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1992 Tournament of the Americas

FieldValue
tourney_name1992 Tournament of the Americas
image1992 Tournament of the Americas.jpg
cityPortland
countryUnited States
datesJune 27 - July 5
num_teams10
venues1
cities1
championUSA
count1
secondVEN
second-flagvar1930
thirdBRA
fourthPUR
fourth-flagvar1952
mvpCharles Barkley and Magic Johnson
prevseason[1989](1989-tournament-of-the-americas)
nextseason[1993](1993-tournament-of-the-americas)

| second-flagvar=1930 | fourth-flagvar=1952 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.

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 top three teams from each group advance to the knockout round.
  • The winners in the knockout semifinals advanced to the Final and were granted berths in the 1992 Olympic Tournament in Barcelona. The losers figure in a third place playoff and were both also granted berths in the Olympic Tournament.

Squads

Main article: 1992 Tournament of the Americas squads

Preliminary round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout round

Championship bracket

| RD1-team3= | RD1-score3=72 | RD1-team4=**** | RD1-score4=76 | RD1-team5=**** | RD1-score5=95 | RD1-team6= | RD1-score6=85 | RD2-team1= | RD2-score1=91 | RD2-team2=**** | RD2-score2=100 | RD2-team3= | RD2-score3=81 | RD2-team4=**** | RD2-score4=119 U.S. Dream Team remains unchallenged, beating Puerto Rico, 119-81, to reach final (July 4, 1992) - latimes.com | RD3-team1= | RD3-score1=80 | RD3-team2=**** | RD3-score2=127 U.S. Wins. Try Telling Venezuela That It Didn't Too. (July 6, 1992) - nytimes.com | RD3-team3=**** | RD3-score3=93 | RD3-team4= | RD3-score4=91

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.

  • Game 1 vs Cuba: Clyde Drexler (20 pts, 7 assists)
  • Game 2 vs Canada:
  • Game 3 vs Panama:
  • Game 4 vs Argentina: Michael Jordan
  • Game 5 vs Puerto Rico: Magic Johnson (16 pts, 6 assists, 4 rebs)
  • Game 6 vs Venezuela: Michael Jordan

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

Qualified for the 1992 Olympic Tournament
RankTeamRecord
6–0
4–3
6-1
44–3
52–3
62–3
71–3
81–3
91–3
100–4

References

Sources

References

  1. [https://web.archive.org/web/20250000000000*/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1992/06/29/dream-team-dazzles-in-laugher/ DREAM TEAM DAZZLES IN LAUGHER (June 28, 1992) - orlandosentinel.com]
  2. link. (December 23, 2015 ". Associated Press. ''Toledo Blade''. July 6, 1992. Retrieved August 13, 2010.)
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