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1997 Tournament of the Americas

The 1997 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a basketball championship hosted by Uruguay from 21 to 31, August 1997. The games were played in Montevideo. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the four berths allocated to the Americas for the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Athens, Greece. The United States won the tournament, the country's third AmeriCup championship.

Tournament details

Uruguay

Montevideo

21–31 August

10

1 (in 1 host city)

 United States (3rd title)

 Puerto Rico

 Brazil

 Argentina

North America:  ,  United States

Canada

: Cuba,  Dominican Republic,  Mexico,  Puerto Rico

Caribbean and Central America

South America:  ,  Brazil,  Uruguay,  Venezuela

Argentina

Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1997; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone.


The draw split the tournament into two groups:

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 were granted berths in the . Since the United States were already qualified as Olympic Champions, should they reach one of the top four places in the quarterfinals, the fifth team on the final standings was given the remaining berth.

1998 FIBA World Championship

The top four teams then played an extra match to define the first six places in the final standings (1 vs. 2 for first place, 3 vs. 4 for third place and 5 vs. 6 for fifth place).

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FIBA.com.

1997 Championship of the Americas for Men