Current season, competition or edition: 2025 FIBA AmeriCup qualification | |
Formerly | Tournament of the Americas FIBA Americas Championship |
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Sport | Basketball |
Founded | 1980 |
First season | 1980 |
Organising body | FIBA |
No. of teams | 12 |
Country | FIBA Americas member nations |
Continent | FIBA Americas (Americas) |
Most recent champion(s) | Argentina (3rd title) |
Most titles | United States (7 titles) |
Related competitions | Centrobasket South American Championship |
Official website | FIBA Americas |
The FIBA AmeriCup (previously known as the FIBA Americas Championship) is the Americas Basketball Championship that takes place every four years between national teams of the Western Hemisphere continents.
Since FIBA organized the entire Western Hemisphere west of the Atlantic Ocean under one zone, countries from North America, Central America, the Caribbean and South America compete in this tournament.
Through the 2015 edition, the Americas Championship took place every two years, and was also a qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Cup and the Summer Olympic Games. However, since 2017, the AmeriCup, along with all other FIBA continental championships for men are played once every four years. The continental championships are no longer a part of the qualifying process for either the World Cup or Olympics. [1]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
2 | Brazil | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
3 | Argentina | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
4 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
5 | Venezuela | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | Mexico | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
8 | Uruguay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
9 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (9 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |
Argentina, Brazil, Canada and Puerto Rico are the only four teams that have contested all the editions of the tournament. United States is the most successful nation with 7 titles.
Team | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1989 | 1992 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2022 | 2025 | Total |
Argentina | 3rd | 7th | 5th | 8th | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 19 | |
Bahamas | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Barbados | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Brazil | 4th | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 7th | 1st | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 9th | 9th | 10th | 2nd | Q | 20 |
Canada | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 7th | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 9th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 6th | 3rd | 8th | 4th | 19 | |
Colombia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | 9th | 2 | |
Cuba | 6th | 8th | – | 7th | 9th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | 10th | – | – | 10 | |
Dominican Republic | – | 9th | – | 6th | – | 9th | 7th | 9th | 7th | – | 8th | 6th | – | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 14 | |
Ecuador | – | – | – | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Jamaica | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Mexico | 5th | 5th | 6th | 9th | 7th | – | – | 10th | – | 9th | 6th | 10th | 7th | 7th | – | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 15 | |
Nicaragua | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 1 |
Panama | – | 4th | – | 11th | 8th | 8th | – | – | 9th | 6th | – | 5th | 9th | 8th | 8th | – | 7th | 12th | 11th | 13 | |
Paraguay | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 10th | – | – | – | 3 | |
Puerto Rico | 1st | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 7th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 5th | 19 | |
United States | – | – | – | 2nd | 1st | 1st | – | 1st | 1st | 10th | 1st | 4th | 1st | – | – | – | – | 1st | 3rd | 11 | |
Uruguay | 7th | 2nd | 4th | – | 10th | 10th | 6th | 8th | 8th | 8th | 9th | 8th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 8th | 6th | 10th | Q | 19 |
Venezuela | – | – | 7th | 4th | 2nd | 6th | 9th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 8th | 9th | 5th | 5th | 1st | 9th | 7th | 17 | |
Virgin Islands | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | 10th | – | 10th | 10th | – | – | – | 4th | 12th | – | 6 |
Total | 7 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
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A total of 19 national teams have appeared in at least one FIBA AmeriCup in the history of the tournament through the 2025 competition. Each successive AmeriCup has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Countries competing in their first AmeriCup are listed below by year.
Year | Debutants | Number |
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1980 | Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Uruguay | 7 |
1984 | Dominican Republic, Panama | 9 |
1988 | Venezuela | 10 |
1989 | Ecuador, Paraguay, United States | 13 |
1992 | None | 13 |
1993 | None | 13 |
1995 | Bahamas, Barbados | 15 |
1997 | None | 15 |
1999 | None | 15 |
2001 | Virgin Islands | 16 |
2003 | None | 16 |
2005 | None | 16 |
2007 | None | 16 |
2009 | None | 16 |
2011 | None | 16 |
2013 | Jamaica | 17 |
2015 | None | 17 |
2017 | Colombia | 18 |
2022 | None | 18 |
2025 | Nicaragua | 19 |
Total | 19 |
Year | Winner |
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2022 | Gabriel Deck |
Year | Player | Position | Team |
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2022 | Facundo Campazzo | Guard | Argentina |
Yago dos Santos | Guard | Brazil | |
Norris Cole | Forward | United States | |
Dalano Banton | Forward | Canada | |
Gabriel Deck | Center | Argentina |
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