Host nation Puerto Rico Venues 1 (in 1 host city) | Dates July 14–25 MVP Steve Nash | |
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Teams 10 (from 43 federations) Champions United States (4th title) | ||
The 1999 Tournament of the Americas, known now as the FIBA Americas Championship (also known as Las Americas Tournament for Men, the FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament, or Panamerican Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men) was a basketball championship hosted by Puerto Rico from July 14 to July 25, 1999. The games were played in San Juan at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum. This FIBA Americas Championship was to earn the two berths allocated to the Americas for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The United States won the tournament, the country's fourth Americas championship.
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Qualification
Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1999; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone.
The draw split the tournament into two groups:
Format
Quarterfinal Group
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.