1997 Tournament of the Americas

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1997 Tournament of the Americas
Tournament details
Host countryUruguay
City Montevideo
Dates21–31 August
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the United States.svg  United States (3rd title)
Runners-upFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Third placeFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Fourth placeFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
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The 1997 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a basketball championship hosted by Uruguay from 21 to 31, August 1997. The games were played in Montevideo. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the four berths allocated to the Americas for the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Athens, Greece. The United States won the tournament, the country's third AmeriCup championship.

Contents

Qualification

Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1997; 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:

Format

Squads

Preliminary round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTie
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 431317284+3371–0
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 431328297+3170–1
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 422307290+1761–0
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 422297308−1160–1
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 404282352−704 
21 August
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 81–73Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
21 August
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 81–67Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Montevideo
22 August
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 68–65Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Montevideo
22 August
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 71–68Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Montevideo
23 August
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 88–63Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Montevideo
23 August
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 101–71Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Montevideo
24 August
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 99–76Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Montevideo
24 August
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 84–83 (OT)Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Montevideo
25 August
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 78–65Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Montevideo
25 August
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 70–69Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Montevideo

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTie
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 431403362+4171–1 (0.527)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 431368334+3471–1 (0.524)
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 431365357+871–1 (0.506)
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 413330353−235 
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 404320380−604 
21 August
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 85–75Flag of the United States.svg  United States
21 August
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 88–85Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Montevideo
22 August
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 98–70Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Montevideo
22 August
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 78–77Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Montevideo
23 August
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 85–80Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Montevideo
23 August
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 102–97Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Montevideo
24 August
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 93–82Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Montevideo
24 August
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 119–98Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela
Montevideo
25 August
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 109–85Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Montevideo
25 August
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 97–83Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Montevideo

Quarterfinal group

Qualified for the semifinals

The top four teams in both Group A and Group B advanced to the quarterfinal group. Then each team played the four from the other group once to complete a full round robin. Records from the preliminary groups carried over. The top two teams advanced to the first place game and the third and fourth-place teams advanced to the third place game. The fifth-place team (Cuba) and the sixth-place team (Canada) did not continue competing for the Americas Championship, but played a further game against each other, with the winner qualifying for the 1998 FIBA World Championship.

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTie
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 871750673+7715 
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 853722679+43131−0
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 853680637+43130−1
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 844650626+24122−1 (0.509)
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 844666681−15122−1 (0.494)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 844699687+12121−2 (0.504)
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 844708716−8121−2 (0.497)
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 835602648−4611 
27 August
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 100–88Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
27 August
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 88–83Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
27 August
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 88–79Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela
27 August
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 63–56Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
28 August
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 87–85Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
28 August
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 88–75Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Montevideo
28 August
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 86–81Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Montevideo
28 August
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 98–84Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Montevideo
29 August
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 116–81Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Montevideo
29 August
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 91–78Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Montevideo
29 August
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 84–77Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela
Montevideo
29 August
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 94–82Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Montevideo
30 August
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 102–100Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela
Montevideo
30 August
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 87–76Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Montevideo
30 August
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 93–89Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Montevideo
30 August
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 102–81Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Montevideo

Final round

Fifth place game

31 August
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 92–83Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Montevideo

Third place game

31 August
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 76–75Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Montevideo

First place game

31 August
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 95–86Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Montevideo

Awards

 1997 Tournament of the Americas winners 
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
Third title

Final standings

Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship
Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship (Olympic Champions)
RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States 8–1
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 5–4
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6–3
4Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 4–5
5Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5–4
6Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 4–5
7Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 4–4
8Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 3–5
9Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 0–4
10Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0–4
Gold medal icon.svg
Silver medal icon.svg
Bronze medal icon.svg
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Rusty LaRue
Corey Beck
Jim Farmer
Jason Sasser
Erik Martin
Adrian Griffin
Reggie Jordan
Kermit Holmes
Evers Burns
Russ Millard
Travis Williams
Michael McDonald 		Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
José Ortiz
Eddie Casiano
Orlando Santiago
Erick River
Jerome Mincy
James Carter
Carlos Lanauze
Ramón Rivas
Rolando Hourruitiner
Édgar de León
Luis Allende
Daniel Santiago 		Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Raúl Filho
André Guimarães
Caio de Mello
Carlos Rodrigues do Nascimento
Aristides dos Santos
Demétrius Ferraciú
Alexei Carvalho
Cláudio Gomes
Sandro Varejão
Vanderlei Mazzuchini
Rogério Klafke
Joélcio Joerke
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