FIBA Americas Championship 2005

FIBA Americas Championship 2005
12th FIBA American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Dominican Republic
Dates August 24 – September 4
Teams 10 (from 44 federations)
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  Brazil (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Players Teams
PPG Marcelo Machado (23.4)  Brazil (91.6)
Rebounds Esteban Batista (15.6)  Panama (40.4)
Assists Daniel Farabello (5.9)  Argentina (16.8)

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 second Americas championship. [1]

Contents

Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A Group B

Brazil
Canada
Panama
United States
Venezuela

Argentina
Dominican Republic
Mexico
Puerto Rico
Uruguay

Squads

Preliminary rounds

Group A

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

August 24, 2005

United States 94–72 Panama
Venezuela 88–111 Brazil

August 25, 2005

Brazil 94–96 United States
Canada 91–100 Venezuela

August 26, 2005

Panama 77–83 Brazil
United States 76–92 Canada

August 27, 2005

Venezuela 71–70 United States
Panama 79–54 Canada

August 28, 2005

Brazil 105–81 Canada
Panama 70–71 Venezuela

Group B

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

August 24, 2005

Argentina 82–96 Mexico
Uruguay 69–72 Dominican Republic

August 25, 2005

Mexico 60–91 Uruguay
Puerto Rico 79–96 Argentina

August 26, 2005

Uruguay 80–95 Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic 104–94 Mexico

August 27, 2005

Argentina 86–72 Uruguay
Puerto Rico 86–89 Dominican Republic

August 28, 2005

Mexico 74–94 Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic 60–84 Argentina

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
Argentina 14 8 6 1 665 583 +82
Brazil 12 8 4 3 723 661 +62
United States 12 8 4 3 688 664 +24
Venezuela 12 8 4 3 657 603 +54
Panama 12 8 4 3 627 590 +37
Dominican Republic 10 7 3 4 648 675 −27
Puerto Rico 10 7 3 4 677 679 −2
Uruguay 7 7 0 7 628 672 −42

August 30, 2005

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

August 31, 2005

Uruguay 99–101 Venezuela
Puerto Rico 107–101 (2OT) Brazil
United States 67–84 Argentina
Panama 88–78 Dominican Republic

September 1, 2005

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

September 2, 2005

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

Knockout stage

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

Awards

 2005 Tournament of the Americas Winners 

Brazil
Second title

Final standings

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

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Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.