1992 Tournament of the Americas

May 2020 August 2023 1992 Tournament of the Americas 1992 Tournament of the Americas.jpg Portland United States June 27 - July 5 10 1 1 USA 1 VEN 1930 BRA PUR 1952 Charles Barkley and Magic Johnson 1989 1993 The 1992 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a basketball championship hosted by the United States from June 27 to July 5, 1992. The games were played at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the four berths allocated to the Americas for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. It was the international debut of the Dream Team, which defeated Venezuela in the final to win the tournament. Puerto Rico and 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. North America: CAN, USA Caribbean and Central America:CUB, MEX, PAN, PUR 1952 South America: ARG, BRA, URU, VEN 1930 The draw split the tournament into two groups: Group A ARG CAN CUB PAN USA Group B BRA MEX PUR 1952 URU VEN 1930 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 1992 Tournament of the Americas squads Preliminary round Qualified for the quarterfinals Group A USA 4 0 481 257 #ccffcc CAN 2 2 297 326 #ccffcc ARG 2 2 334 362 #ccffcc PAN 1 3 276 344 CUB 1 3 274 373 |} #eee June 27 ARG 94 76 PAN Memorial Coliseum, Portland #eee June 27 CUB 79 78 CAN Memorial Coliseum, Portland June 28 USA 136 57 DREAM TEAM DAZZLES IN LAUGHER (June 28, 1992) - orlandosentinel.com CUB Memorial Coliseum, Portland June 28 CAN 87 80 ARG Memorial Coliseum, Portland #eee June 29 PAN 86 67 CUB Memorial Coliseum, Portland #eee June 29 USA 105 61 CAN Memorial Coliseum, Portland June 30 USA 112 52 PAN Memorial Coliseum, Portland June 30 ARG 73 71 CUB Memorial Coliseum, Portland #eee July 1 USA 128 87 ARG Memorial Coliseum, Portland #eee July 1 CAN 71 62 PAN Memorial Coliseum, Portland Group B BRA 4 0 452 333 #ccffcc PUR 1952 3 1 331 321 #ccffcc VEN 1930 2 2 359 401 #ccffcc MEX 1 3 328 331 URU 0 4 367 451 |} #eee June 27 BRA 95 72 PUR 1952 Memorial Coliseum, Portland #eee June 27 VEN 1930 110 97 URU Memorial Coliseum, Portland June 28 BRA 128 81 VEN 1930 Memorial Coliseum, Portland June 28 PUR 1952 64 58 MEX Memorial Coliseum, Portland #eee June 29 PUR 1952 104 88 URU Memorial Coliseum, Portland #eee June 29 BRA 90 87 MEX Rose Garden, Portland June 30 BRA 139 93 URU Memorial Coliseum, Portland June 30 VEN 1930 88 85 MEX Memorial Coliseum, Portland #eee July 1 PUR 1952 91 80 VEN 1930 Memorial Coliseum, Portland #eee July 1 MEX 98 89 URU Memorial Coliseum, Portland Knockout round Championship bracket no 1 First round (July 2) Semifinals (July 3) Championship (July 5) Third place (July 5) CAN 72 VEN 1930 76 PUR 1952 95 ARG 85 BRA 91 VEN 1930 100 PUR 1952 81 USA 119 U.S. Dream Team remains unchallenged, beating Puerto Rico, 119-81, to reach final (July 4, 1992) - latimes.com VEN 1930 80 USA 127 U.S. Wins. Try Telling Venezuela That It Didn't Too. (July 6, 1992) - nytimes.com BRA 93 PUR 1952 91 The final Dream team beat Venezuela easily by 127–80. Topscorers of the game were Carl Herrera with 21 pts, Charles Barkley and Karl Malone with 17 pts, Christian Laettner had 16 and Clyde Drexler 15 with 10 assists."From Rip City to Barcelona https://web.archive.org/web/20151223115847/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AA8wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TwMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6822,1672263&dq=dream-team+tournament+of+the+americas+venezuela&hl=en December 23, 2015 ". Associated Press. Toledo Blade. July 6, 1992. Retrieved August 13, 2010. Awards Player of game This concerns the Dream Team's games held in Portland, Oregon. Game 1 vs Cuba: Clyde Drexler (20 pts, 7 assists) Game 2 vs Canada: Game 3 vs Panama: Game 4 vs Argentina: Michael Jordan Game 5 vs Puerto Rico: Magic Johnson (16 pts, 6 assists, 4 rebs) Game 6 vs Venezuela: Michael Jordan MVP Charles Barkley and Magic Johnson were both named MVPs of the tournament. They both had 16 points average per game. The award was sponsored by Visa a worldwide sponsor of the 1992 Olympics. Assists Magic Johnson was the top assister of the tournament with 54. bk 1992 Tournament of the Americas winners USA First Final standings Qualified for the 1992 Olympic Tournament Rank Team Record USA 6–0 VEN 1930 4–3 BRA 5–1 4PUR 1952 4–3 5CAN 2–3 6ARG 2–3 7MEX 1–3 8PAN 1–3 9CUB 1–3 10URU 0–4 References Sources 1992 American Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, FIBA.com. 1992 EDITION at latinbasket.com External links 1992 Dream Team vs Venezuela - Tournament of the Americas Game 6 on YouTube (Full Game) 1992 Dream Team vs Puerto Rico - Tournament of the Americas Game 5 on YouTube (Full Game) 1992 Dream Team vs Argentina - Tournament of the Americas Game 4 on YouTube (Full Game) 1992 Dream Team vs Canada - Tournament of the Americas Game 2 on YouTube (Full Game) 1992 Deam Team USA - Panama on YouTube (Full Game) 1992 Dream Team vs Cuba - Tournament of the Americas Game 1 on YouTube (Full Game) 1992 Category:1991–92 in American basketball Category:International basketball competitions hosted by the United States Category:1991–92 in North American basketball Category:1991–92 in South American basketball