 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1954, makwikwi eWorld Championship akadzokera kuSouth America, nguva ino akaitirwa muBrazil. Pakutanga yakarongwa kuti iitwe muSão Paulo kupemberera gore remakore 400 reguta racho, mutambo wacho wakaendeswa kuRio de Janeiros Maracanãzinho nhandare mushure mekunge la Palais des Sports muSão Paulo yakakuvadzwa mudutu. Zvakare, mazhinji emapoka manomwe gumi nemaviri aibva kuAmerica, kunyangwe mukwikwidzi anodzivirira Argentina asina kutora chikamu nekuda kwezvikonzero zvematongerwo enyika. Europe yaimiririrwa neFrance, Israel, uye Yugoslavia. Kunyange zvazvo rimwe nerimwe remapoka matatu eEurope rakanga raita kuvandudza, richipedza riri pamatanhatu epamusoro paEuroBasket 1953, zvikwata zvakasimba zvikuru kubva kuEastern Bloc zvose zvakaramba kutora chikamu mumutambo wechipiri wakatevedzana. Kuoneka kwaIsraeri mumutambo wacho kwakaita kuti Ijipiti ibve mukupikisa; havana kutsiviwa mukukweva. Asia yakaita kuoneka kwayo kwokutanga mumutambo wacho, inomirirwa neFormosa Taiwan nePhilippines. Philippines yakabudirira zvikuru mumakwikwi aya, ichipedzisa nemenduru yebronze, ichiri pakupedzisira kwepamusoro-soro kwechikwata chipi nechipi cheAsia mumakwikwi aya. United States yakatora mutambo wacho zvakakomba zvikuru nguva ino, ichitumira vakundi veAAU katatu Peoria Caterpillars. MaAmerican akaenda kunhoroondo isina kukundwa ye90, achikunda mutambo wega wega neavhareji yemapoinzi anopfuura makumi maviri nemashanu, kusanganisira kukunda kwemapoinzi makumi maviri nerimwe pamusoro peBrazil yakanga isati yarohwa mufainari. Zvakare, vakapinda vakakurumbira nokuda kwokupedzisira, sezvo chinyorwa chichiripo 35 000 vakatarisa kuguma paMaracanãzinho. 