Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	261	150	+111	10	Advance to the quarterfinals
2	Uruguay	5	3	2	246	170	+76	8
3	Hungary	5	3	2	201	172	+29	8	Qualified for 9–16th Classification
4	Canada	5	3	2	222	205	+17	8
5	Italy	5	1	4	170	208	−38	6	Qualified for 17th–21st Classification
6	Great Britain	5	0	5	103	298	−195	5

• Uruguay def. Great Britain, 69–17
• Brazil def. Hungary, 45–41
• Canada def. Italy, 55–37
• Brazil def. Uruguay, 36–32
• Canada def. Great Britain, 44–24
• Hungary def. Italy, 32–19
• Brazil def. Great Britain, 76–11
• Hungary def. Canada, 37–36
• Uruguay def. Italy, 46–34
• Italy def. Great Britain, 49–28
• Uruguay def. Hungary, 49–31
• Brazil def. Canada, 57–35
• Hungary def. Great Britain, 60–23
• Brazil def. Italy, 47–31
• Canada def. Uruguay, 52–50

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	5	3	2	258	152	+106	8
Chile	5	3	2	269	162	+107	8
Belgium	5	3	2	232	155	+77	8
Philippines	5	3	2	261	198	+63	8
Republic of China	5	3	2	281	202	+79	8
Iraq	5	0	5	113	545	−432	5

• Philippines def. Iraq, 102–30
• Korea def. Belgium, 29–27
• Chile def. China, 44–39
• Chile def. Iraq, 100–18
• Philippines def. Korea, 35–33
• China def. Belgium, 36–34
• Chile def. Philippines, 68–39
• Belgium def. Iraq, 98–20
• China def. Korea, 49–48
• Belgium def. Chile, 38–36
• Korea def. Iraq, 120–20
• Philippines def. China, 51–32
• Belgium def. Philippines, 35–34
• China def. Iraq, 125–25
• Korea def. Chile, 28–21

Group C

Scene of the USA v Argentina match

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	5	5	0	325	167	+158	10
Czechoslovakia	5	4	1	217	190	+27	9
Argentina	5	3	2	246	199	+47	8
Peru	5	2	3	198	187	+11	7
Egypt	5	1	4	162	256	−94	6
Switzerland	5	0	5	120	269	−149	5

• United States def. Switzerland, 86–21
• Czechoslovakia def. Peru, 38–30
• Argentina def. Egypt, 57–38
• Peru def. Egypt, 52–27
• Argentina def. Switzerland, 49–23
• United States def. Czechoslovakia, 53–28
• Peru def. Switzerland, 49–19
• United States def. Argentina, 59–57
• Czechoslovakia def. Egypt, 52–38
• United States def. Egypt, 66–28
• Czechoslovakia def. Switzerland, 54–28
• Argentina def. Peru, 42–34
• Egypt def. Switzerland, 31–29
• United States def. Peru, 61–33
• Czechoslovakia def. Argentina, 45–41

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Mexico	4	4	0	234	109	+125	8
France	4	3	1	214	131	+83	7
Cuba	4	2	2	213	131	+82	6
Iran	4	1	3	136	215	−79	5
Ireland	4	0	4	70	281	−211	4

• France def. Iran, 62–30
• Mexico def. Cuba, 39–31
• Mexico def. Ireland, 71–9
• France def. Cuba, 37–31
• Mexico def. France, 56–42
• Iran def. Ireland, 49–22
• Mexico def. Iran, 68–27
• Cuba def. Ireland, 88–25
• Cuba def. Iran, 63–30
• France def. Ireland, 73–14

Classification 21st-23rd

	Classification Semifinals				21st place match
	(C6)  Switzerland	55
	(D5)  Ireland	12
					(C6)  Switzerland (W/O)	2
					(B6)  Iraq	0

• Since the total number of competitors of the tournament was not a power of 2, a bye was given to Egypt, meaning they advanced to the classification semifinals. Also, Ireland was deemed to have finished last, due to the loss to Switzerland and a bye they earned from Iraq.

Classification 13th-16th

	13-16th place semi-finals				13th place match
	(A3)  Hungary	0
	(D4)  Iran (W/O)	2
					(D4)  Iran	36
					(D3)  Cuba	70
	(D3)  Cuba	35
	(C3)  Argentina	34
					15th place match
					(A3)  Hungary	0
					(C3)  Argentina (W/O)	2

• Hungary forfeited all of the matches in this round as indicated above.

Classification 5th-8th

	Classification semifinals				Fifth place match
	(A2)  Uruguay	45
	(B1)  South Korea	36
					(A2)  Uruguay	50
					(B2)  Chile	32
	(C2)  Czechoslovakia	36
	(B2)  Chile	38
					Seventh place match
					(B1)  South Korea	38
					(C2)  Czechoslovakia	39