FIBA AmeriCup

FIBA AmeriCup
Current season, competition or edition:; 2025 FIBA AmeriCup qualification
Formerly	Tournament of the Americas; FIBA Americas Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1980; 44 years ago
First season	1980
Organising body	FIBA
No. of teams	12
Country	FIBA Americas member nations
Continent	FIBA Americas (Americas)
Most recent; champion(s)	Argentina (3rd title)
Most titles	United States (7 titles)
Related; competitions	Centrobasket; South American Championship
Official website	FIBA Americas

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 organized the entire Western Hemisphere west of the Atlantic Ocean under one zone, countries from North America, Central America, the Caribbean and South America compete in this tournament.

Through the 2015 edition, the Americas Championship took place every two years, and was also a qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Cup and the Summer Olympic Games. However, since 2017, the AmeriCup, along with all other FIBA continental championships for men are played once every four years. The continental championships are no longer a part of the qualifying process for either the World Cup or Olympics.^[1]

Summaries

Ed.	Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
Ed.	Year	Host	Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1	1980	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	– ^{[n 1]}	Canada	Argentina	– ^{[n 1]}	Brazil
2	1984	Brazil	Brazil	– ^{[n 1]}	Uruguay	Canada	– ^{[n 1]}	Panama
3	1988	Uruguay	Brazil	101–92^[2]	Puerto Rico	Canada	87–70	Uruguay
4	1989	Mexico	Puerto Rico	89–80	United States	Brazil	158–124	Venezuela
5	1992	United States	United States	127–80	Venezuela	Brazil	93–91	Puerto Rico
6	1993	Puerto Rico	United States	109–95	Puerto Rico	Argentina	98–91	Brazil
7	1995	Argentina	Puerto Rico	87–86	Argentina	Brazil	97–77	Canada
8	1997	Uruguay	United States	95–86	Puerto Rico	Brazil	76–75	Argentina
9	1999	Puerto Rico	United States	92–66	Canada	Argentina	103–101	Puerto Rico
10	2001	Argentina	Argentina	78–59	Brazil	Canada	102–95	Puerto Rico
11	2003	Puerto Rico	United States	106–73	Argentina	Puerto Rico	79–66	Canada
12	2005	Dominican Republic	Brazil	100–88	Argentina	Venezuela	93–83	United States
13	2007	United States	United States	118–81	Argentina	Puerto Rico	111–107	Brazil
14	2009	Puerto Rico	Brazil	61–60	Puerto Rico	Argentina	88–73	Canada
15	2011	Argentina	Argentina	80–75	Brazil	Dominican Republic	103–89	Puerto Rico
16	2013	Venezuela	Mexico	91–89	Puerto Rico	Argentina	103–93	Dominican Republic
17	2015	Mexico	Venezuela	76–71	Argentina	Canada	87–86	Mexico
18	2017	Argentina Colombia Uruguay	United States	81–76	Argentina	Mexico	79–65	Virgin Islands
19	2022	Brazil	Argentina	75–73	Brazil	United States	84–80	Canada
20	2025	Nicaragua

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Positions defined after a round-robin tournament.

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	7	1	1	9
2	Brazil	4	3	4	11
3	Argentina	3	6	5	14
4	Puerto Rico	3	5	2	10
5	Venezuela	1	1	1	3
6	Mexico	1	0	1	2
7	Canada	0	2	4	6
8	Uruguay	0	1	0	1
9	Dominican Republic	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		19	19	19	57

Participating nations

Argentina, Brazil, Canada and Puerto Rico are the only four teams that have contested all the editions of the tournament. United States is the most successful nation with 7 titles.

Total	7	9	7	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12
Team	1980	1984	1988	1989	1992	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2022	2025	Total
Argentina	3rd	7th	5th	8th	5th	3rd	2nd	4th	3rd	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	1st		19
Bahamas	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1
Barbados	–	–	–	–	–	–	10th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Brazil	4th	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	4th	3rd	3rd	6th	2nd	7th	1st	4th	1st	2nd	9th	9th	10th	2nd	Q	20
Canada	2nd	3rd	3rd	5th	6th	7th	4th	5th	2nd	3rd	4th	9th	5th	4th	6th	6th	3rd	8th	4th		19
Colombia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11th	9th		2
Cuba	6th	8th	–	7th	9th	5th	5th	6th	10th	–	–	–	–	–	10th	–	10th	–	–		10
Dominican Republic	–	9th	–	6th	–	9th	7th	9th	7th	–	8th	6th	–	5th	3rd	4th	6th	7th	8th		14
Ecuador	–	–	–	12th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Jamaica	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	–	–	–	–	1
Mexico	5th	5th	6th	9th	7th	–	–	10th	–	9th	6th	10th	7th	7th	–	1st	4th	3rd	6th		15
Nicaragua	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Q	1
Panama	–	4th	–	11th	8th	8th	–	–	9th	6th	–	5th	9th	8th	8th	–	7th	12th	11th		13
Paraguay	–	–	–	10th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9th	10th	–	–	–		3
Puerto Rico	1st	6th	2nd	1st	4th	2nd	1st	2nd	4th	4th	3rd	7th	3rd	2nd	4th	2nd	5th	5th	5th		19
United States	–	–	–	2nd	1st	1st	–	1st	1st	10th	1st	4th	1st	–	–	–	–	1st	3rd		11
Uruguay	7th	2nd	4th	–	10th	10th	6th	8th	8th	8th	9th	8th	6th	6th	7th	7th	8th	6th	10th	Q	19
Venezuela	–	–	7th	4th	2nd	6th	9th	7th	5th	5th	5th	3rd	8th	9th	5th	5th	1st	9th	7th		17
Virgin Islands	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7th	10th	–	10th	10th	–	–	–	4th	12th	–	6

Debut of teams

A total of 19 national teams have appeared in at least one FIBA AmeriCup in the history of the tournament through the 2025 competition. Each successive AmeriCup has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Countries competing in their first AmeriCup are listed below by year.

Year	Debutants	Number
1980	Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Uruguay	7
1984	Dominican Republic, Panama	9
1988	Venezuela	10
1989	Ecuador, Paraguay, United States	13
1992	None	13
1993	None	13
1995	Bahamas, Barbados	15
1997	None	15
1999	None	15
2001	Virgin Islands	16
2003	None	16
2005	None	16
2007	None	16
2009	None	16
2011	None	16
2013	Jamaica	17
2015	None	17
2017	Colombia	18
2022	None	18
2025	Nicaragua	19
Total		19

Tournament awards and records

Most Valuable Player

Most recent award winner (2022)

Year	Winner
2022	Gabriel Deck

All-Tournament Team

Most recent award winners (2022)

Year	Player	Position	Team
2022	Facundo Campazzo	Guard	Argentina
	Yago dos Santos	Guard	Brazil
	Norris Cole	Forward	United States
	Dalano Banton	Forward	Canada
	Gabriel Deck	Center	Argentina

FIBA AmeriCup Top Scorer

Records

References

^ "Central Board gives green light to new format and calendar of competition" (Press release). FIBA. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
^ "BRASIL TRIUNFA EN BASKETBALL PREOLIMPICO". El Nuevo Herald. 2 June 1988. Retrieved 25 October 2011.

External links

Official website

[rrob-2] Positions defined after a round-robin tournament.

[1] "Central Board gives green light to new format and calendar of competition" (Press release). FIBA. Retrieved 11 November 2012.

[BRA_vs_PR-3] "BRASIL TRIUNFA EN BASKETBALL PREOLIMPICO". El Nuevo Herald. 2 June 1988. Retrieved 25 October 2011.

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