1992 Tournament of the Americas

1992 Tournament of the Americas
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
CityPortland
DatesJune 27 - July 5
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (1st title)
Runners-up Venezuela
Third place Brazil
Fourth place Puerto Rico
Tournament statistics
MVPCharles Barkley and Magic Johnson

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.

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

Main article: 1992 Tournament of the Americas squads

Preliminary round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

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
Cuba  79–78  Canada
Memorial Coliseum, Portland
June 28
United States  136–57 [1]  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
Rose Garden, 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
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
Rose Garden, 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 [3]
 Puerto Rico 95
 Argentina 85
 Puerto Rico 81 Third place (July 5)
 United States 119 [2]
 Brazil 93
 Puerto Rico 91

The final

Dream team beat Venezuela easily by 127-80. Topscorers of the game were Charles Barkley and Karl Malone with 17 pts, Christian Laettner had 16 and Clyde Drexler 15 with 10 assists.[4]

Awards

Player of game

This concerns the Dream Team's games held in Portland, Oregon.

MVP

Charles Barkley and Magic Johnson were both named MVPs of the tournament. They both had 16 points average per game. The award was sponsored by Visa a worldwide sponsor of the 1992 Olympics.

Assits

Magic Johnson was the top assister of the tournament with 54.


 1992 Tournament of the Americas winners 

United States
First title

Final standings

Qualified for the 1992 Olympic Tournament
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 6–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Venezuela 4–3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Brazil 6-1
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

References

  1. ^ DREAM TEAM DAZZLES IN LAUGHER (June 28, 1992) - orlandosentinel.com
  2. ^ U.S. Dream Team remains unchallenged, beating Puerto Rico, 119-81, to reach final (July 4, 1992) - latimes.com
  3. ^ U.S. Wins. Try Telling Venezuela That It Didn't Too. (July 6, 1992) - nytimes.com
  4. ^ "From Rip City to Barcelona Archived December 23, 2015, at the Wayback Machine". Associated Press. Toledo Blade. July 6, 1992. Retrieved August 13, 2010.

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