The games were played in San Juan, at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum.

This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the two berths allocated to the Americas for the 2000 Olympics, in Sydney, Australia.

The United States won the tournament, the country's fourth AmeriCup championship.

Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1999; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone.

Then each team played the four from the other group once to complete a full round robin.