1997 Tournament of the Americas
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The 1997 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a basketball championship hosted by Uruguay from 21 to 31, August 1997. The games were played in Montevideo. This FIBA AmeriCup 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 AmeriCup 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.
- North America: File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada, File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
- Caribbean and Central America:File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba, File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic, File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico, File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico
- South America: File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina, File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil, File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay, File:Flag of Venezuela (1930–1954).svg Venezuela
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The draw split the tournament into two groups:
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Format
- 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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Preliminary round
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Group A
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Group B
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21 August
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| File:Flag of Venezuela (1930–1954).svg Venezuela | 85–75 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
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21 August
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| File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico | 88–85 | File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic |
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22 August
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| File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 98–70 | File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic |
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22 August
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| File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 78–77 | File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico |
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23 August
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| File:Flag of Venezuela (1930–1954).svg Venezuela | 85–80 | File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic |
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23 August
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| File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 102–97 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
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24 August
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| File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 93–82 | File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico |
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24 August
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| File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 119–98 | File:Flag of Venezuela (1930–1954).svg Venezuela |
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25 August
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| File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 109–85 | File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic |
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25 August
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| File:Flag of Venezuela (1930–1954).svg Venezuela | 97–83 | File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico |
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Quarterfinal group
| Qualified for the semifinals |
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 two teams advanced to the first place game and the third and fourth-place teams advanced to the third place game. The fifth-place team (Cuba) and the sixth-place team (Canada) did not continue competing for the Americas Championship, but played a further game against each other, with the winner qualifying for the 1998 FIBA World Championship.
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28 August
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| File:Flag of Venezuela (1930–1954).svg Venezuela | 87–85 | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina |
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28 August
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| File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 98–84 | File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay |
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29 August
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| File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 91–78 | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina |
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29 August
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| File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay | 84–77 | File:Flag of Venezuela (1930–1954).svg Venezuela |
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30 August
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| File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba | 102–100 | File:Flag of Venezuela (1930–1954).svg Venezuela |
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30 August
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| File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | 87–76 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
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30 August
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| File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 93–89 | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil |
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30 August
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| File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico | 102–81 | File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay |
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Final round
Fifth place game
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Third place game
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First place game
31 August
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| File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 95–86 | File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico |
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Awards
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Final standings
| Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship | |
| Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship (Olympic Champions) |
| Rank | Team | Record |
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| Script error: No such module "sort". | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 8–1 |
| Script error: No such module "sort". | File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico | 5–4 |
| Script error: No such module "sort". | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 6–3 |
| 4 | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | 4–5 |
| 5 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 5–4 |
| 6 | File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba | 4–5 |
| 7 | File:Flag of Venezuela (1930–1954).svg Venezuela | 4–4 |
| 8 | File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay | 3–5 |
| 9 | File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic | 0–4 |
| 10 | File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico | 0–4 |
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| File:Flag of the United States.svg 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 |
File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg 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 |
File:Flag of Brazil.svg 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 |
External links
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- 1997 Championship of the Americas for Men, FIBA.com.
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