FIBA Americas, Olympic Qualifying Tournament

This page includes information, schedule, results, standings and more.

The FIBA Americas Championship or American Basketball Championships takes place once every two years. It is played between national teams of the continent (including teams from North America, Central America, the Caribbean and South America) and it is as qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championships and the Olympic Games.

Being automatically qualified for the 2010 World Championships after winning the Gold in the 2008 Olympic Games, the United States didn't participated in the 2009 FIBA Americas.

Year by year FIBA Americas Champions:

Year/Location	Gold	Final score	Silver	Bronze	MVP
1980 San Juan, Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Round Robin	Canada	Argentina
1984 Sao Paulo, Brazil	Brazil	Round Robin	Uruguay	Canada
1988 Montevideo, Uruguay	Brazil	101–92	Puerto Rico	Canada
1989 Mexico City, Mexico	Puerto Rico	89–80	USA	Brazil
1992 Portland, United States	USA	127–80	Venezuela	Brazil
1993 San Juan, Puerto Rico	USA	109–95	Puerto Rico	Argentina
1995 Neuquén, Argentina	Puerto Rico	87–86	Argentina	Brazil
1997 Montevideo, Uruguay	USA	95–86	Puerto Rico	Brazil
1999 San Juan, Puerto Rico	USA	92–66	Canada	Argentina
2001 Neuquén, Argentina	Argentina	78–59	Brazil	Canada	Manu Ginobili (Arg)
2003 San Juan, Puerto Rico	USA	106–73	Argentina	Puerto Rico	Steve Nash (Can)
2005 Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep..	Brazil	100–88	Argentina	Venezuela	Marcelinho Machado (Bra)
2007 Las Vegas, United States	USA	118–81	Argentina	Puerto Rico	Luis Scola (Arg)
2009 San Juan, Puerto Rico	Brazil	61-60	Puerto Rico	Argentina	Luis Scola (Arg)

FIBA Americas Tournament, Summary of Winners

National Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
USA	6	1	0	7
Brazil	4	1	4	9
Puerto Rico	3	4	2	9
Argentina	1	4	4	9
Canada	0	2	3	5
Venezuela	0	1	1	2
Uruguay	0	1	0	1