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1980 Tournament of the Americas

Field	Value
country	Puerto Rico
dates	April 18–25, 1980
num_teams	7
venues	1
cities	1
champion	PUR
champion-flagvar	1952
count	1
second	CAN
third	ARG
fourth	BRA
top_scorer	MEX Arturo Guerrero
nextseason	1984

| champion-flagvar=1952

The 1980 Tournament of the Americas, since 2005 called the FIBA Americas Championship or the FIBA AmeriCup, was the inaugural edition of this basketball tournament, and it was hosted by Puerto Rico in San Juan from April 18 to April 25, 1980. The berths allocated to the Americas for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow were determined. The United States did not participate in the tournament. Puerto Rico won the tournament by going 5–1 in the round robin. Because of the U.S.-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympic Games, eventual berths went to Brazil, the fourth-place finisher, and Cuba, the sixth-place finisher.

Competing nations

The following national teams competed:

Squads

Main article: 1980 Tournament of the Americas squads

Preliminary rounds

Standings

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
*	11	6	5	1	651	535	+116
*	11	6	5	1	544	476	+68
*	10	6	4	2	584	526	+58
*	10	6	4	2	543	557	–14
	8	6	2	4	538	589	–51
	7	6	1	5	486	523	–37
	6	6	0	6	492	632	–140

Puerto Rico wins gold medal based on head-to-head victory over Canada. Argentina wins bronze medal based on head-to-head victory over Brazil.

April 18, 1980

****	99–93

April 19, 1980

****	128–84

April 20, 1980

****	113–88

April 21, 1980

****	103–81

April 23, 1980

****	134–104

April 24, 1980

****	88–70

April 25, 1980

****	99–93

Awards

Topscorer

Arturo Guerrero was the topscorer with 147 pts (24.5 per game).

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