1993 Tournament of the Americas

San Juan Puerto Rico August 28 – September 5 10 1 1 USA 2 PUR 1952 ARG BRA ARG Juan Espil 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. North America: CAN, USA Caribbean and Central America:CUB, DOM, PAN, PUR 1952 South America: ARG, BRA, URU, VEN 1930 The draw split the tournament into two groups: Group A BRA DOM PAN USA VEN 1930 Group B ARG CAN CUB PUR 1952 URU 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 1993 Tournament of the Americas squads Preliminary round Qualified for the quarterfinals Group A BRA 3 1 354 344 #ccffcc USA 3 1 391 384 #ccffcc PAN 2 2 343 346 #ccffcc VEN 1930 2 2 344 338 #ccffcc DOM 0 4 340 360 |} #eee August 28 USA 101 99 PAN San Juan #eee August 28 VEN 1930 98 83 BRA San Juan August 29 USA 102 99 DOM San Juan August 29 PAN 80 76 VEN 1930 San Juan #eee August 30 BRA 84 80 DOM San Juan #eee August 30 USA 97 85 VEN 1930 San Juan August 31 VEN 1930 85 78 DOM San Juan August 31 BRA 86 75 PAN San Juan #eee September 1 PAN 89 83 DOM San Juan #eee September 1 BRA 101 91 USA San Juan Group B ARG 3 1 351 335 #ccffcc PUR 1952 3 1 392 292 #ccffcc CAN 3 1 355 345 #ccffcc CUB 1 3 343 369 #ccffcc URU 0 4 314 414 |} #eee August 28 ARG 93 83 CAN San Juan #eee August 28 PUR 1952 128 62 URU San Juan August 29 CUB 90 76 URU San Juan August 29 CAN 79 76 PUR 1952 San Juan #eee August 30 ARG 92 84 CUB San Juan #eee August 30 CAN 102 86 URU San Juan August 31 PUR 1952 110 79 CUB San Juan August 31 ARG 94 90 URU San Juan #eee September 1 CAN 91 90 CUB San Juan #eee September 1 PUR 1952 78 72 ARG San Juan Knockout round Championship Bracket September 3 BRA 99 CUB 88 September 3 PAN 73 PUR 1952 90 September 3 USA 87 CAN 73 September 3 ARG 93 VEN 1930 82 September 4 BRA 97 PUR 1952 111 September 4 USA 123 ARG 107 September 5 PUR 1952 95 USA 109 September 5 ARG 98 BRA 91 Classification round 5th-8th places Fifth place Seventh place September 4 CUB 96 PAN 83 September 4 CAN 86 VEN 1930 94 September 5 CUB 103 VEN 1930 98 September 5 PAN 90 CAN 96 Awards Topscorer Juan Espil of Argentina was the topscorer with 199 points (28.4 per game). bk 1993 Tournament of the Americas winners USA Second 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 USA 6–1 PUR 1952 5–2 ARG 5–2 4BRA 4–3 5CUB 3–4 6VEN 1930 3–4 7CAN 4–3 8PAN 2–5 9DOM 0–4 10URU 0–4 Sources 1993 edition External links 1993 FIBA Americas Championship for Men, FIBA.com. Stats at Fiba.basketball Category:FIBA AmeriCup Category:1993 in Puerto Rican sports Category:International basketball competitions hosted by Puerto Rico Category:1993–94 in North American basketball Category:1993–94 in South American basketball