1953 FIBA World Championship for Women

{{Infobox FIBA tourney

| gender = women

| continent = World

| year = 1953

| logo = 1953 FIBA World Championship for Women poster.jpeg

| size =

| caption =

| host = Chile

| dates = 7–22 March

| teams = 10

| federations =

| venues = 1

| cities = 1

| champions = United States

| champions-flagvar = 1912

| title_number = 1

| ppg_p = {{flagicon|FRA}} Colchen 19.2

| ppg_t = {{Bkw|FRA}} 48.2

| nextseason = 1957

}}

The 1953 FIBA World Championship for Women (Spanish: 1953 Campeonato Mundial FIBA Femenino) was the first edition of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. It was held in Chile from 7 March to 22 March 1953. Ten national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA, the sport's governing body. The city of Santiago hosted the tournament. The United States won its first title.

Venues

All games were played at the Estadio Nacional de Chile.

Santiago
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Estadio Nacional de Chile

Squads

Format

In the preliminary round, each team played a single game, with the winner advancing to the final round. The losing teams played in the first repass round, while the losing team with the worst point margin played in the second repass round.
In the first repass round, four teams were paired again and played a single game where the winners advanced to the second repass round and the losing teams to the classification round. In the second repass round, a round-robin group of three teams was formed, where the top team advanced to the final round and the other two teams to the classification round.
In the final round, a six-team round-robin group was formed to compete for the championship and second through sixth places in the final standings.
In the classification round another round-robin group of four teams was formed to define seventh through tenth place in the final standings.

Preliminary round

Winners qualify to the final round. Losing teams to the first repass round, and the losing team with the largest point margin to the second repass round.

:Times given below are in Chile Standard Time (UTC−4).

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| date = 7 March

| time = 20:30

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140716162107/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/1/rid/357/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|PER}}

| scoreA = 22

| scoreB = 62

| H1 = 10–28 || H2 = 12–34

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|FRA}}

| points1 = Bedregal, Espinoza 6

| points2 = Colchen 21

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

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| date = 8 March

| time =

| report = [https://archive.today/20140716221009/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/2/rid/357/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|CUB}}

| scoreA = 31

| scoreB = 50

| H1 = 16–21 || H2 = 15–29

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|BRA|1889}}

| points1 = Buergo 11

| points2 = Ferrari 19

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

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| date = 8 March

| time = 19:30

| report = [https://archive.today/20140716221043/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/3/rid/357/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|PAR|1842}}

| scoreA = 28

| scoreB = 60

| H1 = 14–25 || H2 = 14–35

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|USA|1912}}

| points1 = Escudero 9

| points2 = Baldwin 13

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

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| date = 10 March

| time =

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140716162425/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/4/rid/357/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|ARG|alt}}

| scoreA = 39

| scoreB = 34

| H1 = 18–8 || H2 = 21–26

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|MEX|1934}}

| points1 = Pastorino 9

| points2 = Alfaro 8

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

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| date = 10 March

| time = 22:30

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140716162547/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/5/rid/357/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|CHI}}

| scoreA = 37

| scoreB = 28

| H1 = 18–15 || H2 = 19–13

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|SUI}}

| points1 = Reyes 11

| points2 = Girod 12

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

Repass round

= First round =

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| date = 11 March

| time = 21:00

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140719105249/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/1/rid/358/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|MEX|1934}}

| scoreA = 33

| scoreB = 41

| H1 = 16–15 || H2 = 17–26

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|PAR|1842}}

| points1 = Gamborino 8

| points2 = Bataglia 11

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

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| date = 11 March

| time = 22:30

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140719074953/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/2/rid/358/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|CUB}}

| scoreA = 32

| scoreB = 28

| H1 = 10–14 || H2 = 22–14

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|SUI}}

| points1 = Suárez 8

| points2 = Bartschi 9

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

= Second round =

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width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"\|	Qualified for the final round

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{{Bs cl2 team|t={{Bkw|CUB}} |w=1 |l=1 |pf=101 |pa=98 }}

{{Bs cl2 team|t={{Bkw|PER}} |w=0 |l=2 |pf=59 |pa=84 }}

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| date = 13 March

| time = 21:00

| report = [https://archive.today/20140716220948/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/3/rid/358/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|PER}}

| scoreA = 29

| scoreB = 42

| H1 = 17–28 || H2 = 12–13

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|CUB}}

| points1 = Bedregal 13

| points2 = Gonzales 10

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

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| date = 14 March

| time = 21:00

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140719153554/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/4/rid/358/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|PER}}

| scoreA = 30

| scoreB = 42

| H1 = 11–19 || H2 = 19–24

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|PAR|1842}}

| points1 = de Balbuena 14

| points2 = López 12

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

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| date = 15 March

| time = 17:00

| report = [https://archive.today/20140716221008/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/5/rid/358/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|CUB}}

| scoreA = 59

| scoreB = 69

| H1 = 15–17 || H2 = 28–26

| OT = 8–8, 8–18

| teamB = {{Bkw|PAR|1842}}

| points1 = Aldao, Soler 11

| points2 = Escudero 18

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

Classification round

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{{Bs cl2 team|t={{Bkw|MEX|1934}} |w=2 |l=1 |pf=98 |pa=94 }}

{{Bs cl2 team|t={{Bkw|SUI}} |w=1 |l=2 |pf=68 |pa=79 }}

{{Bs cl2 team|t={{Bkw|CUB}} |w=0 |l=3 |pf=53 |pa=79 }}

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| date = 18 March

| time = 21:40

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140725165814/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/2/grid/X/rid/359/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|PER}}

| scoreA = 31

| scoreB = 20

| H1 = 13–6 || H2 = 18–14

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|CUB}}

| points1 = Bedregal 9

| points2 = Suárez 9

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

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| date = 18 March

| time = 22:55

| report = [https://archive.today/20140716221008/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/1/grid/X/rid/359/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|SUI}}

| scoreA = 25

| scoreB = 40

| H1 = 9–20 || H2 = 16–20

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|MEX|1934}}

| points1 = Girod 10

| points2 = Alfaro 11

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

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| date = 19 March

| time =

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140725153833/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/3/grid/X/rid/359/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|PER}}

| scoreA = 34

| scoreB = 26

| H1 = 20–14 || H2 = 14–12

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|SUI}}

| points1 = de Balbuena 9

| points2 = Girod 11

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

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| date = 19 March

| time = 23:05

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140725155925/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/4/grid/X/rid/359/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|CUB}}

| scoreA = 28

| scoreB = 31

| H1 = 9–7 || H2 = 13–15

| OT = 6–9

| teamB = {{Bkw|MEX|1934}}

| points1 = Aldao 11

| points2 = Alfaro, Gómez 8

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

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| date = 20 March

| time =

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140725151415/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/6/grid/X/rid/359/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|MEX|1934}}

| scoreA = 27

| scoreB = 41

| H1 = 13–26 || H2 = 14–15

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|PER}}

| points1 = Alfaro 11

| points2 = Bedregal 16

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

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| date = 20 March

| time = 21:35

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140725145018/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/5/grid/X/rid/359/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|SUI}}

| scoreA = 17

| scoreB = 5

| H1 = 11–2 || H2 = 6–3

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|CUB}}

| points1 = Pochon 5

| points2 = Morales 3

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

Final round

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{{Bs cl2 team|t={{Bkw|CHI}} |w=3 |l=2 |pf=227 |pa=207 }}

{{Bs cl2 team|t={{Bkw|FRA}} |w=3 |l=2 |pf=227 |pa=176 }}

{{Bs cl2 team|t={{Bkw|BRA|1889}} |w=3 |l=2 |pf=183 |pa=186 }}

{{Bs cl2 team|t={{Bkw|PAR|1842}} |w=1 |l=4 |pf=170 |pa=237 }}

{{Bs cl2 team|t={{Bkw|ARG|alt}} |w=1 |l=4 |pf=159 |pa=193 }}

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| date = 13 March

| time = 22:30

| report = [https://archive.today/20140716221008/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/1/grid/X/rid/360/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|FRA}}

| scoreA = 37

| scoreB = 41

| H1 = 16–20 || H2 = 21–21

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|USA|1912}}

| points1 = Biny 13

| points2 = Washington 12

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

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| date = 14 March

| time = 22:30

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140719000653/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/2/grid/X/rid/360/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|ARG|alt}}

| scoreA = 36

| scoreB = 40

| H1 = 14–11 || H2 = 22–29

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|BRA|1889}}

| points1 = Pastorino 12

| points2 = Ferrari 10

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

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| date = 15 March

| time = 18:30

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140719114439/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/3/grid/X/rid/360/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|CHI}}

| scoreA = 38

| scoreB = 44

| H1 = 10–23 || H2 = 28–21

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|ARG|alt}}

| points1 = Hurtado 16

| points2 = Reyes 16

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

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| date = 16 March

| time = 21:00

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140719021034/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/4/grid/X/rid/360/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|BRA|1889}}

| scoreA = 37

| scoreB = 49

| H1 = 17–18 || H2 = 20–31

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|FRA}}

| points1 = Giogio 9

| points2 = Colchen 25

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

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| date = 16 March

| time = 22:30

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140719150713/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/5/grid/X/rid/360/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|CHI}}

| scoreA = 67

| scoreB = 42

| H1 = 24–19 || H2 = 43–23

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|PAR|1842}}

| points1 = Hurtado 27

| points2 = Escobar 10

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

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| date = 17 March

| time = 22:00

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140719165234/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/6/grid/X/rid/360/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|ARG|alt}}

| scoreA = 22

| scoreB = 34

| H1 = 15–16 || H2 = 7–18

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|USA|1912}}

| points1 = Medrano, Reyes 5

| points2 = Bowden 14

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

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| date = 18 March

| time = 21:00

| report = [https://archive.today/20140716220910/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/7/grid/X/rid/360/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|PAR|1842}}

| scoreA = 27

| scoreB = 58

| H1 = 15–21 || H2 = 12–37

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|FRA}}

| points1 = López 8

| points2 = Colchen 18

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

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| date = 18 March

| time = 22:30

| report = [https://archive.today/20140716221015/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/8/grid/X/rid/360/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|USA|1912}}

| scoreA = 23

| scoreB = 29

| H1 = 7–18 || H2 = 16–11

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|BRA|1889}}

| points1 = Washington 10

| points2 = Ferrari 14

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

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| date = 19 March

| time = 21:00

| report = [https://archive.today/20140716220947/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/9/grid/X/rid/360/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|ARG|alt}}

| scoreA = 31

| scoreB = 33

| H1 = 12–13 || H2 = 19–20

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|PAR|1842}}

| points1 = Reyes 12

| points2 = Escobar 7

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

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| date = 19 March

| time = 22:30

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140719170038/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/10/grid/X/rid/360/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|CHI}}

| scoreA = 45

| scoreB = 35

| H1 = 19–21 || H2 = 26–14

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|FRA}}

| points1 = Reyes 24

| points2 = Kloeck 13

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

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| date = 21 March

| time = 21:00

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140719063848/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/11/grid/X/rid/360/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|PAR|1842}}

| scoreA = 31

| scoreB = 41

| H1 = 6–21 || H2 = 25–20

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|USA|1912}}

| points1 = Escobar 11

| points2 = Washington 13

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

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| date = 21 March

| time = 22:30

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140719015623/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/12/grid/X/rid/360/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|CHI}}

| scoreA = 41

| scoreB = 37

| H1 = 25–18 || H2 = 16–19

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|BRA|1889}}

| points1 = Reyes 17

| points2 = Ulbrich 10

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

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| date = 22 March

| time = 18:30

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140719131214/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/13/grid/X/rid/360/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|PAR|1842}}

| scoreA = 37

| scoreB = 40

| H1 = 15–20 || H2 = 22–20

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|BRA|1889}}

| points1 = Bataglia 11

| points2 = Ulbrich 10

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

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| date = 22 March

| time = 19:30

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140718215625/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/14/grid/X/rid/360/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|FRA}}

| scoreA = 48

| scoreB = 26

| H1 = 25–13 || H2 = 23–13

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|ARG|alt}}

| points1 = Colchen 30

| points2 = Pastorino 10

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

{{basketballbox|bg=#eee

| date = 22 March

| time = 20:30

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140719111207/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/15/grid/X/rid/360/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|CHI}}

| scoreA = 36

| scoreB = 49

| H1 = 19–26 || H2 = 17–23

| OT =

| teamB = {{Bkw|USA|1912}}

| points1 = Hurtado 11

| points2 = Bowden 17

| place = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

}}

Final standings

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Rank ! Team ! Record
align=center\| {{Gold1}} \|{{Bkw\|USA\|1912}} \|align=center\| 5–1
align=center\| {{Silver2}} \|{{Bkw\|CHI}} \|align=center\| 4–2
align=center\| {{Bronze3}} \|{{Bkw\|FRA}} \|align=center\| 4–2
align=center\| 4 \|{{Bkw\|BRA\|1889}} \|align=center\| 4–2
align=center\| 5 \|{{Bkw\|PAR\|1842}} \|align=center\| 4–5
align=center\| 6 \|{{Bkw\|ARG\|alt}} \|align=center\| 2–4
align=center\| 7 \|{{Bkw\|PER}} \|align=center\| 3–3
align=center\| 8 \|{{Bkw\|MEX\|1934}} \|align=center\| 2–3
align=center\| 9 \|{{Bkw\|SUI}} \|align=center\| 1–4
align=center\| 10 \|{{Bkw\|CUB}} \|align=center\| 2–5

class="wikitable"

Rank

! Team

! Record

align=center| {{Gold1}}

|{{Bkw|USA|1912}}

|align=center| 5–1

align=center| {{Silver2}}

|{{Bkw|CHI}}

|align=center| 4–2

align=center| {{Bronze3}}

|{{Bkw|FRA}}

|align=center| 4–2

align=center| 4

|{{Bkw|BRA|1889}}

|align=center| 4–2

align=center| 5

|{{Bkw|PAR|1842}}

|align=center| 4–5

align=center| 6

|{{Bkw|ARG|alt}}

|align=center| 2–4

align=center| 7

|{{Bkw|PER}}

|align=center| 3–3

align=center| 8

|{{Bkw|MEX|1934}}

|align=center| 2–3

align=center| 9

|{{Bkw|SUI}}

|align=center| 1–4

align=center| 10

|{{Bkw|CUB}}

|align=center| 2–5

References

[http://todor66.com/basketball/World/Women_1953.html Results] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20090527165643/http://todor66.com/basketball/World/Women_1953.html Archived] 2009-05-20)
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120804063313/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/cid/WMW/sid/2917/_/1953_World_Championship_for_Women/index.html 1953 World Championship for Women], FIBA.com.

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