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.
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 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.
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.
^Steve Nash, jockbio.com. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
External links
FIBA Americas 1999 - Men Basketball, Latinbasket.com.
1999 Panamerican Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, FIBA.com.
January 08, 2023
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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 1999 Tournament of the AmericasTournament detailsHost countryPuerto RicoCitySan JuanDatesJuly 14 25Teams10Venue s 1 in 1 host city Final positionsChampions United States 4th title Runners up CanadaThird place ArgentinaFourth place Puerto RicoTournament statisticsMVPSteve Nash 1 19972001 Contents 1 Qualification 2 Format 3 Squads 4 Preliminary round 4 1 Group A 4 2 Group B 5 Quarterfinal group 6 Knockout stage 7 Awards 8 Final standings 9 References 10 External linksQualification EditEight 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 North America Canada United States Caribbean and Central America Cuba Dominican Republic Panama Puerto Rico South America Argentina Brazil Uruguay VenezuelaThe draw split the tournament into two groups Group A Argentina Canada Cuba United States Uruguay Group B Brazil Dominican Republic Panama Puerto Rico VenezuelaFormat EditThe 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 EditMain article 1999 Tournament of the Americas squadsPreliminary round EditQualified for the quarterfinalsGroup A Edit 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 4July 14 Cuba 84 87 OT UruguayRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 14 Argentina 70 77 CanadaRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 15 Canada 75 65 CubaRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 15 Uruguay 72 118 United StatesRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 16 United States 94 60 CanadaRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 16 Cuba 76 81 ArgentinaRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 17 Canada 80 62 UruguayRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 17 Argentina 72 103 United StatesRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 18 United States 88 52 CubaRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 18 Uruguay 81 97 ArgentinaRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan Group B Edit 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 4July 14 Puerto Rico 81 56 VenezuelaRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 14 Brazil 70 64 Dominican RepublicRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 15 Venezuela 91 68 BrazilRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 15 Dominican Republic 77 73 PanamaRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 16 Panama 72 76 VenezuelaRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 16 Brazil 88 96 Puerto RicoRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 17 Puerto Rico 85 71 PanamaRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 17 Venezuela 70 66 Dominican RepublicRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 18 Panama 73 90 BrazilRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 18 Puerto Rico 103 95 OT Dominican RepublicRoberto Clemente Coliseum San JuanQuarterfinal group EditQualified for the semifinalsThe 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 7July 19 Venezuela 71 95 ArgentinaRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 19 Canada 95 75 BrazilRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 19 Puerto Rico 93 64 UruguayRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 19 United States 107 71 Dominican RepublicRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 20 Uruguay 84 87 VenezuelaRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 20 Dominican Republic 64 81 CanadaRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 20 Puerto Rico 96 101 ArgentinaRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 20 Brazil 73 90 United StatesRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 21 Argentina 85 71 Dominican RepublicRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 21 Brazil 100 74 UruguayRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 21 Puerto Rico 80 75 CanadaRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 21 Venezuela 61 83 United StatesRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 22 Uruguay 78 71 Dominican RepublicRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 22 Brazil 77 79 ArgentinaRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 22 Puerto Rico 76 115 United StatesRoberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan July 22 Canada 84 55 VenezuelaRoberto Clemente Coliseum San JuanKnockout stage Edit Semi finalsFinal July 24 United States88 July 25 Argentina59 United States92 July 24 Canada66 Canada83 Puerto Rico71 Third place July 25 Argentina103 Puerto Rico101Awards Edit 1999 Tournament of the Americas Winners United StatesFourth titleMost Valuable Player Steve NashFinal standings EditQualified for the 2000 Summer OlympicsRank Team Record United States 10 0 Canada 7 3 Argentina 7 34 Puerto Rico 6 45 Venezuela 4 46 Brazil 3 57 Dominican Republic 2 68 Uruguay 1 79 Panama 0 410 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 Andres Nocioni Hugo Sconochini Juan Espil Manu Ginobili Gabriel Fernandez Luis Scola Leonardo GutierrezReferences Edit Steve Nash jockbio com Retrieved 27 March 2016 External links EditFIBA Americas 1999 Men Basketball Latinbasket com 1999 Panamerican Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men FIBA com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1999 Tournament of the Americas amp oldid 1111176518, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
