FIBA Americas Championship

Infobox sports league
title = FIBA Americas Championship
current_season = FIBA Americas Championship 2007
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Formerly = Tournament of the Americas
sport = Basketball
founded = 1980
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inaugural = 1980
teams = 10
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continent = Americas
champion = bk|United States
most_champs = bk|United States – 6
qualification = Centrobasket, South American Basketball Championship
website = [http://www.fibaamericas.com/torneos1_us.asp?t=JMXULHQIUS]
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related_comps = FIBA World Championship, Summer Olympics
Founder = FIBA AmericasThe FIBA Americas Championship is the name commonly used to refer to the American basketball championships that take place every two years between national teams of the continents. The Americas Championship is also a qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championships and the Olympic Games.

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.

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External links

* [http://www.fibaamericas.com/torneos1_us.asp?t=XGLQKBLQOI 2005 FIBA Americas Championship]
* [http://www.usabasketball.com/history/mtoa_2003.html Men's Tournament of the Americas -- 2003]
* [http://www.usabasketball.com/history/mwcq_2005.html FIBA Americas Championship Qualifier -- 2005]
* [http://www.cbb.com.br/competicoes/preolimpicom2007/historico.asp Brazil's History of Pre-Olympic Tournaments]
* [http://www.cbb.com.br/competicoes/copaamerica2005m/historico.asp Brazil's History of Pre-World Championship Tournaments]