1999 Tournament of the Americas
The 1999 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, 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.
Qualification
Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1999; two teams qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone.- North America:,
- Caribbean and Central America:,,,
- South America:,,,
Group A
Group B
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.
- 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.
Quarterfinal group
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.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- 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 : Caio 14, Vanderlei 12, Josuel 12
- Puerto Rico : Travieso 28
Statistical leaders
- Topscorer :
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