1993 Tournament of the Americas

1993 Tournament of the Americas

Tournament details
Host country	Puerto Rico
City	San Juan
Dates	August 28 – September 5
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runners-up	Puerto Rico
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	Brazil
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The 1993 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a basketball championship hosted by Puerto Rico from August 28 to September 5, 1993. The games were played in San Juan. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the four berths allocated to the Americas for the 1994 FIBA World Championship in Toronto. The United States defeated Puerto Rico in the final to win the tournament, although they had already qualified for the World Championship by winning the 1992 Summer Olympics basketball tournament. Argentina defeated Brazil in the third place game. Cuba defeated Venezuela in 5th place game. All five nations qualified for the 1994 FIBA World Championship.

Qualification[]

Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1993; 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,  Dominican Republic,  Panama,  Puerto Rico
• South America:  Argentina,  Brazil,  Uruguay,  Venezuela

The draw split the tournament into two groups:

Format[]

• The top four teams from each group advance to the knockout round. The losers from the knockout quarterfinals compete in a separate bracket to define fifth through eighth place.
• The winners in the knockout semifinals advanced to the Final and were granted berths in the 1994 FIBA World Championship in Canada. The losers figure in a third-place playoff and were both also granted berths in the FIBA World Championship. Since Canada and the United States were already qualified as hosts and Olympic Champions respectively, should they reach one of the top four positions in the final standings, one or two extra berths should be granted to the fifth and/or sixth team in the final standings.

Squads[]

Preliminary round[]

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Brazil	4	3	1	354	344	+10	7
United States	4	3	1	391	384	+7	7
Panama	4	2	2	343	346	−3	6
Venezuela	4	2	2	344	338	+6	6
Dominican Republic	4	0	4	340	360	−20	4

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Argentina	4	3	1	351	335	+16	7
Puerto Rico	4	3	1	392	292	+100	7
Canada	4	3	1	355	345	+10	7
Cuba	4	1	3	343	369	−26	5
Uruguay	4	0	4	314	414	−100	4

Knockout round[]

Championship Bracket[]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	September 3
	Brazil	99
					September 4
	Cuba	88
					Brazil	97
	September 3
					Puerto Rico	111
	Panama	73
									September 5
	Puerto Rico	90
									Puerto Rico	95
	September 3
									United States	109
	United States	87
					September 4
	Canada	73
					United States	123
	September 3
					Argentina	107			Third place
	Argentina	93
									September 5
	Venezuela	82
									Argentina	98
									Brazil	91

Classification round[]

5th-8th places[]

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	September 4
	Cuba	96
					September 5
	Panama	83
					Cuba	103
	September 4
					Venezuela	98
	Canada	86
	Venezuela	94
					Seventh place
					September 5
					Panama	90
					Canada	96

Awards[]

1993 Tournament of the Americas Winners
United States Second title

Final standings[]

	Qualified for the 1994 FIBA World Championship
	Qualified for the 1994 FIBA World Championship as Olympic Champions
	Qualified for the 1994 FIBA World Championship as hosts

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

References[]

• 1993 FIBA Americas Championship for Men, FIBA.com.