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1992 Tournament of the Americas

Tournament details
Host country	United States
City	Portland
Dates	June 27 - July 5
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runners-up	Venezuela
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Puerto Rico
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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.

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.

• North America:  Canada,  United States
  


• 
  Caribbean and Central America: Cuba,  Mexico,  Panama,  Puerto Rico
  


• South America:  Argentina,  Brazil,  Uruguay,  Venezuela
  

The draw split the tournament into two groups:

Format

• The top three teams from each group advance to the knockout round.


• The winners in the knockout semifinals advanced to the Final and were granted berths in the 1992 Olympic Tournament in Barcelona. The losers figure in a third-place playoff and were both also granted berths in the Olympic Tournament.

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	4	4	0	481	257	+224	8
Canada	4	2	2	297	326	−29	6
Argentina	4	2	2	334	362	−28	6
Panama	4	1	3	276	344	−68	5
Cuba	4	1	3	274	373	−99	5

June 27

Argentina

94–76

Panama

Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 27

Cuba

79–78

Canada

Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 28

United States

136–57

Cuba

Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 28

Canada

87–80

Argentina

Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 29

Panama

86–67

Cuba

Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 29

United States

105–61

Canada

Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 30

United States

112–52

Panama

Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 30

Argentina

73–71

Cuba

Memorial Coliseum, Portland

July 1

United States

128–87

Argentina

Memorial Coliseum, Portland

July 1

Canada

71–62

Panama

Memorial Coliseum, Portland

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Brazil	4	4	0	452	333	+119	8
Puerto Rico	4	3	1	331	321	+10	7
Venezuela	4	2	2	359	401	−42	6
Mexico	4	1	3	328	331	−3	5
Uruguay	4	0	4	367	451	−84	4

June 27

Brazil

95–72

Puerto Rico

Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 27

Venezuela

110–97

Uruguay

Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 28

Brazil

128–81

Venezuela

Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 28

Puerto Rico

64–58

Mexico

Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 29

Puerto Rico

104–88

Uruguay

Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 29

Brazil

90–87

Mexico

Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 30

Brazil

139–93

Uruguay

Memorial Coliseum, Portland

June 30

Venezuela

88–85

Mexico

Memorial Coliseum, Portland

July 1

Puerto Rico

91–80

Venezuela

Memorial Coliseum, Portland

July 1

Mexico

98–89

Uruguay

Memorial Coliseum, Portland

Knockout round

Championship Bracket

	First Round July 2				Semifinals July 3				Championship July 5
					Brazil	91
					Venezuela	100
	Canada	72
	Venezuela	76
									Venezuela	80
									United States	127
	Puerto Rico	95
	Argentina	85
					Puerto Rico	81			Third place
					United States	119
									Brazil	93
									Puerto Rico	91

Awards

1992 Tournament of the Americas Winners
United States First title

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	United States	6–0
	Venezuela	4–3
	Brazil	5–1
4	Puerto Rico	4–3
5	Canada	2–3
6	Argentina	2–3
7	Mexico	1–3
8	Panama	1–3
9	Cuba	1–3
10	Uruguay	0–4

Team rosters

1. USA: Karl Malone, Charles Barkley, Christian Laettner, Clyde Drexler, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Chris Mullin, Patrick Ewing, Magic Johnson, Scottie Pippen, John Stockton, David Robinson (coach: Chuck Daly).

2. Venezuela: Carl Herrera, Sam Shepherd, Melquíades Jaramillo, Luis Jiménez Guevara, Rostyn González, Iván Olivares, Nelson Solórzano, Gabriel Estaba, Armando Palacios, Víctor Díaz, Alexander "Alex" Nelcha, David Díaz (coach: Julio Toro).

3. Brazil: Oscar Schmidt, Gerson Victalino, Israel Andrade, Jorge Guerra, Almir Nelson De Almeida, Aristides Josuel dos Santos, Ricardo Cardoso "Cadum" Guimarães, Marcel de Souza, João José "Pipoka" Vianna, Maury de Souza, Paulinho Villas Boas, Rolando Ferreira (coach: José Medalha).

4. Puerto Rico: Jose Ortiz, Ramon Rivas, Jerome Mincy, James Carter Gaudino, Federico "Fico" López, Raymond Gausse, Richard Soto, Edwin Pellot, Eddie Cassiano, Édgar de León, Javier Colón, Mario "Quijote" Morales(coach: Raymond Dalmau).

5. Canada: J.D. Jackson, Martin Keane, Gerald Kazanowski, Ronn McMahon, Phil Ohl, Leo Rautins, Mike Smrek, Jay Triano, David Turcotte, Bill Wennington, Trevor Williams, Greg Wiltjer, Al Kristmanson. (Coach: Ken Shields)

References

1992 American Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, FIBA.com.