2001 Tournament of the Americas

FIBA Americas Championship 2001
10th FIBA American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Argentina
Dates August 16–26
Teams 10 (from 43 federations)
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  Argentina (1st title)

The 2001 COPABA Tournament of the Americas, known now as the FIBA Americas Championship (or as well Championship of the Americas for Men) was hosted by Argentina from August 16 to August 27, 2001. The games were played in Neuquén. This COPABA championship was to earn berths at the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Argentina won the tournament, the country's first Americas championship.

Contents

Competing nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A Group B

Argentina
Brazil
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela

Canada
Mexico
Panama
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands

Squads

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
Argentina 8 4 4 0 409 303 +106
Brazil 7 4 3 1 396 342 +54
Venezuela 6 4 2 2 360 346 +14
Uruguay 5 4 1 3 315 377 −62
United States 4 4 0 4 323 435 −112

August 16, 2001

United States 78–116 Brazil
Argentina 103–63 Uruguay

August 17, 2001

Brazil 92–89 Venezuela
Argentina 108–69 United States

August 18, 2001

Venezuela 107–83 United States
Uruguay 67–90 Brazil

August 19, 2001

United States 93–104 Uruguay
Argentina 90–73 Venezuela

August 20, 2001

Uruguay 81–91 Venezuela
Argentina 108–98 (OT) Brazil

Group B

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
Puerto Rico 8 4 4 0 427 368 +59
Canada 7 4 3 1 399 372 +27
Panama 6 4 2 2 361 400 −39
Virgin Islands 5 4 1 3 362 364 −2
Mexico 4 4 0 4 363 402 −39

August 16, 2001

Canada 108–97 (OT) Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico 117–80 Panama

August 17, 2001

Mexico 106–109 Panama
Puerto Rico 101–98 Canada

August 18, 2001

Panama 90–88 Virgin Islands
Mexico 97–110 Puerto Rico

August 19, 2001

Panama 82–89 Canada
Virgin Islands 84–67 Mexico

August 20, 2001

Canada 104–92 Mexico
Virgin Islands 93–99 Puerto Rico

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. However, the game between Argentina and Panama and the game between Puerto Rico and Venezuela were cancelled as Tropical Storm Dean hit Puerto Rico. Thus, the standings did not reflect the order of points earned by the teams. Records from the preliminary groups carried over.

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
Argentina 15 7 7 0 687 526 +161
Brazil 14 8 6 2 759 665 +94
Puerto Rico 12 7 5 2 670 622 +48
Canada 13 8 5 3 753 712 +41
Venezuela 11 7 4 3 657 621 +36
Panama 11 7 4 3 656 674 −18
Virgin Islands 10 8 2 6 696 746 −50
Uruguay 9 8 1 7 627 782 −155

August 21, 2001

Canada 108–100 Venezuela
Brazil 94–102 Panama
Puerto Rico 90–70 Uruguay
Argentina 98–77 Virgin Islands

August 22, 2001

Uruguay 77–101 Canada
Virgin Islands 69–102 Brazil

August 24, 2001

Venezuela 91–75 Virgin Islands
Panama 101–74 Uruguay
Brazil 89–83 (OT) Puerto Rico
Argentina 85–76 Canada

August 25, 2001

Virgin Islands 113–91 Uruguay
Panama 92–106 Venezuela
Canada 69–78 Brazil
Argentina 95–70 Puerto Rico

Knockout stage

  Semi-finals Final
August 26, 2001
  Brazil  98  
  Puerto Rico  94  
 
August 27, 2001
      Brazil  59
    Argentina  78
Third place
August 26, 2001 August 27, 2001
  Argentina  97   Puerto Rico  95
  Canada  76     Canada  102

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1 Argentina 10–0
2 Brazil 7–3
3 Canada 6–4
4 Puerto Rico 5–4
5 Venezuela 4–3
6 Panama 4–3
7 Virgin Islands 2–6
8 Uruguay 1–7
9 Mexico 0–4
10 United States 0–4

Awards

 2001 Tournament of the Americas Winners 

Argentina
First title

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