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1995 Tournament of the Americas

Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	15–27 August
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Puerto Rico (4th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Canada
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The 1995 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a basketball championship hosted by Argentina, from August 15 to August 27, 1995. The games were played in Tucuman and Neuquen. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the three berths allocated to the Americas for the 1996 Summer Olympics, in Atlanta. The United States did not participate in the tournament, as the team claimed the host berth in the Olympics. Puerto Rico defeated Argentina in the final, to win the tournament. Brazil beat Canada 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 1995; Canada qualified automatically since they are one of the two members of the North America zone.

• North America:  Canada
  


• 
  Caribbean and Central America: Bahamas,  Barbados,  Cuba,  Dominican Republic,  Puerto Rico
  


• South America:  Argentina,  Brazil,  Uruguay,  Venezuela
  

The draw split the tournament into two groups:

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 advanced to the semifinals.


• The winners in the knockout semifinals advanced to the Final and were granted berths in the 1996 Summer Olympics tournament in Atlanta. The losers figure in a third-place playoff where the winner was given the third and final place in the Olympics.

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Puerto Rico	4	4	0	361	326	+35	8
Canada	4	2	2	337	312	+25	6
Cuba	4	2	2	369	336	+33	6
Dominican Republic	4	2	2	329	326	+3	6
Barbados	4	0	4	271	367	−96	4

15 August

Report

Puerto Rico	105–95	Cuba
Scoring by half: 53–43, 52–52

Neuquén

15 August

Report

Dominican Republic	82–79	Canada
Scoring by half: 53–34, 29–45

Neuquén

16 August

Report

Dominican Republic	86–66	Barbados
Scoring by half: 48–36, 38–30

Neuquén

16 August

Report

Puerto Rico	84–73	Canada
Scoring by half: 42–37, 42–36

Neuquén

17 August

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Barbados	55–96	Cuba
Scoring by half: 27–50, 28–46

Neuquén

17 August

Report

Puerto Rico	82–75	Dominican Republic
Scoring by half: 46–42, 36–33

Neuquén

18 August

Report

Canada	90–79	Cuba
Scoring by half: 45–43, 45–36

Neuquén

18 August

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Puerto Rico	90–83	Barbados
Scoring by half: 43–39, 47–44

Neuquén

19 August

Report

Cuba	99–86	Dominican Republic
Scoring by half: 51–42, 48–44

Neuquén

19 August

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Canada	95–67	Barbados
Scoring by half: 58–34, 37–33

Neuquén

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Brazil	4	3	1	354	320	+34	7
Uruguay	4	3	1	343	313	+30	7
Argentina	4	3	1	326	290	+36	7
Bahamas	4	1	3	317	372	−55	5
Venezuela	4	0	4	312	357	−45	4

15 August

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Venezuela	66–83	Argentina
Scoring by half: 38–41, 28–42

Tucumán

15 August

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Brazil	81–84	Uruguay
Scoring by half: 40–55, 41–29

Tucumán

16 August

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Brazil	91–78	Bahamas
Scoring by half: 45–35, 46–43

Tucumán

16 August

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Uruguay	75–79	Argentina
Scoring by half: 36–36, 39–43

Tucumán

17 August

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Uruguay	104–78	Bahamas
Scoring by half: 49–46, 55–32

Tucumán

17 August

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Venezuela	80–99	Brazil
Scoring by half: 34–45, 46–54

Tucumán

18 August

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Uruguay	80–75	Venezuela
Scoring by half: 45–41, 35–34

Tucumán

18 August

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Bahamas	66–86	Argentina
Scoring by half: 43–45, 23–41

Tucumán

19 August

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Venezuela	91–95	Bahamas
Scoring by half: 51–48, 40–47

Tucumán

19 August

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Argentina	78–83	Brazil
Scoring by half: 39–39, 39–44

Tucumán

Quarterfinal group

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 with the top four advancing to the semifinals. Records from the preliminary groups carried over.

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Argentina	7	6	1	633	545	+88	13
Puerto Rico	7	6	1	658	609	+49	13
Canada	7	4	3	665	608	+57	11
Brazil	7	3	4	645	628	+17	10
Cuba	7	3	4	657	654	+3	10
Uruguay	7	3	4	596	611	−15	10
Dominican Republic	7	2	5	586	664	−78	9
Bahamas	7	1	6	615	736	−121	8

21 August

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Canada	94–73	Uruguay
Scoring by half: 42–32, 51–41

Neuquén

21 August

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Dominican Republic	100–98	Brazil
Scoring by half: 53–56, 47–42

Neuquén

21 August

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Cuba	81–86	Argentina
Scoring by half: 42–36, 39–50

Neuquén

21 August

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Puerto Rico	139–95	Bahamas
Scoring by half: 72–46, 67–49

Neuquén

22 August

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Bahamas	89–130	Canada
Scoring by half: 46–54, 43–76

Neuquén

22 August

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Brazil	110–95	Cuba
Scoring by half: 54–49, 56–46

Neuquén

22 August

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Dominican Republic	75–97	Argentina
Scoring by half: 36–44, 39–53

Neuquén

22 August

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Uruguay	83–89	Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 37–43, 46–46

Neuquén

23 August

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Cuba	99–88	Bahamas
Scoring by half: 54–50, 45–38

Neuquén

23 August

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Dominican Republic	81–88	Uruguay
Scoring by half: 37–52, 44–36

Neuquén

23 August

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Puerto Rico	75–105	Argentina
Scoring by half: 31–55, 39–50

Neuquén

23 August

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Canada	104–99	Brazil
Scoring by half: 50–48, 54–51

Neuquén

24 August

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Bahamas	121–87	Dominican Republic
Scoring by half: 65–43, 56–44

Neuquén

24 August

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Uruguay	89–109	Cuba
Scoring by half: 41–50, 48–59

Neuquén

24 August

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Argentina	102–95	Canada
Scoring by half: 48–52, 54–43

Neuquén

24 August

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Brazil	83–89	Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 40–45, 43–44

Neuquén

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	26 August
	Puerto Rico	98
					27 August
	Canada	81
					Puerto Rico	87
	26 August
					Argentina	86
	Argentina	87
	Brazil	82
					Third place
					27 August
					Canada	79
					Brazil	97

Semifinals

26 August

Report

Puerto Rico	98–81	Canada
Scoring by half: 56–39, 42–42

Neuquén

26 August

Report

Argentina	87–82	Brazil
Scoring by half: 42–41, 45–41

Neuquén

Third place game

27 August

Report

Brazil	97–79	Canada
Scoring by half: 44–32, 53–47

Neuquén

Final

27 August

Report

Argentina	86–87	Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 50–47, 36–40

Neuquén

Awards

1997 Tournament of the Americas Winners
Puerto Rico Fourth title

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Puerto Rico	9–1
	Argentina	8–2
	Brazil	5–5
4	Canada	5–5
5	Cuba	4–4
6	Uruguay	4–4
7	Dominican Republic	3–5
8	Bahamas	2–6
9	Venezuela	0–4
10	Barbados	0–4

References

1995 FIBA Americas Championship for Men, FIBA.com.