FIBA AmeriCup explained

FIBA AmeriCup
Formerly:	Tournament of the Americas FIBA Americas Championship
Current Season:	2025 FIBA AmeriCup qualification
Sport:	Basketball
Organiser:	FIBA
Inaugural:	1980
Teams:	12
Country:	FIBA Americas member nations
Continent:	FIBA Americas (Americas)
Website:	FIBA Americas
Related Comps:	Centrobasket South American Championship

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] __TOC__

Summaries

	Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=22		Gold medal game			width=1% rowspan=22		Bronze medal game
width=15%	Gold	width=7%	Score	width=15%	Silver	width=15%	Bronze	width=7%	Score	width=15%	Fourth place
1		Puerto Rico		–			–
2		Brazil		–			–
3	1988	Uruguay		101–92^[2]			87–70
4	1989	Mexico		89–80			158–124
5	1992	United States		127–80			93–91
6	1993	Puerto Rico		109–95			98–91
7		Argentina		87–86			97–77
8		Uruguay		95–86			76–75
9		Puerto Rico		92–66			103–101
10	2001	Argentina		78–59			102–95
11	2003	Puerto Rico		106–73			79–66
12	2005	Dominican Republic		100–88			93–83
13		United States		118–81			111–107
14	2009	Puerto Rico		61–60			88–73
15	2011	Argentina		80–75			103–89
16				91–89			103–93
17		Mexico		76–71			87–86
18	2017	Argentina Colombia Uruguay		81–76			79–65
19	2022	Brazil		75–73			84–80
20	2025	Nicaragua

Notes

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.

Team	1980	1984	1988	1989	1992	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2022	2025	Total
	3rd	7th	5th	8th	5th	3rd	2nd	4th	3rd	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	1st	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st		19
	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1
	–	–	–	–	–	–	10th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	4th	1st	bgcolor=Gold	1st	3rd	3rd	4th	3rd	3rd	6th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	7th	bgcolor=gold	1st	4th	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	9th	9th	10th	2nd		19
	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	3rd	5th	6th	7th	4th	5th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	4th	9th	5th	4th	6th	6th	3rd	8th	4th		19
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11th	9th		2
	6th	8th	–	7th	9th	5th	5th	6th	10th	–	–	–	–	–	10th	–	10th	–	–		10
	–	9th	–	6th	–	9th	7th	9th	7th	–	8th	6th	–	5th	3rd	4th	6th	7th	8th		14
	–	–	–	12th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	–	–	–	–	1
	5th	5th	6th	9th	7th	–	–	10th	–	9th	6th	10th	7th	7th	–	bgcolor=gold	1st	4th	3rd	6th		15
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Q	1
	–	4th	–	11th	8th	8th	–	–	9th	6th	–	5th	9th	8th	8th	–	7th	12th	11th		13
	–	–	–	10th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9th	10th	–	–	–		3
	1st	6th	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	4th	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	4th	3rd	7th	3rd	2nd	4th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	5th	5th	5th		19
	–	–	–	bgcolor=silver	2nd	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	10th	bgcolor=gold	1st	4th	1st	–	–	–	–	bgcolor=gold	1st	3rd		11
	7th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	–	10th	10th	6th	8th	8th	8th	9th	8th	6th	6th	7th	7th	8th	6th	10th		18
	–	–	7th	4th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	6th	9th	7th	5th	5th	5th	3rd	8th	9th	5th	5th	bgcolor=gold	1st	9th	7th		17
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	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

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	Number
valign=top	,,,,,,	7
valign=top	,	9
valign=top		10
valign=top	,,	13
valign=top	None	13
valign=top	None	13
valign=top	,	15
valign=top	None	15
valign=top	None	15
valign=top		16
valign=top	None	16
valign=top	None	16
valign=top	None	16
valign=top	None	16
valign=top	None	16
valign=top		17
valign=top	None	17
valign=top		18
valign=top	None	18
valign=top		19
Total	19