Torneo de las Americas 1997

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Torneo de las Américas 1997 (Premundial)
English 1997 Tournament of the Americas
8th American Basketball Championship
Number of nations 10  (of 44 applicants)
FIBA American Champion United StatesUnited States United States (3rd title)
venue UruguayUruguay Montevideo
Opening game August 21, 1997
Endgame August 31, 1997
Games   39

The 1997 Torneo de las Américas ( English The 1997 Tournament of the Americas ) is the eighth edition of the American basketball championship and took place from August 21st to 31st, 1997 in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo . The tournament was about qualifying for the 1998 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 ten participating teams, the teams placed in the top four qualified directly for the World Championships. Since the United States had already qualified for the World Championships as Olympic champions and defending champions, another team would have the opportunity to qualify, provided the United States was placed in the top four teams of the intermediate round. In this case, the game for 5th place decided 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 subzone, the four semi-finalists took part in the Central and South American championships, which also included the host Uruguay as the winner of the 1997 South American basketball championship .

North America

Central America & Caribbean

  • CubaCuba Cuba (winner Centrobasket 1997)
  • Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico (Finalist Centrobasket 1997)
  • Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Dominican Republic (Bronze Medal Centrobasket 1997)
  • MexicoMexico Mexico (semi-finalist Centrobasket 1997)

South America

  • UruguayUruguay Uruguay (host & winner Campeonato Sudamericano 1997)
  • Venezuela 1954Venezuela Venezuela (silver medal Campeonato Sudamericano 1997)
  • ArgentinaArgentina Argentina (bronze medal Campeonato Sudamericano 1997)
  • BrazilBrazil Brazil (Fourth Campeonato Sudamericano 1997)

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, taking their preliminary round results with them, played an intermediate round as a continuation of the round-robin tournament against the best four teams in the other preliminary round group. With the same number of wins and losses, the direct comparison decided . Subsequently, placement games of the first six teams decided on the final placement. For fifth place, which in all likelihood would be enough for qualifying for the World Cup, there was an additional game between the fifth and sixth placed teams in the intermediate round.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round games took place between August 21 and 25, 1997.

Group A

nation Sp S. N P + P- ArgentinaArgentina BrazilBrazil CubaCuba UruguayUruguay MexicoMexico
1. ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina  4th 3 1 317 284 68 : 65 81 : 73 69: 70 99 : 76
2. BrazilBrazilBrazil  4th 3 1 328 297 65: 68 78 : 75 84 : 83 a.d. 101 : 71
3. CubaCubaCuba  4th 2 2 307 290 73: 81 75: 78 88 : 63 71 : 68
4. UruguayUruguayUruguay  4th 2 2 297 308 70 : 69 83: 84 a.d. 63: 88 81 : 67
5. MexicoMexicoMexico  4th 0 4th 282 352 76: 99 71: 101 68: 71 67: 81

Group B

nation Sp S. N P + P- CanadaCanada United StatesUnited States Venezuela 1954Venezuela Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Dominican RepublicDominican Republic
1. CanadaCanadaCanada  4th 3 1 403 362 97: 102 119 : 98 78 : 77 109 : 85
2. United StatesUnited StatesUnited States  4th 3 1 368 334 102 : 97 75: 85 93 : 82 98 : 70
3. VenezuelaVenezuela 1954Venezuela  4th 3 1 365 357 98: 119 85 : 75 97 : 83 85 : 80
4. Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico  4th 1 3 330 353 77: 78 82: 93 83: 97 88 : 85
5. Dominican RepublicDominican RepublicDominican Republic  4th 0 4th 320 380 85: 109 70: 98 80: 85 85: 88

Intermediate round

The games of the intermediate round, which the six participants in the placement games determined, took place between August 27 and 30, 1997. The results of the preliminary round are shown in italics. The top four teams were directly qualified for the 1998 World Cup.

nation Sp S. N P + P- United StatesUnited States Puerto RicoPuerto Rico BrazilBrazil ArgentinaArgentina CubaCuba CanadaCanada Venezuela 1954Venezuela UruguayUruguay
1. United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 7th 6th 1 652 603 93 : 82 92 : 89 91 : 78 100 : 88 102 : 97 75: 85 98 : 84
2. Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico 7th 4th 3 634 601 82: 93 86 : 81 88 : 83 116 : 81 77: 78 83: 97 102 : 87
3. BrazilBrazilBrazil 7th 4th 3 579 566 89: 92 81: 86 65: 68 78 : 75 94 : 82 88 : 79 84 : 83 nV
4. ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina 7th 3 4th 551 550 78: 91 83: 88 68 : 65 81 : 73 87 : 76 85: 87 69: 70
5. CubaCubaCuba 7th 3 4th 595 613 88: 100 81: 116 75: 78 73: 81 88 : 75 102 : 100 88 : 63
6. CanadaCanadaCanada 7th 3 4th 590 602 97: 102 78 : 77 82: 94 76: 87 75: 88 119 : 98 63 : 56
7. VenezuelaVenezuela 1954Venezuela 7th 3 4th 623 636 85 : 75 97 : 83 79: 88 87 : 85 100: 102 98: 119 77: 84
8. UruguayUruguayUruguay 7th 2 5 527 581 84: 98 87: 102 83: 84 nV 70 : 69 63: 88 56: 63 84 : 77

Placement round

August 31, 1997 5th place CubaCuba Cuba 83 -  92 CanadaCanada Canada
August 31, 1997 Bronze medal BrazilBrazil Brazil 76  - 75 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
August 31, 1997 gold medal United StatesUnited States United States 95  - 86 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico

See also

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