| Date | 29 November 1956 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Royal Exhibition Building Annex, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Referee | Aleksandr Gorshkov |  URS |
| Referee | Bill Annells |  AUS |
| Attendance | 1,815 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Half #1 | Half #2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Canada |  CAN | 73 | 40 | 33 | |
| – | Japan |  JPN | 60 | 26 | 34 |
Canada| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | Disqualifications | Total Field Goals Made | Free Throws Made | Free Throw Attempts | FT% | Personal Fouls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Don Macintosh | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | Ron Bissett | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | Coulter Osborne | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | Ron Stuart | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 1 | ||||
| 11 | Bob Pickell | 17 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 0.625 | 5 | ||||
| 12 | John McLeod | 15 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||
| 13 | Bob Burtwell | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 1 | ||||
| 14 | Ed Lucht | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 3 | ||||
| Team Totals | 73 | 0 | 29 | 15 | 19 | 0.789 | 14 | |||||
| Coach | Lance Hudson | |||||||||||
Japan| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | Disqualifications | Total Field Goals Made | Free Throws Made | Free Throw Attempts | FT% | Personal Fouls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Takashi Itoyama | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Takeo Sugiyama | 15 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||
| 6 | Riichi Arai | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | Hiroshi Saito | 18 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 4 | ||||
| 8 | Shutaro Shoji | 15 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 3 | ||||
| 11 | Kenichi Imaizumi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 4 | ||||
| Team Totals | 60 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 17 | 0.824 | 16 | |||||
| Coach | Tetsuo Ohba | |||||||||||
