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.

FIBA AmeriCup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2025 FIBA AmeriCup qualification
FormerlyTournament of the Americas
FIBA Americas Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1980; 44 years ago (1980)
First season1980
Organising bodyFIBA
No. of teams12
CountryFIBA Americas member nations
ContinentFIBA Americas (Americas)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Argentina (3rd title)
Most titles United States (7 titles)
Related
competitions
Centrobasket
South American Championship
Official websiteFIBA Americas

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 edit

Ed. Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
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
  1. ^ a b c d Positions defined after a round-robin tournament.

Medal table edit

 
Map of best finishes per team.
  First place
  Second place
  Fourth place and better
  Eighth place and better
  Worse than eighth place
  FIBA Americas member, no appearance yet
  Not a FIBA Americas member
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States7119
2  Brazil43411
3  Argentina36514
4  Puerto Rico35210
5  Venezuela1113
6  Mexico1012
7  Canada0246
8  Uruguay0101
9  Dominican Republic0011
Totals (9 entries)19191957

Participating nations edit

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.

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 19
  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 18
  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
Total 7 9 7 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 12

Tournament awards and records edit

Most Valuable Player edit

Most recent award winner (2022)
Year Winner
2022   Gabriel Deck

All-Tournament Team edit

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 edit

Records edit

See also edit

References edit

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

External links edit