Men’s Gallery: Teams
Olympic Teams, Pre-Olympic Teams and FISU Medalists:
Canadian Men’s National Basketball Team Olympic Appearances
1936 Berlin – Canada placement: 2nd Bronze Canada 8 USA 19
1948 London – Canada placement: 9th
1952 Helsinki – Canada placement: 9th tie
1956 Melbourne – Canada placement: 9th
1964 Tokyo – Canada placement: 14th
1976 Montreal – Canada placement: 4th Canada 72 Soviet Union 100
1984 Los Angeles – Canada placement: 4th Canada 82 Yugoslavia 88
1988 Seoul – Canada placement: 6th
2000 Sydney – Canada placement: 7th
Canadian Men’s National Basketball Team FIBA World Championship Appearances
1954 Brazil – Canada placement: 7th
1959 Chile – Canada placement: 12th
1963 Brazil – Canada placement: 11th
1970 Yugoslavia – Canada placement: 10th
1974 Puerto Rico – Canada placement: 8th
1978 Philippines – Canada placement: 6th
1982 Columbia – Canada placement: 6th
1986 Spain – Canada placement: 8th
1990 Argentina – Canada placement: 12th
1994 Canada – Canada placement: 7th
1998 Greece – Canada placement: 12th
2002 USA – Canada placement: 13th
2010 Turkey – Canada placement: 22nd
2019 China – Canada placement: 21st
Team Canada (Men) : A brief FIBA historical timeline:
1936 Olympics, Berlin : First Olympic Men’s Basketball Competition: Canada wins Silver medal.
1952, Olympics: Helsiniki: Canada finishes 13th.
1956, Olympics: Melbourne: Canada finishes 9th.
1964, Olympics: Tokyo: Canada finishes 14th.
1976 Montreal, Olympics: Canada hosts and finishes 4th, losing Bronze medal 100 – 72 to USSR.
1978 London, England: Commonwealth Basketball Championships : Gold medal.
1980 Moscow Olympics: Canada finishes 1st in The FIBA Americas (qualifies for first time via Olympic play in): Boycotts Moscow Olympics.
1983 Edmonton FISU Games: Canada wins FISU Gold medal.
1984 Los Angeles Olympics: Canada finishes 4th, losing Bronze medal 78-72 to Yugloslavia.
1988 Seoul Olympics: Canada finishes 6th.
1991 Sheffield FISU Games: Canada wins FISU Silver medal.
2000 Sydney Olympics: Canada finishes 7th.
2002 Dagau FISU Games: Canada wins Bronze medal.
2011 Zhenghen FISU Games: Canada wins Silver medal.
2015: Toronto, Canada Pan Am Games: Silver medal.
‘Generation Next’: Rio 2016 – Tokyo 2020:
(Projected Team Canada Nucleus)
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