12 to 21 May. 1996 - Talea y Concepcion in Chile.
Group Standings
| Group X | Games | Points | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | ARG | BRA | URU | BRA | PER | BOL | P | W | L | For | Agst | Pts | |
| 1. | ARG | 98-94 | 115-104 | 100-94 | 79-68 | 137-73 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 529 | 433 | 10 | |
| 2. | BRA | 94-98 | 91-77 | 95-79 | 82-61 | 133-54 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 495 | 369 | 9 | |
| 3. | URU | 104-115 | 77-91 | 84-74 | 81-67 | 122-63 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 468 | 410 | 8 | |
| 4. | BRA | 94-100 | 79-95 | 74-84 | 93-78 | 128-85 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 468 | 442 | 7 | |
| 5. | PER | 68-79 | 61-82 | 67-81 | 78-93 | 109-59 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 383 | 394 | 6 | |
| 6. | BOL | 73-137 | 54-133 | 63-122 | 85-128 | 59-109 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 334 | 629 | 5 | |
| COMPARATIVE RANKING (by game points & goal average) |
Points | Current Run | Last 2 | Margin | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -5 | +15 | |||||||||
| # | Teams | GP | W-L | For | Agst | Diff | ||||
| 1. | ARG | 5 | 5-0 | 529 | 433 | 96 | 5 wins | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| 2. | BRA | 5 | 4-1 | 495 | 369 | 126 | 1 win | 1-1 | 0-1 | 3-0 |
| 3. | URU | 5 | 3-2 | 468 | 410 | 58 | 1 defeat | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| 4. | BRA | 5 | 2-3 | 468 | 442 | 26 | 1 defeat | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 5. | PER | 5 | 1-4 | 383 | 394 | -11 | 1 defeat | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 6. | BOL | 5 | 0-5 | 334 | 629 | -295 | 5 defeats | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-5 |