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1993 Tournament of the Americas
Tournament details
Host countryPuerto Rico
CitySan Juan
DatesAugust 28 – September 5
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (2nd title)
Runners-up Puerto Rico
Third place Argentina
Fourth place Brazil
1992 1995

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 the 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.

The draw split the tournament into two groups:

Group A

 Brazil
 Dominican Republic
 Panama
 United States
 Venezuela

Group B

 Argentina
 Canada
 Cuba
 Puerto Rico
 Uruguay

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

Main article: 1993 Tournament of the Americas 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
August 28
 United States 101–99  Panama
San Juan
August 28
 Venezuela 98–83  Brazil
San Juan
August 29
 United States 102–99  Dominican Republic
San Juan
August 29
 Panama 80–76  Venezuela
San Juan
August 30
 Brazil 84–80  Dominican Republic
San Juan
August 30
 United States 97–85  Venezuela
San Juan
August 31
 Venezuela 85–78  Dominican Republic
San Juan
August 31
 Brazil 86–75  Panama
San Juan
September 1
 Panama 89–83  Dominican Republic
San Juan
September 1
 Brazil 101–91  United States
San Juan

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
August 28
 Argentina 93–83  Canada
San Juan
August 28
 Puerto Rico 128–62  Uruguay
San Juan
August 29
 Cuba 90–76  Uruguay
San Juan
August 29
 Canada 79–76  Puerto Rico
San Juan
August 30
 Argentina 92–84  Cuba
San Juan
August 30
 Canada 102–86  Uruguay
San Juan
August 31
 Puerto Rico 110–79  Cuba
San Juan
August 31
 Argentina 94–90  Uruguay
San Juan
September 1
 Canada 91–90  Cuba
San Juan
September 1
 Puerto Rico 78–72  Argentina
San Juan

Knockout round

Championship Bracket

 Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
           
 September 3
 
  Brazil99
 September 4
  Cuba88
  Brazil97
 September 3
  Puerto Rico111
  Panama73
 September 5
  Puerto Rico90
  Puerto Rico95
 September 3
  United States109
  United States87
 September 4
  Canada73
  United States123
 September 3
  Argentina107 Third place
  Argentina93
 September 5
  Venezuela82
  Argentina98
 
  Brazil91
 

Classification round

5th-8th places

 Semi-finalsFifth place
       
 September 4
 
  Cuba96
 September 5
  Panama83
  Cuba103
 September 4
  Venezuela98
  Canada86
 
  Venezuela94
 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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 6–1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Puerto Rico 5–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Argentina 5–2
4  Brazil 4–3
5  Cuba 3–4
6  Venezuela 3–4
7  Canada 4–3
8  Panama 2–5
9  Dominican Republic 0–4
10  Uruguay 0–4

References

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