 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1954, World Championship yakadzokera kuSouth America, nguva ino yakaitirwa 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 ramapoka matatu eEurope rakanga ravandudza, richipedza riri pamatanhatu epamusoro paEuroBasket 1953Muna 1992, zvikwata zvakasimba zvikuru zveEastern Bloc zvose zvakaramba kupinda mumutambo wechipiri wakatevera. 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. 