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Tournament details | |
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Country | Mexico |
City | Mexico City |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | June 8–18 |
Teams | 12 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Puerto Rico (2nd title) |
Runner-up | United States |
Third place | Brazil |
Fourth place | Venezuela |
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.
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.
The draw split the tournament into two groups:
Group A Cuba | Group B |
Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Puerto Rico | 5 | 4 | 1 | 495 | 447 | +48 | 9 |
United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 523 | 480 | +43 | 9 |
Dominican Republic | 5 | 4 | 1 | 485 | 466 | +19 | 9 |
Cuba | 5 | 2 | 3 | 450 | 449 | +1 | 7 |
Mexico | 5 | 1 | 4 | 453 | 476 | −23 | 6 |
Panama | 5 | 0 | 5 | 432 | 520 | −88 | 5 |
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brazil | 5 | 5 | 0 | 572 | 429 | +143 | 10 |
Venezuela | 5 | 4 | 1 | 549 | 488 | +61 | 9 |
Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 447 | 423 | +24 | 8 |
Argentina | 5 | 2 | 3 | 480 | 469 | +11 | 7 |
Paraguay | 5 | 1 | 4 | 417 | 529 | −112 | 6 |
Ecuador | 5 | 0 | 5 | 394 | 521 | −127 | 5 |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Puerto Rico | 94 | |||||||||
Argentina | 89 | |||||||||
Puerto Rico | 94 | |||||||||
Venezuela | 91 | |||||||||
Venezuela | 109 | |||||||||
Dominican Republic | 102 | |||||||||
Puerto Rico | 88 | |||||||||
United States | 80 | |||||||||
United States | 75 | |||||||||
Canada | 73 | |||||||||
United States | 99 | |||||||||
Brazil | 96 | Third place | ||||||||
Brazil | 104 | |||||||||
Cuba | 89 | |||||||||
Brazil | 158 | |||||||||
Venezuela | 124 | |||||||||
Semi-finals | Fifth place | |||||
Argentina | 85 | |||||
Dominican Republic | 89 | |||||
Dominican Republic | 84 | |||||
Canada | 108 | |||||
Canada | 89 | |||||
Cuba | 86 | |||||
Seventh place | ||||||
Argentina | 81 | |||||
Cuba | 88 |
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 |
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Puerto Rico | 7–1 | |
United States | 6–2 | |
Brazil | 7–1 | |
4 | Venezuela | 5–3 |
5 | Canada | 5–3 |
6 | Dominican Republic | 5–3 |
7 | Cuba | 3–5 |
8 | Argentina | 2–6 |
9 | Mexico | 1–4 |
9 | Paraguay | 1–4 |
10 | Panama | 0–5 |
10 | Ecuador | 0–5 |
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