FIBA AmeriCup

FIBA AmeriCup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2025 FIBA AmeriCup qualification
Formerly Tournament of the Americas
FIBA Americas Championship
Sport Basketball
Founded 1980
Inaugural season 1980
Organising body FIBA
No. of teams 12
Country FIBA Americas member nations
Continent FIBA Americas (Americas)
Most recent
champion(s)
Argentina (3rd title)
Most titles United States (7 titles)
Related
competitions
Centrobasket
South American Championship
Official website FIBA Americas

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.

Summaries

Ed. Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1 1980 Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico

Canada

Argentina

Brazil
2 1984 Brazil
Brazil

Uruguay

Canada

Panama
3 1988 Uruguay
Brazil
101–92
Puerto Rico

Canada
87–70
Uruguay
4 1989 Mexico
Puerto Rico
89–80
United States

Brazil
158–124
Venezuela
5 1992 United States
United States
127–80
Venezuela

Brazil
93–91
Puerto Rico
6 1993 Puerto Rico
United States
109–95
Puerto Rico

Argentina
98–91
Brazil
7 1995 Argentina
Puerto Rico
87–86
Argentina

Brazil
97–77
Canada
8 1997 Uruguay
United States
95–86
Puerto Rico

Brazil
76–75
Argentina
9 1999 Puerto Rico
United States
92–66
Canada

Argentina
103–101
Puerto Rico
10 2001 Argentina
Argentina
78–59
Brazil

Canada
102–95
Puerto Rico
11 2003 Puerto Rico
United States
106–73
Argentina

Puerto Rico
79–66
Canada
12 2005 Dominican Republic
Brazil
100–88
Argentina

Venezuela
93–83
United States
13 2007 United States
United States
118–81
Argentina

Puerto Rico
111–107
Brazil
14 2009 Puerto Rico
Brazil
61–60
Puerto Rico

Argentina
88–73
Canada
15 2011 Argentina
Argentina
80–75
Brazil

Dominican Republic
103–89
Puerto Rico
16 2013 Venezuela
Mexico
91–89
Puerto Rico

Argentina
103–93
Dominican Republic
17 2015 Mexico
Venezuela
76–71
Argentina

Canada
87–86
Mexico
18 2017 Argentina
Colombia
Uruguay

United States
81–76
Argentina

Mexico
79–65
Virgin Islands
19 2022 Brazil
Argentina
75–73
Brazil

United States
84–80
Canada
20 2025 Nicaragua
Notes
  1. Positions defined after a round-robin tournament.

Medal table

Map of best finishes per team.
  First place
  Second place
  Fourth place and better
  Eighth place and better
  Worse than eighth place
  FIBA Americas member, no appearance yet
  Not a FIBA Americas member
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 7 1 1 9
2 Brazil 4 3 4 11
3 Argentina 3 6 5 14
4 Puerto Rico 3 5 2 10
5 Venezuela 1 1 1 3
6 Mexico 1 0 1 2
7 Canada 0 2 4 6
8 Uruguay 0 1 0 1
9 Dominican Republic 0 0 1 1
Totals (9 entries) 19 19 19 57

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
Argentina 3rd 7th 5th 8th 5th 3rd 2nd 4th 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 19
Bahamas 8th 1
Barbados 10th 1
Brazil 4th 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 4th 3rd 3rd 6th 2nd 7th 1st 4th 1st 2nd 9th 9th 10th 2nd 19
Canada 2nd 3rd 3rd 5th 6th 7th 4th 5th 2nd 3rd 4th 9th 5th 4th 6th 6th 3rd 8th 4th 19
Colombia 11th 9th 2
Cuba 6th 8th 7th 9th 5th 5th 6th 10th 10th 10th 10
Dominican Republic 9th 6th 9th 7th 9th 7th 8th 6th 5th 3rd 4th 6th 7th 8th 14
Ecuador 12th 1
Jamaica 8th 1
Mexico 5th 5th 6th 9th 7th 10th 9th 6th 10th 7th 7th 1st 4th 3rd 6th 15
Nicaragua Q 1
Panama 4th 11th 8th 8th 9th 6th 5th 9th 8th 8th 7th 12th 11th 13
Paraguay 10th 9th 10th 3
Puerto Rico 1st 6th 2nd 1st 4th 2nd 1st 2nd 4th 4th 3rd 7th 3rd 2nd 4th 2nd 5th 5th 5th 19
United States 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 10th 1st 4th 1st 1st 3rd 11
Uruguay 7th 2nd 4th 10th 10th 6th 8th 8th 8th 9th 8th 6th 6th 7th 7th 8th 6th 10th 18
Venezuela 7th 4th 2nd 6th 9th 7th 5th 5th 5th 3rd 8th 9th 5th 5th 1st 9th 7th 17
Virgin Islands 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

Tournament awards and records

Most Valuable Player

Most recent award winner (2022)
Year Winner
2022 Gabriel Deck

All-Tournament Team

Most recent award winners (2022)
Year Player Position Team
2022 Facundo Campazzo Guard Argentina
Yago dos Santos Guard Brazil
Norris Cole Forward United States
Dalano Banton Forward Canada
Gabriel Deck Center Argentina

FIBA AmeriCup Top Scorer

Records

See also