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1999 Tournament of the Americas

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1999 Tournament of the Americas
Tournament details
Host countryPuerto Rico
CitySan Juan
DatesJuly 14–25
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (4th title)
Runners-up Canada
Third place Argentina
Fourth place Puerto Rico
Tournament statistics
MVPCanada Steve Nash[1]
1997
2001

The 1999 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup (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 AmeriCup 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 AmeriCup championship.

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Transcription

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.

The draw split the tournament into two groups:

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.

Squads

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
July 14
 Argentina 70–77  Canada
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 15
 Canada 75–65  Cuba
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 15
 Uruguay 72–118  United States
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 16
 United States 94–60  Canada
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 16
 Cuba 76–81  Argentina
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 17
 Canada 80–62  Uruguay
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 17
 Argentina 72–103  United States
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 18
 United States 88–52  Cuba
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 18
 Uruguay 81–97  Argentina
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

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
July 14
 Brazil 70–64  Dominican Republic
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 15
 Venezuela 91–68  Brazil
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 15
 Dominican Republic 77–73  Panama
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 16
 Panama 72–76  Venezuela
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 16
 Brazil 88–96  Puerto Rico
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 17
 Puerto Rico 85–71  Panama
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 17
 Venezuela 70–66  Dominican Republic
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 18
 Panama 73–90  Brazil
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 18
 Puerto Rico 103–95 (OT)  Dominican Republic
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

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
July 19
 Canada 95–75  Brazil
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 19
 Puerto Rico 93–64  Uruguay
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 19
 United States 107–71  Dominican Republic
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 20
 Uruguay 84–87  Venezuela
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 20
 Dominican Republic 64–81  Canada
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 20
 Puerto Rico 96–101  Argentina
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 20
 Brazil 73–90  United States
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 21
 Argentina 85–71  Dominican Republic
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 21
 Brazil 100–74  Uruguay
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 21
 Puerto Rico 80–75  Canada
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 21
 Venezuela 61–83  United States
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 22
 Uruguay 78–71  Dominican Republic
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 22
 Brazil 77–79  Argentina
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 22
 Puerto Rico 76–115  United States
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
July 22
 Canada 84–55  Venezuela
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
July 24
 
 
United States United States88
 
July 25
 
Argentina Argentina59
 
United States United States92
 
July 24
 
Canada Canada66
 
Canada Canada83
 
 
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico71
 
Third place
 
 
July 25
 
 
Argentina Argentina103
 
 
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico101

Awards

 1999 Tournament of the Americas winners 

United States
Fourth title
Most Valuable Player
Canada Steve Nash

Final standings

Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 10–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada 7–3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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
 United States
Tim Duncan
Allan Houston
Steve Smith
Vin Baker
Kevin Garnett
Jason Kidd
Gary Payton
Tim Hardaway
Tom Gugliotta
Elton Brand
Richard Hamilton
Wally Szczerbiak
 Canada
Richard Elias Anderson
Rowan Barrett
Peter Guarasci
Andrew Mavis
Jordie McTavish
Michael Meeks
Shawn Swords
Keith Vassell
Steve Nash
Greg Newton
Todd MacCulloch
Sherman Hamilton
 Argentina
Alejandro Montecchia
Lucas Victoriano
Leandro Palladino
Sergio Aispurua
Facundo Sucatzky
Andrés Nocioni
Hugo Sconochini
Juan Espil
Manu Ginóbili
Gabriel Fernández
Luis Scola
Leonardo Gutiérrez

References

  1. ^ Steve Nash, jockbio.com. Retrieved 27 March 2016.

External links

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