1980 Tournament of the Americas

FIBA Americas Cup 1980
1st FIBA American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Puerto Rico
Dates	April 18–25, 1980
Teams	7 (from 38 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Puerto Rico (1st title)
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The 1980 Tournament of the Americas, known now as the FIBA Americas Championship, was a basketball championship hosted by Puerto Rico from April 18 to April 25, 1980. The games were played in San Juan. This FIBA Americas Championship was to earn the berths allocated to the Americas for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. 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 Olympics, eventual berths went to Brazil, the fourth-place finisher, and Cuba, the sixth-place finisher.

The following national teams competed:

 Argentina
 Brazil
 Canada
 Cuba
 Mexico
 Puerto Rico
 Uruguay

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