1992 Tournament of the Americas

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1992 Tournament of the Americas

Tournament details
Host country	United States
City	Portland
Dates	June 27 - July 5
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runners-up	Venezuela
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Puerto Rico
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The 1992 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a basketball championship hosted by the United States from June 27 to July 5, 1992. The games were played at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the four berths allocated to the Americas for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. It was the international debut of the Dream Team, which defeated Venezuela in the final to win the tournament. Puerto Rico and Brazil made the semifinals to also qualify for the Olympics.

Qualification[]

Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1991; USA and Canada qualified automatically since they are the only two members of the North America zone.

• North America:  Canada,  United States
• Caribbean and Central America: Cuba,  Mexico,  Panama,  Puerto Rico
• South America:  Argentina,  Brazil,  Uruguay,  Venezuela

The draw split the tournament into two groups:

Format[]

• The top three teams from each group advance to the knockout round.
• The winners in the knockout semifinals advanced to the Final and were granted berths in the 1992 Olympic Tournament in Barcelona. The losers figure in a third-place playoff and were both also granted berths in the Olympic Tournament.

Squads[]

Preliminary round[]

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	4	4	0	481	257	+224	8
Canada	4	2	2	297	326	−29	6
Argentina	4	2	2	334	362	−28	6
Panama	4	1	3	276	344	−68	5
Cuba	4	1	3	274	373	−99	5

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Brazil	4	4	0	452	333	+119	8
Puerto Rico	4	3	1	331	321	+10	7
Venezuela	4	2	2	359	401	−42	6
Mexico	4	1	3	328	331	−3	5
Uruguay	4	0	4	367	451	−84	4

Knockout round[]

Championship bracket[]

	First round (July 2)				Semifinals (July 3)				Championship (July 5)
					Brazil	91
					Venezuela	100
	Canada	72
	Venezuela	76
									Venezuela	80
									United States	127
	Puerto Rico	95
	Argentina	85
					Puerto Rico	81			Third place (July 5)
					United States	119
									Brazil	93
									Puerto Rico	91

Awards[]

1992 Tournament of the Americas Winners
United States First title

Final standings[]

Qualified for the 1992 Olympic Tournament

Rank	Team	Record
	United States	6–0
	Venezuela	4–3
	Brazil	5–1
4	Puerto Rico	4–3
5	Canada	2–3
6	Argentina	2–3
7	Mexico	1–3
8	Panama	1–3
9	Cuba	1–3
10	Uruguay	0–4

References[]

• 1992 American Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, FIBA.com.