Torneo de las Americas 1988

Torneo de las Américas 1988 (Preolympico) English 1988 Tournament of the Americas
3rd American Basketball Championship
Number of nations	7  (of 41 applicants)
FIBA American Champion	Brazil (2nd title)
venue	Montevideo
Opening game	May 22, 1988
Endgame	May 31, 1988
Games	25th

The Torneo de las Américas 1988 ( english The 1988 Tournament of the Americas ) is the third edition of the FIBA Americas Championship and found in the 22 to 31 May 1988 Uruguayan capital Montevideo instead. The tournament was about qualifying for the basketball tournament at the 1988 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 seven participating teams in the end, the three medal winners qualified directly for the Olympic Games. The reigning world champion United States was already qualified for the Olympic tournament and did not take part, as did the Panamanian national team , which did not make the continental finals and forfeited the opportunity to qualify for the Olympic Games. Another successor was not named, so that seven teams played for the Olympic qualification and the tournament medals.

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 and host Uruguay, the medal winners of the Central and South American championships were also qualified. The United States and Panama, as silver medal winners of the Centrobasket 1997, did not take part, so that one place in the field of participants remained vacant.

North America

•  Canada

Central America & Caribbean

•  Puerto Rico (winner Centrobasket 1987)
•  Mexico (bronze medal Centrobasket 1987)

South America

•  Argentina (winner Campeonato Sudamericano 1987)
•  Venezuela (silver medal Campeonato Sudamericano 1987)
•  Brazil (bronze medal Campeonato Sudamericano 1987)
•  Uruguay (host & fourth Campeonato Sudamericano 1987)

mode

At the tournament, a preliminary round was held as a round-robin tournament. The four teams placed first were qualified for the semi-finals. The semi-final winners played a final to win the tournament, while the losers of the semi-final played the remaining qualification place for the Olympic Games in the “small final” for the bronze medal.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round games took place between May 22nd and 28th, 1988.

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Brazil	6th	5	1	591	559			98 : 92	90 : 86	96 : 94	113 : 93	103: 111	91 : 83
2. Puerto Rico	6th	5	1	493	456		92: 98		80 : 63	82 : 80	94 : 81	80 : 71	65 : 63
3. Canada	6th	3	3	507	506		86: 90	63: 80		68: 79	112 : 88	84 : 81	94 : 88
4. Uruguay	6th	3	3	533	487		94: 96	80: 82	79 : 68		82: 90	98 : 84	100 : 67
5. Argentina	6th	3	3	553	567		93: 113	81: 94	88: 112	90 : 82		91 : 89	110 : 77
6. Mexico	6th	2	4th	546	549		111 : 103	71: 80	81: 84	84: 98	89: 91		110 : 93
7. Venezuela	6th	0	6th	471	570		83: 91	63: 65	88: 94	67: 100	77: 110	93: 110

Final round

The games of the final round took place on May 30 and 31, 1988. The medalists qualified for the 1988 Seoul Olympics .

	Semifinals					final
	30th May
	2	Puerto Rico	62
	3	Canada	60			31. May
						2	Puerto Rico	92
	30th May					1	Brazil	101
	4th	Uruguay	83
	1	Brazil	90
						3rd place match
						31. May
						3	Canada	87
						4th	Uruguay	80

See also

• 1988 Summer Olympics / Basketball

Web links

• 1988 American Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - tournament results at archive.fiba.com ( English )