1992 Tournament of the Americas

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International basketball competition

1992 Tournament of the AmericasTournament details

Host country| United States
City| Portland
Dates| June 27 - July 5
Teams| 10
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  United States (1st title)
Runners-up|  Venezuela
Third place|  Brazil
Fourth place|  Puerto Rico

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The 1992 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a basketball championship hosted by the United States from June 27 to July 5, 1992. The games were played at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the four berths allocated to the Americas for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. It was the international debut of the Dream Team, which defeated Venezuela in the final to win the tournament. Puerto Rico and Brazil made the semifinals to also qualify for the Olympics.

## Qualification

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Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1991; USA and Canada qualified automatically since they are the only two members of the North America zone.

* North America:  Canada,  United States
* Caribbean and Central America: Cuba,  Mexico,  Panama,  Puerto Rico
* South America:  Argentina,  Brazil,  Uruguay,  Venezuela

The draw split the tournament into two groups:

Group A

Argentina
Canada
Cuba
Panama
United States

Group B

Brazil
Mexico
Puerto Rico
Uruguay
Venezuela

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## Format

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* The top three teams from each group advance to the knockout round.
* The winners in the knockout semifinals advanced to the Final and were granted berths in the 1992 Olympic Tournament in Barcelona. The losers figure in a third place playoff and were both also granted berths in the Olympic Tournament.

## Squads

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Main article: 1992 Tournament of the Americas squads

## Preliminary round

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| Qualified for the quarterfinals

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### Group A

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Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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United States | 4  | 4  | 0  | 481  | 257 | +224  | 8
Canada | 4  | 2  | 2  | 297  | 326 | −29  | 6
Argentina | 4  | 2  | 2  | 334  | 362 | −28  | 6
Panama | 4  | 1  | 3  | 276  | 344 | −68  | 5
Cuba | 4  | 1  | 3  | 274  | 373 | −99  | 5

June 27

Argentina | 94-76 |  Panama

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Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 27

Cuba | 79-78 |  Canada

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Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 28

United States | 136-57 |  Cuba

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Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 28

Canada | 87-80 |  Argentina

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Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 29

Panama | 86-67 |  Cuba

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Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 29

United States | 105-61 |  Canada

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Rose Garden, Portland

June 30

United States | 112-52 |  Panama

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Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 30

Argentina | 73-71 |  Cuba

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Memorial Coliseum, Portland

July 1

United States | 128-87 |  Argentina

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Memorial Coliseum, Portland

July 1

Canada | 71-62 |  Panama

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Memorial Coliseum, Portland

### Group B

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Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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Brazil | 4  | 4  | 0  | 452  | 333 | +119  | 8
Puerto Rico | 4  | 3  | 1  | 331  | 321 | +10  | 7
Venezuela | 4  | 2  | 2  | 359  | 401 | −42  | 6
Mexico | 4  | 1  | 3  | 328  | 331 | −3  | 5
Uruguay | 4  | 0  | 4  | 367  | 451 | −84  | 4

June 27

Brazil | 95-72 |  Puerto Rico

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Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 27

Venezuela | 110-97 |  Uruguay

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Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 28

Brazil | 128-81 |  Venezuela

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Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 28

Puerto Rico | 64-58 |  Mexico

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Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 29

Puerto Rico | 104-88 |  Uruguay

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Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 29

Brazil | 90-87 |  Mexico

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Rose Garden, Portland

June 30

Brazil | 139-93 |  Uruguay

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Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 30

Venezuela | 88-85 |  Mexico

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Memorial Coliseum, Portland

July 1

Puerto Rico | 91-80 |  Venezuela

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Memorial Coliseum, Portland

July 1

Mexico | 98-89 |  Uruguay

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Memorial Coliseum, Portland

## Knockout round

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### Championship bracket

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| First round (July 2) | | | Semifinals (July 3) | | | Championship (July 5) |

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| | | |  Brazil | 91 | |
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| | |  Venezuela | 100 |
|  Canada | 72 |

|  Venezuela | 76 |
| |  Venezuela | 80 |
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| | |  United States | 127 |
|  Puerto Rico | 95 | |
|  Argentina | 85 |
| |  Puerto Rico | 81 | | | Third place (July 5)
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| | |  United States | 119 |
| | | |  Brazil | 93

| | | |  Puerto Rico | 91

## Awards

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1992 Tournament of the Americas winners

United States
First title

## Final standings

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| Qualified for the 1992 Olympic Tournament

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Rank  | Team  | Record

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|  United States | 6–0
|  Venezuela | 4–3
|  Brazil | 5–1
4  |  Puerto Rico | 4–3
5  |  Canada | 2–3
6  |  Argentina | 2–3
7  |  Mexico | 1–3
8  |  Panama | 1–3
9  |  Cuba | 1–3
10  |  Uruguay | 0–4

## References

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* 1992 American Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, FIBA.com.

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FIBA AmeriCup

Tournaments|

* Puerto Rico 1980
* Brazil 1984
* Uruguay 1988
* Mexico 1989
* United States 1992
* Puerto Rico 1993
* Argentina 1995
* Uruguay 1997
* Puerto Rico 1999
* Argentina 2001
* Puerto Rico 2003
* Dominican Republic 2005
* United States 2007
* Puerto Rico 2009
* Argentina 2011
* Venezuela 2013
* Mexico 2015
* Argentina / Colombia / Uruguay 2017
* Brazil 2022
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Awards and records|

* Most Valuable Player
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Africa|

* FIBA Africa - AfroBasket
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Americas|

* FIBA Americas - FIBA AmeriCup
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Oceania|

* FIBA Oceania - FIBA Oceania Championship (defunct)
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