Torneo de las Americas 1984

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Torneo de las Américas 1984 (Preolympico)
English 1984 Tournament of the Americas
2nd American Basketball Championship
Number of nations 9  (from 41 applicants)
FIBA American Champion Brazil 1968Brazil Brazil (1st title)
venue Brazil 1968Brazil São Paulo
Opening game May 15, 1984
Endgame May 24, 1984
Games   25th

The Torneo de las Américas 1984 ( english The 1984 Tournament of the Americas ) is the second edition of the FIBA Americas Championship took place from 15 to 24 May 1984 at the Brazilian São Paulo instead. The tournament was about qualifying for the basketball tournament at the 1984 Olympic Games . In retrospect, the tournament was included in the order of the American championships and counted as a continental championship for national teams of men of the continental federation FIBA ​​America . Of the nine participating teams in the end, the three medal winners qualified directly for the Olympic Games. The US national team was to host the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles already set automatically for the Olympic tournament and did not participate.

Attendees

There was a regional qualification according to the sub-zones of the continental association. In addition to the two national teams of the North American subzone and hosts Brazil, the four first-placed teams of the Central and South American championships were qualified. The United States as Olympic host and Venezuela did not participate, instead the Dominican Republic was given a starting place.

North America

Central America & Caribbean

South America

  • Brazil 1968Brazil Brazil (host & winner Campeonato Sudamericano 1983)
  • ArgentinaArgentina Argentina (silver medal Campeonato Sudamericano 1983)
  • UruguayUruguay Uruguay (bronze medal Campeonato Sudamericano 1983)

mode

The tournament was held as a round-robin tournament. The three teams placed first were the medal winners of the tournament and qualified for the 1984 Olympic Games. With the same number of wins, the direct comparison counted for the ranking on the places.

Final round

nation Sp S. N P + P- Brazil 1968Brazil UruguayUruguay CanadaCanada PanamaPanama MexicoMexico Puerto RicoPuerto Rico ArgentinaArgentina CubaCuba Dominican RepublicDominican Republic
1. BrazilBrazil 1968Brazil  8th 8th 0 778 710 93 : 76 99 : 93 95 : 92 90 : 80 109 : 107 107 : 95 92 : 89 93 : 78
2. UruguayUruguayUruguay  8th 6th 2 749 766 76: 93 91 : 89 71: 110 109 : 95 92 : 84 105 : 101 95 : 88 110 : 106
3. CanadaCanadaCanada  8th 6th 2 759 646 93: 99 89: 91 107 : 79 101 : 72 89 : 75 85 : 73 85 : 75 110 : 82
4. PanamaPanamaPanama  8th 5 3 776 741 92: 95 110 : 71 79: 107 95 : 87 115 : 103 88 : 77 82: 103 115 : 98
5. MexicoMexicoMexico  8th 3 5 724 780 80: 90 95: 109 72: 101 87: 95 93 : 87 98: 113 103 : 90 96 : 95
6. Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico  8th 3 5 753 774 107: 109 84: 92 75: 89 103: 115 87: 93 93 : 92 97 : 86 107 : 98
7. ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina  8th 2 6th 740 769 95: 107 101: 105 73: 85 77: 88 113 : 98 92: 93 106 : 105 83: 88
8. CubaCubaCuba  8th 2 6th 736 752 89: 92 88: 95 75: 85 103 : 82 90: 103 86: 97 105: 106 100 : 92
9. Dominican RepublicDominican RepublicDominican Republic  8th 1 7th 737 814 78: 93 106: 110 82: 110 98: 115 95: 96 98: 107 88 : 83 92: 100

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