The 1989 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 June 8 to June 18, 1989. The games were played in

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. This

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was to earn the five berths allocated to the Americas for the

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defeated the

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in the final to win the tournament.

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, and

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also qualified for the

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by finishing third through fifth, respectively.

Qualification

Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1989; 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 knockout round. The losers from the knockout quarterfinals compete in a separate bracket to define fifth through eighth place. *Results and standings among teams within the same group are carried over. *The winners in the knockout semifinals advanced to the Final and were granted berths in the

. The losers figure in a third-place playoff and were both also granted berths in the FIBA World Championship. Since Argentina and the United States were already qualified as hosts and Olympic Champions respectively, should they reach one of the top four positions in the final standings, one or two extra berths should be granted to the fifth and/or sixth team in the final standings.

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout round

Championship Bracket

Classification round

5th-8th places

Final standings

References

1989 FIBA Americas Championship for Men
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