1995 Tournament of the Americas

Argentina 15–27 August 10 2 2 PUR 4 ARG BRA CAN BRA Oscar Schmidt 1993 1997 The 1995 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a basketball championship hosted by Argentina, from August 15 to August 27, 1995. The games were played in Tucuman and Neuquén. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the three berths allocated to the Americas for the 1996 Summer Olympics, in Atlanta. The United States did not participate in the tournament, as the team claimed the host berth in the Olympics. Puerto Rico defeated Argentina in the final, to win the tournament. Brazil beat Canada in the third place game, to claim the final Olympic berth. Qualification Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1995; Canada qualified automatically since they are one of the two members of the North America zone. North America: CAN Caribbean and Central America:BAH, BAR, CUB, DOM, PUR South America: ARG, BRA, URU, VEN 1930 The draw split the tournament into two groups: Group A BAR CAN CUB DOM PUR Group B ARG BAH BRA URU 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 advanced to the semifinals. The winners in the knockout semifinals advanced to the Final and were granted berths in the 1996 Summer Olympics tournament in Atlanta. The losers figure in a third-place playoff where the winner was given the third and final place in the Olympics. Squads 1995 Tournament of the Americas squads Preliminary round Qualified for the quarterfinals Group A PUR 4 0 361 326 #ccffcc CAN 2 2 337 312 #ccffcc CUB 2 2 369 336 #ccffcc DOM 2 2 329 326 #ccffcc BAR 0 4 271 367 |} #eee 15 August Report PUR 105 95 53–43 52–52 CUB Neuquén #eee 15 August Report DOM 82 79 53–34 29–45 CAN Neuquén 16 August Report DOM 86 66 48–36 38–30 BAR Neuquén 16 August https://archive.today/20141015002448/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/4/grid/A/rid/1233/sid/2512/_/1995_FIBA_Americas_Championship_for_Men/statistic.html Report PUR 84 73 42–37 42–36 CAN Neuquén #eee 17 August https://archive.today/20141015002522/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/5/grid/A/rid/1233/sid/2512/_/1995_FIBA_Americas_Championship_for_Men/statistic.html Report BAR 55 96 27–50 28–46 CUB Neuquén #eee 17 August Report PUR 82 75 46–42 36–33 DOM Neuquén 18 August Report CAN 90 79 45–43 45–36 CUB Neuquén 18 August https://archive.today/20141015002455/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/8/grid/A/rid/1233/sid/2512/_/1995_FIBA_Americas_Championship_for_Men/statistic.html Report PUR 90 83 43–39 47–44 BAR Neuquén #eee 19 August Report CUB 99 86 51–42 48–44 DOM Neuquén #eee 19 August https://archive.today/20141015002529/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/10/grid/A/rid/1233/sid/2512/_/1995_FIBA_Americas_Championship_for_Men/statistic.html Report CAN 95 67 58–34 37–33 BAR Neuquén Group B BRA 3 1 354 320 #ccffcc URU 3 1 343 313 #ccffcc ARG 3 1 326 290 #ccffcc BAH 1 3 317 372 #ccffcc VEN 1930 0 4 312 357 |} #eee 15 August Report VEN 1930 66 83 38–41 28–42 ARG Tucumán #eee 15 August Report BRA 81 84 40–55 41–29 URU Tucumán 16 August Report BRA 91 78 45–35 46–43 BAH Tucumán 16 August Report URU 75 79 36–36 39–43 ARG Tucumán #eee 17 August https://archive.today/20141015002457/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/5/grid/B/rid/1233/sid/2512/_/1995_FIBA_Americas_Championship_for_Men/statistic.html Report URU 104 78 49–46 55–32 BAH Tucumán #eee 17 August Report VEN 1930 80 99 34–45 46–54 BRA Tucumán 18 August Report URU 80 75 45–41 35–34 VEN 1930 Tucumán 18 August Report BAH 66 86 43–45 23–41 ARG Tucumán #eee 19 August Report VEN 1930 91 95 51–48 40–47 BAH Tucumán #eee 19 August Report ARG 78 83 39–39 39–44 BRA Tucumán 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 with the top four advancing to the semifinals. Records from the preliminary groups carried over. ARG 6 1 633 545 #ccffcc PUR 6 1 658 609 #ccffcc CAN 4 3 665 608 #ccffcc BRA 3 4 645 628 #ccffcc CUB 3 4 657 654 URU 3 4 596 611 DOM 2 5 586 664 BAH 1 6 615 736 |} #eee 21 August https://archive.today/20141015002509/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/1/grid/X/rid/1234/sid/2512/_/1995_FIBA_Americas_Championship_for_Men/statistic.html Report CAN 94 73 42–32 51–41 URU Neuquén #eee 21 August Report DOM 100 98 53–56 47–42 BRA Neuquén #eee 21 August https://archive.today/20141015002524/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/3/grid/X/rid/1234/sid/2512/_/1995_FIBA_Americas_Championship_for_Men/statistic.html Report CUB 81 86 42–36 39–50 ARG Neuquén #eee 21 August Report PUR 139 95 72–46 67–49 BAH Neuquén 22 August Report BAH 89 130 46–54 43–76 CAN Neuquén 22 August Report BRA 110 95 54–49 56–46 CUB Neuquén 22 August Report DOM 75 97 36–44 39–53 ARG Neuquén 22 August Report URU 83 89 37–43 46–46 PUR Neuquén #eee 23 August Report CUB 99 88 54–50 45–38 BAH Neuquén #eee 23 August https://archive.today/20141015002454/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/10/grid/X/rid/1234/sid/2512/_/1995_FIBA_Americas_Championship_for_Men/statistic.html Report DOM 81 88 37–52 44–36 URU Neuquén #eee 23 August Report PUR 75 105 31–55 39–50 ARG Neuquén #eee 23 August Report CAN 104 99 50–48 54–51 BRA Neuquén 24 August https://archive.today/20141015002537/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/13/grid/X/rid/1234/sid/2512/_/1995_FIBA_Americas_Championship_for_Men/statistic.html Report BAH 121 87 65–43 56–44 DOM Neuquén 24 August Report URU 89 109 41–50 48–59 CUB Neuquén 24 August Report ARG 102 95 48–52 54–43 CAN Neuquén 24 August Report BRA 83 89 40–45 43–44 PUR Neuquén Knockout stage 26 August PUR 98 CAN 81 26 August ARG 87 BRA 82 27 August PUR 87 ARG 86 27 August CAN 79 BRA 97 Semifinals #eee 26 August Report PUR 98 81 56–39 42–42 CAN Neuquén 26 August Report ARG 87 82 42–41 45–41 BRA Neuquén Third place game #eee 27 August Report BRA 97 79 44–32 53–47 CAN Neuquén Final #ffffd0 27 August Report ARG 86 87 50–47 36–40 PUR Neuquén Awards Topscorer Oscar Schmidt was the topscorer with 275 pts (27.5 per game). bk 1995 Tournament of the Americas winners PUR Fourth Final standings Qualified for the 1996 Olympic Tournament Rank Team Record PUR 9–1 ARG 8–2 BRA 5–5 4CAN 5–5 5CUB 4–4 6URU 4–4 7DOM 3–5 8BAH 2–6 9VEN 1930 0–4 10BAR 0–4 References External links Stats on fiba.basketball 1995 FIBA Americas Championship for Men, FIBA.com. 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