| ROUND ROBIN | BRA | URU | CAN | PAN | MEX | PUR | ARG | CUB | DOM | Record | |
| Brazil | —– | 93-76 | 99-93 | 95-92 | 90-80 | 109-107 | 107-95 | 92-89 | 93-78 | (8-0) | |
| Uruguay | 76-93 | —– | 91-89 | 71-110 | 109-95 | 92-84 | 105-101 | 95-88 | 110-106 | (6-2) | |
| Canada | 93-99 | 89-91 | —– | 107-79 | 101-72 | 89-75 | 85-73 | 85-75 | 110-82 | (6-2) | |
| Panama | 92-95 | 110-71 | 79-107 | —– | 95-87 | 115-103 | 83-77 | 82-103 | 115-98 | (5-3) | |
| Mexico | 80-90 | 95-109 | 72-101 | 87-95 | —– | 93-87 | 98-113 | 103-90 | 96-95 | (3-5) | |
| Puerto Rico | 107-109 | 84-92 | 75-89 | 103-115 | 87-93 | —– | 93-92 | 97-86 | 107-98 | (3-5) | |
| Argentina | 95-107 | 101-105 | 73-85 | 77-83 | 113-98 | 92-93 | —– | 106-105 | 83-88 | (2-6) | |
| Cuba | 89-92 | 88-95 | 75-85 | 103-82 | 90-103 | 86-97 | 105-106 | —– | 100-92 | (2-6) | |
| Dominican Rep | 78-93 | 106-110 | 82-110 | 98-115 | 95-96 | 98-107 | 88-83 | 92-100 | —– | (1-7) | |
In Canada’s opening 101-72 win over Mexico, Greg Wiltjer scores 21 and grabs 9 boards.
Jay Triano scores 24 in 85-75 win over Cuba. Tony Simms grabs 9 boards. Canada took an early 13-point lead after three minutes before centres Bill Wennington and Greg Wiltjer got in foul trouble. The Cubans went to a full-court press and rallied back to within four down the stretch before Triano hit several critical buckets and Romel Raffin took command of the boards.
Canada pummeled the Dominican Republic 110-82 as eight players scored at least eight points each and the Canadians wore down their foes with superior depth. Canada led 56-39 at the half. Greg Wiltjer and Bill Wennington each scored 14. Jay Triano added 13, Gerald Kazanowski 12, Karl Tilleman 12 and Eli Pasquale 11.
Canada defeated Argentina 85-74 in its fourth game. The Argentinian zone defence gave Canada problems early as they fell behind by six. But the Canadians hit the last three buckets of the half to knot the score at 32 heading into the lockers. The Canadians got their transition game going in the second half and romped. Jay Triano led Canada with 15. Eli Pasquale added 12, Greg Wiltjer 12 and Bill Wennington 12.
Canada improved to 5-0 by dumping Puerto Rico 89-75 as Tony Simms scored 27. Forced into a zone because of the foul trouble, the Canadians held a slim one-point lead for most of the affair before taking command of the boards down the stretch. “It was tough because we want to play aggressive defence,” said Jay Triano, who scored 14. Eli Pasquale added 15. Simms pilfered the ball a dozen times, often streaking for transition layups.
After five consecutive wins, Canadians dropped their first decision by an 91-89 count to Uruguay as Horacio Lopez scored an old-fashioned three-point play with two seconds on the clock. Canada led 17-4 after four minutes of play and held at 50-42 margin at the half before being scuttled by foul trouble. Uruguay began a parade to the foul line as they rallied back, going to the line 23 times, compared to Canada’s four. Lopez led Uruguay with 27 points. Jay Triano paced Canada with 21. Tony Simms added 20. Greg Wiltjer grabs 12 rebounds.
Canada then whipped Panama 107-79 to guarantee itself a berth in the Olympic draw. Canada led 43-38 at the half and scored 61 in the second frame as they romped. Jay Triano paced Canada with 34 points. Gerry Kazanowski added 16 and Eli Pasquale 16. “Jay was just dynamite today,” said Canadian coach Jack Donohue. “When we needed a hoop, he was
there with a swish. He played just super.” Kazanowski said “coach Donahue told us that we had gotten off-track last night against Uruguay. It was a matter tonight of getting where we can play. We beat them with our defence. In the second half we switched back and forth from a zone to a man-on-man. We pulled away from them on fast breaks from steals.” Triano said “at halftime, we came into the dressing room and said 20 minutes to go. If we play this half even, we’re going to Los Angeles. We would have had to depend on somebody else beating somebody else. They played left the baseline open. Eli was to penetrate and draw a man to him. I was open in the corner for a shot. I went to the basket for layup on the first few plays of the game and I then started hitting my jumper. By the end of the game they were fouling me, so I made most of my foul shots.”
Canada closed out its round robin draw by losing 99-93 to Brazil before 16,000 rabid homes fans that turned on a pair of turnovers in the final minutes of play. “As we say last year in Edmonton, when we beat Yugoslavia and the United States (in the FISU Games), Brazil’s home court advantage was worth at least 10 points,” said guard Jay Triano. “We wanted to come into the Brazil game, win or lose, already going to Los Angeles. We had accomplished that before the game began and still played a six-point game. They’re a team that has been in the top five in the world for many years. If we get to play them in North America, I think we’ll beat them.” Tony Simms paced Canada with 35 points.
Canada is one of three teams to qualify for the Olympic draw.