1999 Tournament of the Americas

1999 Tournament of the Americas 1999 Tournament of the Americas.jpg 280px San Juan Puerto Rico July 14–25 10 1 1 USA 4 CAN ARG PUR CAN Steve NashSteve Nash, jockbio.com. Retrieved 27 March 2016. PUR Jose Ortiz 1997 2001 The 1999 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup (also known as Las Americas Tournament for Men, the FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament, or Panamerican Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men), was a basketball championship hosted by Puerto Rico, from July 14 to July 25, 1999. The games were played in San Juan, at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the two berths allocated to the Americas for the 2000 Olympics, in Sydney, Australia. The United States won the tournament, featuring the Dream Team No4. It was the USA's fourth AmeriCup championship.The USA won its 10 games in this tournament by an average of 31.6 points. Qualification Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1999; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone. North America: CAN, USA Caribbean and Central America:CUB, DOM, PAN, PUR South America: ARG, BRA, URU, VEN 1930 The draw split the tournament into two groups: Group A ARG CAN CUB USA URU Group B BRA DOM PAN PUR VEN 1930 Format The top four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals. Results and standings among teams within the same group are carried over. The top four teams at the quarterfinals advance to the semifinals (1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3). The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final and were granted berths in the 2000 Summer Olympics tournament in Sydney. The losers figure in a third-place playoff. Squads 1999 Tournament of the Americas squads Preliminary round Qualified for the quarterfinals Group A USA 4 0 403 256 #ccffcc CAN 3 1 292 291 #ccffcc ARG 2 2 320 337 #ccffcc URU 1 3 302 379 #ccffcc CUB 0 4 277 331 |} #eee July 14 CUB 84 87 yes URU Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan #eee July 14 ARG 70 77 CAN Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan July 15 CAN 75 65 CUB Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan July 15 URU 72 118 USA Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan #eee July 16 USA 94 60 CAN Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan #eee July 16 CUB 76 81 ARG Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan July 17 CAN 80 62 URU Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan July 17 ARG 72 103 USA Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan #eee July 18 USA 88 52 CUB Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan #eee July 18 URU 81 97 ARG Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan Group B PUR 4 0 365 310 #ccffcc VEN 1930 3 1 293 287 #ccffcc BRA 2 2 316 324 #ccffcc DOM 1 3 302 316 #ccffcc PAN 0 4 289 328 |} #eee July 14 PUR 81 56 VEN 1930 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan #eee July 14 BRA 70 64 DOM Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan July 15 VEN 1930 91 68 BRA Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan July 15 DOM 77 73 PAN Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan #eee July 16 PAN 72 76 VEN 1930 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan #eee July 16 BRA 88 96 PUR Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan July 17 PUR 85 71 PAN Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan July 17 VEN 1930 70 66 DOM Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan #eee July 18 PAN 73 90 BRA Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan #eee July 18 PUR 103 95 yes DOM Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan Quarterfinal group Qualified for the semifinals The top four teams in both Group A and Group B advanced to the quarterfinal group. Then each team played the four from the other group once to complete a full round robin. Records from the preliminary groups carried over. USA 7 0 710 485 #ccffcc CAN 5 2 552 500 #ccffcc PUR 5 2 625 594 #ccffcc ARG 5 2 599 576 #ccffcc VEN 1930 3 4 491 561 BRA 2 5 551 589 URU 1 6 515 646 DOM 0 7 502 594 |} #eee July 19 VEN 1930 71 95 ARG Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan #eee July 19 CAN 95 75 BRA Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan #eee July 19 PUR 93 64 URU Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan #eee July 19 USA 107 71 DOM Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan July 20 URU 84 87 VEN 1930 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan July 20 DOM 64 81 CAN Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan July 20 PUR 96 101 ARG Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan July 20 BRA 73 90 USA Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan #eee July 21 ARG 85 71 DOM Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan #eee July 21 BRA 100 74 URU Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan #eee July 21 PUR 80 75 CAN Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan #eee July 21 VEN 1930 61 83 USA Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan July 22 URU 78 71 DOM Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan July 22 BRA 77 79 ARG Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan July 22 PUR 76 115 USA Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan July 22 CAN 84 55 VEN 1930 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan Knockout stage July 24 USA United States 88 Argentina Argentina 59 July 24 Canada Canada 83 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 71 July 25 USA United States 92 Canada Canada 66 July 25 Argentina Argentina 103 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 101 Scoresheets Final USA – Canada 92-66 USA : Payton 19, Hardaway 14, Duncan 12, Smith 11, Kidd 10, Garnett 10, Gugliotta 10, Houston 4, Szczerbiak 2, Brand, Baker Canada : Mac Culloch 22, Mavis 12, Nash 11, Barrett 6, Meeks 4, Hamilotn 4, Anderson 3, Swords 2, Newton 2, Guarasci, Mc Tavish, Vassell Semifinals - USA - Argentina 84 - 76 (ht: 42-38) USA : Bailey 3, Hawkins 10, Williams 19, Moore 6, Lindeman 0, Blackwell 11, Thomas 13, Stigenga 0, Holmes 4, Martin 0, Houston 8, Smith 10 Argentina: Fernandez 4, Victoriano 15, Ginobili 23, Gutierrez 8, Palladino 6, Jasen 1, Sucatzky 8, Nocioni 7, Olivares 2, Aisupurua 2 - Brazil - Puerto Rico 95 - 85 Brazil : Caio 14, Vanderlei 12, Josuel 12 Puerto Rico : Travieso 28 Statistical leaders Topscorer : PUR Jose Ortiz 169 pts (16.9 ppg) Pos. Name PPG 1PUR Jose Ortiz 16.9 2USA Gary Payton 16.0 3PUR Jerome Mincy 15.6 4 CAN Rowan Barrett 5DOM Felipe López 6URU Nicolás Mazzarino 7PUR Orlando Vega 8VEN Víctor Díaz 15.6 9USA Tim Duncan 10 ARG Hugo Sconochini 15.9 Assists : USA Jason Kidd 6.8 apg BRA Demétrius Conrado Ferraciú 6.3 apg CAN Steve Nash 5.8 apg Rebounds : CAN Todd MacCulloch 9.3 rpg USA Tim Duncan 9.1 rpg PUR Jose Ortiz 7.7 rpg bk 1999 Tournament of the Americas winners USA Fourth Most Valuable PlayerCAN Steve Nash Final standings Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics Rank Team Record USA 10–0 CAN 7–3 ARG 7–3 4PUR 6–4 5VEN 1930 4–4 6BRA 3–5 7DOM 2–6 8URU 1–7 9PAN 0–4 10CUB 0–4 20px|1st20px|2nd20px|3rdUSA Tim Duncan Allan Houston Steve Smith Vin Baker Kevin Garnett Jason Kidd Gary Payton Tim Hardaway Tom Gugliotta Elton Brand Richard Hamilton Wally SzczerbiakCAN Richard Elias Anderson Rowan Barrett Peter Guarasci Andrew Mavis Jordie McTavish Michael Meeks Shawn Swords Keith Vassell Steve Nash Greg Newton Todd MacCulloch Sherman HamiltonARG Alejandro Montecchia Lucas Victoriano Leandro Palladino Sergio Aispurua Facundo Sucatzky Andrés Nocioni Hugo Sconochini Juan Espil Manu Ginóbili Gabriel Fernández Luis Scola Leonardo Gutiérrez References External links FIBA Americas 1999 - Men Basketball, Latinbasket.com. 1999 Panamerican Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, FIBA.com. 1999 results and scoresheets Category:FIBA AmeriCup Category:1999 in Puerto Rican sports Category:International basketball competitions hosted by Puerto Rico Category:1999–2000 in North American basketball Category:1999–2000 in South American basketball Category:July 1999 sports events in North America