| PLACINGS 1. U.S.A. 2. CANADA 3. U.S.S.R. 4. Israel 5. Turkey 6. Czech & Slovak F.R. 7. Spain 8. Mexico 9. Great Britain 10. Ireland 11. Korea 12. Japan 13. Sweden 14. Hungary 15. Finland 16. Nigeria 17. Hong Kong | CANADIANS Andrew Steinfeld (Vancouver, B.C.) Barry Bekkedam (Prescott, Ont.) Ted Byrne (St. John’s, Nfld.) Ronald Putzi Phil Dixon (Toronto, Ont.) Tom Johnson (Victoria, B.C.) Martin Keane (Toronto, Ont.) Spencer McKay (Victoria, B.C.) Scott Petterson Richard Stewart (Toronto, Ont.) Alex Urosevic (Waterloo, Ont.) Joey Vickery (Winnipeg, Man.) Jerry Hemmings – coach Ken Murray – assistant coach Bob Mandzuk – manager |
| POOL A | TUR | MEX | GBR | NGR | HKG | Record | |
| Turkey | —– | 91-77 | 63-64 | 125-84 | 143-50 | (3-1) | |
| Mexico | 77-91 | —– | 81-71 | 98-78 | 106-45 | (3-1) | |
| Great Britain | 64-63 | 71-81 | —– | 119-89 | 83-33 | (3-1) | |
| Nigeria | 84-125 | 78-98 | 89-119 | —– | 104-60 | (1-3) | |
| Hong Kong | 50-143 | 45-106 | 33-83 | 60-104 | —– | (0-4) | |
| POOL B | USA | CZE | IRL | FIN | Record | ||
| United States | —– | 116-74 | 103-57 | 141-66 | (3-0) | ||
| Czechoslovakia | 74-116 | —– | 90-63 | 106-80 | (2-1) | ||
| Ireland | 57-103 | 63-90 | —– | 80-73 | (1-2) | ||
| Finland | 66-141 | 80-106 | 73-80 | —– | (0-3) | ||
| POOL C | SOV | ISR | JPN | SWE | Record | ||
| Soviet Union | —– | 94-86 | 116-53 | 98-92 | (3-0) | ||
| Israel | 86-94 | —– | 93-67 | 92-76 | (2-1) | ||
| Japan | 53-116 | 67-93 | —– | 105-85 | (1-2) | ||
| Sweden | 92-98 | 76-92 | 85-105 | —– | (0-3) | ||
| POOL D | CAN | SPN | KOR | HUN | Record | ||
| Canada | —– | 84-71 | 116-84 | 96-72 | (3-0) | ||
| Spain | 71-84 | —– | 125-94 | 85-42 | (2-1) | ||
| South Korea | 84-116 | 94-125 | —– | 104-102 | (1-2) | ||
| Hungary | 72-96 | 42-85 | 102-104 | —– | (0-3) | ||
| CONSOLATION POOL E | GBR | JPN | SWE | NGR | HGK | Record | |
| Great Britain | —– | 87-63 | 81-84 | 119-89 | 83-33 | (3-1) | |
| Japan | 63-87 | —– | 105-85 | 83-69 | 103-50 | (3-1) | |
| Sweden | 84-81 | 85-105 | —– | 107-76 | 116-57 | (3-1) | |
| Nigeria | 89-119 | 69-83 | 76-107 | —– | 104-60 | (1-3) | |
| Hong Kong | 33-83 | 50-103 | 57-116 | 60-104 | —– | (0-4) | |
| CONSOLATION POOL F | IRL | KOR | HUN | FIN | Record | ||
| Ireland | —– | 95-83 | 78-66 | 80-73 | (3-0) | ||
| South Korea | 83-95 | —– | 104-102 | 84-80 | (2-1) | ||
| Hungary | 66-78 | 102-104 | —– | 92-68 | (1-2) | ||
| Finland | 73-80 | 80-84 | 68-91 | —– | (0-3) | ||
| QFs | Canada 94 Czechoslovakia 78 | |
| QFs | United States 74 Spain 71 | |
| QFs | Israel 72 Turkey 51 | |
| QFs | Soviet Union 107 Mexico 96 | |
| Semi | Canada 74 U.S.S.R. 70 | |
| Semi | United States 89 Israel 59 | |
| 5-8th | Turkey 95 Spain 80 | |
| 5-8th | Czech & Slovak Republic 98 Mexico 83 | |
| 15th | Finland 121 Nigeria 97 | |
| 13th | Sweden 89 Hungary 73 | |
| 11th | South Korea 84 Japan 65 | |
| 9th | Great Britain 90 Ireland 67 | |
| 7th | Spain 113 Mexico 73 | |
| 5th | Turkey 90 Czech & Slovak Republic 84 | |
| Bronze | U.S.S.R. 100 Israel 80 | |
| Final | United States 96 Canada 56 | |
In the opening round, Canada dumped Hungary 96-72 as Andrew Steinfeld of Vancouver scored 20 and Barry Bekkedam 15 and Ted Byrne 9.
Canada walloped South Korea 116-84 as Martin Keane scored 35, Phil Dixon 18 and Spencer McKay 15.
Canada defeated Spain 84-71 as Phil Dixon scored 17, Martin Keane 14 and Alex Urosevic 11.
Canada wins pool, advances to quarterfinals.
Canada defeated Czechoslovakia 94-78 as Martin Keane scored 21.
In the semis, Canada defeated the Soviet Union 74-70. The Canadians were tied 66-66 with the Soviets with 1:20 to play and hit 8-8 from the line down the stretch to pull out the win. Canada held a 37-33 lead at the half but faltered as they allowed the Soviets to pull ahead 50-39. “Six or seven times in the second half, we were able to cut their lead from 12 to two or three and then they would build it back up,” said coach Jerry Hemmings. “But we never lost faith. Our guys hung in there. We were losing momentum . . . but we started to force them to miss shots . . . then we got to the foul line late in the game and cashed in on some big free throws.” Andrew Steinfield paced Canada with 14. Philip Dixon added 11 and Barry Bekkedam 11.
Canada was quickly outclassed in the finals. They fell behind by double digits within minutes and never contended as they fell 96-56 to the United States. Calbert Cheaney and Hubert Davis each scored 14 for the Americans. Rodney Rogers added 12, George Lynch 11 and Eric Anderson 10. Still, the Canadians were pleased with silver. “I’m flabbergasted,” said forward Martin Keane. “We’ve been together less than four weeks. We worked hard and we achieved the impossible. We beat the Russians and we got this far. One of these days we’re going to get there.” Spencer McKay paced Canada with 15 points. Joey Vickery added 13. Coach Jerry Hemmings said “we just couldn’t score. We didn’t make our shots and had a lot of unforced turnovers and against a team like the Americans you can’t do that. But we had a great tournament. Eighteen teams started and we got to the final two and our players have a lot to be proud of.” The American overpowered Canada, dominating the paint with their quickness. The Canadians never recovered from a 10-0 run by the Americans midway through the first half. The U.S. led 40-23 at the half and blew the game open with a 29-8 run to open the second half. Canada was coached by Jerry Hemmings, a native of Mount Airy, North Carolina, who’d ventured north to play CIAU ball at Lakehead. Played two years for the Norwesters and a year with Brandon, during which he was chosen a first-team GPAC all-star.