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 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.