Torneo de las Americas 1992

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Torneo de las Américas 1992 (Preolympico)
English 1992 Tournament of the Americas
5th American Basketball Championship
Number of nations 10  (of 41 applicants)
FIBA American Champion United StatesUnited States United States (1st title)
venue United StatesUnited States Portland , Memorial Coliseum
Opening game June 27, 1992
Endgame 5th July 1992
Games   26th

The 1992 Torneo de las Américas 1992 ( English The 1992 Tournament of the Americas ) is the fifth edition of the American basketball championship and took place from June 27 to July 5, 1992 at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland (Oregon) . The tournament was about qualifying for the basketball tournament at the 1992 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 ten participating teams, the four semi-finalists qualified directly for the Olympic Games. It was the first appearance at an official competition of the so-called " Dream Team ", in which the selection of the United States was for the first time made up exclusively of active NBA professionals except for one player and Magic Johnson, who was otherwise inactive due to an HIV infection . Larry Bird ended his active career after the Olympics. The team was extremely dominant and won, as in the later Olympic tournament, all games with a gap of at least 38 basket points. Like many players on this team individually, the selection itself as a team was later inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame .

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, the four semi-finalists of the Central and South American championships took part.

North America

Central America & Caribbean

  • Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico (winner centrobasket 1991)
  • MexicoMexico Mexico (Finalist Centrobasket 1991)
  • CubaCuba Cuba (bronze medal Centrobasket 1991)
  • PanamaPanama Panama (semi-finalist Centrobasket 1991)

South America

  • Venezuela 1954Venezuela Venezuela (winner Campeonato Sudamericano 1991)
  • BrazilBrazil Brazil (Finalist Campeonato Sudamericano 1991)
  • ArgentinaArgentina Argentina (bronze medal Campeonato Sudamericano 1991)
  • UruguayUruguay Uruguay (Fourth Campeonato Sudamericano 1991)

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 respective preliminary round group were then eliminated from the tournament, while the other teams continued to play in the knockout system . While the first-placed team in each preliminary group had already qualified directly for the semifinals and the Olympic Games, the second and third-placed teams in the respective preliminary group played the other two semi-finalists and participants in the Olympic Games in an elimination game. Then the medals of the tournament were played among the participants in the Olympic Games.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round games took place between June 27 and July 1, 1992.

Group A

nation Sp S. N P + P- United StatesUnited States CanadaCanada ArgentinaArgentina PanamaPanama CubaCuba
1. United StatesUnited StatesUnited States  4th 4th 0 481 257 105 : 61 128 : 87 112 : 52 136 : 57
2. CanadaCanadaCanada  4th 2 2 297 326 61: 105 87 : 80 71 : 62 78: 79
3. ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina  4th 2 2 334 362 87: 128 80: 87 94 : 76 73 : 71
4. PanamaPanamaPanama  4th 1 3 276 344 52: 112 62: 71 76: 94 86 : 67
5. CubaCubaCuba  4th 1 3 274 373 57: 136 79 : 78 71: 73 67: 86

Group B

nation Sp S. N P + P- BrazilBrazil Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Venezuela 1954Venezuela MexicoMexico UruguayUruguay
1. BrazilBrazilBrazil  4th 4th 0 452 333 95 : 72 128 : 81 90 : 87 139 : 93
2. Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico  4th 3 1 331 321 72: 95 91 : 80 64 : 58 104 : 88
3. VenezuelaVenezuela 1954Venezuela  4th 2 2 359 401 81: 128 80: 91 88 : 85 110 : 97
4. MexicoMexicoMexico  4th 1 3 328 331 87: 90 58: 64 85: 88 98 : 89
5. UruguayUruguayUruguay  4th 0 4th 367 451 93: 139 88: 104 97: 110 89: 98

Final round

The games of the final round took place between July 2nd and 5th, 1992. The winners in the "quarter-finals" qualified for the Olympic Games in addition to the group winners in the preliminary round.


Olympic qualification

Semifinals

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B1  BrazilBrazil Brazil 91


A2  CanadaCanada Canada 72

B3  Venezuela 1954Venezuela Venezuela 100



B3  Venezuela 1954Venezuela Venezuela 76



B3  Venezuela 1954Venezuela Venezuela 80



A1  United StatesUnited States United States 127

 

A1  United StatesUnited States United States 119



B2  Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico 95

B2  Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico 81

3rd place match

A3  ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 85

B1  BrazilBrazil Brazil 93

B2  Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico 91

See also

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