1995 Tournament of the Americas
Tournament details
Host countryArgentina
Dates15–27 August
Teams10
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Puerto Rico (4th title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Brazil
Fourth place Canada

The 1995 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a basketball championship hosted by Argentina, from August 15 to August 27, 1995. The games were played in Tucuman and Neuquen. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the three berths allocated to the Americas for the 1996 Summer Olympics, in Atlanta. The United States did not participate in the tournament, as the team claimed the host berth in the Olympics. Puerto Rico defeated Argentina in the final, to win the tournament. Brazil beat Canada in the third place game, to claim the final Olympic berth.

Qualification

Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1995; Canada qualified automatically since they are one of the two members of the North America zone.

The draw split the tournament into two groups:

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 advanced to the semifinals.
  • The winners in the knockout semifinals advanced to the Final and were granted berths in the 1996 Summer Olympics tournament in Atlanta. The losers figure in a third-place playoff where the winner was given the third and final place in the Olympics.

Squads

Preliminary round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Puerto Rico 4 4 0 361 326+35 8
 Canada 4 2 2 337 312+25 6
 Cuba 4 2 2 369 336+33 6
 Dominican Republic 4 2 2 329 326+3 6
 Barbados 4 0 4 271 36796 4
15 August
 Puerto Rico 10595  Cuba
Scoring by half: 53–43, 52–52
15 August
 Dominican Republic 8279  Canada
Scoring by half: 53–34, 29–45
Neuquén
16 August
 Dominican Republic 8666  Barbados
Scoring by half: 48–36, 38–30
Neuquén
16 August
 Puerto Rico 8473  Canada
Scoring by half: 42–37, 42–36
Neuquén
17 August
 Barbados 5596  Cuba
Scoring by half: 27–50, 28–46
Neuquén
17 August
 Puerto Rico 8275  Dominican Republic
Scoring by half: 46–42, 36–33
Neuquén
18 August
 Canada 9079  Cuba
Scoring by half: 45–43, 45–36
Neuquén
18 August
 Puerto Rico 9083  Barbados
Scoring by half: 43–39, 47–44
Neuquén
19 August
 Cuba 9986  Dominican Republic
Scoring by half: 51–42, 48–44
Neuquén
19 August
 Canada 9567  Barbados
Scoring by half: 58–34, 37–33
Neuquén

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Brazil 4 3 1 354 320+34 7
 Uruguay 4 3 1 343 313+30 7
 Argentina 4 3 1 326 290+36 7
 Bahamas 4 1 3 317 37255 5
 Venezuela 4 0 4 312 35745 4
15 August
 Venezuela 6683  Argentina
Scoring by half: 38–41, 28–42
15 August
 Brazil 8184  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 40–55, 41–29
Tucumán
16 August
 Brazil 9178  Bahamas
Scoring by half: 45–35, 46–43
Tucumán
16 August
 Uruguay 7579  Argentina
Scoring by half: 36–36, 39–43
Tucumán
17 August
 Uruguay 10478  Bahamas
Scoring by half: 49–46, 55–32
Tucumán
17 August
 Venezuela 8099  Brazil
Scoring by half: 34–45, 46–54
Tucumán
18 August
 Uruguay 8075  Venezuela
Scoring by half: 45–41, 35–34
Tucumán
18 August
 Bahamas 6686  Argentina
Scoring by half: 43–45, 23–41
Tucumán
19 August
 Venezuela 9195  Bahamas
Scoring by half: 51–48, 40–47
Tucumán
19 August
 Argentina 7883  Brazil
Scoring by half: 39–39, 39–44
Tucumán

Quarterfinal group

Qualified for the semifinals

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 with the top four advancing to the semifinals. Records from the preliminary groups carried over.

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Argentina 7 6 1 633 545+88 13
 Puerto Rico 7 6 1 658 609+49 13
 Canada 7 4 3 665 608+57 11
 Brazil 7 3 4 645 628+17 10
 Cuba 7 3 4 657 654+3 10
 Uruguay 7 3 4 596 61115 10
 Dominican Republic 7 2 5 586 66478 9
 Bahamas 7 1 6 615 736121 8
21 August
 Canada 9473  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 42–32, 51–41
21 August
 Dominican Republic 10098  Brazil
Scoring by half: 53–56, 47–42
Neuquén
21 August
 Cuba 8186  Argentina
Scoring by half: 42–36, 39–50
Neuquén
21 August
 Puerto Rico 13995  Bahamas
Scoring by half: 72–46, 67–49
Neuquén
22 August
 Bahamas 89130  Canada
Scoring by half: 46–54, 43–76
Neuquén
22 August
 Brazil 11095  Cuba
Scoring by half: 54–49, 56–46
Neuquén
22 August
 Dominican Republic 7597  Argentina
Scoring by half: 36–44, 39–53
Neuquén
22 August
 Uruguay 8389  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 37–43, 46–46
Neuquén
23 August
 Cuba 9988  Bahamas
Scoring by half: 54–50, 45–38
Neuquén
23 August
 Dominican Republic 8188  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 37–52, 44–36
Neuquén
23 August
 Puerto Rico 75105  Argentina
Scoring by half: 31–55, 39–50
Neuquén
23 August
 Canada 10499  Brazil
Scoring by half: 50–48, 54–51
Neuquén
24 August
 Bahamas 12187  Dominican Republic
Scoring by half: 65–43, 56–44
Neuquén
24 August
 Uruguay 89109  Cuba
Scoring by half: 41–50, 48–59
Neuquén
24 August
 Argentina 10295  Canada
Scoring by half: 48–52, 54–43
Neuquén
24 August
 Brazil 8389  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 40–45, 43–44
Neuquén

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 August
 
 
 Puerto Rico98
 
27 August
 
 Canada81
 
 Puerto Rico87
 
26 August
 
 Argentina86
 
 Argentina87
 
 
 Brazil82
 
Third place
 
 
27 August
 
 
 Canada79
 
 
 Brazil97

Semifinals

26 August
 Puerto Rico 9881  Canada
Scoring by half: 56–39, 42–42
26 August
 Argentina 8782  Brazil
Scoring by half: 42–41, 45–41
Neuquén

Third place game

27 August
 Brazil 9779  Canada
Scoring by half: 44–32, 53–47
Neuquén

Final

27 August
 Argentina 8687  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 50–47, 36–40
Neuquén

Awards

 1997 Tournament of the Americas winners 

Puerto Rico
Fourth title

Final standings

Qualified for the 1996 Olympic Tournament
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Puerto Rico 9–1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Argentina 8–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Brazil 5–5
4  Canada 5–5
5  Cuba 4–4
6  Uruguay 4–4
7  Dominican Republic 3–5
8  Bahamas 2–6
9  Venezuela 0–4
10  Barbados 0–4

References

1995 FIBA Americas Championship for Men, FIBA.com.

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