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
Preliminary rounds
Standings TeamPtsPldWLPFPADiff*11651651535+116*11651544476+68*10642584526+58*10642543557–148624538589–517615486523–376606492632–140 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 95–82 77–74 99–93 April 19, 1980 102–79 78–76 128–84 April 20, 1980 111–72 104–79 113–88 April 21, 1980 92–90 89–86 103–81 April 23, 1980 98–81 97–86 134–104 April 24, 1980 118–98 84–67 88–70 April 25, 1980 98–87 86–75 99–93
Awards Topscorer Arturo Guerrero was the topscorer with 147 pts (24.5 per game).
External links Stats on fiba.basketball FIBA Archive