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1999 Tournament of the Americas
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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, featuring the Dream Team No4. It was the USA's fourth AmeriCup championship.
The USA won its 10 games in this tournament by an average of 31.6 points.
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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:
Canada, 
United States - Caribbean and Central America:
Cuba, 
Dominican Republic, 
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 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.
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Squads
Preliminary round
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Group A
Group B
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Quarterfinal group
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| 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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Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| July 24 | ||||||
 United States | 88 | |||||
| July 25 | ||||||
 Argentina | 59 | |||||
| United States | 92 | |||||
| July 24 | ||||||
 Canada | 66 | |||||
| Canada | 83 | |||||
 Puerto Rico | 71 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| July 25 | ||||||
| Argentina | 103 | |||||
| Puerto Rico | 101 | |||||
Scoresheets
Final
USA – Canada 92-66
- USA : Payton 19, Hardaway 14, Duncan 12, Smith 11, Kidd 10, Garnett 10, Gugliotta 10, Houston 4, Szczerbiak 2, Brand, Baker
- Canada : Mac Culloch 22, Mavis 12, Nash 11, Barrett 6, Meeks 4, Hamilotn 4, Anderson 3, Swords 2, Newton 2, Guarasci, Mc Tavish, Vassell
Semifinals
- USA - Argentina 84 - 76 (ht: 42-38)
- USA : Bailey 3, Hawkins 10, Williams 19, Moore 6, Lindeman 0, Blackwell 11, Thomas 13, Stigenga 0, Holmes 4, Martin 0, Houston 8, Smith 10
- Argentina: Fernandez 4, Victoriano 15, Ginobili 23, Gutierrez 8, Palladino 6, Jasen 1, Sucatzky 8, Nocioni 7, Olivares 2, Aisupurua 2
- Brazil - Puerto Rico 95 - 85
- Brazil : Caio 14, Vanderlei 12, Josuel 12
- Puerto Rico : Travieso 28
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Statistical leaders
- Topscorer :
Jose Ortiz 169 pts (16.9 ppg)
- Assists :
Jason Kidd 6.8 apg
Demétrius Conrado Ferraciú 6.3 apg
Steve Nash 5.8 apg
- Rebounds :
Todd MacCulloch 9.3 rpg
Tim Duncan 9.1 rpg
Jose Ortiz 7.7 rpg
| 1999 Tournament of the Americas winners |
|---|
 United States Fourth title |
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Final standings
| Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics |
References
External links
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