Torneo de las Americas 1993

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Torneo de las Américas 1993 (Premundial)
English 1993 Tournament of the Americas
6th American Basketball Championship
Number of nations 10  (of 41 applicants)
FIBA American Champion United StatesUnited States United States (2nd title)
venue Puerto RicoPuerto Rico San Juan
Opening game August 28, 1993
Endgame 5th September 1993
Games   32

The Torneo de las Américas 1993 ( English The 1993 Tournament of the Americas ) is the sixth edition of the American basketball championship and took place from August 28 to September 5, 1993 in the Puerto Rican capital, San Juan . The tournament was about qualifying for the 1994 Basketball World Cup . 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 ten participating teams, the four participants in the semi-finals qualified directly for the world championships. Since the United States had already qualified as Olympic champions for the World Championships, another team would have the opportunity to qualify if the United States reached the semi-finals. In this case, the game for 5th place decided in the placement round about the last starting place for the world championship.

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 four semi-finalists of the Central and South American championships took part, including the host Puerto Rico as the winner of the 1993 Centrobasket.

North America

Central America & Caribbean

  • Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico (host & winner Centrobasket 1993)
  • CubaCuba Cuba (Finalist Centrobasket 1993)
  • PanamaPanama Panama (Bronze Medal Centrobasket 1993)
  • Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Dominican Republic (semi-finalist Centrobasket 1993)

South America

  • BrazilBrazil Brazil (winner Campeonato Sudamericano 1993)
  • ArgentinaArgentina Argentina (Finalist Campeonato Sudamericano 1993)
  • Venezuela 1954Venezuela Venezuela (bronze medal Campeonato Sudamericano 1993)
  • UruguayUruguay Uruguay (Fourth Campeonato Sudamericano 1993)

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 quarterfinals qualified directly for the world championships and played the medals among themselves, the losers of the quarterfinals played a fifth participant in the world championship, provided the United States reached the semifinals of the medal round. In this case, the winner of the placement round received another starting place at the 1994 World Cup.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round games took place between August 28 and September 1, 1993.

Group A

nation Sp S. N P + P- BrazilBrazil United StatesUnited States PanamaPanama Venezuela 1954Venezuela Dominican RepublicDominican Republic
1. BrazilBrazilBrazil  4th 3 1 354 344 101 : 91 86 : 75 83: 98 84 : 80
2. United StatesUnited StatesUnited States  4th 3 1 391 384 91: 101 101 : 99 97 : 85 102 : 99
3. PanamaPanamaPanama  4th 2 2 343 346 75: 86 99: 101 80 : 76 89 : 83
4. VenezuelaVenezuela 1954Venezuela  4th 2 2 344 338 98 : 83 85: 97 76: 80 85 : 78
5. Dominican RepublicDominican RepublicDominican Republic  4th 0 4th 340 360 80: 84 99: 102 83: 89 78: 85

Group B

nation Sp S. N P + P- ArgentinaArgentina Puerto RicoPuerto Rico CanadaCanada CubaCuba UruguayUruguay
1. ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina  4th 3 1 351 335 72: 78 93 : 83 92 : 84 94 : 90
2. Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico  4th 3 1 392 292 78 : 72 76: 79 110 : 79 128 : 62
3. CanadaCanadaCanada  4th 3 1 355 345 83: 93 79 : 76 91 : 90 102 : 86
4. CubaCubaCuba  4th 1 3 343 369 84: 92 79: 110 90: 91 90 : 76
5. UruguayUruguayUruguay  4th 0 4th 314 414 90: 94 62: 128 86: 102 76: 90

Final round

The games of the final round were played in the knockout system. 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. Upon reaching the medal round by the United States team, the winner of the placement round was placed fifth in the tournament and received another starting place at the World Cup.

Medal round

  Quarterfinals
September 3rd 		Semifinals
September 4th 		Final
September 5th
                           
  A1  BrazilBrazil Brazil 99            
B4  CubaCuba Cuba 88  
A1  BrazilBrazil Brazil 97
  B2  Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico 111  
A3  PanamaPanama Panama 73
 
B2  Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico 90  
B2  Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico 95
  A2  United StatesUnited States United States 109
A2  United StatesUnited States United States 87
 
B3  CanadaCanada Canada 73  
A2  United StatesUnited States United States 123
3rd place match
  B1  ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 107  
A4  Venezuela 1954Venezuela Venezuela 82 A1  BrazilBrazil Brazil 91
 
  B1  ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 93   B1  ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 98

Placement round

  Semifinals
September 4th 		    Play for 5th place
September 5th
                 
 
  B4  CubaCuba Cuba 96  
  A3  PanamaPanama Panama 83    
      B4  CubaCuba Cuba 103
      A4  Venezuela 1954Venezuela Venezuela 98
  B3  CanadaCanada Canada 86      
  A4  Venezuela 1954Venezuela Venezuela 94      
  Game for 7th place
 
  A3  PanamaPanama Panama 90
  B3  CanadaCanada Canada 96

See also

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