2007 FIBA Americas Championship

FIBA Americas Championship 2007
13th FIBA American Basketball Championship
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 Argentina Luis Scola
Tournament statistics
PlayersTeams
Points Brazil Barbosa (21.8)  United States (116.7)
Rebounds Uruguay Batista (12.4)  Canada (39.8)
Assists Argentina Prigioni (6.3)  United States (25.9)
Official website
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The 2007 FIBA Americas Championships (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.

Venues

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
Thomas & Mack Center
Capacity: 18,776

Qualification

Participating countries (orange) and the host country (maroon).

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

 Argentina
 United States

 Brazil
 Puerto Rico

 Panama
 Venezuela

 Canada
 Uruguay

 Mexico
 Virgin Islands

The draw split the tournament into two groups:<ref name"Friedman>Brad Friedman, "FIBA Americas Championship 2007 Preview", NBA.Com, Mar 21 2007.</ref>

Group A

 Argentina
Mexico Mexico
 Panama
 Puerto Rico
 Uruguay

Group B

 Brazil
 Canada
 United States
 Virgin Islands
 Venezuela

Format

Tie-breaking criteria

Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:

  1. Head to head results
  2. Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
  3. Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Preliminary round

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Times given below are in United States Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7).

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Argentina 4 4 0 390 319+71 8  
 Uruguay 4 3 1 330 335−5 7  
 Puerto Rico 4 1 3 351 336+15 5 1–1 (1.180)
 Mexico 4 1 3 355 379−24 5 1–1 (1.033)
 Panama 4 1 3 338 395−57 5 1–1 (.818)
August 22
12:30 p.m.
 Uruguay 88–84 OT  Panama
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 19–27, 24–11, 17–19, OT: 13–9
Pts: Batista 26
Rebs: Batista 19
Asts: Mazzarin 4		 Pts: Lloreda 21
Rebs: A. García 11
Asts: A. García 2
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Eddie Rush (USA), Carlos dos Santos (BRA)
August 22
3:00 p.m.
 Puerto Rico 89–100  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 29–29, 16–28, 28–19, 16–24
Pts: Apodaca 15
Rebs: Reyes 12
Asts: Barea 4		 Pts: Mariscal 30
Rebs: Llamas 11
Asts: Mariscal 4
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Miguel Angel Pérez (ESP), William Kennedy (USA)
August 23
12:30 p.m.
 Argentina 90–69  Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 19–22, 29–14, 19–20
Pts: Prigioni 20
Rebs: Sandes 10
Asts: Prigioni 5		 Pts: Taboada 14
Rebs: Batista 9
Asts: Mazzarino 3
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), William Kennedy (USA), David Papo (VEN)
August 23
5:30 p.m.
 Panama 67–108  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 11–25, 20–23, 16–32
Pts: Forbes 19
Rebs: Lloreda 8
Asts: A. García 2		 Pts: Sánchez 19
Rebs: Reyes 6
Asts: Arroyo 8
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), William Kennedy (USA), David Papo (VEN)
August 24
12:30 p.m.
 Mexico 90–95  Panama
Scoring by quarter: 29–29, 18–25, 25–24, 18–17
Pts: Beck 28
Rebs: Hernández 10
Asts: Pedroza 5		 Pts: Pinnock 30
Rebs: A. García 13
Asts: Pinnock 4
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Miguel Angel Pérez (ESP)
August 24
5:30 p.m.
 Puerto Rico 75–87  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 12–18, 16–27, 20–25
Pts: Ayuso 21
Rebs: Ramos 12
Asts: Arroyo 4		 Pts: Scola 22
Rebs: Scola 11
Asts: Prigioni 7
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Carlos dos Santos (BRA), Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM)
August 25
5:30 p.m.
 Uruguay 82–79  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 14–31, 24–13, 29–18
Pts: Batista 34
Rebs: Batista 15
Asts: Osimani 5		 Pts: Barea 18
Rebs: Reyes 12
Asts: Barea 3
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Eddie Rush (USA), Carlos dos Santos (BRA)
August 25
8:00 p.m.
 Argentina 104–83  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 28–18, 32–18, 21–24
Pts: Delfino 20
Rebs: Delfino 11
Asts: Scola 5		 Pts: Beck 24
Rebs: Quintero 6
Asts: Meza 3
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: William Kennedy (USA), David Papo (VEN)
August 26
3:30 p.m.
 Mexico 82–91  Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 14–27, 28–18, 15–27
Pts: Beck 28
Rebs: Ayón 12
Asts: Ayón 3		 Pts: Mazzarino 36
Rebs: Batista 15
Asts: Osimani 7
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Miguel Angel Pérez (ESP), Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM)
August 26
9:00 p.m.
 Panama 92–109 OT  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 18–30, 18–13, 27–16, 22–26, OT: 7–24
Pts: Forbes 29
Rebs: A. García 12
Asts: Green, Pinnock 6		 Pts: Quinteros 22
Rebs: Scola 8
Asts: Prigioni 12
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Eddie Rush (USA)

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 4 4 0 461 267+194 8
 Brazil 4 3 1 345 344+1 7
 Canada 4 2 2 303 344−41 6
 Venezuela 4 1 3 317 383−66 5
 Virgin Islands 4 0 4 321 409−88 4
August 22
5:30 p.m.
 Canada 67–75  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 12–25, 21–11, 11–18, 23–21
Pts: Mendez 18
Rebs: Dalembert 10
Asts: English 4		 Pts: Barbosa 30
Rebs: Splitter 9
Asts: Barbosa 5
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Héctor Uslenghi (URU), José Dorame (MEX)
August 22
8:00 p.m.
 United States 112–69  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 21–8, 33–26, 38–17, 20–18
Pts: Anthony 17
Rebs: Howard 8
Asts: Bryant 5		 Pts: Vásquez 12
Rebs: Romero 7
Asts: Vargas 3
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), José Carrión (PUR), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG)
August 23
3:00 p.m.
 Venezuela 73–80  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 18–19, 25–24, 14–19
Pts: Romero 23
Rebs: Bethelmy 7
Asts: Vásquez 6		 Pts: Dalembert 18
Rebs: Thomas 8
Asts: Thomas 3
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP), Héctor Uslenghi (URU)
August 23
8:00 p.m.
 Virgin Islands 59–123  United States
Scoring by quarter: 13–42, 26–24, 11–28, 9–29
Pts: Sheppard 11
Rebs: Richards 6
Asts: Sheppard 2		 Pts: Anthony 22
Rebs: Prince 12
Asts: Kidd 5
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Jorge Vazquez (PUR), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG), José Dorame (MEX)
August 24
3:00 p.m.
 Canada 93–83  Virgin Islands
Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 30–13, 21–24, 19–19
Pts: Mendez 22
Rebs: Dalembert 8
Asts: Anderson 12		 Pts: Edwin 26
Rebs: Victor 6
Asts: Sheppard 3
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Jorge Vazquez (PUR), José Dorame (MEX)
August 24
8:00 p.m.
 Brazil 101–75  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 19–17, 28–19, 30–20
Pts: Machado 20
Rebs: Batista 5
Asts: Da Silva 8		 Pts: Romero 21
Rebs: Romero 7
Asts: Vargas 4
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Pablo Estevez (ARG), José Carrión (PUR), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG)
August 25
12:00 a.m.
 United States 113–63  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 37–13, 30–15, 18–14
Pts: Anthony 25
Rebs: James 8
Asts: Williams 6		 Pts: Famutimi 17
Rebs: Kendall 9
Asts: Anderson 2
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), José Carrión (PUR), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG)
August 25
3:00 p.m.
 Virgin Islands 89–93  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 25–16, 15–31, 26–21
Pts: Victor 25
Rebs: Rhymer 9
Asts: Sheppard 2		 Pts: Barbosa 36
Rebs: Nenê 9
Asts: Da Silva 10
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP), Jorge Vazquez (PUR), Héctor Uslenghi (URU)
August 26
1:00 p.m.
 Venezuela 100–90  Virgin Islands
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 19–17, 35–26, 28–31
Pts: Romero 29
Rebs: Romero 10
Asts: Vásquez 10		 Pts: Edwin 32
Rebs: Francis 6
Asts: Victor 6
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: José Carrión (PUR), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG), Héctor Uslenghi (URU)
August 26
6:00 p.m.
 Brazil 76–113  United States
Scoring by quarter: 21–27, 17–30, 11–39, 27–17
Pts: Splitter 13
Rebs: Splitter 9
Asts: Da Silva 4		 Pts: James 21
Rebs: Anthony 10
Asts: Kidd 5
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Pablo Estevez (ARG), José Dorame (MEX)

Quarterfinals

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.

Standings

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 United States 7 7 0 791 541+250 14  
 Argentina 7 6 1 626 530+96 13  
 Brazil 6 4 2 606 590+16 10  
 Puerto Rico 7 3 4 582 590−8 10 1−0
 Canada 7 3 4 538 586−48 10 0−1
 Uruguay 7 2 5 550 648−98 9 1−0
 Mexico 7 2 5 636 703−67 9 0−1
 Venezuela 7 1 6 522 663−141 8  
August 27
12:30 p.m.
 Uruguay 88–95  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 20–23, 27–22, 23–25
Pts: Mazzarino 17
Rebs: Batista 6
Asts: García Morales 3		 Pts: Young 22
Rebs: Kendall 9
Asts: English 5
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Pablo Estevez (ARG), Jorge Vazquez (PUR), William Kennedy (USA)
August 27
3:00 p.m.
 Argentina 98–63  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 28–10, 23–24, 28–19, 19–10
Pts: González 21
Rebs: Delfino 11
Asts: Prigioni 8		 Pts: Cedeño 15
Rebs: Sucre 6
Asts: Cedeño 3
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), José Dorame (MEX)
August 27
5:30 p.m.
 Brazil 75–97  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 15–20, 26–26, 21–32
Pts: Barbosa 34
Rebs: Splitter 11
Asts: Machado 4		 Pts: Ayuso 24
Rebs: Ramos 6
Asts: Barea 5
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP)
August 27
8:00 p.m.
 United States 127–100  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 45–23, 20–28, 36–27, 26–22
Pts: Anthony 28
Rebs: Billups 8
Asts: Kidd 7		 Pts: Beck 20
Rebs: Parada 7
Asts: Pedroza 6
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Carlos Dos Santos (BRA), Héctor Uslenghi (URU)
August 28
12:30 p.m.
 Venezuela 89–79  Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 26–10, 17–20, 20–24
Pts: Romero 35
Rebs: Romero 11
Asts: Cedeño 8		 Pts: Batista 21
Rebs: Batista 20
Asts: García Morales 3
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Carlos Dos Santos (BRA)
August 28
3:00 p.m.
 Canada 70–85  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 8–26, 8–20, 24–16, 30–23
Pts: Thomas 13
Rebs: Dalembert 16
Asts: English 2		 Pts: Scola 23
Rebs: González 11
Asts: Prigioni 11
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Eddie Rush (USA), Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP), Héctor Uslenghi (URU)
August 28
5:30 p.m.
 Mexico 90–104  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 17–29, 24–34, 27–17
Pts: Beck 29
Rebs: Parada 10
Asts: Pedroza 5		 Pts: Barbosa 21
Rebs: Splitter 9
Asts: Machado 6
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: José Carrión (PUR), William Kennedy (USA), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG)
August 28
8:00 p.m.
 Puerto Rico 78–117  United States
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 12–35, 29–29, 22–29
Pts: Ayuso 13
Rebs: Arroyo 6
Asts: Barea 3		 Pts: James 21
Rebs: Stoudemire 8
Asts: Williams 7
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Pablo Estevez (ARG), David Papo (VEN)
August 29
12:30 p.m.
 Canada 97–80  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 26–9, 29–24, 21–25
Pts: Anderson 17
Rebs: Brown 11
Asts: Anderson 5		 Pts: Quintero 20
Rebs: Ávila 5
Asts: Meza 4
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Pablo Estevez (ARG), Carlos Dos Santos (BRA), David Papo (VEN)
August 29
3:00 p.m.
 Venezuela 63–92  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 19–27, 10–15, 18–30
Pts: Romero 11
Rebs: Romero 10
Asts: Vásquez 3		 Pts: Ayuso 25
Rebs: Reyes 13
Asts: Arroyo 7
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), Eddie Rush (USA), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG)
August 29
5:30 p.m.
 Argentina 86–79  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 12–19, 22–16, 21–13
Pts: Scola 23
Rebs: Scola 12
Asts: Prigioni 7		 Pts: Machado 19
Rebs: Nenê 12
Asts: Machado 7
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP)
August 29
8:00 p.m.
 Uruguay 79–118  United States
Scoring by quarter: 21–31, 17–35, 26–29, 15–23
Pts: Batista 20
Rebs: García Morales 6
Asts: Mazzarino 3		 Pts: James 26
Rebs: Stoudemire 7
Asts: Williams 6
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Jorge Vazquez (PUR), José Dorame (MEX)
August 30
1:30 p.m.
 Mexico 101–91  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 27–23, 31–15, 24–26
Pts: Pedroza 27
Rebs: Ávila 12
Asts: Meza 7		 Pts: Romero 23
Rebs: Romero 6
Asts: Vargas 8
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: William Kennedy (USA), Héctor Uslenghi (URU)
August 30
4:00 p.m.
 Brazil 96–62  Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 20–20, 30–8, 22–17
Pts: Barbosa 32
Rebs: Splitter 7
Asts: Da Silva 5		 Pts: Batista 17
Rebs: Batista 10
Asts: Osimani 4
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Eddie Rush (USA), Pablo Estevez (ARG), Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM)
August 30
6:30 p.m.
 Puerto Rico 72–66  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 14–16, 23–9, 14–23
Pts: Arroyo 22
Rebs: Reyes 12
Asts: Ayuso 3		 Pts: Thomas 18
Rebs: Dalembert 18
Asts: English 4
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP)
August 30
9:00 p.m.
 United States 91–76  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 28–13, 21–17, 24–22, 18–24
Pts: Bryant 27
Rebs: Howard 9
Asts: Kidd 7		 Pts: Scola 20
Rebs: Scola 5
Asts: Prigioni 4
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: José Carrión (PUR), Carlos Dos Santos (BRA)

Medal Round

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.

Semi-finals Final
September 1 – Las Vegas
  Argentina  91  
  Brazil  80  
 
September 2 – Las Vegas
      Argentina  81
    United States  118
Third place
September 1 – Las Vegas September 2 – Las Vegas
  United States  135   Brazil  107
  Puerto Rico  91     Puerto Rico  111

Semifinals

September 1
1:00 p.m.
Argentina  91–80  Brazil
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
September 1
4:00 p.m.
United States  135–91  Puerto Rico
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

Third place game

September 2
1:00 p.m.
Brazil  107–111  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 12–26, 31–22, 26–33, 38–30
Pts: Machado 21
Rebs: Splitter 13
Asts: da Silva, Splitter 4		 Pts: Ayuso 39
Rebs: Reyes 15
Asts: Arroyo 10

Final

September 2
4:00 p.m.
Argentina  81–118  United States
Scoring by quarter: 14–35, 20–24, 27–34, 20–25
Pts: Scola 23
Rebs: Kammerichs 7
Asts: Scola, Porta 3 each		 Pts: Bryant 31
Rebs: Anthony 8
Asts: Bryant 14

Awards

 2007 Tournament of the Americas Winners 

United States
Sixth title

Statistical Leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Points[1]

Pos. Name PPG
1 Brazil Leandro Barbosa 21.8
2 United States Carmelo Anthony 21.2
3 Uruguay Esteban Batista 20.8
4 Mexico Romel Beck 20.3
5 Venezuela Héctor Romero 19.9
6 Argentina Luis Scola 19.4
7 Puerto Rico Larry Ayuso 19.1
8 United States LeBron James 18.1
9 Puerto Rico Carlos Arroyo 16.3
10 Uruguay Nicolás Mazzarino 15.8

Rebounds[2]

Pos. Name RPG
1 Uruguay Esteban Batista 12.4
2 Puerto Rico Angelo Reyes 9.5
3 Canada Samuel Dalembert 9.4
4 Brazil Tiago Splitter 8.0
5 Venezuela Héctor Romero 7.5
6 Argentina Luis Scola 7.4
7 Puerto Rico Peter John Ramos 7.1
8 Argentina Carlos Delfino 6.4
9 Brazil Nenê 6.3
10 Mexico Adam Parada 5.5

Assists[3]

Pos. Name APG
1 Argentina Pablo Prigioni 5.7
2 United States LeBron James 4.7
3 Puerto Rico Carlos Arroyo 4.6
3 United States Jason Kidd 4.6
3 Brazil Valter Apolinario Da Silva 4.6
3 United States Deron Williams 4.6
7 Canada Jermaine Anderson 4.0
8 Venezuela José Vargas 3.5
9 Venezuela Greivis Vásquez 3.3
10 Brazil Marcelinho Machado 3.2

Steals[4]

Pos. Name SPG
1 Argentina Carlos Delfino 2.0
1 Mexico Anthony Pedroza 2.0
3 Brazil Marcelinho Machado 1.7
3 Argentina Pablo Prigioni 1.7
5 United States Kobe Bryant 1.6
5 Uruguay Leandro García Morales 1.6
7 United States LeBron James 1.5
7 Uruguay Esteban Batista 1.5
7 Venezuela José Vargas 1.5
10 Brazil Valter Apolinario Da Silva 1.4

Blocks[5]

Pos. Name BPG
1 Canada Samuel Dalembert 2.4
2 Venezuela Miguel Marriaga 2.0
3 United States Dwight Howard 1.8
4 Puerto Rico Peter John Ramos 1.5
5 United States Tyson Chandler 1.4
6 Brazil Tiago Splitter 1.3
7 Mexico Adam Parada 1.0
8 Venezuela Héctor Romero 0.9
9 Mexico Horacio Llamas 0.8
10 Puerto Rico Carmelo Lee 0.7

Minutes[6]

Pos. Name MPG
1 Uruguay Esteban Batista 35.5
2 Venezuela Héctor Romero 34.3
3 Brazil Leandro Barbosa 32.0
4 Argentina Carlos Delfino 30.8
5 Argentina Pablo Prigioni 30.1
6 Uruguay Nicolás Mazzarino 30.0
7 Mexico Romel Beck 29.0
8 Argentina Luis Scola 28.9
9 Brazil Valter Apolinario Da Silva 28.8
10 Canada Jermaine Anderson 28.5
10 Venezuela José Vargas 28.5

Individual Game Highs

Department Name Total Opponent
Points Puerto Rico Larry Ayuso 39  Brazil
Rebounds Uruguay Esteban Batista 20  Venezuela
Assists Canada Jermaine Anderson 12  Virgin Islands
Steals Argentina Carlos Delfino
Panama Joel Muñoz 		5  Brazil
 Mexico
Blocks Venezuela Miguel Marriaga 6 Uruguay
Turnovers Uruguay Esteban Batista
Venezuela Greivis Vásquez 		9  Brazil
 Virgin Islands

Team Tournament Highs

Offensive PPG[7]

Pos. Name PPG
1 United States 116.7
2 Mexico 90.8
3 Puerto Rico 89.2
4 Argentina 88.7
5 Brazil 88.6

Defensive PPG

Pos. Name PPG
1 United States 71.3
2 Argentina 72.8
3 Canada 73.3
4 Brazil 79.2
5 Uruguay 81.0

Rebounds[8]

Pos. Name RPG
1 Canada 42.5
2 Puerto Rico 40.6
2 Argentina 40.6
4 United States 40.0
5 Panama 39.3

Assists[9]

Pos. Name APG
1 United States 25.9
2 Brazil 19.6
3 Argentina 16.9
4 Puerto Rico 15.1
5 Venezuela 14.4

Steals[10]

Pos. Name SPG
1 United States 10.3
2 Mexico 9.6
3 Brazil 8.3
4 Uruguay 8.1
5 Argentina 7.8

Blocks[11]

Pos. Name BPG
1 United States 6.0
2 Venezuela 4.4
3 Canada 3.9
4 Puerto Rico 2.8
5 Panama 2.7

Team Game highs

Department Name Total Opponent
Points  United States 135  Puerto Rico
Rebounds  Canada 61  Mexico
Assists  Brazil
 United States
(2 times) 		31  Mexico
 Uruguay
 Puerto Rico
Steals  Mexico
 United States
(2 times) 		15  Puerto Rico
 Virgin Islands
 Argentina
Blocks  Venezuela 10  Uruguay
Field goal percentage  United States 69.6%  Puerto Rico
3-point field goal percentage  United States 63.9%  Puerto Rico
Free throw percentage  Puerto Rico 100% (4/4)  Canada
Turnovers  Puerto Rico 28  Uruguay

Final standings

Qualified for 2008 Olympic Basketball Tournament
Qualified for FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Rank Team Record
1st  United States 10–0
2nd  Argentina 8–2
3rd  Puerto Rico 5–5
4  Brazil 5–5
5  Canada 4–4
6  Uruguay 3–5
7  Mexico 2–6
8  Venezuela 2–6
9  Panama 1–3
10  Virgin Islands 0–4
4th
 United States
Chauncey Billups
Jason Kidd
LeBron James
Deron Williams
Michael Redd
Tayshaun Prince
Kobe Bryant
Dwight Howard
Amar'e Stoudemire
Mike Miller
Tyson Chandler
Carmelo Anthony		  Argentina
Luis Scola
Pablo Prigioni
Román González
Diego Lo Grippo
Juan Pedro Gutiérrez
Antonio Porta
Carlos Delfino
Martín Leiva
Leonardo Gutiérrez
Paolo Quinteros
Matías Sandes
Federico Kammerichs		  Puerto Rico
Peter John Ramos
José Juan Barea
Filiberto Rivera
Carlos Arroyo
Rick Apodaca
Alex Falcon
Larry Ayuso
Ricky Sánchez
Angelo Reyes
Héctor Valenzuela
Carmelo Lee
Ángel Figueroa		  Brazil
Marcelinho Machado
Nezinho Dos Santos
Murilo Becker
Marcelinho Huertas
Alex Garcia
Valter Apolinario Da Silva
Leandro Barbosa
João Paulo Batista
Guilherme Giovannoni
Nenê
Marcus Vinicius
Tiago Splitter

References

  1. ↑ PPG Leaders at FIBA.com
  2. ↑ RPG Leaders at FIBA.com
  3. ↑ APG Leaders at FIBA.com
  4. ↑ SPG Leaders at FIBA.com
  5. ↑ BPG Leaders
  6. ↑ MPG Leaders at FIBA.com
  7. ↑ Team Leaders – PPG
  8. ↑ Team Leaders – RPG
  9. ↑ Team Leaders – APG
  10. ↑ Team Leaders – SPG
  11. ↑ Team Leaders – BPG