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1988 Tournament of the Americas

Field	Value
country	Uruguay
dates	22–31 May
num_teams	7
venues	1
cities	1
champion	BRA
count	2
second	PUR
second-flagvar	1952
third	CAN
fourth	URU
top_scorer	BRA Oscar Schmidt
prevseason	1984
nextseason	1989

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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. 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:
Caribbean and Central America:, , ,
South America: , , ,

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

Main article: 1988 Tournament of the Americas squads

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the semifinals

Knockout stage

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Final

Brazil beat Puerto Rico 101-92 with Oscar Schmidt scoring 20 points.

Awards

Topscorer

Oscar Schmidt was the top scorer with 240 points (30.0 average).

Final standings

	Qualified for the 1988 Olympic Tournament

Rank	Team	Record
		7–1
		6–2
		4–4
4		3–5
5		3–3
6		2–4
7		0–6

References

1988 Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, FIBA.com.

References

(1988-06-01). "Brazil defeats P. R. for gold". The San Juan Star.
[https://www.fiba.basketball/en/news/americup-2021-qualifiers-news-oscar-s-numbers-awed-the-americas Oscar's numbers awed the Americas - fiba.basketball]

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