1999 Tournament of the Americas

FIBA Americas Championship 1999
9th FIBA American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Puerto Rico
Dates	July 14–25
Teams	10 (from 43 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	United States (4th title)
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The 1999 The Tournament of the Americas, known now as the FIBA Americas Championship (as 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 Americas Championship 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 Americas championship.

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.

• North America:  Canada,  United States
• Caribbean and Central America: Cuba,  Dominican Republic,  Mexico,  Puerto Rico
• South America:  Argentina,  Brazil,  Uruguay,  Venezuela

The draw split the tournament into two groups:

Group A  Argentina  Canada  Cuba  United States  Uruguay

Group B  Brazil  Dominican Republic  Panama  Puerto Rico  Venezuela

Format

• The top four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals.
• Results and standings among teams within the same group are carried over.
• The top four teams at the quarterfinals advance to the semifinals (1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3).
• The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final and were granted berths in the 2000 Summer Olympics tournament in Sydney. The losers figure in a third-place playoff.

Preliminary round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	4	4	0	403	256	+147	8
Canada	4	3	1	292	291	+1	7
Argentina	4	2	2	320	337	−17	6
Uruguay	4	1	3	302	379	−77	5
Cuba	4	0	4	277	331	−54	4

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Puerto Rico	4	4	0	365	310	+55	8
Venezuela	4	3	1	293	287	+6	7
Brazil	4	2	2	316	324	−8	6
Dominican Republic	4	1	3	302	316	−14	5
Panama	4	0	4	289	328	−39	4

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.

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	7	7	0	710	485	+225	14
Canada	7	5	2	552	500	+52	12
Puerto Rico	7	5	2	625	594	+31	12
Argentina	7	5	2	599	576	+23	12
Venezuela	7	3	4	491	561	−70	10
Brazil	7	2	5	551	589	−38	9
Uruguay	7	1	6	515	646	−131	8
Dominican Republic	7	0	7	502	594	−92	7

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	July 23
	United States	88
	Argentina	59
					July 24
					United States	92
					Canada	66
					Third place
	July 23			July 24
	Canada	83		Argentina	103
	Puerto Rico	71			Puerto Rico	101

Awards

1999 Tournament of the Americas Winners
United States Fourth title

Final standings

Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics

Rank	Team	Record
01 !	United States	10–0
02 !	Canada	7–3
03 !	Argentina	7–3
4	Puerto Rico	6–4
5	Venezuela	4–4
6	Brazil	3–5
7	Dominican Republic	2–6
8	Uruguay	1–7
9	Panama	0–4
10	Cuba	0–4

External links

• FIBA Americas 1999 - Men Basketball, Latinbasket.com.
• 1999 Panamerican Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, FIBA.com.

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