Torneo de las Americas 1989

Torneo de las Américas 1989 (Premundial) English 1989 Tournament of the Americas
4th American Basketball Championship
Number of nations	12  (of 41 applicants)
FIBA American Champion	Puerto Rico (2nd title)
venue	Mexico city
Opening game	June 8, 1989
Endgame	June 18, 1989
Games	42

The Torneo de las Américas 1989 ( English The 1989 Tournament of the Americas ) is the fourth edition of the American basketball championship and took place from June 8th to 18th, 1989 in the Mexican capital Mexico City . The tournament, which had only been played three times previously as a qualification for the respective Olympic Games, was the first time to qualify for a World Cup final, in this case for the 1990 World Basketball Championship . In retrospect, the tournament was included in the series of the American Championships and counted as a continental championship for national teams of men of the continental federation FIBA ​​America . Of the twelve participating teams, the four participants in the semi-finals and the winner of the placement round qualified directly for the world championships. Since Argentina, as the host of the World Cup finals, had already qualified for the World Cup, another team would have the opportunity to qualify if Argentina had reached one of the five qualifying places. In this case, both finalists of the placement round would have qualified.

Attendees

Regional qualification according to the sub-zones of the Continental Union. In addition to the two national teams of the North American sub-zone, the five winners of the Central and South American championships also took part, including host Mexico as a semi-finalist in the 1989 Centrobasket. Paraguay as sixth of the Campeonato Sudamericano 1989 replaced the bronze medalist Uruguay , who did not participate.

North America

•  Canada
•  United States

Central America & Caribbean

•  Puerto Rico (winner Centrobasket 1989)
•  Panama (Finalist Centrobasket 1989)
•  Cuba (Bronze Medal Centrobasket 1989)
•  Mexico (host & semi-finalist Centrobasket 1989)
•  Dominican Republic (Fifth Centrobasket 1989)

South America

•  Brazil (winner Campeonato Sudamericano 1989)
•  Argentina (Silver Medal Campeonato Sudamericano 1989)
•  Venezuela (Fourth Campeonato Sudamericano 1989)
•  Ecuador (Fifth Campeonato Sudamericano 1989)
•  Paraguay (sixth Campeonato Sudamericano 1989)

mode

At the tournament, a preliminary round was held in two groups of five teams each as a round-robin tournament. The two worst-placed teams in the preliminary round were then eliminated from the tournament, while the other teams continued to play in the knockout system . The pairings of the quarter-finals were determined by the placements of the preliminary round. While the four winners of the quarter-finals were directly qualified for the world championships and played the medals among themselves, the losers of the quarter-finals played a fifth participant in the world championship. In the event that World Cup host Argentina had been among the top five, the loser in the final of the placement round would also have qualified for the 1990 World Cup.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round games took place between June 8 and June 12, 1989.

Group A

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Puerto Rico	5	4th	1	495	447			92: 105	101 : 73	101 : 98	97 : 88	104 : 83
2. United States	5	4th	1	523	480		105 : 92		108: 116	95 : 92	96 : 83	119 : 97
3. Dominican Republic	5	4th	1	485	466		73: 101	116 : 108		85 : 77	106 : 96	105 : 84
4. Cuba	5	2	3	450	449		98: 101	92: 95	77: 85		89 : 88	94 : 80
5. Mexico	5	1	4th	453	476		88: 97	83: 96	96: 106	88: 89		98 : 88
6. Panama	5	0	5	432	520		83: 104	97: 119	84: 105	80: 94	88: 98

Group B

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Brazil	5	5	0	572	429			131 : 99	101 : 84	90 : 82	131 : 90	119 : 74
2. Venezuela	5	4th	1	549	488		99: 131		99 : 78	130 : 106	111 : 84	110 : 89
3. Canada	5	3	2	447	423		84: 101	78: 99		93 : 83	94 : 67	98 : 73
4. Argentina	5	2	3	480	469		82: 90	106: 130	83: 93		106 : 85	103 : 71
5. Paraguay	5	1	4th	417	529		90: 131	84: 111	67: 94	85: 106		91 : 87
6. Ecuador	5	0	5	394	521		74: 119	89: 110	73: 98	71: 103	87: 91

Final round

The games of the final round were played in the knockout system between June 14th and 18th, 1989. The winners of the games in the quarterfinals were directly qualified for the world championships and then played the medals. The losers of the games in the quarterfinals played in a placement round for further placements. When the team of Argentina reached the medal round, the loser of the final game of the placement round as sixth of the tournament received another starting place at the World Cup.

Medal round

Quarterfinals 14./15. June

Semi-finals June 17th

Final June 18th

A1

Puerto Rico

94

B4

Argentina

89

A1

Puerto Rico

94

B2

Venezuela

91

A3

Dominican Republic

102

B2

Venezuela

109

A1

Puerto Rico

88

A2

United States

80

A2

United States

75

B3

Canada

73

A2

United States

99

3rd place match

B1

Brazil

96

A4

Cuba

89

B2

Venezuela

124

B1

Brazil

104

B1

Brazil

158

Placement round

	Semi-finals June 16					Play for 5th place June 18th
	B4	Argentina	85
	A3	Dominik. republic	89
						A3	Dominican Republic	84
						B3	Canada	108
	B3	Canada	89
	A4	Cuba	86
						Game for 7th place
						A4	Argentina	81
						B4	Cuba	88

See also

• 1990 World Basketball Championship

Web links

• 1989 FIBA ​​Americas Championship for Men - tournament results at archive.fiba.com ( English )