| FIBA Americas Championship 2007 | ||
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| 13th FIBA American Basketball Championship | ||
| Official website | ||
| FIBA Americas Championship 2007 | ||
| Tournament details | ||
| Host nation | United States | |
| Dates | August 22 – September 2 | |
| Teams | 10 (from 44 federations) | |
| Venues | 1 (in 1 host city) | |
| Champions | United States (6th title) | |
| MVP | Luis Scola | |
| Tournament statistics | ||
| Players | Teams | |
| PPG | Barbosa (21.8) | United States (116.7) |
| Rebounds | Batista (12.4) | Canada (39.8) |
| Assists | Prigioni (6.3) | United States (25.9) |
The FIBA Americas Championships 2007 (The Tournament of the Americas) was a basketball tournament held at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas from August 22 to September 2. It was the thirteenth staging of the FIBA Americas Championship.
It was originally going to be hosted in Venezuela – however, they failed to pay a $1.5 million fee as of August 31, 2006. As such, their hosting privileges were taken away.
Several countries had shown interest in hosting the tournament, including: United States, Chile, Argentina and Puerto Rico. The United States has not hosted it since 1992, Chile has never hosted it, Argentina held it last in 2001 and Puerto Rico last hosted in 2003.
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All games were played at the Thomas & Mack Center, which was used earlier in the year for the 2007 NBA All-Star Game.
| Las Vegas |
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| Thomas & Mack Center Capacity: 18,776 |
Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 2006; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone.
The tournament draw took place Wednesday, March 21, in Las Vegas. The teams were split into 5 pots; those drawn first went to Group A, those drawn last went to Group B.
| Pot A | Pot B | Pot C | Pot D | Pot E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The draw split the tournament into two groups:[1]
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Group A |
Group B |
Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | First Tiebreaker Record in Games Against Tied Teams |
Second Tiebreaker Goal Average in Games Between Tied Teams |
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| Argentina | 8 | 4 | 0 | 390 | 319 | +71 | ||
| Uruguay | 7 | 3 | 1 | 330 | 335 | −5 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 5 | 1 | 3 | 351 | 336 | +15 | 1W-1L | 197/167, 1.18 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1 | 3 | 355 | 379 | −24 | 1W-1L | 190/184, 1.03 |
| Panama | 5 | 1 | 3 | 338 | 395 | −57 | 1W-1L | 162/198, 0.82 |
| August 22 12:30 p.m. |
Uruguay | 88–84 (OT) | Panama | OT | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 19–27, 24–11, 17–19, OT: 13–9 | ||||||
| August 22 3:00 p.m. |
Puerto Rico | 89–100 | Mexico | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 29–29, 16–28, 28–19, 16–24 | ||||||
| August 23 12:30 p.m. |
Argentina | 90–69 | Uruguay | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 19–22, 29–14, 19–20 | ||||||
| August 23 5:30 p.m. |
Panama | 67–108 | Puerto Rico | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 11–25, 20–23, 16–32 | ||||||
| August 24 12:30 p.m. |
Mexico | 90–95 | Panama | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 29–29, 18–25, 25–24, 18–17 | ||||||
| August 24 5:30 p.m. |
Puerto Rico | 75–87 | Argentina | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 12–18, 16–27, 20–25 | ||||||
| August 25 5:30 p.m. |
Uruguay | 82–79 | Puerto Rico | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 14–31, 24–13, 29–18 | ||||||
| August 25 8:00 p.m. |
Argentina | 104–83 | Mexico | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 28–18, 32–18, 21–24 | ||||||
| August 26 3:30 p.m. |
Mexico | 82–91 | Uruguay | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 14–27, 28–18, 15–27 | ||||||
| August 26 9:00 p.m. |
Panama | 92–109 (OT) | Argentina | OT | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–30, 18–13, 27–16, 22–26, OT: 7–24 | ||||||
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 4 | 0 | 461 | 267 | +194 |
| Brazil | 7 | 3 | 1 | 345 | 344 | +1 |
| Canada | 6 | 2 | 2 | 303 | 344 | −41 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1 | 3 | 317 | 383 | −66 |
| Virgin Islands | 4 | 0 | 4 | 321 | 409 | −88 |
| August 22 5:30 p.m. |
Canada | 67–75 | Brazil | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 12–25, 21–11, 11–18, 23–21 | ||||||
| August 22 8:00 p.m. |
United States | 112–69 | Venezuela | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 21–8, 33–26, 38–17, 20–18 | ||||||
| August 23 3:00 p.m. |
Venezuela | 73–80 | Canada | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 18–19, 25–24, 14–19 | ||||||
| August 23 8:00 p.m. |
Virgin Islands | 59–123 | United States | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 13–42, 26–24, 11–28, 9–29 | ||||||
| August 24 3:00 p.m. |
Canada | 93–83 | Virgin Islands | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 30–13, 21–24, 19–19 | ||||||
| August 24 8:00 p.m. |
Brazil | 101–75 | Venezuela | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 19–17, 28–19, 30–20 | ||||||
| August 25 12:00 p.m. |
United States | 113–63 | Canada | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 37–13, 30–15, 18–14 | ||||||
| August 25 3:00 p.m. |
Virgin Islands | 89–93 | Brazil | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 25–16, 15–31, 26–21 | ||||||
| August 26 1:00 p.m. |
Venezuela | 100–90 | Virgin Islands | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 19–17, 35–26, 28–31 | ||||||
| August 26 6:00 p.m. |
Brazil | 76–113 | United States | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 21–27, 17–30, 11–39, 27–17 | ||||||
| Qualified for the semifinals | |
| Fifth place |
The top four teams in Group A and Group B advanced to the Quarterfinal group. Then each team played the four from the other group to complete a full round robin. Records from the preliminary groups carried over, but only against teams that also advanced.
The top four teams advanced to the semifinals. The fifth-place team (Canada) did not continue competing for the Americas Championship, but qualified for the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008.
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | First Tiebreaker Record in Games Against Tied Teams |
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| United States | 14 | 7 | 0 | 791 | 541 | +250 | |
| Argentina | 13 | 6 | 1 | 626 | 530 | +96 | |
| Brazil | 11 | 4 | 3 | 606 | 590 | +16 | |
| Puerto Rico | 10 | 3 | 4 | 582 | 590 | −8 | 1W-0L |
| Canada | 10 | 3 | 4 | 538 | 586 | −48 | 0W-1L |
| Uruguay | 9 | 2 | 5 | 550 | 648 | −98 | 1W-0L |
| Mexico | 9 | 2 | 5 | 636 | 703 | −67 | 0W-1L |
| Venezuela | 8 | 1 | 6 | 522 | 663 | −141 |
| August 27 12:30 p.m. |
Uruguay | 88–95 | Canada | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 20–23, 27–22, 24–25 | ||||||
| August 27 3:00 p.m. |
Argentina | 98–63 | Venezuela | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 28–10, 23–24, 28–19, 19–10 | ||||||
| August 27 5:30 p.m. |
Brazil | 75–97 | Puerto Rico | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 15–20, 26–26, 21–32 | ||||||
| August 27 8:00 p.m. |
United States | 127–100 | Mexico | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 45–23, 20–28, 36–27, 26–22 | ||||||
| August 28 12:30 p.m. |
Venezuela | 88–79 | Uruguay | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 26–10, 17–20, 20–24 | ||||||
| August 28 3:00 p.m. |
Canada | 70–85 | Argentina | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 8–26, 8–20, 24–16, 30–23 | ||||||
| August 28 5:30 p.m. |
Mexico | 90–104 | Brazil | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 17–29, 24–34, 27–17 | ||||||
| August 28 8:00 p.m. |
Puerto Rico | 78–117 | United States | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 12–35, 29–29, 22–29 | ||||||
| August 29 12:30 p.m. |
Canada | 97–80 | Mexico | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 26–9, 29–24, 21–25 | ||||||
| August 29 3:00 p.m. |
Venezuela | 63–92 | Puerto Rico | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 19–27, 10–15, 18–30 | ||||||
| August 29 6:30 p.m. |
Argentina | 86–79 (OT) | Brazil | OT | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 12–19, 22–16, 21–13, OT: 15–8 | ||||||
| August 29 8:00 p.m. |
Uruguay | 79–118 | United States | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 21–31, 17–35, 26–29, 15–23 | ||||||
| August 30 1:30 p.m. |
Mexico | 101–91 | Venezuela | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 27–23, 31–15, 24–26 | ||||||
| August 30 4:00 p.m. |
Brazil | 96–62 | Uruguay | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 20–20, 30–8, 22–17 | ||||||
| August 30 6:30 p.m. |
Puerto Rico | 72–66 | Canada | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 14–16, 23–9, 14–23 | ||||||
| August 30 9:00 p.m. |
United States | 91–76 | Argentina | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 28–13, 21–17, 24–22, 18–24 | ||||||
The teams that played in the Championship Game both automatically qualified for the 2008 Olympics. The teams that played in the 3rd Place Game both automatically qualified for the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008.
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| September 1 1:00 p.m. |
Argentina | 91–80 | Brazil | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 18–21, 30–13, 26–24 | ||||||
| Pts: Scola 27 Rebs: Scola 9 Asts: Prigioni 5 |
Pts: Barbosa, Garcia 16 each Rebs: Splitter 9 Asts: da Silva 5 |
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| September 1 4:00 p.m. |
United States | 135–91 | Puerto Rico | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 33–27, 24–15, 43–28, 35–21 | ||||||
| Pts: Anthony 27 Rebs: Howard 6 Asts: James 9 |
Pts: Ayuso 22 Rebs: Falcón 8 Asts: Arroyo 5 |
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| September 2 1:00 p.m. |
Brazil | 107–111 | Puerto Rico | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 12–26, 31–22, 26–33, 38–30 | ||||||
| Pts: Machado 21 Rebs: Splitter 13 Asts: da Silva, Splitter 4 each |
Pts: Ayuso 39 Rebs: Reyes 15 Asts: Arroyo 10 |
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| September 2 4:00 p.m. |
Argentina | 81–118 | United States | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 14–35, 20–24, 27–34, 20–25 | ||||||
| Pts: Scola 23 Rebs: Kammerichs 23 Asts: Scola, Porta 3 each |
Pts: James 31 Rebs: Anthony 8 Asts: Bryant 8 |
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| 2007 Tournament of the Americas Winners |
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United States Sixth title |
| Rank | Team | Record |
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| 1 | United States | 10–0 |
| 2 | Argentina | 8–2 |
| Failed to Reach Final | ||
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 5–5 |
| 4 | Brazil | 5–5 |
| Failed to Reach Semifinals | ||
| 5 | Canada | 4–4 |
| 6 | Uruguay | 3–5 |
| 7 | Mexico | 2–6 |
| 8 | Venezuela | 2–6 |
| Failed to Reach Quarterfinals | ||
| 9 | Panama | 1–3 |
| 10 | Virgin Islands | 0–4 |
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