FIBA Americas Championship

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Americas Championship is the name commonly used to refer to the American basketball championships that take every two years between national teams of the continents. The American Championship is also a qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championships and the Olympic Games.


[edit] List of tournaments and winners

[edit] Men's Americas Basketball Championship

Year Location Gold Final score Silver Bronze MVP
1980 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 84–67 Canada Argentina
1984 Brazil Brazil Uruguay Canada
1988 Uruguay Brazil Puerto Rico Canada
1989 Mexico Puerto Rico 89–80 United States Brazil
1992 United States United States 127–80 Venezuela Brazil
1993 Puerto Rico United States 109–95 Puerto Rico Argentina
1995 Argentina Puerto Rico Argentina Brazil
1997 Uruguay United States 95–86 Puerto Rico Brazil
1999 Puerto Rico United States 92–66 Canada Argentina
2001 Argentina Argentina 78–59 Brazil Canada
2003 Puerto Rico United States 106–73 Argentina Puerto Rico Steve Nash, Canada
2005 Dominican Republic Brazil 100–88 Argentina Venezuela Marcelinho Machado, Brazil
2007 United States

[edit] See also

http://www.fibaamericas.com/torneos1_us.asp?t=XGLQKBLQOI
http://www.usabasketball.com/history/mtoa_2003.html
http://www.usabasketball.com/history/mwcq_2005.html


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