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1997 Tournament of the Americas

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The 1997 Tournament of the Americas, known now as the FIBA Americas

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Championship, was a basketball championship hosted by Uruguay from 21 to 31

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August 31 1997. The games were played in Montevideo. This FIBA Americas

FIBA Americas Championship 1997

8th FIBA American Basketball Championship
Tournament details

Championship was to earn the four berths allocated to the Americas for the 1998

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FIBA World Championship in Athens, Greece. The United States won the

Host nation

Uruguay

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tournament, the country's third Americas championship.

Dates

2131 August

Teams

10 (from 42 federations)

Venues

1 (in 1 host city)

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Contents [hide]
1 Qualification

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2 Format

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3 Squads

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4 Preliminary round

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4.1 Group A
4.2 Group B

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5 Quarterfinal Group

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6 Final round

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6.1 Fifth place game

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6.2 Third place game

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6.3 First place game

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7 Awards

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8 Final standings

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United States (3rd title)

9 External links

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Qualification

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Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1997; two teams (USA and Canada)

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qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone.

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North America:

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Caribbean and Central America:

Slovenina
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South America:

Canada,

United States

Argentina,

Cuba,

Dominican Republic,

Brazil,

Uruguay,

Mexico,

Puerto Rico

Venezuela

The draw split the tournament into two groups:

Group A

Group B

Argentina

Canada

Brazil

Dominican Republic

Cuba

Puerto Rico

Mexico

United States

Uruguay

Venezuela

Format

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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 were granted berths in the 1998 FIBA World Championship. Since the United States
were already qualified as Olympic Champions, should they reach one of the top four places in the quarterfinals, the fifth team on
the final standings was given the remaining berth.
The top four teams then played an extra match to define the first six places in the final standings (1 vs. 2 for first place, 3 vs. 4
for third place and 5 vs. 6 for fifth place).

Squads

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Main article: 1997 Tournament of the Americas squads

Preliminary round
Group A

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Qualified for the quarterfinals

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Team
Argentina
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Pld

PF

PA

PD

Pts

Tie

317

284

+33

10

Brazil

328

297

+31

01

Cuba

307

290

+17

10

Uruguay

297

308

11

01

Mexico

282

352

70

21 August

Argentina

8173

Cuba

Montevideo

21 August

Uruguay

8167

Mexico

Montevideo

22 August

Argentina

6865

Brazil

Montevideo

22 August

Cuba

7168

Mexico

Montevideo

23 August

Cuba

8863

Uruguay

Montevideo

23 August

Brazil

10171

Mexico

Montevideo

24 August

Argentina

9976

Mexico

Montevideo

24 August

Brazil

8483 OT

Uruguay

Montevideo

25 August

Brazil

7865

Cuba

Montevideo

25 August

Uruguay

7069

Argentina

Montevideo

Group B

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Team

Pld

PF

PA

PD

Pts

Tie

Canada

403

362

+41

11 (0.527)

United States

368

334

+34

11 (0.524)

Venezuela

365

357

+8

11 (0.506)

Puerto Rico

330

353

23

Dominican Republic

320

380

60

21 August

Venezuela

8575

United States

Montevideo

21 August

Puerto Rico

8885

Dominican Republic

Montevideo

22 August

United States

9870

Dominican Republic

Montevideo

22 August

Canada

7877

Puerto Rico

Montevideo

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23 August

Venezuela

8580

Dominican Republic

Montevideo

23 August

United States

10297

Canada

Montevideo

24 August

United States

9382

Puerto Rico

Montevideo

24 August

Canada

11998

Venezuela

Montevideo

25 August

Canada

10985

Dominican Republic

Montevideo

25 August

Venezuela

9783

Puerto Rico

Montevideo

Quarterfinal Group

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The top four teams in both Group A and Group B advanced to the quarterfinal group. Then each team

Qualified for the semifinals

played the four from the other group once to complete a full round robin. Records from the preliminary

Fifth place

groups carried over. The top four teams advanced to the semifinals. The fifth-place team (Cuba) did not
continue competing for the Americas Championship, but qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship.
Team

Pld

PF

PA

PD

Pts

Tie

United States

750

673

+77

15

Puerto Rico

722

679

+43

13

10

Brazil

680

637

+43

13

01

Argentina

650

626

+24

12

21 (0.509)

Cuba

666

681

15

12

21 (0.494)

Canada

699

687

+12

12

12 (0.504)

Venezuela

708

716

12

12 (0.497)

Uruguay

602

648

46

11

27 August

United States

10088

Cuba

Montevideo

27 August

Puerto Rico

8883

Argentina

Montevideo

27 August

Brazil

8879

Venezuela

Montevideo

27 August

Canada

6356

Uruguay

Montevideo

28 August

Venezuela

8785

Argentina

Montevideo

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28 August

Cuba

8875

Canada

Montevideo

28 August

Puerto Rico

8681

Brazil

Montevideo

28 August

United States

9884

Uruguay

Montevideo

29 August

Puerto Rico

11681

Cuba

Montevideo

29 August

United States

9178

Argentina

Montevideo

29 August

Uruguay

8477

Venezuela

Montevideo

29 August

Brazil

9482

Canada

Montevideo

30 August

Cuba

102

Venezuela

Montevideo

100
30 August

Argentina

8776

Canada

Montevideo

30 August

United States

9389

Brazil

Montevideo

30 August

Puerto Rico

10281

Uruguay

Montevideo

Canada

9283

Cuba

Montevideo

Brazil

7675

Argentina

Montevideo

United States

9586

Puerto Rico

Montevideo

Final round

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Fifth place game

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31 August

Third place game

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31 August

First place game

31 August

Awards

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1997 Tournament of the Americas Winners

United States
Third title
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Final standings
Rank

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Team
United States

81

Puerto Rico

54

Brazil

63

Argentina

45

Canada

54

Cuba

45

Venezuela

44

Uruguay

35

Dominican Republic

04

10

Mexico

04

United States

Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship

Record

Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship (Olympic Champions)

Puerto Rico

Brazil

Rusty LaRue

Jos Ortiz

Ral Filho

Corey Beck

Eddie Casiano

Andr Guimares

Jim Farmer

Orlando Santiago

Caio de Mello

Jason Sasser

Erick River

Carlos Rodrigues do Nascimento

Erik Martin

Jerome Mincy

Aristides dos Santos

Adrian Griffin

James Carter

Demtrius Ferraci

Reggie Jordan

Carlos Lanauze

Alexei Carvalho

Kermit Holmes

Ramn Rivas

Cludio Gomes

Evers Burns

Rolando Hourruitiner

Sandro Varejo

Russ Millard

dgar de Len

Vanderlei Mazzuchini

Travis Williams

Luis Allende

Rogrio Klafke

Michael McDonald

Daniel Santiago

Jolcio Joerke

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External links

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1997 Championship of the Americas for Men , FIBA.com.
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