1984 Tournament of the Americas

May 2020 Brazil 15–24 May 9 1 1 BRA 1 URU CAN PAN BRA Oscar Schmidt 1980 1988 The 1984 Tournament of the Americas, since 2005 called the FIBA Americas Championship or FIBA AmeriCup, was the 2nd edition of this basketball tournament, hosted in São Paulo, Brazil from 15 to 24 May 1984. The outcome would determine the three berths allocated to the Americas for the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics and five berths for the 1986 FIBA World Championship in Spain. The United States did not participate in the tournament, claiming host-courtesy. Brazil was undefeated in the round robin tournament and were accompanied to the Olympic games by Canada and Uruguay. Qualification Eight teams promoted from the respective zone tournaments in 1982 and 1983 to the 1984 tournament; Canada qualified automatically since they are one of only two members of the North America zone. Venezuela withdrew from the tournament. The teams formed a single group of nine teams. North America: CAN Caribbean and Central America:CUB, DOM, MEX, PAN, PUR 1952 South America: ARG, BRA, URU, VEN 1930 Format The top three teams from the main group earned berths in the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympic games and for the 1986 FIBA World Championship to be held in Spain. The fourth and fifth teams in the main group also earned berths to the 1986 FIBA World Championship. Squads 1984 Tournament of the Americas squads Preliminary round Qualified for the 1984 Olympic Tournament and the 1986 FIBA World Championship Qualified for the 1986 FIBA World Championship BRA 8 0 778 710 #ccffcc URU 6 2 749 766 #ccffcc CAN 6 2 759 646 #ccffcc PAN 5 3 776 741 #ffffd0 MEX 3 5 724 780 #ffffd0 PUR 1952 3 5 753 774 ARG 2 6 740 769 CUB 2 6 736 752 DOM 1 7 737 814 |} #eee 15 May CAN 101 MEX 72 São Paulo 15 May CUB 100 DOM 92 São Paulo #eee 15 May PAN 88 ARG 77 São Paulo 15 May BRA 93 URU 76 São Paulo #eee 16 May CAN 85 CUB 75 São Paulo 16 May MEX 93 PUR 1952 87 São Paulo #eee 16 May DOM 88 ARG 83 São Paulo 16 May BRA 95 PAN 92 São Paulo #eee 17 May CAN 110 DOM 82 São Paulo 17 May URU 109 MEX 95 São Paulo #eee 17 May BRA 107 ARG 95 São Paulo 17 May PUR 1952 97 CUB 86 São Paulo #eee 18 May URU 95 CUB 88 São Paulo 18 May CAN 85 ARG 73 São Paulo #eee 18 May PAN 95 MEX 87 São Paulo 18 May PUR 1952 107 DOM 98 São Paulo #eee 19 May BRA 90 MEX 80 São Paulo 19 May CUB 103 PAN 82 São Paulo #eee 19 May URU 110 DOM 106 São Paulo 19 May CAN 89 PUR 1952 75 São Paulo #eee 21 May PUR 1952 93 ARG 92 São Paulo 21 May URU 91 CAN 89 São Paulo #eee 21 May PAN 115 DOM 98 São Paulo 21 May BRA 92 CUB 89 São Paulo #eee 22 May ARG 113 MEX 98 São Paulo 22 May URU 92 PUR 1952 84 São Paulo #eee 22 May CAN 107 PAN 79 São Paulo 22 May BRA 93 DOM 78 São Paulo #eee 23 May URU 105 ARG 101 São Paulo 23 May MEX 103 CUB 90 São Paulo #eee 23 May PAN 115 PUR 1952 103 São Paulo 23 May BRA 99 CAN 93 São Paulo #eee 24 May MEX 96 DOM 95 São Paulo 24 May PAN 110 URU 71 São Paulo #eee 24 May ARG 106 CUB 105 São Paulo 24 May BRA 109 PUR 1952 107 São Paulo Final Brazil beat Puerto Rico in a dramatic game with Oscar Schmidt the top scorer with 27 points. Awards Topscorer Oscar Schmidt was the top scorer with 209 points (26.1 average).Oscar's numbers awed the Americas - fiba.basketball bk 1984Tournament of the Americas winners BRA First References External links 1984 American Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, FIBA.com. Category:FIBA AmeriCup Category:1984 in Brazilian sport Category:International basketball competitions hosted by Uruguay Category:1983–84 in North American basketball Category:1983–84 in South American basketball