1941 South American Basketball Championship
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| Host nation | Argentina | ||||||
| Dates | 18 April – 26 May | ||||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||||
| Venues | 1 (in 1 host city) | ||||||
| Champions |  Argentina (3rd title) |
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The South American Basketball Championship 1941 was the ninth South American Basketball Championship. It was held in Mendoza, Argentina and won by the host Argentina national basketball team. Six teams competed despite the World War that was currently under way.
Final rankings
Results
Each team played the other five teams once, for a total of five games played by each team and 15 overall in the tournament.
| Rank | Team | Pts | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
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| 1 | Argentina |
10 | 5 | 0 | 233 | 129 | +104 |
| 2 |  Peru |
9 | 4 | 1 | 224 | 167 | +57 |
| 3 |  Uruguay |
8 | 3 | 2 | 206 | 151 | +55 |
| 4 |  Chile |
7 | 2 | 3 | 190 | 208 | −18 |
| 5 |  Brazil |
6 | 1 | 4 | 187 | 208 | −21 |
| 6 |  Paraguay |
5 | 0 | 5 | 144 | 321 | −177 |
| Argentina | 32–17 | Peru |
| Argentina | 33–25 | Uruguay |
| Argentina | 51–32 | Chile |
| Argentina | 51–26 | Brazil |
| Argentina | 66–29 | Paraguay |
| Peru | 37–36 | Uruguay |
| Peru | 46–36 | Chile |
| Peru | 48–28 | Brazil |
| Peru | 76–35 | Paraguay |
| Uruguay | 48–27 | Chile |
| Uruguay | 32–30 | Brazil |
| Uruguay | 65–24 | Paraguay |
| Chile | 48–36 | Brazil |
| Chile | 47–27 | Paraguay |
| Brazil | 67–29 | Paraguay |
