1995 Tournament of the Americas

1995 Tournament of the Americas
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	15–27 August
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Puerto Rico (4th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Top scorer	Oscar Schmidt
	← 1993 1997 →

Last updated August 14, 2025

The 1995 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a basketball championship hosted by Argentina, from August 15 to August 27, 1995. The games were played in Tucuman and Neuquen. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the three berths allocated to the Americas for the 1996 Summer Olympics, in Atlanta. The United States did not participate in the tournament, as the team claimed the host berth in the Olympics. Puerto Rico defeated Argentina in the final, to win the tournament. Brazil beat Canada in the third place game, to claim the final Olympic berth.

Qualification

Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1995; Canada qualified automatically since they are one of the two members of the North America zone.

North America: Canada
Caribbean and Central America: Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico
South America: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Venezuela

The draw split the tournament into two groups:

Group A

Barbados
Canada
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico

Group B

Argentina
Bahamas
Brazil
Uruguay
Venezuela

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 advanced to the semifinals.
The winners in the knockout semifinals advanced to the Final and were granted berths in the 1996 Summer Olympics tournament in Atlanta. The losers figure in a third-place playoff where the winner was given the third and final place in the Olympics.

Squads

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Puerto Rico	4	4	0	361	326	+35	8
Canada	4	2	2	337	312	+25	6
Cuba	4	2	2	369	336	+33	6
Dominican Republic	4	2	2	329	326	+3	6
Barbados	4	0	4	271	367	−96	4

15 August

Puerto Rico	105–95	Cuba
Scoring by half:53–43, 52–52

Dominican Republic	82–79	Canada
Scoring by half:53–34, 29–45

Dominican Republic	86–66	Barbados
Scoring by half:48–36, 38–30

Puerto Rico	84–73	Canada
Scoring by half:42–37, 42–36

Barbados	55–96	Cuba
Scoring by half: 27–50, 28–46

Puerto Rico	82–75	Dominican Republic
Scoring by half:46–42, 36–33

Puerto Rico	90–83	Barbados
Scoring by half:43–39, 47–44

Cuba	99–86	Dominican Republic
Scoring by half:51–42, 48–44

Canada	95–67	Barbados
Scoring by half:58–34, 37–33

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Brazil	4	3	1	354	320	+34	7
Uruguay	4	3	1	343	313	+30	7
Argentina	4	3	1	326	290	+36	7
Bahamas	4	1	3	317	372	−55	5
Venezuela	4	0	4	312	357	−45	4

Canada	90–79	Cuba
Scoring by half:45–43, 45–36

Venezuela	66–83	Argentina
Scoring by half: 38–41, 28–42

Brazil	81–84	Uruguay
Scoring by half: 40–55, 41–29

Brazil	91–78	Bahamas
Scoring by half:45–35, 46–43

Uruguay	75–79	Argentina
Scoring by half: 36–36, 39–43

Uruguay	104–78	Bahamas
Scoring by half:49–46, 55–32

Venezuela	80–99	Brazil
Scoring by half: 34–45, 46–54

Uruguay	80–75	Venezuela
Scoring by half:45–41, 35–34

Bahamas	66–86	Argentina
Scoring by half: 43–45, 23–41

Venezuela	91–95	Bahamas
Scoring by half:51–48, 40–47

Argentina	78–83	Brazil
Scoring by half: 39–39, 39–44

1995 Tournament of the Americas

Contents

Qualification

Format

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Quarterfinal group

Knockout stage

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Awards

Topscorer

Final standings

References

External links

Canada	94–73	Uruguay
Scoring by half:42–32, 51–41

Dominican Republic	100–98	Brazil
Scoring by half: 53–56, 47–42

Cuba	81–86	Argentina
Scoring by half:42–36, 39–50

Puerto Rico	139–95	Bahamas
Scoring by half:72–46, 67–49

Bahamas	89–130	Canada
Scoring by half: 46–54, 43–76

Brazil	110–95	Cuba
Scoring by half:54–49, 56–46

Dominican Republic	75–97	Argentina
Scoring by half: 36–44, 39–53

Uruguay	83–89	Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 37–43, 46–46

Dominican Republic	81–88	Uruguay
Scoring by half: 37–52, 44–36

Puerto Rico	75–105	Argentina
Scoring by half: 31–55, 39–50