1992 Tournament of the Americas
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Tournament details | |
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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 |
The 1992 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a
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.
The draw split the tournament into two groups:
Group A |
Group B |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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United States First title |
Final standings
Qualified for the 1992 Olympic Tournament |
Rank | Team | Record |
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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 |