1980 Tournament of the Americas

1980 Tournament of the Americas
Tournament details
Host countryPuerto Rico
DatesApril 18–25, 1980
Teams7
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Puerto Rico (1st title)
Runners-up Canada
Third place Argentina
Fourth place Brazil
1984

The 1980 Tournament of the Americas, since 2005 called the FIBA Americas Championship or the FIBA AmeriCup, was the inaugural edition of this basketball tournament, and it was hosted by Puerto Rico in San Juan from April 18 to April 25, 1980. The berths allocated to the Americas for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow were determined. 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 1980 Summer Olympic Games, eventual berths went to Brazil, the fourth-place finisher, and Cuba, the sixth-place finisher.