Torneo de las Americas 1992
Torneo de las Américas 1992 (Preolympico) English 1992 Tournament of the Americas |
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5th American Basketball Championship | |
Number of nations | 10 (of 41 applicants) |
FIBA American Champion | United States (1st title) |
venue | 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 Rico (winner centrobasket 1991)
- Mexico (Finalist Centrobasket 1991)
- Cuba (bronze medal Centrobasket 1991)
- Panama (semi-finalist Centrobasket 1991)
South America
- Venezuela (winner Campeonato Sudamericano 1991)
- Brazil (Finalist Campeonato Sudamericano 1991)
- Argentina (bronze medal Campeonato Sudamericano 1991)
- 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
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1. United States | 4th | 4th | 0 | 481 | 257 | 105 : 61 | 128 : 87 | 112 : 52 | 136 : 57 | ||
2. Canada | 4th | 2 | 2 | 297 | 326 | 61: 105 | 87 : 80 | 71 : 62 | 78: 79 | ||
3. Argentina | 4th | 2 | 2 | 334 | 362 | 87: 128 | 80: 87 | 94 : 76 | 73 : 71 | ||
4. Panama | 4th | 1 | 3 | 276 | 344 | 52: 112 | 62: 71 | 76: 94 | 86 : 67 | ||
5. Cuba | 4th | 1 | 3 | 274 | 373 | 57: 136 | 79 : 78 | 71: 73 | 67: 86 |
Group B
nation | Sp | S. | N | P + | P- | ||||||
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1. Brazil | 4th | 4th | 0 | 452 | 333 | 95 : 72 | 128 : 81 | 90 : 87 | 139 : 93 | ||
2. Puerto Rico | 4th | 3 | 1 | 331 | 321 | 72: 95 | 91 : 80 | 64 : 58 | 104 : 88 | ||
3. Venezuela | 4th | 2 | 2 | 359 | 401 | 81: 128 | 80: 91 | 88 : 85 | 110 : 97 | ||
4. Mexico | 4th | 1 | 3 | 328 | 331 | 87: 90 | 58: 64 | 85: 88 | 98 : 89 | ||
5. Uruguay | 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.
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B1 | Brazil | 91 |
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A2 | Canada | 72 |
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B3 | Venezuela | 100 |
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B3 | Venezuela | 76 |
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B3 | Venezuela | 80 | |||
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A1 | United States | 127 | ||||||||
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A1 | United States | 119 |
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B2 | Puerto Rico | 95 |
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B2 | Puerto Rico | 81 |
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A3 | Argentina | 85 |
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B1 | Brazil | 93 | |||||
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B2 | Puerto Rico | 91 |
See also
Web links
- 1992 American Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - tournament results at archive.fiba.com ( English )