctor López Reboledo
References
- ↑ "63 años del Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones, Quito 1958". Defensor Sporting Club | Sitio oficial (in Spanish). 1 September 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
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