| FINAL STANDINGS 1. Brazil 2. U.S.A. 3. Chile 4. Formosa 5. Puerto Rico 6. Soviet Union 7. Bulgaria 8. Philippines 9. Uruguay 10. Argentina 11. United Arab Republic 12. CANADA 13. Mexico | CANADIANS Al Brown Brian Upson Bob Burtwell Doug Brinham Ed Wild Logan Tait Peter Mullins (Australia) Ed Malecki John McLeod Ed Lucht Lance Stephens (Port Kells, B.C.) Fred Collen – coach |
| POOL A | USA | FOR | ARG | UAR | Record | |||||
| United States | —– | 81-73 | 87-73 | 103-58 | (3-0) | |||||
| Formosa | 73-81 | —– | 63-59 | 71-69 | (2-1) | |||||
| Argentina | 73-87 | 59-63 | —– | 65-52 | (1-2) | |||||
| United Arab Rep. | 58-103 | 69-71 | 52-65 | —– | (0-3) | |||||
| POOL B | BRZ | SOV | CAN | MEX | Record | |||||
| Brazil | —– | 64-73 | 69-52 | 78-50 | (2-1) | |||||
| Soviet Union | 73-64 | —– | 54-63 | 102-72 | (2-1) | |||||
| Canada | 52-69 | 63-54 | —– | 54-51 | (2-1) | |||||
| Mexico | 50-78 | 72-102 | 51-54 | —– | (0-3) | |||||
| POOL C | BUL | PUR | PHI | URU | Record | |||||
| Bulgaria | —– | 67-55 | 85-61 | 65-58 | (3-0) | |||||
| Puerto Rico | 55-67 | —– | 76-63 | 78-64 | (2-1) | |||||
| Philippines | 61-85 | 63-76 | —– | 68-59 | (1-2) | |||||
| Uruguay | 58-65 | 64-78 | 59-68 | —– | (0-3) | |||||
| CLASSIFICATION D | PHI | UAR | CAN | Record | ||||||
| Philippines | —– | 66-65 | 79-65 | (2-0) | ||||||
| United Arab Rep. | 65-66 | —– | 71-69 | (1-1) | ||||||
| Canada | 65-79 | 69-71 | —– | (0-2) | ||||||
| CLASSIFICATION E | URU | ARG | MEX | Record | ||||||
| Uruguay | —– | 51-48 | 54-47 | (2-0) | ||||||
| Argentina | 48-51 | —– | 75-66 | (1-1) | ||||||
| Mexico | 47-54 | 66-75 | —– | (0-2) | ||||||
| MEDALS POOL F | BRA | USA | CHI | FOR | PUR | SOV | BUL | Record | ||
| Brazil | —– | 81-67 | 73-49 | 94-76 | 99-71 | 63-66 | 62-53 | (5-1) | ||
| United States | 67-81 | —– | 64-55 | 85-69 | 54-53 | 37-62 | 63-58 | (4-2) | ||
| Chile | 49-73 | 55-64 | —– | 86-85 | 83-71 | 49-75 | 71-76 | (2-4) | ||
| Formosa | 76-94 | 69-85 | 85-86 | —– | 81-85 | 2-0 | 2-0 | (2-4) | ||
| Puerto Rico | 71-99 | 53-54 | 71-83 | 85-81 | —– | 55-84 | 62-70 | (1-5) | ||
| U.S.S.R. | 66-63 | 62-37 | 75-49 | 0-2 | 84-55 | —– | 78-58 | (5-1) | ||
| Bulgaria | 53-62 | 58-63 | 76-71 | 0-2 | 70-62 | 58-78 | —– | (2-4) | ||
| 12th | Canada 64 Mexico 56 | |
| 10th | Argentina 61 United Arab Republic 59 | |
| 8th | Philippines 78 Uruguay 70 | |
In pool B play, Brazil thrashes Canada 69-52 after leading 30-24 at the half. Waldemar Blatkauskas and Edson Bispo Dos Santos each scored 18 to pace Brazil. Marques Wlamir added 17, Zenny Azevedo 6, Jathyr Eduardo Schall 6, Fernando Freitas 2 and Pedro Vicente Fonseca 2, while Pasos Amaury, Boccardo Waldyr, Jose Maciel Senra, Carmo De Souza and Otto Phol Da Nobrega were scoreless. Brazil hit 9-13 (.692) from the line. Lance Stephens paced Canada with 12. Doug Brinham added 20, John McLeod 8, Peter Mullins 6, Ed Wild 5, Logan Tait 4, Brien Upson 2, Ed Malecki 2, Ed Lutch 2 and Al Brown 1, while Bob Burtwell was scoreless. Canada 8-16 from the line.
Canada then nipped Mexico 54-51 after leading 26-19 at the half. John McLeod paced Canada with 15. Lance Stephens added 12, Logan Tait 12, Doug Brinham 4, Peter Mullins 4, Ed Lutch 4, Ed Malecki 2 and Ed Wild 1, while Al Brown, Brien Upson and Bob Burtwell were scoreless. Canada hit 4-21 (.190) from the line. Armando Herrera paced Mexico with 16. Carlos Quintanar added 12, Ignacio Chavira 12, Jorge Renteria 4, Felipe Manzo 2, Edmjndo Marquez 2, Arturo Escalera 2 and Jaime Rodriguez 1, while Jose Lozano, Daniel Cuevas, Hugo Orozco and Hector Aizpuro were scoreless. Mexico hit 13-28 (.510) from the line.
Canada closed out pool B play by dumping the Soviet Union 63-54 after leading 32-23 at the half. Ed Lutch paced Canada with 20. John McLeod added 17, Doug Brinham 10, Lance Stephens 8, Logan Tait 3, Peter Mullins 2, Brien Upson 2 and Al Brown 1, while Bob Burtwell, Ed Wild and Ed Malecki were scoreless. Canada hit 11-25 (.630) from the line. Valdis Muzhnieks paced the Soviet Union with 11. Maygonis Valdmanis added 9, Arcady Bochkarsov 7, Yan Krumins 7, Oleg Kutuzov 6, Guran Minashvili 6, Victor Zubkov 3, Vladimir Torban 2, Mijail Semionov 2 and Yury Ozerov 1, while Yuri Korneev and Guram Abashidze were scoreless. The Soviet Union hit 12-25 (.540) from the line.
In pool play, Canada ties with Brazil and Soviet Union at (2-1) but point differential in games among the trio places Canada third in group. Brazil is +8, the U.S.S.R is even and Canada is –8. Canada fails to qualify for medal pool.
In classification pool D, the United Arab Republic nips Canada 71-69 despite trailing 40-28 at the half. Antoine Musillia paced the UAR with 27. Fahmi Saboungi added 16, George Chalhoub 11, Adel Sabri 8, Eli Araman 7 and Ahmed Sadek 2, while Hilmi Ibrahin, Nabil Abdo, Hanafi Abutaleb, Sami Chilbaya, Fuad Hadidi and Joseph Zacar were scoreless. The UAR hit 19-28 (.710) from the line. Doug Brinham paced Canada with 18. Peter Mullins added 15, Ed Lutch 11, Ed Wild 10, Brien Upson 5, John McLeod 3, Lance Stephens 3, Al Brown 2 and Logan Tait 2, while Bob Burtwell and Ed Malecki were scoreless. Canada hit 10-22 (.690) from the line.
The Philippines defeated Canada 79-65.
Canada finished 0-2 in consolation play and plays for 12th place.
Canada then defeated Mexico 64-56 after leading 33-25 at the half. Bob Burtwell paced Canada with 11. Brien Upson added 10, John McLeod 10, Doug Brinham 10, Peter Mullins 9, Ed Lutch 6, Logan Tait 3, Al Brown 3 and Ed Malecki 2, while Ed Wild and Lance Stephens were scoreless. Canada hit 10-18 (.640) from the line. Edmundo Marquez paced Mexico with 15. Ignacio Chavira added 13, Armando Herrera 9, Carlos Quintanar 9, Hector Aizpuro 5, Jaime Rodriguez 3, Daniel Cuevas 1 and Arturo Escalera 1, while Jose Lozano, Jorge Renteria, Felipe Manzo and Hugo Orozco were scoreless.
The Soviet Union and Bulgaria are subsequently stripped of their wins in the medals pool by FIBA for their decisions to forfeit games to Formosa. The Soviet Union is placed 6th and Bulgaria 7th.
The all-tournament team featured MVP Amaury Pasos (Brazil): Oscar Robertson (USA); Jerry West (USA); Juan Vicens (Puerto Rico); and Juan Baez (Puerto Rico)