# 1999 Tournament of the Americas

The 1999 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup (also known as Las Americas Tournament for Men, the 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 AmeriCup 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 AmeriCup championship.

## Qualification

Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1999; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone.
* North America: Canada, United States
* Caribbean and Central America: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico
* South America: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Venezuela
The draw split the tournament into two groups:

## 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 advance to the semifinals (1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3).
* The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final and were granted berths in the 2000 Summer Olympics tournament in Sydney. The losers figure in a third-place playoff.

## Preliminary round

* Qualified for the quarterfinals

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| United States | 4 | 4 | 0 | 403 | 256 | +147 | 8 |
| Canada | 4 | 3 | 1 | 292 | 291 | +1 | 7 |
| Argentina | 4 | 2 | 2 | 320 | 337 | −17 | 6 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1 | 3 | 302 | 379 | −77 | 5 |
| Cuba | 4 | 0 | 4 | 277 | 331 | −54 | 4 |
* July 14
| Cuba | 84–87 (OT) | Uruguay |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 14
| Argentina | 70–77 | Canada |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 15
| Canada | 75–65 | Cuba |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 15
| Uruguay | 72–118 | United States |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 16
| United States | 94–60 | Canada |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 16
| Cuba | 76–81 | Argentina |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 17
| Canada | 80–62 | Uruguay |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 17
| Argentina | 72–103 | United States |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 18
| United States | 88–52 | Cuba |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 18
| Uruguay | 81–97 | Argentina |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 4 | 0 | 365 | 310 | +55 | 8 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 3 | 1 | 293 | 287 | +6 | 7 |
| Brazil | 4 | 2 | 2 | 316 | 324 | −8 | 6 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1 | 3 | 302 | 316 | −14 | 5 |
| Panama | 4 | 0 | 4 | 289 | 328 | −39 | 4 |
* July 14
| Puerto Rico | 81–56 | Venezuela |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 14
| Brazil | 70–64 | Dominican Republic |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 15
| Venezuela | 91–68 | Brazil |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 15
| Dominican Republic | 77–73 | Panama |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 16
| Panama | 72–76 | Venezuela |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 16
| Brazil | 88–96 | Puerto Rico |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 17
| Puerto Rico | 85–71 | Panama |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 17
| Venezuela | 70–66 | Dominican Republic |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 18
| Panama | 73–90 | Brazil |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 18
| Puerto Rico | 103–95 (OT) | Dominican Republic |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

## 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.
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| United States | 7 | 7 | 0 | 710 | 485 | +225 | 14 |
| Canada | 7 | 5 | 2 | 552 | 500 | +52 | 12 |
| Puerto Rico | 7 | 5 | 2 | 625 | 594 | +31 | 12 |
| Argentina | 7 | 5 | 2 | 599 | 576 | +23 | 12 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 3 | 4 | 491 | 561 | −70 | 10 |
| Brazil | 7 | 2 | 5 | 551 | 589 | −38 | 9 |
| Uruguay | 7 | 1 | 6 | 515 | 646 | −131 | 8 |
| Dominican Republic | 7 | 0 | 7 | 502 | 594 | −92 | 7 |
* July 19
| Venezuela | 71–95 | Argentina |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 19
| Canada | 95–75 | Brazil |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 19
| Puerto Rico | 93–64 | Uruguay |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 19
| United States | 107–71 | Dominican Republic |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 20
| Uruguay | 84–87 | Venezuela |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 20
| Dominican Republic | 64–81 | Canada |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 20
| Puerto Rico | 96–101 | Argentina |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 20
| Brazil | 73–90 | United States |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 21
| Argentina | 85–71 | Dominican Republic |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 21
| Brazil | 100–74 | Uruguay |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 21
| Puerto Rico | 80–75 | Canada |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 21
| Venezuela | 61–83 | United States |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 22
| Uruguay | 78–71 | Dominican Republic |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 22
| Brazil | 77–79 | Argentina |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 22
| Puerto Rico | 76–115 | United States |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
* July 22
| Canada | 84–55 | Venezuela |
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| July 24 | July 24 |
| United States | 88 |
| United States | 88 | July 25 | July 25 |
| Argentina | 59 | July 25 | July 25 |
| Argentina | 59 | United States | 92 |
| July 24 | July 24 | | United States | 92 |
| July 24 | July 24 | Canada | 66 |
| Canada | 83 | Canada | 66 |
| Puerto Rico | 71 | | |
| Puerto Rico | 71 | Third place | Third place |
| | | July 25 | July 25 |
| | | Argentina | 103 |
| | | Puerto Rico | 101 |

## Awards

* 1999 Tournament of the Americas winners
* United States Fourth title
* Most Valuable Player
* Steve Nash

## Final standings

* Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | United States | 10–0 |
| | Canada | 7–3 |
| | 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 |
| United States Tim Duncan Allan Houston Steve Smith Vin Baker Kevin Garnett Jason Kidd Gary Payton Tim Hardaway Tom Gugliotta Elton Brand Richard Hamilton Wally Szczerbiak | Canada Richard Elias Anderson Rowan Barrett Peter Guarasci Andrew Mavis Jordie McTavish Michael Meeks Shawn Swords Keith Vassell Steve Nash Greg Newton Todd MacCulloch Sherman Hamilton | Argentina Alejandro Montecchia Lucas Victoriano Leandro Palladino Sergio Aispurua Facundo Sucatzky Andrés Nocioni Hugo Sconochini Juan Espil Manu Ginóbili Gabriel Fernández Luis Scola Leonardo Gutiérrez |