Talk:FIBA AmeriCup

1988 Championship

Puerto Rico beat Brazil in Montevideo, Uruguay at the 1988 finals, whoever is changing this to show "Brazil" as the winner please stop, history is history. Go to the FIBA page. --BoriPR (talk) 01:02, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

No, it didn't. Look at the reference, which comes from the Puerto Rican newspaper "The San Juan Star." FIBA's page is wrong. Even the Puerto Rico Basketball Federation will tell you so. Please, you stop making the change.--Coquidragon (talk) 03:07, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

It was the first time I changed it--BoriPR (talk) 03:16, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Sorry. I just saw the history and there are several changes by an anonymous IP.--Coquidragon (talk) 03:52, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

FIBA got the information backwards. An email has been written to them, and I'm waiting for a course of action.

• Here is a clip from an article in a well known Puerto Rican newspaper dated June 1st, 1988, the day after the championship game: http://www.merdist.com/SJS060188.jpg. Also, here is a link to the Brasilian Basketball Confederation official medal count: http://www.cbb.com.br/selecoes_brasileiras.asp?msb=1&id=131&t=6
• Here is the data at FIBA Americas page: [1].

Thanks.--Coquidragon (talk) 01:13, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Coqui,: SEE the OFFICIAL FIBA´s source. Puerto Rico defeated Brazil. Stop with it, please. Regards from Argentina, --190.2.97.198 (talk) 20:04, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

I have added the OFFICIAL medal count at the Brasilian Basketball Confederation which shows Brazil as the winner. I have shown a clip from a Puerto Rican newspaper which shows Brazil as the winner. FIBA's page is wrong. Sometimes, this happens. By the way, I'm Puerto Rican, so I think I would not go against my own country. Regards.--Coquidragon (talk) 00:27, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Coqui: We can´t see your reference, the link is "dead". Please, I can´t see this article. No se ve el artículo, porfavor pasalo a algun archivo en donde se pueda ver. Meanwhile, Fiba´s source must be the priority. Saludos, --190.2.97.198 (talk) 18:32, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

I have requested a third person opinion from a different wikipedia user. This is a question of whether your OFFICIAL source has more validity that my OFFICIAL sourceS. BTW, the link is not dead. If you click it, you'll go to the webpage.--Coquidragon (talk) 22:15, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

• It seems it was Brazil [2] [3] [4] [5], they all state clearly that Brazil won the final, with only the FIBA archive saying otherwise. The last link is from the Nuevo Herald, June 2 1988, 5B Deportes: "Brazil triumphs in preolimpic basketball. Brazil conquered the preolimpic basketball championship after easily defeating Puerto Rico in the finals 101-92..." — frankie (talk) 23:53, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Ok, end of discussion. The sources are now clear and solid. I thought that FIBA´s page (as been part of the official association of basketball in the world) was right, but it has a huge mistake. Incredible for an association as FIBA, but I have to admit that it was wrong. I accept my mistake, I really didn´t have bad intentions... Regards, and sorry. --190.2.97.198 (talk) 14:34, 16 September 2011 (UTC)