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| city           = [[Montevideo]]
| country        =Uruguay
| dates          = 21–31 August
| num_teams      = 10
| confederations = 
| venues        = 1
| cities        = 1
| champion      = USA
| count         = 3
| second        = PUR
| third         = BRA
| fourth        =ARG
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| prevseason   = [[1995 Tournament of the Americas|1995]]
| nextseason   = [[1999 Tournament of the Americas|1999]]
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The '''1997 Tournament of the Americas''', later known as the '''FIBA Americas Championship''' and the '''FIBA AmeriCup''', was a [[basketball]] championship hosted by [[Uruguay]] from 21 to 31, August 1997. The games were played in [[Montevideo]]. This [[FIBA AmeriCup]] was to earn the four berths allocated to the Americas for the [[1998 FIBA World Championship]] in [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. The [[United States national basketball team|United States]] won the tournament, the country's third AmeriCup championship.

== Qualification ==
Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1997; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone.
* North America: {{Bk|CAN}}, {{Bk|USA}}
* [[1997 Centrobasket|Caribbean and Central America]]:{{Bk|CUB}}, {{Bk|DOM}}, {{Bk|MEX}}, {{Bk|PUR}}
* South America: {{Bk|ARG}}, {{Bk|BRA}}, {{Bk|URU}}, {{Bk|VEN|1930}}

The draw split the tournament into two groups:
{{col-start}}{{col-2}}
'''Group A'''

{{Bk|ARG}}<br />
{{Bk|BRA}}<br />
{{Bk|CUB}}<br />
{{Bk|MEX}}<br />
{{Bk|URU}}<br />
{{col-2}}
'''Group B'''

{{Bk|CAN}}<br />
{{Bk|DOM}}<br />
{{Bk|PUR}}<br />
{{Bk|USA}}<br />
{{Bk|VEN|1930}}<br />
{{col-end}}

== Format ==
* The top four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals.
* Results and standings among teams within the same group are carried over.
* The top four teams at the quarterfinals were granted berths in the [[1998 FIBA World Championship]]. Since the United States were already qualified as Olympic Champions, should they reach one of the top four places in the quarterfinals, the fifth team on the final standings was given the remaining berth.
* The top four teams then played an extra match to define the first six places in the final standings (1 vs. 2 for first place, 3 vs. 4 for third place and 5 vs. 6 for fifth place).

== Squads ==
{{main|1997 Tournament of the Americas squads}}

== Preliminary round ==
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|width=10px bgcolor="#98fb98"| ||Qualified for the quarterfinals
|}

=== Group A ===
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{{Bs cl2 team|t={{Bk|CUB}} |w=2 |l=2 |pf=307 |pa=290 |tie=1–0 |bc=#ccffcc}}
{{Bs cl2 team|t={{Bk|URU}} |w=2 |l=2 |pf=297 |pa=308 |tie=0–1 |bc=#ccffcc}}
{{Bs cl2 team|t={{Bk|MEX}} |w=0 |l=4 |pf=282 |pa=352 |tie=&nbsp;}}
|}

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 | date = 22 August
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 | date = 23 August
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 | teamA = '''{{Bk|CUB}}'''
 | scoreA = '''88'''
 | scoreB = 63
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 | date = 23 August
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 | teamA = '''{{Bk|BRA}}'''
 | scoreA = '''101'''
 | scoreB = 71
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 | date = 24 August
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 | teamA = '''{{Bk|ARG}}'''
 | scoreA = '''99'''
 | scoreB = 76
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 | date = 24 August
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 | teamA = '''{{Bk|BRA}}'''
 | scoreA = '''84'''
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 | OT = yes
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 | date = 25 August
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 | teamA = '''{{Bk|BRA}}'''
 | scoreA = '''78'''
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=== Group B ===
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{{Bs cl2 team|t={{Bk|USA}} |w=3 |l=1 |pf=368 |pa=334 |tie=1–1 (0.524)|bc=#ccffcc}}
{{Bs cl2 team|t={{Bk|VEN|1930}} |w=3 |l=1 |pf=365 |pa=357 |tie=1–1 (0.506)|bc=#ccffcc}}
{{Bs cl2 team|t={{Bk|PUR}} |w=1 |l=3 |pf=330 |pa=353 |tie=&nbsp; |bc=#ccffcc}}
{{Bs cl2 team|t={{Bk|DOM}} |w=0 |l=4 |pf=320 |pa=380 |tie=&nbsp;}}
|}

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 | date = 21 August
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 | scoreA = '''85'''
 | scoreB = 75
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 | date = 22 August
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 | scoreA = '''98'''
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 | date = 22 August
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 | teamA = '''{{Bk|CAN}}'''
 | scoreA = '''78'''
 | scoreB = 77
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 | date = 23 August
 | time = || report = 
 | teamA = '''{{Bk|VEN|1930}}'''
 | scoreA = '''85'''
 | scoreB = 80
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 | date = 23 August
 | time = || report = 
 | teamA = '''{{Bk|USA}}'''
 | scoreA = '''102'''
 | scoreB = 97
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 | date = 24 August
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 | teamA = '''{{Bk|USA}}'''
 | scoreA = '''93'''
 | scoreB = 82
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 | date = 24 August
 | time = || report = 
 | teamA = '''{{Bk|CAN}}'''
 | scoreA = '''119'''
 | scoreB = 98
 | Q1 = || Q2 = || Q3 = || Q4 = 
 | OT = 
 | teamB = {{Bk|VEN|1930}}
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 | date = 25 August
 | time = || report = 
 | teamA = '''{{Bk|CAN}}'''
 | scoreA = '''109'''
 | scoreB = 85
 | Q1 = || Q2 = || Q3 = || Q4 = 
 | OT = 
 | teamB = {{Bk|DOM}}
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 | date = 25 August
 | time = || report = 
 | teamA = '''{{Bk|VEN|1930}}'''
 | scoreA = '''97'''
 | scoreB = 83
 | Q1 = || Q2 = || Q3 = || Q4 = 
 | OT = 
 | teamB = {{Bk|PUR}}
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== Quarterfinal group ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"| ||Qualified for the semifinals
|}
The top four teams in both Group A and Group B advanced to the quarterfinal group. Then each team played the four from the other group once to complete a full round robin. Records from the preliminary groups carried over. The top two teams advanced to the first place game and the third and fourth-place teams advanced to the third place game. The fifth-place team (Cuba) and the sixth-place team (Canada) did not continue competing for the Americas Championship, but played a further game against each other, with the winner qualifying for the [[1998 FIBA World Championship]].

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{{Bs cl2 team|t={{Bk|PUR}} |w=5 |l=3 |pf=722 |pa=679 |tie=1−0 |bc=#ccffcc}}
{{Bs cl2 team|t={{Bk|BRA}} |w=5 |l=3 |pf=680 |pa=637 |tie=0−1 |bc=#ccffcc}}
{{Bs cl2 team|t={{Bk|ARG}} |w=4 |l=4 |pf=650 |pa=626 |tie=2−1 (0.509) |bc=#ccffcc}}
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{{Bs cl2 team|t={{Bk|CAN}} |w=4 |l=4 |pf=699 |pa=687 |tie=1−2 (0.504)}}
{{Bs cl2 team|t={{Bk|VEN|1930}} |w=4 |l=4 |pf=708 |pa=716 |tie=1−2 (0.497)}}
{{Bs cl2 team|t={{Bk|URU}} |w=3 |l=5 |pf=602 |pa=648 |tie=&nbsp;}}
|}

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 | date = 27 August
 | time = || report = 
 | teamA = '''{{Bk|USA}}'''
 | scoreA = '''100'''
 | scoreB = 88
 | Q1 = || Q2 = || Q3 = || Q4 = 
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 | date = 27 August
 | time = || report = 
 | teamA = '''{{Bk|PUR}}'''
 | scoreA = '''88'''
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 | OT = 
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 | date = 27 August
 | time = || report = 
 | teamA = '''{{Bk|BRA}}'''
 | scoreA = '''88'''
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 | OT = 
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 | date = 27 August
 | time = || report = 
 | teamA = '''{{Bk|CAN}}'''
 | scoreA = '''63'''
 | scoreB = 56
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 | OT = 
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 | date = 28 August
 | time = || report = 
 | teamA = '''{{Bk|VEN|1930}}'''
 | scoreA = '''87'''
 | scoreB = 85
 | Q1 = || Q2 = || Q3 = || Q4 = 
 | OT = 
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{{basketballbox|bg=#eee
 | date = 28 August
 | time = || report = 
 | teamA = '''{{Bk|CUB}}'''
 | scoreA = '''88'''
 | scoreB = 75
 | Q1 = || Q2 = || Q3 = || Q4 = 
 | OT = 
 | teamB = {{Bk|CAN}}
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{{basketballbox|bg=#eee
 | date = 28 August
 | time = || report = 
 | teamA = '''{{Bk|PUR}}'''
 | scoreA = '''86'''
 | scoreB = 81
 | Q1 = || Q2 = || Q3 = || Q4 = 
 | OT = 
 | teamB = {{Bk|BRA}}
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{{basketballbox|bg=#eee
 | date = 28 August
 | time = || report = 
 | teamA = '''{{Bk|USA}}'''
 | scoreA = '''98'''
 | scoreB = 84
 | Q1 = || Q2 = || Q3 = || Q4 = 
 | OT = 
 | teamB = {{Bk|URU}}
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 | date = 29 August
 | time = || report = 
 | teamA = '''{{Bk|PUR}}'''
 | scoreA = '''116'''
 | scoreB = 81
 | Q1 = || Q2 = || Q3 = || Q4 = 
 | OT = 
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{{basketballbox|bg=
 | date = 29 August
 | time = || report = 
 | teamA = '''{{Bk|USA}}'''
 | scoreA = '''91'''
 | scoreB = 78
 | Q1 = || Q2 = || Q3 = || Q4 = 
 | OT = 
 | teamB = {{Bk|ARG}}
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 | date = 29 August
 | time = || report = 
 | teamA = '''{{Bk|URU}}'''
 | scoreA = '''84'''
 | scoreB = 77
 | Q1 = || Q2 = || Q3 = || Q4 = 
 | OT = 
 | teamB = {{Bk|VEN|1930}}
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 | date = 29 August
 | time = || report = 
 | teamA = '''{{Bk|BRA}}'''
 | scoreA = '''94'''
 | scoreB = 82
 | Q1 = || Q2 = || Q3 = || Q4 = 
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 | teamB = {{Bk|CAN}}
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 | place = Montevideo
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{{basketballbox|bg=#eee
 | date = 30 August
 | time = || report = 
 | teamA = '''{{Bk|CUB}}'''
 | scoreA = '''102'''
 | scoreB = 100
 | Q1 = || Q2 = || Q3 = || Q4 = 
 | OT = 
 | teamB = {{Bk|VEN|1930}}
 | points1 = || rebounds1 = || assist1 = 
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 | place = Montevideo
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{{basketballbox|bg=#eee
 | date = 30 August
 | time = || report = 
 | teamA = '''{{Bk|ARG}}'''
 | scoreA = '''87'''
 | scoreB = 76
 | Q1 = || Q2 = || Q3 = || Q4 = 
 | OT = 
 | teamB = {{Bk|CAN}}
 | points1 = || rebounds1 = || assist1 = 
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 | place = Montevideo
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{{basketballbox|bg=#eee
 | date = 30 August
 | time = || report = 
 | teamA = '''{{Bk|USA}}'''
 | scoreA = '''93'''
 | scoreB = 89
 | Q1 = || Q2 = || Q3 = || Q4 = 
 | OT = 
 | teamB = {{Bk|BRA}}
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 | place = Montevideo
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{{basketballbox|bg=#eee
 | date = 30 August
 | time = || report = 
 | teamA = '''{{Bk|PUR}}'''
 | scoreA = '''102'''
 | scoreB = 81
 | Q1 = || Q2 = || Q3 = || Q4 = 
 | OT = 
 | teamB = {{Bk|URU}}
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== Final round ==
=== Fifth place game ===
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 | date = 31 August
 | time = || report = 
 | teamA = '''{{Bk|CAN}}'''
 | scoreA = '''92'''
 | scoreB = 83
 | Q1 = || Q2 = || Q3 = || Q4 = 
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 | teamB = {{Bk|CUB}}
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=== Third place game ===
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 | date = 31 August
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 | teamA = '''{{Bk|BRA}}'''
 | scoreA = '''76'''
 | scoreB = 75
 | Q1 = || Q2 = || Q3 = || Q4 = 
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 | teamB = {{Bk|ARG}}
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 | place = Montevideo
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=== First place game ===
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 | date = 31 August
 | time = || report = 
 | teamA = '''{{Bk|USA}}'''
 | scoreA = '''95'''
 | scoreB = 86
 | Q1 = || Q2 = || Q3 = || Q4 = 
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== Awards ==
{{winners|bk|1997 Tournament of the Americas winners|USA|Third}}

== Final standings ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|width=10px bgcolor="#aaffaa"| ||Qualified for the [[1998 FIBA World Championship]]
|-
|width=10px bgcolor="gold"| ||Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship (Olympic Champions)
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Team
! Record
|- bgcolor=gold
|align=center| {{Gold1}}
|{{Bk|USA}}
|align=center| 8–1
|- bgcolor=#aaffaa
|align=center| {{Silver2}}
|{{Bk|PUR}}
|align=center| 5–4
|- bgcolor=#aaffaa
|align=center| {{Bronze3}}
|{{Bk|BRA}}
|align=center| 6–3
|- bgcolor=#aaffaa
|align=center| 4
|{{Bk|ARG}}
|align=center| 4–5
|- bgcolor=#aaffaa
|align=center| 5
|{{Bk|CAN}}
|align=center| 5–4
|- 
|align=center| 6
|{{Bk|CUB}}
|align=center| 4–5
|-
|align=center| 7
|{{Bk|VEN|1930}}
|align=center| 4–4
|-
|align=center| 8
|{{Bk|URU}}
|align=center| 3–5
|-
|align=center| 9
|{{Bk|DOM}}
|align=center| 0–4
|-
|align=center| 10
|{{Bk|MEX}}
|align=center| 0–4
|}

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="800" class="wikitable" 
|!align="center" width="200" bgcolor="#F7F6A8"|{{center|'''[[File:Gold medal icon.svg|20px|1st]]'''}}
|!align="center" width="200" bgcolor="#DCE5E5"|{{center|'''[[File:Silver medal icon.svg|20px|2nd]]'''}}
|!align="center" width="200" bgcolor="#FFDAB9"|{{center|'''[[File:Bronze medal icon.svg|20px|3rd]]'''}}
|- valign=top
|'''{{Bk|USA}} <hr> [[Rusty LaRue]] <br /> [[Corey Beck]] <br /> [[Jim Farmer]] <br /> [[Jason Sasser]] <br /> [[Erik Martin (basketball)|Erik Martin]] <br /> [[Adrian Griffin]] <br /> [[Reggie Jordan]] <br /> [[Kermit Holmes]] <br /> [[Evers Burns]] <br /> [[Russ Millard]] <br /> [[Travis Williams (basketball)|Travis Williams]] <br /> [[Michael McDonald (basketball)|Michael McDonald]]'''
|{{Bk|PUR}} <hr> [[José Ortiz (basketball)|José Ortiz]] <br /> [[Eddie Casiano]] <br /> [[Orlando Santiago]] <br /> [[Erick River]] <br /> [[Jerome Mincy]] <br /> [[James Carter (basketball)|James Carter]] <br /> [[Carlos Lanauze]] <br /> [[Ramón Rivas]] <br /> [[Rolando Hourruitiner]] <br /> [[Édgar de León]] <br /> [[Luis Allende]] <br /> [[Daniel Santiago]]
|{{Bk|BRA}} <hr> [[Raúl Filho]] <br /> [[André Guimarães]] <br /> [[Caio de Mello]] <br /> [[Carlos Rodrigues do Nascimento]] <br /> [[Aristides dos Santos]] <br /> [[Demétrius Ferraciú]] <br /> [[Alexei Carvalho]] <br /> [[Cláudio Gomes]] <br /> [[Sandro Varejão]] <br /> [[Vanderlei Mazzuchini]] <br /> [[Rogério Klafke]] <br /> [[Joélcio Joerke]]
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19981205095425/http://www.usabasketball.com/usa_men/97_mwcqwrap.htm]
* [https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/sid/2498/_/1997_FIBA_Americas_Champioship_for_Men/index.html 1997 Championship of the Americas for Men], FIBA.com.

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