1992 Tournament of the Americas


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.
The draw split the tournament into two groups:
Group A










Group B










Format

The final

Dream team beat Venezuela easily by 127-80. Topscorers of the game were Carl Herrera with 21 pts, Charles Barkley and Karl Malone with 17 pts, Christian Laettner had 16 and Clyde Drexler 15 with 10 assists.

Awards

Player of game

This concerns the Dream Team's games held in Portland, Oregon.

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.

Final standings

RankTeamRecord
6–0
4–3
6-1
44–3
52–3
62–3
71–3
81–3
91–3
100–4