The first FIBA Americas League also included two teams from the United States, the Miami Tropics, and the PBL All-Stars, which was an All-Star selection team from the Premier Basketball League.

However, the NBA is the first-tier competition in the United States, and it is in fact an international league, as it contains also a team from Canada.

So teams from the United States and Canada are eligible to play at the competition because they belong to the FIBA Americas region.

Each of the groups were played in different cities, (Guaynabo, Miami, Belo Horizonte, and Mar del Plata).

Peñarol got the first place in the round-robin group and won their first Americas League title due to a better point difference than the other two teams who had the same record (Soles de Mexicali and Miami Tropics).