1989 Tournament of the Americas

May 2020 Mexico City Mexico June 8–18 12 1 1 PUR 2 1952 USA BRA 1968 VEN 1930 BRA Oscar Schmidt 1988 1992 The 1989 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a basketball championship hosted by Mexico from June 8 to June 18, 1989. The games were played in Mexico City. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the five berths allocated to the Americas for the 1990 FIBA World Championship in Argentina. Puerto Rico defeated the United States in the final to win the tournament. Brazil, Venezuela, and Canada also qualified for the World Championship by finishing third through fifth, respectively. Qualification Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1989; 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, PAN, PUR 1952 South America: ARG, BRA 1968, ECU, PAR 1988, VEN 1930 The draw split the tournament into two groups: Group A CUB DOM MEX PAN PUR 1952 USA Group B ARG BRA 1968 CAN ECU PAR 1988 VEN 1930 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. Results and standings among teams within the same group are carried over. The winners in the knockout semifinals advanced to the Final and were granted berths in the 1990 FIBA World Championship in Argentina. The losers figure in a third-place playoff and were both also granted berths in the FIBA World Championship. Since Argentina 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 1989 Tournament of the Americas squads Preliminary round Qualified for the quarterfinals Group A PUR 1952 4 1 495 447 #ccffcc USA 4 1 523 480 #ccffcc DOM 4 1 485 466 #ccffcc CUB 2 3 450 449 #ccffcc MEX 1 4 453 476 PAN 0 5 432 520 |} #eee June 8 DOM 116 USA 108 Mexico City June 8 PUR 1952 104 PAN 83 Mexico City #eee June 8 CUB 89 MEX 88 Mexico City #eee June 9 DOM 85 CUB 77 Mexico City June 9 MEX 98 PAN 88 Mexico City #eee June 9 USA 105 PUR 1952 92 Mexico City #eee June 10 PUR 1952 97 MEX 88 Mexico City June 10 USA 95 CUB 92 Mexico City #eee June 10 DOM 105 PAN 84 Mexico City #eee June 11 PUR 1952 101 CUB 98 Mexico City June 11 DOM 106 MEX 96 Mexico City #eee June 11 USA 119 PAN 97 Mexico City #eee June 12 PUR 1952 101 DOM 73 Mexico City June 12 CUB 94 PAN 80 Mexico City #eee June 12 USA 96 MEX 83 Mexico City Group B BRA 1968 5 0 572 429 #ccffcc VEN 1930 4 1 549 488 #ccffcc CAN 3 2 447 423 #ccffcc ARG 2 3 480 469 #ccffcc PAR 1988 1 4 417 529 ECU 0 5 394 521 |} #eee June 8 BRA 1968 131 PAR 1988 90 Mexico City June 8 ARG 103 ECU 71 Mexico City #eee June 8 VEN 1930 99 CAN 78 Mexico City #eee June 9 VEN 1930 110 ECU 89 Mexico City June 9 ARG 106 PAR 1988 85 Mexico City #eee June 9 BRA 1968 101 CAN 84 Mexico City #eee June 10 PAR 1988 91 ECU 87 Mexico City June 10 BRA 1968 131 VEN 1930 99 Mexico City #eee June 10 CAN 93 ARG 83 Mexico City #eee June 11 BRA 1968 119 ECU 74 Mexico City June 11 CAN 94 PAR 1988 67 Mexico City #eee June 11 VEN 1930 130 ARG 106 Mexico City #eee June 12 CAN 98 ECU 73 Mexico City June 12 BRA 1968 90 ARG 82 Mexico City #eee June 12 VEN 1930 111 PAR 1988 84 Mexico City Knockout round Championship Bracket PUR 1952 94 ARG 89 VEN 1930 109 DOM 102 USA 75 CAN 73 BRA 1968 104 CUB 89 PUR 1952 94 VEN 1930 91 USA 99 BRA 1968 96 PUR 1952 88 USA 80 BRA 1968 158 VEN 1930 124 Classification round 5th-8th places Fifth place Seventh place ARG 85 DOM 89 CAN 89 CUB 86 DOM 84 CAN 108 ARG 81 CUB 88 Awards Topscorer Oscar Schmidt was the top scorer with 247 points (32.8 average).Oscar's numbers awed the Americas - fiba.basketball bk 1989 Tournament of the Americas winners Puerto Rico first Final standings Qualified for the 1990 FIBA World Championship Qualified for the 1990 FIBA World Championship as World Champions Qualified for the 1990 FIBA World Championship as hosts Rank Team Record PUR 1952 7–1 USA 6–2 BRA 1968 7–1 4VEN 1930 5–3 5CAN 5–3 6DOM 5–3 7CUB 3–5 8ARG 2–6 9MEX 1–4 9PAR 1988 1–4 10PAN 0–5 10ECU 0–5 References 1989 FIBA Americas Championship for Men, FIBA.com. Category:FIBA AmeriCup Category:1989 in Mexican sports Category:International basketball competitions hosted by Mexico Category:1988–89 in North American basketball Category:1988–89 in South American basketball