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1992 Tournament of the Americas
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The 1992 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a basketball championship hosted by the United States from June 27 to July 5, 1992. The games were played at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the four berths allocated to the Americas for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. It was the international debut of the Dream Team, which defeated Venezuela in the final to win the tournament. Puerto Rico and Brazil made the semifinals to also qualify for the Olympics.
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Qualification
Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1991; USA and Canada qualified automatically since they are the only two members of the North America zone.
- North America:
Canada, 
United States - Caribbean and Central America:
Cuba, 
Mexico, 
Panama, 
Puerto Rico - South America:
Argentina, 
Brazil, 
Uruguay, 
Venezuela
The draw split the tournament into two groups:
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Group A |
Group B |
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Format
- The top three teams from each group advance to the knockout round.
- The winners in the knockout semifinals advanced to the Final and were granted berths in the 1992 Olympic Tournament in Barcelona. The losers figure in a third place playoff and were both also granted berths in the Olympic Tournament.
Squads
Preliminary round
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Group A
Group B
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Knockout round
Championship bracket
| First round (July 2) | Semifinals (July 3) | Championship (July 5) | |||||||||
 Brazil
| 91 | ||||||||||
 Venezuela
| 100 | ||||||||||
 Canada
| 72 | ||||||||||
| Venezuela
| 76 | ||||||||||
| Venezuela
| 80 | ||||||||||
 United States
| 127 [2] | ||||||||||
 Puerto Rico
| 95 | ||||||||||
 Argentina
| 85 | ||||||||||
| Puerto Rico
| 81 | Third place (July 5) | |||||||||
| United States
| 119 [3] | ||||||||||
| Brazil
| 93 | ||||||||||
| Puerto Rico
| 91 | ||||||||||
The final
Dream team beat Venezuela easily by 127-80. Topscorers of the game were Charles Barkley and Karl Malone with 17 pts, Christian Laettner had 16 and Clyde Drexler 15 with 10 assists.[4]
Awards
Player of game
This concerns the Dream Team's games held in Portland, Oregon.
- Game 1 vs Cuba: Clyde Drexler (20 pts, 7 assists)
- Game 2 vs Canada:
- Game 3 vs Panama:
- Game 4 vs Argentina: Michael Jordan
- Game 5 vs Puerto Rico: Magic Johnson (16 pts, 6 assists, 4 rebs)
- Game 6 vs Venezuela: Michael Jordan
MVP
Charles Barkley and Magic Johnson were both named MVPs of the tournament. They both had 16 points average per game. The award was sponsored by Visa a worldwide sponsor of the 1992 Olympics.
Assits
Magic Johnson was the top assister of the tournament with 54.
| 1992 Tournament of the Americas winners |
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 United States First title |
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Final standings
| Qualified for the 1992 Olympic Tournament |
References
Sources
External links
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