1992 Tournament of the Americas

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1992 Tournament of the Americas
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Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
City Portland
DatesJune 27 - July 5
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the United States.svg  United States (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela
Third placeFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Fourth placeFlag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico
Tournament statistics
MVP Charles Barkley and Magic Johnson
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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.

Contents

Qualification

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.

The draw split the tournament into two groups:

Format

Squads

Preliminary round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 440481257+2248
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 422297326−296
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 422334362−286
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 413276344−685
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 413274373−995
June 27
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg94–76Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
June 27
Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg79–78Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Memorial Coliseum, Portland
June 28
United States  Flag of the United States.svg136–57 [1] Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Memorial Coliseum, Portland
June 28
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg87–80Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Memorial Coliseum, Portland
June 29
Panama  Flag of Panama.svg86–67Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Memorial Coliseum, Portland
June 29
United States  Flag of the United States.svg105–61Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Rose Garden, Portland
June 30
United States  Flag of the United States.svg112–52Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Memorial Coliseum, Portland
June 30
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg73–71Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Memorial Coliseum, Portland
July 1
United States  Flag of the United States.svg128–87Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Memorial Coliseum, Portland
July 1
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg71–62Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Memorial Coliseum, Portland

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 440452333+1198
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 431331321+107
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 422359401−426
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 413328331−35
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 404367451−844
June 27
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg95–72Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico
June 27
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg110–97Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Memorial Coliseum, Portland
June 28
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg128–81Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela
Memorial Coliseum, Portland
June 28
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg64–58Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Memorial Coliseum, Portland
June 29
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg104–88Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Memorial Coliseum, Portland
June 29
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg90–87Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Rose Garden, Portland
June 30
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg139–93Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Memorial Coliseum, Portland
June 30
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg88–85Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Memorial Coliseum, Portland
July 1
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg91–80Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela
Memorial Coliseum, Portland
July 1
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg98–89Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Memorial Coliseum, Portland

Knockout round

Championship bracket

First round (July 2) Semifinals (July 3) Championship (July 5)
      
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 91
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 100
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 72
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 76
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 80
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 127 [2]
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 95
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 85
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 81 Third place (July 5)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 119 [3]
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 93
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 91

The final

Dream team beat Venezuela easily by 127-80. Topscorers of the game were Charles Barkley and Karl Malone with 17 pts, Christian Laettner had 16 and Clyde Drexler 15 with 10 assists. [4]

Awards

Player of game

This concerns the Dream Team's games held in Portland, Oregon.

MVP

Charles Barkley and Magic Johnson were both named MVPs of the tournament. They both had 16 points average per game. The award was sponsored by Visa a worldwide sponsor of the 1992 Olympics.

Assits

Magic Johnson was the top assister of the tournament with 54.

 1992 Tournament of the Americas winners 
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
First title

Final standings

Qualified for the 1992 Olympic Tournament
RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States 6–0
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 4–3
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6-1
4Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 4–3
5Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2–3
6Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2–3
7Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1–3
8Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 1–3
9Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1–3
10Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 0–4

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