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1999 Tournament of the Americas
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | 1999 Tournament of the Americas |
| image | 1999 Tournament of the Americas.jpg |
| size | 280px |
| city | San Juan |
| country | Puerto Rico |
| dates | July 14–25 |
| num_teams | 10 |
| venues | 1 |
| cities | 1 |
| champion | USA |
| count | 4 |
| second | CAN |
| third | ARG |
| fourth | PUR |
| mvp | CAN Steve Nash |
| top_scorer | PUR Jose Ortiz |
| prevseason | 1997 |
| nextseason | 2001 |
The 1999 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup (also known as Las Americas Tournament for Men, the FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament, or Panamerican Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men), was a basketball championship hosted by Puerto Rico, from July 14 to July 25, 1999. The games were played in San Juan, at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the two berths allocated to the Americas for the 2000 Olympics, in Sydney, Australia. The United States won the tournament, featuring the Dream Team No4. It was the USA's fourth AmeriCup championship. The USA won its 10 games in this tournament by an average of 31.6 points.
Qualification
Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1999; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone.
- North America: ,
- Caribbean and Central America:, , ,
- South America: , , ,
The draw split the tournament into two groups: Group A
Group B
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 advance to the semifinals (1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3).
- The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final and were granted berths in the 2000 Summer Olympics tournament in Sydney. The losers figure in a third-place playoff.
Squads
Main article: 1999 Tournament of the Americas squads
Preliminary round
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
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Group A
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Group B
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Quarterfinal group
| Qualified for the semifinals |
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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. Records from the preliminary groups carried over.
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Knockout stage
|July 24|USA United States|88|Argentina Argentina|59 |July 24|Canada Canada|83|Puerto Rico Puerto Rico|71 |July 25|USA United States|92|Canada Canada|66 |July 25|Argentina Argentina|103|Puerto Rico Puerto Rico|101
Scoresheets
Final
USA – Canada 92-66
- USA : Payton 19, Hardaway 14, Duncan 12, Smith 11, Kidd 10, Garnett 10, Gugliotta 10, Houston 4, Szczerbiak 2, Brand, Baker
- Canada : Mac Culloch 22, Mavis 12, Nash 11, Barrett 6, Meeks 4, Hamilotn 4, Anderson 3, Swords 2, Newton 2, Guarasci, Mc Tavish, Vassell
Semifinals
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USA - Argentina 84 - 76 (ht: 42-38)
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USA : Bailey 3, Hawkins 10, Williams 19, Moore 6, Lindeman 0, Blackwell 11, Thomas 13, Stigenga 0, Holmes 4, Martin 0, Houston 8, Smith 10
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Argentina: Fernandez 4, Victoriano 15, Ginobili 23, Gutierrez 8, Palladino 6, Jasen 1, Sucatzky 8, Nocioni 7, Olivares 2, Aisupurua 2
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Brazil - Puerto Rico 95 - 85
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**Brazil **: Caio 14, Vanderlei 12, Josuel 12
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** Puerto Rico** : Travieso 28
Statistical leaders
- **Topscorer **: PUR Jose Ortiz 169 pts (16.9 ppg)
| Pos. | Name | PPG |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PUR Jose Ortiz | 16.9 |
| 2 | USA Gary Payton | 16.0 |
| 3 | PUR Jerome Mincy | 15.6 |
| 4 | CAN Rowan Barrett | |
| 5 | DOM Felipe López | |
| 6 | URU Nicolás Mazzarino | |
| 7 | PUR Orlando Vega | |
| 8 | VEN Víctor Díaz | 15.6 |
| 9 | USA Tim Duncan | |
| 10 | ARG Hugo Sconochini | 15.9 |
- **Assists **: USA Jason Kidd 6.8 apg
BRA Demétrius Conrado Ferraciú 6.3 apg
CAN Steve Nash 5.8 apg
- **Rebounds **: CAN Todd MacCulloch 9.3 rpg
USA Tim Duncan 9.1 rpg
PUR Jose Ortiz 7.7 rpg
| Most Valuable Player |
|---|
| CAN Steve Nash |
Final standings
| Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics |
|---|
| Rank | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 10–0 | ||
| 7–3 | ||
| 7–3 | ||
| 4 | 6–4 | |
| 5 | 4–4 | |
| 6 | 3–5 | |
| 7 | 2–6 | |
| 8 | 1–7 | |
| 9 | 0–4 | |
| 10 | 0–4 |
| ** Tim Duncan | |
|---|---|
| Allan Houston | |
| Steve Smith | |
| Vin Baker | |
| Kevin Garnett | |
| Jason Kidd | |
| Gary Payton | |
| Tim Hardaway | |
| Tom Gugliotta | |
| Elton Brand | |
| Richard Hamilton | |
| Wally Szczerbiak** | Richard Elias Anderson |
| Rowan Barrett | |
| Peter Guarasci | |
| Andrew Mavis | |
| Jordie McTavish | |
| Michael Meeks | |
| Shawn Swords | |
| Keith Vassell | |
| Steve Nash | |
| Greg Newton | |
| Todd MacCulloch | |
| Sherman Hamilton | Alejandro Montecchia |
| Lucas Victoriano | |
| Leandro Palladino | |
| Sergio Aispurua | |
| Facundo Sucatzky | |
| Andrés Nocioni | |
| Hugo Sconochini | |
| Juan Espil | |
| Manu Ginóbili | |
| Gabriel Fernández | |
| Luis Scola | |
| Leonardo Gutiérrez |
References
References
- [http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Nash/Nash_bio.html Steve Nash], jockbio.com. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
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