Americas Championships 2003

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The Americas Championship 2003 (The Tournament of the Americas, Las Americas Tournament for Men, FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament, or Panamerican Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men) was hosted by Puerto Rico from August 20 to August 31, 2003. The games were played in San Juan at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum. This FIBA Americas Championship was to earn the three berths allocated to the Americas for the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. The United States won the tournament, the country's fifth Americas championship.

1 Competing Nations
2 Squads
3 Preliminary Rounds
- 3.1 Group A
- 3.2 Group B
4 Quarterfinal Group
5 Knockout Stage
6 Final Standings
7 External links

[edit] Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A	Group B
Argentina Canada Mexico Puerto Rico Uruguay	Brazil Dominican Republic United States Venezuela US Virgin Islands

[edit] Squads

Main article: Americas Championship 2003 squads

[edit] Preliminary Rounds

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Argentina	7	4	3	1	359	321	+38
Canada	7	4	3	1	377	329	+48
Puerto Rico	6	4	2	2	342	322	+20
Mexico	6	4	2	2	313	357	-44
Uruguay	4	4	0	4	290	352	-62

August 20, 2003


Argentina	89–91	Mexico
Uruguay	78–91	Puerto Rico

August 21, 2003


Uruguay	60–91	Argentina
Puerto Rico	79–89	Canada

August 22, 2003


Mexico	80–68	Uruguay
Argentina	94–90	Canada

August 23, 2003


Canada	90–84	Uruguay
Mexico	70–92	Puerto Rico

August 24, 2003


Canada	108–72	Mexico
Puerto Rico	80–85	Argentina

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
United States	8	4	4	0	432	273	+169
Brazil	7	4	3	1	376	342	+34
Dominican Republic	6	4	2	2	292	356	-64
Venezuela	5	4	1	3	321	356	-35
US Virgin Islands	4	4	0	4	278	369	-91

August 20, 2003


Venezuela	76–78	Dominican Republic
United States	110–76	Brazil

August 21, 2003


Brazil	100–74	US Virgin Islands
United States	111–73	Dominican Republic

August 22, 2003


US Virgin Islands	65–69	Dominican Republic
Venezuela	69–98	United States

August 23, 2003


US Virgin Islands	55–113	United States
Venezuela	89–96	Brazil

August 24, 2003


Venezuela	87–84	US Virgin Islands
Dominican Republic	72–104	Brazil

[edit] Quarterfinal Group

The top four teams in both Group A and Group B advanced to the quarterfinal group. Then each team played the four from the other group once to complete a full round robin. Records from the preliminary groups carried over.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
United States	16	8	8	0	824	564	+260
Argentina	13	8	5	3	715	658	+57
Canada	13	8	5	3	713	705	+8
Puerto Rico	13	8	5	3	657	603	+54
Venezuela	12	8	4	4	668	713	-45
Mexico	12	8	4	4	679	734	-55
Brazil	11	8	3	5	709	696	+13
Dominican Republic	10	8	2	6	591	730	-139

August 25, 2003


Mexico	100–91	Dominican Republic
Argentina	76–74	Brazil
Puerto Rico	84–59	Venezuela
Canada	71–111	United States

August 26, 2003


Venezuela	98–95	Mexico
United States	94–86	Argentina
Dominican Republic	61–94	Puerto Rico
Brazil	97–101	Canada

August 27, 2003


Canada	78–75	Dominican Republic
Argentina	92–97	Venezuela
Puerto Rico	72–70	Brazil
Mexico	69–96	United States

August 28, 2003


Venezuela	93–86	Canada
Brazil	92–102	Mexico
Dominican Republic	72–102	Argentina
United States	91–65	Puerto Rico

[edit] Knockout Stage

Semi finals			Finals

August 30, 2003 - 20:00
Argentina	88
Canada	72

			August 31, 2003 - 22:00
			Argentina	73
			United States	106


			Third place
August 30, 2003 - 22:00		August 31, 2003 - 20:00
United States	87	Canada	66
Puerto Rico	71		Puerto Rico	79