1988 Tournament of the Americas
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Uruguay |
Dates | 22–31 May |
Teams | 7 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Brazil (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Puerto Rico |
Third place | Canada |
Fourth place | Uruguay |
The 1988 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a
Uruguay
in the third place game to claim the final Olympic berth.
Qualification
Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1987; Canada qualified automatically since they are one of only two members of the North America zone. Panama and the Dominican Republic withdrew from the tournament. The teams formed a single group of seven teams.
Format
- The top four teams from the main group advance to the semifinals.
- The winners in the knockout semifinals advanced to the Final and were granted berths in the 1988 Summer Olympics tournament in Seoul. The losers figure in a third-place playoff where the winner was given the third and final place in the Olympics.
Squads
Preliminary round
Qualified for the semifinals |
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Brazil | 6 | 5 | 1 | 591 | 559 | +32 | 11 |
Puerto Rico | 6 | 5 | 1 | 493 | 456 | +37 | 11 |
Canada | 6 | 3 | 3 | 507 | 506 | +1 | 9 |
Uruguay | 6 | 3 | 3 | 533 | 487 | +46 | 9 |
Argentina | 6 | 3 | 3 | 533 | 567 | −34 | 9 |
Mexico | 6 | 2 | 4 | 546 | 549 | −3 | 8 |
Venezuela | 6 | 0 | 6 | 471 | 570 | −99 | 6 |
Knockout stage
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
30 May | ||||||
Puerto Rico | 62 | |||||
31 May | ||||||
Canada | 60 | |||||
Brazil | 101 | |||||
30 May | ||||||
Puerto Rico | 92[1] | |||||
Brazil | 90 | |||||
Uruguay | 83 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
31 May | ||||||
Canada | 87 | |||||
Uruguay | 80 |
Awards
1988 Tournament of the Americas winners |
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Brazil Second title |
Final standings
Qualified for the 1988 Olympic Tournament |
Rank | Team | Record |
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Brazil | 7–1 | |
Puerto Rico | 6–2 | |
Canada | 4–4 | |
4 | Uruguay | 3–5 |
5 | Argentina | 3–3 |
6 | Mexico | 2–4 |
7 | Venezuela | 0–6 |
References
- ^ a b "Brazil defeats P. R. for gold". The San Juan Star. 1988-06-01. Retrieved 2011-09-16.
- 1988 Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, FIBA.com.