FIBA Americas Championship

FIBA Americas Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2015 FIBA Americas Championship
Formerly	Tournament of the Americas
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1980
Inaugural season	1980
No. of teams	10
Country	FIBA Americas member nations
Continent	FIBA Americas (Americas)
Most recent champion(s)	Venezuela (1st title)
Most titles	United States (6 titles)
Qualification	FIBA Basketball World Cup Olympic Games
Related competitions	Centrobasket South American Basketball Championship
Official website	FIBA Americas

The FIBA Americas Championship is the name commonly used to refer to the American Basketball Championship that takes place every two years between national teams of the continents. Through the 2015 edition, the Americas Championship is also a qualifying tournament for the FIBA Basketball World Cup and the Summer Olympic Games. Beginning in 2017, the championship, along with all other FIBA continental championships for men, will be played once every four years, and the continental championships will no longer be part of the qualifying process for either the World Cup or Olympics.^[1]

Since FIBA organized the entire Western Hemisphere west of the Atlantic Ocean under one zone, countries from Northern America, Central America, the Caribbean and South America compete in this tournament.

The United States is the most successful team in this tournament, having won it six times. Argentinean Luis Scola is both the all-time leading scorer in tournament history, and the player who has won the most tournament MVPs, with four.

Summaries

Year	Host		Gold medal game				Bronze medal game
			Gold	Score	Silver		Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1980 Details	Puerto Rico (San Juan)		Puerto Rico	Round Robin	Canada		Argentina	Round Robin	Brazil
1984 Details	Brazil (São Paulo)		Brazil	Round Robin	Uruguay		Canada	Round Robin	Panama
1988 Details	Uruguay (Montevideo)		Brazil	101–92[2]	Puerto Rico		Canada	87–70	Uruguay
1989 Details	Mexico (Mexico City)		Puerto Rico	89–80	United States		Brazil	158–124	Venezuela
1992 Details	United States (Portland)		United States	127–80	Venezuela		Brazil	93–91	Puerto Rico
1993 Details	Puerto Rico (San Juan)		United States	109–95	Puerto Rico		Argentina	98–91	Brazil
1995 Details	Argentina (Neuquén)		Puerto Rico	87–86	Argentina		Brazil	97–77	Canada
1997 Details	Uruguay (Montevideo)		United States	95–86	Puerto Rico		Brazil	76–75	Argentina
1999 Details	Puerto Rico (San Juan)		United States	92–66	Canada		Argentina	103–101	Puerto Rico
2001 Details	Argentina (Neuquén)		Argentina	78–59	Brazil		Canada	102–95	Puerto Rico
2003 Details	Puerto Rico (San Juan)		United States	106–73	Argentina		Puerto Rico	79–66	Canada
2005 Details	Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo)		Brazil	100–88	Argentina		Venezuela	93–83	United States
2007 Details	United States (Las Vegas)		United States	118–81	Argentina		Puerto Rico	111–107	Brazil
2009 Details	Puerto Rico (San Juan)		Brazil	61–60	Puerto Rico		Argentina	88–73	Canada
2011 Details	Argentina (Mar del Plata)		Argentina	80–75	Brazil		Dominican Republic	103–89	Puerto Rico
2013 Details	Venezuela (Caracas)		Mexico	91–89	Puerto Rico		Argentina	103–93	Dominican Republic
2015 Details	}]] Mexico (Mexico City)		Venezuela	76–71	Argentina		Canada	87–86	Mexico

Championships per nation

Map of best finishes per team.

  First place

  Second place

  Fourth place and better

  Eighth place and better

  Worse than eighth place

  FIBA Americas member, no appearance yet

  Not a FIBA Americas member

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	6	1	0	7
2	Brazil	4	2	4	10
3	Puerto Rico	3	5	2	10
4	Argentina	2	5	5	12
5	Venezuela	1	1	1	3
6	Mexico	1	0	0	1
7	Canada	0	2	4	6
8	Uruguay	0	1	0	1
9	Dominican Republic	0	0	1	1

Participation details

Team

1980

1984

1988

1989

1992

1993

1995

1997

1999

2001

2003

2005

2007

2009

2011

2013

2015

Total

Argentina

3rd

7th

5th

8th

5th

3rd

2nd

4th

3rd

1st

2nd

2nd

2nd

3rd

1st

3rd

2nd

17

Bahamas

–

–

–

–

–

–

8th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

Barbados

–

–

–

–

–

–

10th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

Brazil

4th

1st

1st

3rd

3rd

4th

3rd

3rd

6th

2nd

7th

1st

4th

1st

2nd

9th

9th

17

Canada

2nd

3rd

3rd

5th

6th

7th

4th

5th

2nd

3rd

4th

9th

5th

4th

6th

6th

3rd

17

Cuba

6th

8th

–

7th

8th

5th

5th

6th

10th

–

–

–

–

–

10th

–

10th

10

Dominican Republic

–

9th

–

6th

–

9th

7th

9th

7th

–

8th

6th

–

5th

3rd

4th

6th

12

Ecuador

–

–

–

12th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

Jamaica

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

8th

–

1

Mexico

5th

5th

6th

9th

9th

–

–

10th

–

9th

6th

10th

7th

7th

–

1st

4th

13

Panama

–

4th

–

11th

7th

8th

–

–

9th

6th

–

5th

9th

8th

8th

–

7th

11

Paraguay

–

–

–

10th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

9th

10th

–

3

Puerto Rico

1st

6th

2nd

1st

4th

2nd

1st

2nd

4th

4th

3rd

7th

3rd

2nd

4th

2nd

5th

17

United States

–

–

–

2nd

1st

1st

–

1st

1st

10th

1st

4th

1st

–

–

–

–

9

Uruguay

7th

2nd

4th

–

10th

10th

6th

8th

8th

8th

9th

8th

6th

6th

7th

7th

8th

16

Venezuela

–

–

7th

4th

2nd

6th

9th

7th

5th

5th

5th

3rd

8th

9th

5th

5th

1st

15

U.S. Virgin Islands

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

7th

10th

–

10th

10th

–

–

–

4

MVP Awards

See also

• FIBA Basketball World Cup
• Basketball at the Olympic Games
• Basketball at the Pan American Games
• Centrobasket
• South American Basketball Championship
• South American Basketball Championship for Women
• FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship
• FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship
• FIBA Americas Women's Championship

External links

• FIBA Americas official website
• 2011 FIBA Americas Championship
• 2005 FIBA Americas Championship
• Men's Tournament of the Americas – 2003
• FIBA Americas Championship Qualifier – 2005
• Brazil's History of Pre-Olympic Tournaments
• Brazil's History of Pre-World Championship Tournaments
• 2009 FIBA Americas Championship Qualifier – 2009 announcement

References

International men's basketball FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup Universiade U-21 World Championship U-19 World Championship U-17 World Championship World Rankings Africa FIBA Africa – AfroBasket U-18 U-16 Americas FIBA Americas – FIBA Americas Championship U-18 U-16 Asia FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Championship U-18 U-16 Europe FIBA Europe – EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16 Oceania FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship U-20 U-18 U-16 Other tournaments Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Albert Schweitzer Tournament All-Africa Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Belgrade Trophy Diamond Ball FIBA Asia Cup FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophony Games Marchand Cup Mediterranean Games MVP Cup Stanković Cup Pan American Games Pan Arab Games South Asian Games TBF International Under-16 Tournament William Jones Cup World Cup (Turkey) Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.