FIBA AmeriCup

For the women's tournament, see FIBA Women's AmeriCup.

The FIBA AmeriCup (previously known as the FIBA Americas Championship) is the Americas Basketball Championship that takes place every four years between national teams of the Western Hemisphere continents.

FIBA AmeriCup

Current season, competition or edition: 2022 FIBA AmeriCup
Formerly	Tournament of the Americas FIBA Americas Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1980; 43 years ago (1980)
Inaugural season	1980
Organising body	FIBA
No. of teams	12
Country	FIBA Americas member nations
Continent	FIBA Americas (Americas)
Most recent champion(s)	Argentina (3rd title)
Most titles	United States (7 titles)
Related competitions	Centrobasket South American Championship
Official website	FIBA AmeriCup

Since FIBA organised the entire Western Hemisphere west of the Atlantic Ocean under one zone, countries from North America, Central America, the Caribbean and South America compete in this tournament.

Through the 2015 edition, the Americas Championship took place every two years, and was also a qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Cup and the Summer Olympic Games. However, since 2017, the AmeriCup, along with all other FIBA continental championships for men are played once every four years. The continental championships are no longer a part of the qualifying process for either the World Cup or Olympics.^[1]

Summaries

Ed.	Year	Host		Gold medal game				Bronze medal game
				Gold	Score	Silver		Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1	1980	Puerto Rico		Puerto Rico	– ^[n 1]	Canada		Argentina	– ^[n 1]	Brazil
2	1984	Brazil		Brazil	– ^[n 1]	Uruguay		Canada	– ^[n 1]	Panama
3	1988	Uruguay		Brazil	101–92^[2]	Puerto Rico		Canada	87–70	Uruguay
4	1989	Mexico		Puerto Rico	89–80	United States		Brazil	158–124	Venezuela
5	1992	United States		United States	127–80	Venezuela		Brazil	93–91	Puerto Rico
6	1993	Puerto Rico		United States	109–95	Puerto Rico		Argentina	98–91	Brazil
7	1995	Argentina		Puerto Rico	87–86	Argentina		Brazil	97–77	Canada
8	1997	Uruguay		United States	95–86	Puerto Rico		Brazil	76–75	Argentina
9	1999	Puerto Rico		United States	92–66	Canada		Argentina	103–101	Puerto Rico
10	2001	Argentina		Argentina	78–59	Brazil		Canada	102–95	Puerto Rico
11	2003	Puerto Rico		United States	106–73	Argentina		Puerto Rico	79–66	Canada
12	2005	Dominican Republic		Brazil	100–88	Argentina		Venezuela	93–83	United States
13	2007	United States		United States	118–81	Argentina		Puerto Rico	111–107	Brazil
14	2009	Puerto Rico		Brazil	61–60	Puerto Rico		Argentina	88–73	Canada
15	2011	Argentina		Argentina	80–75	Brazil		Dominican Republic	103–89	Puerto Rico
16	2013	Venezuela		Mexico	91–89	Puerto Rico		Argentina	103–93	Dominican Republic
17	2015	Mexico		Venezuela	76–71	Argentina		Canada	87–86	Mexico
18	2017	Argentina   Colombia   Uruguay		United States	81–76	Argentina		Mexico	79–65	Virgin Islands
19	2022	Brazil		Argentina	75–73	Brazil		United States	84–80	Canada

Notes

1. Positions defined after a round-robin tournament.

Medal table

 

Map of best finishes per team.

  First place

  Second place

  Fourth place and better

  Eighth place and better

  Worse than eighth place

  FIBA Americas member, no appearance yet

  Not a FIBA Americas member

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	7	1	1	9
2	Brazil	4	3	4	11
3	Argentina	3	6	5	14
4	Puerto Rico	3	5	2	10
5	Venezuela	1	1	1	3
6	Mexico	1	0	1	2
7	Canada	0	2	4	6
8	Uruguay	0	1	0	1
9	Dominican Republic	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		19	19	19	57

Participating nations

Argentina, Brazil, Canada and Puerto Rico are the only four teams that have contested all the editions of the tournament. United States is the most successful nation with 7 titles.

Team	1980	1984	1988	1989	1992	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2022	Total
Argentina	3rd	7th	5th	8th	5th	3rd	2nd	4th	3rd	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	1st	19
Bahamas	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Barbados	–	–	–	–	–	–	10th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Brazil	4th	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	4th	3rd	3rd	6th	2nd	7th	1st	4th	1st	2nd	9th	9th	10th	2nd	19
Canada	2nd	3rd	3rd	5th	6th	7th	4th	5th	2nd	3rd	4th	9th	5th	4th	6th	6th	3rd	8th	4th	19
Colombia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11th	9th	2
Cuba	6th	8th	–	7th	9th	5th	5th	6th	10th	–	–	–	–	–	10th	–	10th	–	–	10
Dominican Republic	–	9th	–	6th	–	9th	7th	9th	7th	–	8th	6th	–	5th	3rd	4th	6th	7th	8th	14
Ecuador	–	–	–	12th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Jamaica	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	–	–	–	1
Mexico	5th	5th	6th	9th	7th	–	–	10th	–	9th	6th	10th	7th	7th	–	1st	4th	3rd	6th	15
Panama	–	4th	–	11th	8th	8th	–	–	9th	6th	–	5th	9th	8th	8th	–	7th	12th	11th	13
Paraguay	–	–	–	10th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9th	10th	–	–	–	3
Puerto Rico	1st	6th	2nd	1st	4th	2nd	1st	2nd	4th	4th	3rd	7th	3rd	2nd	4th	2nd	5th	5th	5th	19
United States	–	–	–	2nd	1st	1st	–	1st	1st	10th	1st	4th	1st	–	–	–	–	1st	3rd	11
Uruguay	7th	2nd	4th	–	10th	10th	6th	8th	8th	8th	9th	8th	6th	6th	7th	7th	8th	6th	10th	18
Venezuela	–	–	7th	4th	2nd	6th	9th	7th	5th	5th	5th	3rd	8th	9th	5th	5th	1st	9th	7th	17
Virgin Islands	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7th	10th	–	10th	10th	–	–	–	4th	12th	6
Total	7	9	7	12	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12

Tournament awards and records

Most Valuable Player

Main article: FIBA AmeriCup Most Valuable Player

Most recent award winner (2022)

Year	Winner
2022	Gabriel Deck

All-Tournament Team

Main article: FIBA AmeriCup All-Tournament Team

Most recent award winners (2022)

Year	Player	Position	Team
2022	Facundo Campazzo	Guard	Argentina
	Yago dos Santos	Guard	Brazil
	Norris Cole	Forward	United States
	Dalano Banton	Forward	Canada
	Gabriel Deck	Center	Argentina

FIBA AmeriCup Top Scorer

Main article: FIBA AmeriCup Top Scorer

Records

Main article: FIBA AmeriCup records

See also

• FIBA World Cup
• Summer Olympic Games
• Pan American Games
• Centrobasket
• South American Championship
• South American Championship for Women
• FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship
• FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship
• FIBA Women's AmeriCup

References

1. "Central Board gives green light to new format and calendar of competition" (Press release). FIBA. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
2. "BRASIL TRIUNFA EN BASKETBALL PREOLIMPICO". El Nuevo Herald. 2 June 1988. Retrieved 25 October 2011.

External links

• Official website