1980 Tournament of the Americas

FIBA Americas Cup 1980
1st FIBA American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Puerto Rico
Dates	April 18–25, 1980
Teams	7 (from 38 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Puerto Rico (1st title)
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The 1980 Tournament of the Americas, known now as the FIBA Americas Championship, was a basketball championship hosted by Puerto Rico from April 18 to April 25, 1980. The games were played in San Juan. This FIBA Americas Championship was to earn the berths allocated to the Americas for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The United States did not participate in the tournament. Puerto Rico won the tournament by going 5-1 in the round robin. Because of the U.S.-led boycott of the Olympics, eventual berths went to Brazil, the fourth-place finisher, and Cuba, the sixth-place finisher.

Competing nations

The following national teams competed:

Argentina Brazil Canada Cuba Mexico Puerto Rico Uruguay

Preliminary rounds

Standings

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Puerto Rico*	11	6	5	1	651	535	+116
Canada*	11	6	5	1	544	476	+68
Argentina*	10	6	4	2	584	526	+58
Brazil*	10	6	4	2	543	557	–14
Mexico	8	6	2	4	538	589	–51
Cuba	7	6	1	5	486	523	–37
Uruguay	6	6	0	6	492	632	–140

Puerto Rico wins gold medal based on head-to-head victory over Canada. Argentina wins bronze medal based on head-to-head victory over Brazil.

April 18, 1980


Brazil	95–82	Uruguay
Canada	77–74	Cuba
Puerto Rico	99–93	Argentina

April 19, 1980


Canada	102–79	Mexico
Brazil	78–76	Cuba
Puerto Rico	128–84	Uruguay

April 20, 1980


Canada	111–72	Uruguay
Argentina	104–79	Mexico
Puerto Rico	113–88	Cuba

April 21, 1980


Brazil	92–90	Mexico
Canada	89–86	Argentina
Cuba	103–81	Uruguay

April 23, 1980


Canada	98–81	Brazil
Argentina	97–86	Uruguay
Puerto Rico	134–104	Mexico

April 24, 1980


Argentina	118–98	Brazil
Puerto Rico	84–67	Canada
Mexico	88–70	Cuba

April 25, 1980


Mexico	98–87	Uruguay
Argentina	86–75	Cuba
Brazil	99–93	Puerto Rico

References

FIBA Archive

FIBA Americas Championship

Tournaments	Puerto Rico 1980 Brazil 1984 Uruguay 1988 Mexico 1989 United States 1992 Puerto Rico 1993 Argentina 1995 Uruguay 1997 Puerto Rico 1999 Argentina 2001 Puerto Rico 2003 Dominican Republic 2005 United States 2007 Puerto Rico 2009 Argentina 2011 Venezuela 2013 Mexico 2015

Qualification	2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Squads	2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

International men's basketball

FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup Universiade U-21 World Championship U-19 World Championship U-17 World Championship World Rankings

Africa	FIBA Africa – AfroBasket U-18 U-16

Americas	FIBA Americas – FIBA Americas Championship U-18 U-16

Asia	FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Cup U-18 U-16

Europe	FIBA Europe – EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16

Oceania	FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship U-20 U-18 U-16

Other tournaments	Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Albert Schweitzer Tournament African Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Belgrade Trophy Diamond Ball FIBA Asia Challenge FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophony Games Marchand Cup Mediterranean Games MVP Cup Stanković Cup Pan American Games Pan Arab Games South American Championship South Asian Games TBF International Under-16 Tournament William Jones Cup World Cup (Turkey)

Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.

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