1999 Tournament of the Americas

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1999 Tournament of the Americas
1999 Tournament of the Americas.jpg
Tournament details
Host countryPuerto Rico
City San Juan
DatesJuly 14–25
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the United States.svg  United States (4th title)
Runners-upFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Third placeFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Fourth placeFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Tournament statistics
MVP Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Steve Nash [1]
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The 1999 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup (also known as Las Americas Tournament for Men, the FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament, or Panamerican Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men), was a basketball championship hosted by Puerto Rico, from July 14 to July 25, 1999. The games were played in San Juan, at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the two berths allocated to the Americas for the 2000 Olympics, in Sydney, Australia. The United States won the tournament, the country's fourth AmeriCup championship.

Contents

Qualification

Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1999; 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

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 440403256+1478
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 431292291+17
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 422320337−176
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 413302379−775
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 404277331−544
July 14
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 84–87 (OT)Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
July 14
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 70–77Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 15
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 75–65Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 15
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 72–118Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 16
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 94–60Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 16
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 76–81Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 17
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 80–62Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 17
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 72–103Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 18
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 88–52Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 18
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 81–97Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 440365310+558
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 431293287+67
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 422316324−86
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 413302316−145
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 404289328−394
July 14
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 81–56Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela
July 14
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 70–64Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 15
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 91–68Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 15
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 77–73Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 16
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 72–76Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 16
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 88–96Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 17
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 85–71Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 17
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 70–66Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 18
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 73–90Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 18
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 103–95 (OT)Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

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.

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 770710485+22514
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 752552500+5212
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 752625594+3112
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 752599576+2312
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 734491561−7010
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 725551589−389
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 716515646−1318
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 707502594−927
July 19
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 71–95Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
July 19
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 95–75Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 19
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 93–64Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 19
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 107–71Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 20
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 84–87Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 20
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 64–81Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 20
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 96–101Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 20
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 73–90Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 21
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 85–71Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 21
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 100–74Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 21
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 80–75Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 21
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 61–83Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 22
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 78–71Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 22
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 77–79Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 22
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 76–115Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 22
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 84–55Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
July 24
 
 
 Flag of the United States.svg United States 88
 
July 25
 
 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 59
 
 Flag of the United States.svg United States 92
 
July 24
 
 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 66
 
 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 83
 
 
 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico 71
 
Third place
 
 
July 25
 
 
 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 103
 
 
 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico 101

Awards

 1999 Tournament of the Americas winners 
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
Fourth title
Most Valuable Player
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Steve Nash

Final standings

Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics
RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States 10–0
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7–3
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 7–3
4Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 6–4
5Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 4–4
6Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3–5
7Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 2–6
8Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 1–7
9Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 0–4
10Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 0–4
Gold medal icon.svg
Silver medal icon.svg
Bronze medal icon.svg
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Tim Duncan
Allan Houston
Steve Smith
Vin Baker
Kevin Garnett
Jason Kidd
Gary Payton
Tim Hardaway
Tom Gugliotta
Elton Brand
Richard Hamilton
Wally Szczerbiak 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Richard Elias Anderson
Rowan Barrett
Peter Guarasci
Andrew Mavis
Jordie McTavish
Michael Meeks
Shawn Swords
Keith Vassell
Steve Nash
Greg Newton
Todd MacCulloch
Sherman Hamilton 		Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Alejandro Montecchia
Lucas Victoriano
Leandro Palladino
Sergio Aispurua
Facundo Sucatzky
Andrés Nocioni
Hugo Sconochini
Juan Espil
Manu Ginóbili
Gabriel Fernández
Luis Scola
Leonardo Gutiérrez

References

  1. ↑ Steve Nash, jockbio.com. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
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