Final Round (1st-7th), 1959 FIBA World Cup

January 31, 1959 · Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile

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Final Round (1st-7th), 1959 FIBA World Cup: Formosa 2–0 Bulgaria, at Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile on January 31, 1959.

Not played: Bulgaria refused, for the same political reasons as the Soviet Union's forfeit the previous day, to take the court against Formosa (Taiwan). FIBA awarded Formosa a 2-0 forfeit win.

Top performers

No individual player stats were located for Formosa in this game.

No individual player stats were located for Bulgaria in this game.

Sources

landofbasketball.com — 1959 Basketball World Cup schedule & results
UniversoBasquet.com — 1959 World Championship results
FIBA.basketball — "Formosa's last hurrah"

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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