Torneo de las Americas 1999

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Torneo de las Américas 1999 (Preolympico)
English 1999 Tournament of the Americas
9th American Basketball Championship
Number of nations 10  (of 44 applicants)
FIBA American Champion United StatesUnited States United States (4th title)
venue Puerto RicoPuerto Rico San Juan
Opening game July 14, 1999
Endgame July 25, 1999
Games   40

The Torneo de las Américas 1999 ( English The 1999 Tournament of the Americas ) is the ninth edition of the American basketball championship and took place from July 14th to 25th, 1999 in the Puerto Rican capital San Juan . The tournament was about qualifying for the basketball tournament at the 2000 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 two finalists qualified directly for the Olympic Games. All games were played in the Coliseo Roberto Clemente .

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, including host Puerto Rico as a finalist in the 1999 Centrobasket.

North America

Central America & Caribbean

  • CubaCuba Cuba (winner Centrobasket 1999)
  • Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico (host & finalist Centrobasket 1999)
  • Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Dominican Republic (Bronze Medal Centrobasket 1999)
  • PanamaPanama Panama (semi-finalist Centrobasket 1999)

South America

  • BrazilBrazil Brazil (winner Campeonato Sudamericano 1999)
  • ArgentinaArgentina Argentina (Finalist Campeonato Sudamericano 1999)
  • Venezuela 1954Venezuela Venezuela (bronze medal Campeonato Sudamericano 1999)
  • UruguayUruguay Uruguay (semi-finalist Campeonato Sudamericano 1999)

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. The result against the eliminated team from the preliminary round was included in the evaluation, with the same number of wins and losses, the direct comparison decided . The four semi-finalists played the medals in the knockout system and thus also the direct qualification places.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round games took place between July 14th and 18th, 1999.

Group A

nation Sp S. N P + P- United StatesUnited States CanadaCanada ArgentinaArgentina UruguayUruguay CubaCuba
1. United StatesUnited StatesUnited States  4th 4th 0 403 256 94 : 60 103 : 72 118 : 72 88 : 52
2. CanadaCanadaCanada  4th 3 1 292 291 60: 94 77 : 70 80 : 62 75 : 65
3. ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina  4th 2 2 320 337 72: 103 70: 77 97 : 81 81 : 76
4. UruguayUruguayUruguay  4th 1 3 302 379 72: 118 62: 80 81: 97 87 : 84 a.d.
5. CubaCubaCuba  4th 0 4th 277 331 52: 88 65: 75 76: 81 84: 87 a.d.

Group B

nation Sp S. N P + P- Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Venezuela 1954Venezuela BrazilBrazil Dominican RepublicDominican Republic PanamaPanama
1. Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico  4th 4th 0 365 310 81 : 56 96 : 88 103 : 95 a.d. 85 : 71
2. VenezuelaVenezuela 1954Venezuela  4th 3 1 293 287 56: 81 91 : 68 70 : 66 76 : 72
3. BrazilBrazilBrazil  4th 2 2 316 324 88: 96 68: 91 70 : 64 90 : 73
4. Dominican RepublicDominican RepublicDominican Republic  4th 1 3 302 316 95: 103 a.d. 66: 70 64: 70 77 : 73
5. PanamaPanamaPanama  4th 0 4th 289 328 71: 85 72: 76 73: 90 73: 77

Intermediate round

The games of the intermediate round, which determined the four semi-finalists and participants in the final round, took place between July 19 and 22, 1999. The results of the preliminary round are shown in italics.

nation Sp S. N P + P- United StatesUnited States CanadaCanada Puerto RicoPuerto Rico ArgentinaArgentina Venezuela 1954Venezuela BrazilBrazil UruguayUruguay Dominican RepublicDominican Republic
1. United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 7th 7th 0 710 485 94 : 60 115 : 76 103 : 72 83 : 61 90 : 73 118 : 72 107 : 71
2. CanadaCanadaCanada 7th 5 2 552 500 60: 94 75: 80 77 : 70 84 : 55 95 : 75 97 : 81 81 : 64
3. Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico 7th 5 2 625 594 76: 115 80 : 75 96: 101 81 : 56 96 : 88 93 : 64 103 : 95 nV
4. ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina 7th 5 2 599 576 72: 103 70: 77 101 : 96 95 : 71 79 : 77 97 : 81 85 : 71
5. VenezuelaVenezuela 1954Venezuela 7th 3 4th 491 561 61: 83 55: 84 56: 81 71: 95 70 : 66 87 : 84 a.d. 91 : 68
6. BrazilBrazilBrazil 7th 2 5 551 589 73: 90 75: 95 88: 96 77: 79 66: 70 100 : 74 70 : 64
7. UruguayUruguayUruguay 7th 1 6th 515 646 72: 118 81: 97 64: 93 81: 97 84: 87 a.d. 74: 100 78 : 71
8. Dominican RepublicDominican RepublicDominican Republic 7th 0 7th 502 594 71: 107 64: 81 95: 103 nV 71: 85 68: 91 64: 70 71: 78

Final round

The games of the final round took place on July 24th and 25th, 1999. The winners of the semi-finals were directly qualified for the Olympic Games and played for the gold medal in the final.

  Semifinals     final
                 
  24th July
  1  United StatesUnited States United States 88  
  4th  ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 59     July 25th
      1  United StatesUnited States United States 92
  24th July     2  CanadaCanada Canada 66
  2  CanadaCanada Canada 83      
  3  Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico 71      
  3rd place match
  July 25th
  3  Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico 101
  4th  ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 103

See also

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