1999 Tournament of the Americas

{{Infobox international basketball competition

| tourney_name = 1999 Tournament of the Americas

| year =

| other_titles =

| image = 1999 Tournament of the Americas.jpg

| size = 280px

| alt =

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| city = San Juan

| country =Puerto Rico

| dates = July 14–25

| num_teams = 10

| confederations =

| venues = 1

| cities = 1

| champion = USA

| count = 4

| second = CAN

| third = ARG

| fourth = PUR

| games =

| attendance =

| mvp = {{flagicon|CAN}} Steve Nash[http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Nash/Nash_bio.html Steve Nash], jockbio.com. Retrieved 27 March 2016.

| top_scorer =

| prevseason = 1997

| nextseason = 2001

| updated =

}}

The 1999 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup (also known as Las Americas Tournament for Men, the FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament, or Panamerican Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men), was a basketball championship hosted by Puerto Rico, from July 14 to July 25, 1999. The games were played in San Juan, at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the two berths allocated to the Americas for the 2000 Olympics, in Sydney, Australia. The United States won the tournament, the country's fourth AmeriCup championship.

Qualification

Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1999; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone.

  • North America: {{Bk|CAN}}, {{Bk|USA}}
  • Caribbean and Central America:{{Bk|CUB}}, {{Bk|DOM}}, {{Bk|PAN}}, {{Bk|PUR}}
  • South America: {{Bk|ARG}}, {{Bk|BRA}}, {{Bk|URU}}, {{Bk|VEN|1930}}

The draw split the tournament into two groups:

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Group A

{{Bk|ARG}}

{{Bk|CAN}}

{{Bk|CUB}}

{{Bk|USA}}

{{Bk|URU}}

{{col-2}}

Group B

{{Bk|BRA}}

{{Bk|DOM}}

{{Bk|PAN}}

{{Bk|PUR}}

{{Bk|VEN|1930}}

{{col-end}}

Format

  • The top four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals.
  • Results and standings among teams within the same group are carried over.
  • The top four teams at the quarterfinals advance to the semifinals (1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3).
  • The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final and were granted berths in the 2000 Summer Olympics tournament in Sydney. The losers figure in a third-place playoff.

Squads

{{main|1999 Tournament of the Americas squads}}

Preliminary round

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= Group A =

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| date = July 14

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| date = July 15

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| scoreB = 60

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| date = July 18

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= Group B =

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| scoreB = 90

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Quarterfinal group

class="wikitable"
width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"|Qualified for the semifinals

The top four teams in both Group A and Group B advanced to the quarterfinal group. Then each team played the four from the other group once to complete a full round robin. Records from the preliminary groups carried over.

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{{Bs cl2 team|t={{Bk|BRA}} |w=2 |l=5 |pf=551 |pa=589 }}

{{Bs cl2 team|t={{Bk|URU}} |w=1 |l=6 |pf=515 |pa=646 }}

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| date = July 19

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| scoreA = 71

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| scoreB = 74

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Knockout stage

{{Round4-with third

|July 24|{{flagicon|USA}} United States|88|{{flagicon|Argentina}} Argentina|59

|July 24|{{flagicon|Canada}} Canada|83|{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Puerto Rico|71

|July 25|{{flagicon|USA}} United States|92|{{flagicon|Canada}} Canada|66

|July 25|{{flagicon|Argentina}} Argentina|103|{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Puerto Rico|101

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Awards

{{winners|bk|1999 Tournament of the Americas winners|USA|Fourth}}

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Most Valuable Player
{{flagicon|CAN}} Steve Nash

Final standings

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width=10px bgcolor="#aaffaa"|Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Rank

! Team

! Record

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|align=center| {{Gold1}}

|{{Bk|USA}}

|align=center| 10–0

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|align=center| {{Silver2}}

|{{Bk|CAN}}

|align=center| 7–3

align=center| {{Bronze3}}

|{{Bk|ARG}}

|align=center| 7–3

align=center| 4

|{{Bk|PUR}}

|align=center| 6–4

align=center| 5

|{{Bk|VEN|1930}}

|align=center| 4–4

align=center| 6

|{{Bk|BRA}}

|align=center| 3–5

align=center| 7

|{{Bk|DOM}}

|align=center| 2–6

align=center| 8

|{{Bk|URU}}

|align=center| 1–7

align=center| 9

|{{Bk|PAN}}

|align=center| 0–4

align=center| 10

|{{Bk|CUB}}

|align=center| 0–4

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|!align="center" width="200" bgcolor="gold"|{{center|File:Gold medal icon.svg}}

|!align="center" width="200" bgcolor="silver"|{{center|File:Silver medal icon.svg}}

|!align="center" width="200" bgcolor="#cc9966"|{{center|File:Bronze medal icon.svg}}

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|{{Bk|USA}}


Tim Duncan
Allan Houston
Steve Smith
Vin Baker
Kevin Garnett
Jason Kidd
Gary Payton
Tim Hardaway
Tom Gugliotta
Elton Brand
Richard Hamilton
Wally Szczerbiak

|{{Bk|CAN}}


Richard Elias Anderson
Rowan Barrett
Peter Guarasci
Andrew Mavis
Jordie McTavish
Michael Meeks
Shawn Swords
Keith Vassell
Steve Nash
Greg Newton
Todd MacCulloch
Sherman Hamilton

|{{Bk|ARG}}


Alejandro Montecchia
Lucas Victoriano
Leandro Palladino
Sergio Aispurua
Facundo Sucatzky
Andrés Nocioni
Hugo Sconochini
Juan Espil
Manu Ginóbili
Gabriel Fernández
Luis Scola
Leonardo Gutiérrez

References

{{Reflist}}