Americas Championships 1999

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The Americas Championships 1999 (The Tournament of the Americas, Las Americas Tournament for Men, 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 Americas Championship 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 Americas championship.

1 Competing Nations
2 Squads
3 Preliminary Rounds
- 3.1 Group A
- 3.2 Group B
4 Quarterfinal Group
5 Knockout Stage
6 Final Standings
7 External links

[edit] Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A	Group B
Argentina Canada Cuba United States Uruguay	Brazil Dominican Republic Panama Puerto Rico Venezuela

[edit] Squads

Main article: Americas Championship 1999 squads

[edit] Preliminary Rounds

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
United States	8	4	4	0	403	256	+147
Canada	7	4	3	1	292	291	+1
Argentina	6	4	2	2	320	337	-17
Uruguay	5	4	1	3	302	379	-77
Cuba	4	4	0	4	277	331	-54

July 14, 1999


Cuba	84–87 (OT)	Uruguay
Argentina	70–77	Canada

July 15, 1999


Canada	75–65	Cuba
United States	118–72	Uruguay

July 16, 1999


United States	94–60	Canada
Argentina	81–76	Cuba

July 17, 1999


United States	103–72	Argentina
Canada	80–62	Uruguay

July 18, 1999


United States	88–52	Cuba
Argentina	97–81	Uruguay

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Puerto Rico	8	4	4	0	365	310	+55
Venezuela	7	4	3	1	293	287	+6
Brazil	6	4	2	2	316	324	-8
Dominican Republic	5	4	1	3	302	316	-14
Panama	4	4	0	4	289	328	-39

July 14, 1999


Puerto Rico	81–56	Venezuela
Brazil	70–64	Dominican Republic

July 15, 1999


Venezuela	91–68	Brazil
Dominican Republic	77–73	Panama

July 16, 1999


Puerto Rico	96–88	Brazil
Venezuela	76–72	Panama

July 17, 1999


Puerto Rico	85–71	Panama
Venezuela	70–66	Dominican Republic

July 18, 1999


Puerto Rico	103–95 (OT)	Dominican Republic
Brazil	90–73	Panama

[edit] Quarterfinal Group

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.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
United States	16	8	8	0	798	537	+261
Puerto Rico	14	8	6	2	710	665	+45
Canada	14	8	6	2	627	565	+62
Argentina	14	8	6	2	680	652	+28
Venezuela	12	8	4	4	567	633	-66
Brazil	11	8	3	5	641	662	-21
Dominican Republic	10	8	2	6	586	660	-74
Uruguay	9	8	1	7	595	737	-142

July 19, 1999


Venezuela	87–84 (OT)	Uruguay
Canada	81–64	Dominican Republic
Argentina	101–96	Puerto Rico
United States	90–73	Brazil

July 20, 1999


Puerto Rico	93–64	Uruguay
Canada	95–75	Brazil
Argentina	95–71	Venezuela
United States	107–71	Dominican Republic

July 21, 1999


Argentina	85–71	Dominican Republic
Brazil	100–74	Uruguay
Puerto Rico	80–75	Canada
United States	83–61	Venezuela

July 22, 1999


Dominican Republic	78–71	Uruguay
Argentina	79–77	Brazil
United States	115–76	Puerto Rico
Canada	84–55	Venezuela

[edit] Knockout Stage

Semi finals			Finals

July 23, 1999
United States	88
Argentina	59

			July 24, 1999
			United States	92
			Canada	66


			Third place
July 23, 1999		July 24, 1999
Canada	83	Argentina	103
Puerto Rico	71		Puerto Rico	101

[edit] Final Standings

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

The United States and Canada qualified for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

[edit] External links

International basketball

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Africa: FIBA Africa – Africa Championship North and South America: FIBA Americas – Americas Championship Asia: FIBA Asia – Asian Championship Europe: FIBA Europe – Eurobasket Oceania: FIBA Oceania – Oceania Championship