1997 Tournament of the Americas

FIBA Americas Cup 1997
8th FIBA American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Uruguay
Dates 21−31 August
Teams 10 (from 42 federations)
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  United States (3rd title)
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The 1997 Tournament of the Americas, known now as the FIBA Americas Championship, was a basketball championship hosted by Uruguay from 21 to 31 August 31 1997. The games were played in Montevideo. This FIBA Americas Championship was to earn the four berths allocated to the Americas for the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Athens, Greece. The United States won the tournament, the country's third Americas championship.

Qualification

Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1997; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone.

The draw split the tournament into two groups:

Group A

 Argentina
 Brazil
 Cuba
 Mexico
 Uruguay

Group B

 Canada
 Dominican Republic
 Puerto Rico
 United States
 Venezuela

Format

Preliminary round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Argentina 4 3 1 317 284+33 7 1–0
 Brazil 4 3 1 328 297+31 7 0–1
 Cuba 4 2 2 307 290+17 6 1–0
 Uruguay 4 2 2 297 30811 6 0–1
 Mexico 4 0 4 282 35270 4  
21 August
 Argentina 8173  Cuba
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

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Canada 4 3 1 403 362+41 7 1–1 (0.527)
 United States 4 3 1 368 334+34 7 1–1 (0.524)
 Venezuela 4 3 1 365 357+8 7 1–1 (0.506)
 Puerto Rico 4 1 3 330 35323 5  
 Dominican Republic 4 0 4 320 38060 4  
21 August
 Venezuela 8575  United States
21 August
 Puerto Rico 8885  Dominican Republic
Montevideo
22 August
 United States 9870  Dominican Republic
Montevideo
22 August
 Canada 7877  Puerto Rico
Montevideo
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

Qualified for the semifinals
Fifth place

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. 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 W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 United States 8 7 1 750 673+77 15  
 Puerto Rico 8 5 3 722 679+43 13 1−0
 Brazil 8 5 3 680 637+43 13 0−1
 Argentina 8 4 4 650 626+24 12 2−1 (0.509)
 Cuba 8 4 4 666 68115 12 2−1 (0.494)
 Canada 8 4 4 699 687+12 12 1−2 (0.504)
 Venezuela 8 4 4 708 7168 12 1−2 (0.497)
 Uruguay 8 3 5 602 64846 11  
27 August
 United States 10088  Cuba
27 August
 Puerto Rico 8883  Argentina
27 August
 Brazil 8879  Venezuela
27 August
 Canada 6356  Uruguay
28 August
 Venezuela 8785  Argentina
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 102100  Venezuela
Montevideo
30 August
 Argentina 8776  Canada
Montevideo
30 August
 United States 9389  Brazil
Montevideo
30 August
 Puerto Rico 10281  Uruguay
Montevideo

Final round

Fifth place game

31 August
 Canada 9283  Cuba
Montevideo

Third place game

31 August
 Brazil 7675  Argentina
Montevideo

First place game

31 August
 United States 9586  Puerto Rico
Montevideo

Awards

 1997 Tournament of the Americas Winners 

United States
Third title

Final standings

Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship
Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship (Olympic Champions)
Rank Team Record
1st, gold medalist(s)  United States 8–1
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Puerto Rico 5–4
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Brazil 6–3
4  Argentina 4–5
5  Canada 5–4
6  Cuba 4–5
7  Venezuela 4–4
8  Uruguay 3–5
9  Dominican Republic 0–4
10  Mexico 0–4
 United States
Rusty LaRue
Corey Beck
Jim Farmer
Jason Sasser
Erik Martin
Adrian Griffin
Reggie Jordan
Kermit Holmes
Evers Burns
Russ Millard
Travis Williams
Michael McDonald
 Puerto Rico
José Ortiz
Eddie Casiano
Orlando Santiago
Erick River
Jerome Mincy
James Carter
Carlos Lanauze
Ramón Rivas
Rolando Hourruitiner
Édgar de León
Luis Allende
Daniel Santiago
 Brazil
Raúl Filho
André Guimarães
Caio de Mello
Carlos Rodrigues do Nascimento
Aristides dos Santos
Demétrius Ferraciú
Alexei Carvalho
Cláudio Gomes
Sandro Varejão
Vanderlei Mazzuchini
Rogério Klafke
Joélcio Joerke

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