FIBA Americas Championship 2005

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The FIBA Americas Championship 2005 (The Tournament of the Americas) was hosted by the Dominican Republic from August 24 to September 4, 2005. The games were played in Santo Domingo. This FIBA Americas Championship was to earn the four berths allocated to the Americas for the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan. Argentina had already qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics. Brazil won the tournament, the country's third Americas championship.

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[edit] Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A Group B

Flag of Brazil Brazil
Flag of Canada Canada
Flag of Panama Panama
Flag of the United States United States
Flag of Venezuela Venezuela

Flag of Argentina Argentina
Flag of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
Flag of Mexico Mexico
Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Flag of Uruguay Uruguay

[edit] Squads

Main article: Americas Championship 2005 squads

[edit] Preliminary Rounds

[edit] Group A

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
Flag of Brazil Brazil 7 4 3 1 393 342 +51
Flag of Venezuela Venezuela 7 4 3 1 330 342 -12
Flag of the United States United States 6 4 2 2 336 329 +7
Flag of Panama Panama 5 4 1 3 298 302 -4
Flag of Canada Canada 4 4 1 3 318 360 -42

August 24, 2005

United States Flag of the United States 94–72 Flag of Panama Panama
Venezuela Flag of Venezuela 88–111 Flag of Brazil Brazil

August 25, 2005

Brazil Flag of Brazil 94–96 Flag of the United States United States
Canada Flag of Canada 91–100 Flag of Venezuela Venezuela

August 26, 2005

Panama Flag of Panama 77–83 Flag of Brazil Brazil
United States Flag of the United States 76–92 Flag of Canada Canada

August 27, 2005

Venezuela Flag of Venezuela 71–70 Flag of the United States United States
Panama Flag of Panama 79–54 Flag of Canada Canada

August 28, 2005

Brazil Flag of Brazil 105–81 Flag of Canada Canada
Panama Flag of Panama 70–71 Flag of Venezuela Venezuela

[edit] Group B

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
Flag of Argentina Argentina 7 4 3 1 348 307 +41
Flag of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 7 4 3 1 325 333 -8
Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 6 4 2 2 354 339 +15
Flag of Uruguay Uruguay 5 4 1 3 312 313 -1
Flag of Mexico Mexico 5 4 1 3 324 371 -47

August 24, 2005

Argentina Flag of Argentina 82–96 Flag of Mexico Mexico
Uruguay Flag of Uruguay 69–72 Flag of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic

August 25, 2005

Mexico Flag of Mexico 60–91 Flag of Uruguay Uruguay
Puerto Rico Flag of Puerto Rico 79–96 Flag of Argentina Argentina

August 26, 2005

Uruguay Flag of Uruguay 80–95 Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic Flag of the Dominican Republic 104–94 Flag of Mexico Mexico

August 27, 2005

Argentina Flag of Argentina 86–72 Flag of Uruguay Uruguay
Puerto Rico Flag of Puerto Rico 86–89 Flag of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic

August 28, 2005

Mexico Flag of Mexico 74–94 Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic Flag of the Dominican Republic 60–84 Flag of Argentina Argentina

[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, but only against teams that also advanced.

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
Flag of Argentina Argentina 14 8 6 1 665 583 +82
Flag of Brazil Brazil 12 8 4 3 723 661 +62
Flag of the United States United States 12 8 4 3 688 664 +24
Flag of Venezuela Venezuela 12 8 4 3 657 603 +54
Flag of Panama Panama 12 8 4 3 627 590 +37
Flag of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 10 7 3 4 648 675 -27
Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 10 7 3 4 677 679 -2
Flag of Uruguay Uruguay 7 7 0 7 628 672 -42

August 30, 2005

Argentina Flag of Argentina 84–89 Flag of Panama Panama
Brazil Flag of Brazil 89–69 Flag of Uruguay Uruguay
Venezuela Flag of Venezuela 82–73 Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic Flag of the Dominican Republic 86–111 Flag of the United States United States

August 31, 2005

Uruguay Flag of Uruguay 99–101 Flag of Venezuela Venezuela
Puerto Rico Flag of Puerto Rico 107–101 Flag of Brazil Brazil
United States Flag of the United States 67–84 Flag of Argentina Argentina
Panama Flag of Panama 88–78 Flag of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic

September 1, 2005

Argentina Flag of Argentina 78–60 Flag of Venezuela Venezuela
Uruguay Flag of Uruguay 77–91 Flag of the United States United States
Puerto Rico Flag of Puerto Rico 55–74 Flag of Panama Panama
Dominican Republic Flag of the Dominican Republic 72–80 Flag of Brazil Brazil

September 2, 2005

Panama Flag of Panama 78–71 Flag of Uruguay Uruguay
Brazil Flag of Brazil 60–71 Flag of Argentina Argentina
United States Flag of the United States 83–88 Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Venezuela Flag of Venezuela 63–87 Flag of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic

[edit] Knockout Stage

  Semi finals Final
             
September 3, 2005 - 19:00
 Flag of the United States United States 75  
 Flag of Brazil Brazil 93  
 
September 4, 2005 - 21:00
     Flag of Brazil Brazil 100
   Flag of Argentina Argentina 88
Third place
September 3, 2005 - 21:30 September 4, 2005 - 18:00
 Flag of Argentina Argentina 104  Flag of the United States United States  83
 Flag of Venezuela Venezuela 93    Flag of Venezuela Venezuela  93

[edit] Final Standings

Rank Team Record
1 Flag of Brazil Brazil 7-3
2 Flag of Argentina Argentina 7-3
3 Flag of Venezuela Venezuela 6-4
4 Flag of the United States United States 4-6
5 Flag of Panama Panama 5-3
6 Flag of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 4-4
7 Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 4-4
8 Flag of Uruguay Uruguay 1-7
9 Flag of Canada Canada 1-3
10 Flag of Mexico Mexico 1-3

Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, the United States, and Panama qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan. Puerto Rico was added later as a wild card team.

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Preceded by
San Juan 2003		 FIBA Americas Championship
2005		 Succeeded by
Las Vegas 2007
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