1989 Tournament of the Americas

1989 Tournament of the Americas
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
City	Mexico City
Dates	June 8–18
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Puerto Rico (2nd title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Venezuela
	← 1988 1992 →

The 1989 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a basketball championship hosted by Mexico from June 8 to June 18, 1989. The games were played in Mexico City. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the five berths allocated to the Americas for the 1990 FIBA World Championship in Argentina. Puerto Rico defeated the United States in the final to win the tournament. Brazil, Venezuela, and Canada also qualified for the World Championship by finishing third through fifth, respectively.

Qualification

Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1989; 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, Panama, Puerto Rico
South America: Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela

The draw split the tournament into two groups:

Group A

  Cuba
  Dominican Republic
  Mexico
  Panama
  Puerto Rico
  United States

Group B

  Argentina
  Brazil
  Canada
  Ecuador
  Paraguay
  Venezuela

Format

The top four teams from each group advance to the knockout round. The losers from the knockout quarterfinals compete in a separate bracket to define fifth through eighth place.
Results and standings among teams within the same group are carried over.
The winners in the knockout semifinals advanced to the Final and were granted berths in the 1990 FIBA World Championship in Argentina. The losers figure in a third-place playoff and were both also granted berths in the FIBA World Championship. Since Argentina and the United States were already qualified as hosts and Olympic Champions respectively, should they reach one of the top four positions in the final standings, one or two extra berths should be granted to the fifth and/or sixth team in the final standings.

Squads

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Puerto Rico	5	4	1	495	447	+48	9
United States	5	4	1	523	480	+43	9
Dominican Republic	5	4	1	485	466	+19	9
Cuba	5	2	3	450	449	+1	7
Mexico	5	1	4	453	476	−23	6
Panama	5	0	5	432	520	−88	5

June 8

Dominican Republic

116–108

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Brazil	5	5	0	572	429	+143	10
Venezuela	5	4	1	549	488	+61	9
Canada	5	3	2	447	423	+24	8
Argentina	5	2	3	480	469	+11	7
Paraguay	5	1	4	417	529	−112	6
Ecuador	5	0	5	394	521	−127	5

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Puerto Rico	94

Argentina	89
		Puerto Rico	94

		Venezuela	91
Venezuela	109

Dominican Republic	102
				Puerto Rico	88

				United States	80
United States	75

Canada	73
		United States	99

		Brazil	96	Third place
Brazil	104

Cuba	89
				Brazil	158

				Venezuela	124

Semi-finals		Fifth place



Argentina	85

Dominican Republic	89
		Dominican Republic	84

		Canada	108
Canada	89

Cuba	86
		Seventh place



		Argentina	81

		Cuba	88

	Qualified for the 1990 FIBA World Championship
	Qualified for the 1990 FIBA World Championship as World Champions
	Qualified for the 1990 FIBA World Championship as hosts

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

1989 Tournament of the Americas

Qualification

Format

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout round

Championship Bracket

Classification round

5th-8th places

Final standings

References