1993 Tournament of the Americas

FIBA Americas Cup 1993

6th FIBA American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Puerto Rico
Dates	August 28-September 5
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)

The 1993 Tournament of the Americas, known now as the FIBA Americas Championship, was a basketball championship hosted by Puerto Rico from August 28 to September 5, 1993. The games were played in San Juan. This FIBA Americas Championship was to earn the four berths allocated to the Americas for the 1994 FIBA World Championship in Toronto. The United States defeated Puerto Rico in the final to win the tournament, although they had already qualified for the World Championship by winning the 1992 Summer Olympics basketball tournament. Argentina defeated Brazil in the third place game. Cuba defeated Venezuela in 5th place game. All five nations qualified for the 1994 FIBA World Championship.

Competing nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A	Group B
Brazil Dominican Republic Panama United States Venezuela	Argentina Canada Cuba Puerto Rico Uruguay

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Brazil	7	4	3	1	354	344	+10
United States	7	4	3	1	391	384	+7
Panama	6	4	2	2	343	346	-3
Venezuela	6	4	2	2	344	338	+6
Dominican Republic	4	4	0	4	340	360	-20

August 28, 1993

United States	101–99	Panama
Venezuela	98–83	Brazil

August 29, 1993

United States	102–99	Dominican Republic
Panama	80–76	Venezuela

August 30, 1993

Brazil	84–80	Dominican Republic
United States	97–85	Venezuela

August 31, 1993

Venezuela	85–78	Dominican Republic
Brazil	86–75	Panama

September 1, 1993

Brazil	101–91	United States
Panama	89–83	Dominican Republic

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Argentina	7	4	3	1	351	335	+16
Puerto Rico	7	4	3	1	392	292	+100
Canada	7	4	3	1	355	345	+10
Cuba	5	4	1	3	343	369	-26
Uruguay	4	4	0	4	314	414	-100

August 28, 1993

Argentina	93–83	Canada
Puerto Rico	128–62	Uruguay

August 29, 1993

Cuba	90–76	Uruguay
Canada	79–76	Puerto Rico

August 30, 1993

Argentina	92–84	Cuba
Canada	102–86	Uruguay

August 31, 1993

Puerto Rico	110–79	Cuba
Argentina	94–90	Uruguay

September 1, 1993

Puerto Rico	78–72	Argentina
Canada	91–90	Cuba

Knockout Round

Championship Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Brazil	99
	Cuba	88
					Brazil	97
					Puerto Rico	111
	Panama	73
	Puerto Rico	90
									Puerto Rico	95
									United States	109
	United States	87
	[[Canada men's national basketball team|Canada]]	73
					United States	123
					Argentina	107			Third place
	Argentina	93
	Venezuela	82
									Argentina	98
									Brazil	91

Classification Round

5th-8th places

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	Cuba	96
	Panama	83
					Cuba	103
					Venezuela	98
	Canada	86
	Venezuela	94
					Seventh place
					Panama	90
					Canada	96

Final standings

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

• Puerto Rico, Argentina, Brazil and Cuba qualified for the 1994 FIBA World Championship in Canada. United States had already qualified by winning the 1992 Summer Olympics

References

• FIBA Archive