The 1980 Tournament of the Americas, since 2005 called the

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or the

FIBA AmeriCup The FIBA AmeriCup (previously known as the FIBA Americas Championship) is the Americas Basketball Championship that takes place every four years between national teams of the Western Hemisphere continents. Since FIBA organised the entire West ...

, was the inaugural edition of this

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tournament, and it was hosted by

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in San Juan from April 18 to April 25, 1980. The berths allocated to the Americas for the 1980 Summer Olympics in

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were determined. The

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did not participate in the tournament.

won the tournament by going 5-1 in the round robin. Because of the U.S.-led boycott of the

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, eventual berths went to

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, the fourth-place finisher, and

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, the sixth-place finisher.

Competing nations

The following national teams competed:

Squads

Preliminary rounds

Standings

* Puerto Rico wins gold medal based on head-to-head victory over Canada. Argentina wins bronze medal based on head-to-head victory over Brazil. April 18, 1980 April 19, 1980 April 20, 1980 April 21, 1980 April 23, 1980 April 24, 1980 April 25, 1980

References

FIBA Archive
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