1988 Tournament of the Americas

Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	22–31 May
Teams	7
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up	Puerto Rico
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Uruguay
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The 1988 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a basketball championship hosted by Uruguay from 22 to 31 May 1988. The games were played in Montevideo. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the three berths allocated to the Americas for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. The United States did not participate in the tournament, as the team had already been awarded a berth in the Olympics. Brazil defeated Puerto Rico in the final to win the tournament. ^[1] Canada beat Uruguay 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 1987; Canada qualified automatically since they are one of only two members of the North America zone. Panama and the Dominican Republic withdrew from the tournament. The teams formed a single group of seven teams.

• North America:   Canada
• Caribbean and Central America:  Dominican Republic,   Mexico,   Panama,   Puerto Rico
• South America:   Argentina,   Brazil,   Uruguay,   Venezuela

Format

• The top four teams from the main group advance to the semifinals.
• The winners in the knockout semifinals advanced to the Final and were granted berths in the 1988 Summer Olympics tournament in Seoul. 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 semifinals

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Brazil	6	5	1	591	559	+32	11
Puerto Rico	6	5	1	493	456	+37	11
Canada	6	3	3	507	506	+1	9
Uruguay	6	3	3	533	487	+46	9
Argentina	6	3	3	533	567	−34	9
Mexico	6	2	4	546	549	−3	8
Venezuela	6	0	6	471	570	−99	6

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	30 May
	Puerto Rico	62
					31 May
	Canada	60
					Brazil	101
	30 May
					Puerto Rico	92 [1]
	Brazil	90
	Uruguay	83
					Third place
					31 May
					Canada	87
					Uruguay	80

Awards

1988 Tournament of the Americas winners
Brazil Second title

Final standings

Qualified for the 1988 Olympic Tournament

Rank	Team	Record
	Brazil	7–1
	Puerto Rico	6–2
	Canada	4–4
4	Uruguay	3–5
5	Argentina	3–3
6	Mexico	2–4
7	Venezuela	0–6

References

• 1988 Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, FIBA.com.