1988 Tournament of the Americas
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The 1988 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a
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championship hosted by
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from 22 to 31 May 1988. The games were played in
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. This
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was to earn the three berths allocated to the Americas for the
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in
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. The
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did not participate in the tournament, as the team had already been awarded a berth in the Olympics.
Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
defeated
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in the final to win the tournament.
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beat
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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
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. The losers figure in a third-place playoff where the winner was given the third and final place in the Olympics.


Squads


Preliminary round








Knockout stage


Awards


Final standings


References


1988 Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men
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