1999 Tournament of the Americas

1999 Tournament of the Americas

The 1999 The Tournament of the Americas, known now as the FIBA Americas Championship (as 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 Americas Championship was to earn the two berths allocated to the Americas for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The United States won the tournament, the country's fourth Americas championship.

Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

July 15, 1999
July 18, 1999
July 15, 1999
July 18, 1999
July 20, 1999

Knockout Stage

Round4-with third
July 23, 1999|flagicon|USA United States|88|flagicon|Argentina Argentina|59
July 23, 1999|flagicon|Canada Canada|83|flagicon|Puerto Rico Puerto Rico|71
July 24, 1999|flagicon|USA United States|92|flagicon|Canada Canada|66
July 24, 1999|flagicon|Argentina Argentina|103|flagicon|Puerto Rico Puerto Rico|101

Final Standings

The United States and Canada qualified for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

External links

* [http://www.latinbasket.com/events/tam/tam99.asp]


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