The 1984 Tournament of the Americas, since 2005 called the FIBA Americas Championship or FIBA AmeriCup, was the 2nd edition of this

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tournament, hosted in

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from 15–24 May 1984. The outcome would determine the three berths allocated to the Americas for the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics and five berths for the

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. The

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did not participate in the tournament, claiming host-courtesy.

was undefeated in the round robin tournament and were accompanied to the Olympic games by

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and

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Qualification

Eight teams promoted from the respective zone tournaments in 1982 and 1983 to the 1984 tournament; Canada qualified automatically since they are one of only two members of the North America zone. Venezuela withdrew from the tournament. The teams formed a single group of nine teams. *North America: * Caribbean and Central America:, , , , *South America: , , ,

Format

*The top three teams from the main group earned berths in the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympic games and for the

to be held in

. The fourth and fifth teams in the main group also earned berths to the 1986 FIBA World Championship.

Squads

Preliminary round

References

1984 American Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men
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