FIBA Americas Championship 1997

FIBA Americas Cup 1997
8th FIBA American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Uruguay
Dates	21−31 August
Teams	10 (from 42 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	United States (3rd title)
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Qualified for the quarterfinals

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Fifth place

	Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship
	Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship (Olympic Champions)

The 1997 Tournament of the Americas, known now as the FIBA Americas Championship, was a basketball championship hosted by Uruguay from 21 to 31 August 31 1997. The games were played in Montevideo. This FIBA Americas Championship was to earn the four berths allocated to the Americas for the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Athens, Greece. The United States won the tournament, the country's third Americas championship.

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.

The draw split the tournament into two groups:

Group A

 Argentina
 Brazil
 Cuba
 Mexico
 Uruguay

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