1980 Tournament of the Americas explained

Country:	Puerto Rico
Dates:	April 18–25, 1980
Num Teams:	7
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champion:	PUR
Champion-Flagvar:	1952
Count:	1
Second:	CAN
Third:	ARG
Fourth:	BRA
Nextseason:	1984

The 1980 Tournament of the Americas, since 2005 called the FIBA Americas Championship or the FIBA AmeriCup, was the inaugural edition of this basketball tournament, and it was hosted by Puerto Rico in San Juan from April 18 to April 25, 1980. The berths allocated to the Americas for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow were determined. The United States did not participate in the tournament. Puerto Rico won the tournament by going 5–1 in the round robin. Because of the U.S.-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympic Games, eventual berths went to Brazil, the fourth-place finisher, and Cuba, the sixth-place finisher.

Competing nations

The following national teams competed:

Squads

See main article: article and 1980 Tournament of the Americas squads.

Preliminary rounds

Standings

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	11	6	5	1	651	535	+116
	11	6	5	1	544	476	+68
	10	6	4	2	584	526	+58
	10	6	4	2	543	557	–14
	8	6	2	4	538	589	–51
	7	6	1	5	486	523	–37
	6	6	0	6	492	632	–140

• 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

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	95–82
	77–74
	99–93

April 19, 1980

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	102–79
	78–76
	128–84

April 20, 1980

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	111–72
	104–79
	113–88

April 21, 1980

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	92–90
	89–86
	103–81

April 23, 1980

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	98–81
	97–86
	134–104

April 24, 1980

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	118–98
	84–67
	88–70

April 25, 1980

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	98–87
	86–75
	99–93

References

• FIBA Archive