| FINAL STANDINGS 1. United States 2. Brazil 3. Mexico 4. CANADA 5. Argentina 6. Puerto Rico 7. Cuba Venezuela Dominican Republic | CANADIANS Varouj Gurunlian (Montreal, Que.) John Hatch (Calgary, Alta.) Richard Hunger (St. Laurent, Que.) Gerry Kazanowski (Nanaimo, B.C.) Ken Larson (Duncan, B.C.) Dan Meagher (Kingston, Ont.) Eli Pasquale (Sudbury, Ont.) Romel Raffin (Toronto, Ont.) Tony Simms (Kingston, Jamaica) Karl Tilleman (Ogden, Utah) Jay Triano (Tillsonburg, Ont.) Greg Wiltjer (Whitehorse, Yukon) Jack Donohue – coach Steve Konchalski – assistant Bruno Colavecchia – manager |
| POOL A | PUR | ARG | CAN | CUB | DOM | Record | ||
| Puerto Rico | —– | 93-90 | 89-88 | 61-84 | 98-94 | (3-1) | ||
| Argentina | 90-93 | —– | 80-76 | 95-93 | 80-70 | (3-1) | ||
| Canada | 88-89 | 76-80 | —– | 83-71 | 88-71 | (2-2) | ||
| Cuba | 84-61 | 93-95 | 71-83 | —– | 100-88 | (2-2) | ||
| Dominican Republic | 94-98 | 70-80 | 71-88 | 88-100 | —– | (0-4) | ||
| POOL B | USA | BRZ | MEX | VEN | Record | |||
| United States | —– | 72-69 | 74-63 | 78-65 | (3-0) | |||
| Brazil | 69-72 | —– | 95-76 | 75-65 | (2-1) | |||
| Mexico | 63-74 | 76-95 | —– | 86-76 | (1-2) | |||
| Venezuela | 65-78 | 65-75 | 76-86 | —– | (0-3) | |||
| MEDALS POOL | USA | BRZ | MEX | CAN | ARG | PUR | Record | |
| United States | —– | 87-79 | 81-68 | 111-97 | 88-68 | 101-85 | (5-0) | |
| Brazil | 79-87 | —– | 93-75 | 84-74 | 87-80 | 102-104 | (3-2) | |
| Mexico | 68-81 | 75-93 | —– | 93-92 | 85-81 | 97-90 | (3-2) | |
| Canada | 97-111 | 74-84 | 92-93 | —– | 82-74 | 96-86 | (2-3) | |
| Argentina | 68-88 | 80-87 | 81-85 | 74-82 | —– | 90-74 | (1-4) | |
| Puerto Rico | 85-101 | 104-102 | 90-97 | 86-96 | 74-90 | —– | (1-4) | |
In pool A play, Puerto Rico nipped Canada 89-88 by scoring the winning field goal with no time left on the clock in overtime.
Canada evened its record at 1-1 by defeating the Dominican Republic 88-71.
Canada dropped a four-point decision to Argentina and lost the services of point guard Eli Pasquale, who broke his shooting hand and was sidelined for the remainder of the tournament.
Canada finished (x-x) in pool play, qualifying for the medals pool.
In the opening game of the medal pool, the USA thrashed Canada 111-97 by breaking open the affair down the stretch. Canada trailed by one or two points until the final ten minutes of play when the U.S transition game and several confusing officiating calls proved their undoing. Coach Jack Donohue was unhappy with the officiating but said “that didn’t beat us. The U.S. beat us.” Wayman Tisdale scored 29 to pace the Americans (coached by Jack Hartman). Michael Jordan added 20, Perkins 14, Mark Price 13, Stokes 10, Charlie Sitton 8, Ed Pinckney 7, Wood 4, Reynolds 4 and Master 2. The US led 49-45 at the half and hit 35-39 from the line. Karl Tilleman paced Canada with 26. Jay Triano added 19, Danny Meagher 15, John Hatch 13, Tony Simms 8, Gerry Kazanowski 7, Varouj Gurunlian 5 and Greg Wiltjer 4, while Richard Hunger and Romel Raffin were scoreless.
Canada avenged an earlier loss to the Puerto Ricans as Danny Meagher scored a career-high 31 points in a 96-86 victory.