# 1992 Tournament of the Americas

The 1992 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a basketball championship hosted by the United States from June 27 to July 5, 1992. The games were played at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the four berths allocated to the Americas for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. It was the international debut of the Dream Team, which defeated Venezuela in the final to win the tournament. Puerto Rico and Brazil made the semifinals to also qualify for the Olympics.

## Qualification

Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1991; USA and Canada qualified automatically since they are the only two members of the North America zone.
* North America: Canada, United States
* Caribbean and Central America: Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico
* South America: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Venezuela
The draw split the tournament into two groups:

## Format

* The top three teams from each group advance to the knockout round.
* The winners in the knockout semifinals advanced to the Final and were granted berths in the 1992 Olympic Tournament in Barcelona. The losers figure in a third place playoff and were both also granted berths in the Olympic Tournament.

## Preliminary round

* Qualified for the quarterfinals

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| United States | 4 | 4 | 0 | 481 | 257 | +224 | 8 |
| Canada | 4 | 2 | 2 | 297 | 326 | −29 | 6 |
| Argentina | 4 | 2 | 2 | 334 | 362 | −28 | 6 |
| Panama | 4 | 1 | 3 | 276 | 344 | −68 | 5 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1 | 3 | 274 | 373 | −99 | 5 |
* June 27
| Argentina | 94–76 | Panama |
* Memorial Coliseum, Portland
* June 27
| Cuba | 79–78 | Canada |
* Memorial Coliseum, Portland
* June 28
| United States | 136–57 | Cuba |
* Memorial Coliseum, Portland
* June 28
| Canada | 87–80 | Argentina |
* Memorial Coliseum, Portland
* June 29
| Panama | 86–67 | Cuba |
* Memorial Coliseum, Portland
* June 29
| United States | 105–61 | Canada |
* Rose Garden, Portland
* June 30
| United States | 112–52 | Panama |
* Memorial Coliseum, Portland
* June 30
| Argentina | 73–71 | Cuba |
* Memorial Coliseum, Portland
* July 1
| United States | 128–87 | Argentina |
* Memorial Coliseum, Portland
* July 1
| Canada | 71–62 | Panama |
* Memorial Coliseum, Portland

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Brazil | 4 | 4 | 0 | 452 | 333 | +119 | 8 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 3 | 1 | 331 | 321 | +10 | 7 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 2 | 2 | 359 | 401 | −42 | 6 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1 | 3 | 328 | 331 | −3 | 5 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 0 | 4 | 367 | 451 | −84 | 4 |
* June 27
| Brazil | 95–72 | Puerto Rico |
* Memorial Coliseum, Portland
* June 27
| Venezuela | 110–97 | Uruguay |
* Memorial Coliseum, Portland
* June 28
| Brazil | 128–81 | Venezuela |
* Memorial Coliseum, Portland
* June 28
| Puerto Rico | 64–58 | Mexico |
* Memorial Coliseum, Portland
* June 29
| Puerto Rico | 104–88 | Uruguay |
* Memorial Coliseum, Portland
* June 29
| Brazil | 90–87 | Mexico |
* Rose Garden, Portland
* June 30
| Brazil | 139–93 | Uruguay |
* Memorial Coliseum, Portland
* June 30
| Venezuela | 88–85 | Mexico |
* Memorial Coliseum, Portland
* July 1
| Puerto Rico | 91–80 | Venezuela |
* Memorial Coliseum, Portland
* July 1
| Mexico | 98–89 | Uruguay |
* Memorial Coliseum, Portland

## Knockout round
### Championship bracket

| First round (July 2) | First round (July 2) | Semifinals (July 3) | Semifinals (July 3) | Championship (July 5) | Championship (July 5) |
| | | Brazil | 91 | | |
| | | Venezuela | 100 | | |
| Canada | 72 | Venezuela | 100 | | |
| Venezuela | 76 | | | | |
| Venezuela | 76 | | | Venezuela | 80 |
| | | | | United States | 127 |
| Puerto Rico | 95 | | | | | United States | 127 |
| Argentina | 85 | | |
| Argentina | 85 | Puerto Rico | 81 | Third place (July 5) | Third place (July 5) |
| | | United States | 119 |
| | | United States | 119 | Brazil | 93 |
| | | | | Puerto Rico | 91 |

## Awards

* 1992 Tournament of the Americas winners
* United States First title

## Final standings

* Qualified for the 1992 Olympic Tournament
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | United States | 6–0 |
| | Venezuela | 4–3 |
| | Brazil | 5–1 |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 4–3 |
| 5 | Canada | 2–3 |
| 6 | Argentina | 2–3 |
| 7 | Mexico | 1–3 |
| 8 | Panama | 1–3 |
| 9 | Cuba | 1–3 |
| 10 | Uruguay | 0–4 |