1997 Tournament of the Americas

Montevideo Uruguay 21–31 August 10 1 1 USA 3 PUR BRA ARG VEN Víctor Díaz 1995 1999 The 1997 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a basketball championship hosted by Uruguay from 21 to 31, August 1997. The games were played in Montevideo. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the four berths allocated to the Americas for the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Athens, Greece. The United States won the tournament, the country's third AmeriCup championship. Qualification Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1997; 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, MEX, PUR South America: ARG, BRA, URU, VEN 1930 The draw split the tournament into two groups: Group A ARG BRA CUB MEX URU Group B CAN DOM PUR USA 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 were granted berths in the 1998 FIBA World Championship. Since the United States were already qualified as Olympic Champions, should they reach one of the top four places in the quarterfinals, the fifth team on the final standings was given the remaining berth. The top four teams then played an extra match to define the first six places in the final standings (1 vs. 2 for first place, 3 vs. 4 for third place and 5 vs. 6 for fifth place). Squads 1997 Tournament of the Americas squads Preliminary round Qualified for the quarterfinals Group A yes ARG 3 1 317 284 1–0 #ccffcc BRA 3 1 328 297 0–1 #ccffcc CUB 2 2 307 290 1–0 #ccffcc URU 2 2 297 308 0–1 #ccffcc MEX 0 4 282 352   |} #eee 21 August ARG 81 73 CUB Montevideo #eee 21 August URU 81 67 MEX Montevideo 22 August ARG 68 65 BRA Montevideo 22 August CUB 71 68 MEX Montevideo #eee 23 August CUB 88 63 URU Montevideo #eee 23 August BRA 101 71 MEX Montevideo 24 August ARG 99 76 MEX Montevideo 24 August BRA 84 83 yes URU Montevideo 25 August BRA 78 65 CUB Montevideo 25 August URU 70 69 ARG Montevideo Group B yes CAN 3 1 403 362 1–1 (0.527) #ccffcc USA 3 1 368 334 1–1 (0.524) #ccffcc VEN 1930 3 1 365 357 1–1 (0.506) #ccffcc PUR 1 3 330 353   #ccffcc DOM 0 4 320 380   |} #eee 21 August VEN 1930 85 75 USA Montevideo #eee 21 August PUR 88 85 DOM Montevideo 22 August USA 98 70 DOM Montevideo 22 August CAN 78 77 PUR Montevideo #eee 23 August VEN 1930 85 80 DOM Montevideo #eee 23 August USA 102 97 CAN Montevideo 24 August USA 93 82 PUR Montevideo 24 August CAN 119 98 VEN 1930 Montevideo 25 August CAN 109 85 DOM Montevideo 25 August VEN 1930 97 83 PUR Montevideo 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. The top two teams advanced to the first place game and the third and fourth-place teams advanced to the third place game. The fifth-place team (Cuba) and the sixth-place team (Canada) did not continue competing for the Americas Championship, but played a further game against each other, with the winner qualifying for the 1998 FIBA World Championship. yes USA 7 1 750 673   #ccffcc PUR 5 3 722 679 1−0 #ccffcc BRA 5 3 680 637 0−1 #ccffcc ARG 4 4 650 626 2−1 (0.509) #ccffcc CUB 4 4 666 681 2−1 (0.494) CAN 4 4 699 687 1−2 (0.504) VEN 1930 4 4 708 716 1−2 (0.497) URU 3 5 602 648   |} 27 August USA 100 88 CUB Montevideo 27 August PUR 88 83 ARG Montevideo 27 August BRA 88 79 VEN 1930 Montevideo 27 August CAN 63 56 URU Montevideo #eee 28 August VEN 1930 87 85 ARG Montevideo #eee 28 August CUB 88 75 CAN Montevideo #eee 28 August PUR 86 81 BRA Montevideo #eee 28 August USA 98 84 URU Montevideo 29 August PUR 116 81 CUB Montevideo 29 August USA 91 78 ARG Montevideo 29 August URU 84 77 VEN 1930 Montevideo 29 August BRA 94 82 CAN Montevideo #eee 30 August CUB 102 100 VEN 1930 Montevideo #eee 30 August ARG 87 76 CAN Montevideo #eee 30 August USA 93 89 BRA Montevideo #eee 30 August PUR 102 81 URU Montevideo Final round Fifth place game #eee 31 August CAN 92 83 CUB Montevideo Third place game #eee 31 August BRA 76 75 ARG Montevideo First place game #eee 31 August USA 95 86 PUR Montevideo Awards Topscorer Víctor Díaz was the topscorer with 195 pts (24.4 pts per game).FIBA Americas Championship for Men 1997 -fiba.basketball bk 1997 Tournament of the Americas winners USA Third Final standings Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship (Olympic Champions) Rank Team Record USA 8–1 PUR 5–4 BRA 6–3 4ARG 4–5 5CAN 5–4 6CUB 4–5 7VEN 1930 4–4 8URU 3–5 9DOM 0–4 10MEX 0–4 20px|1st20px|2nd20px|3rdUSA Rusty LaRue Corey Beck Jim Farmer Jason Sasser Erik Martin Adrian Griffin Reggie Jordan Kermit Holmes Evers Burns Russ Millard Travis Williams Michael McDonaldPUR José Ortiz Eddie Casiano Orlando Santiago Erick River Jerome Mincy James Carter Carlos Lanauze Ramón Rivas Rolando Hourruitiner Édgar de León Luis Allende Daniel SantiagoBRA Raúl Filho André Guimarães Caio de Mello Carlos Rodrigues do Nascimento Aristides dos Santos Demétrius Ferraciú Alexei Carvalho Cláudio Gomes Sandro Varejão Vanderlei Mazzuchini Rogério Klafke Joélcio Joerke References Sources 1997 edition USA - flippingbook.com External links 1997 Championship of the Americas for Men, FIBA.com. 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