2015 FIBA Americas Championship

FIBA Americas Championship 2015
17th FIBA American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Mexico
Dates August 25th to September 6th
Teams 10 (from 44 federations)
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Official website
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The 2015 FIBA Americas Championship for Men will be the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas at the 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball Tournament in Brazil. The tournament will be held in Monterrey, Mexico. The top two teams qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball Tournament.

Qualification

Host selection

On 7 August 2014 at the day of the 2014 Centrobasket final, FIBA Americas announced that Mexico was chosen as the host of the championship. Mexico was chosen over Brazil and Venezuela. Monterrey Arena shall be the arena of the tournament.[1]

Venue

Monterrey
Monterrey
2015 FIBA Americas Championship (Mexico)
Monterrey Arena
Capacity: 17,599

Draw

The draw was held in Museum of Steel, Fundidora Park, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon on 25 March.[2] This was how the teams were seeded:

 Argentina (3)
 Brazil (9)

 Puerto Rico (15)
 Dominican Republic (20)

 Venezuela (27)
 Uruguay (26)

 Cuba (57)
 Panama (33)

 Canada (25)
 Mexico (19)

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to second round
2  Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Mexico (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 25 August 2015. Source: FIBA Americas
Rules for classification: (1) Tournament points, (2) Head-to-head tournament points, (3) Head-to-head goal average, (4) Overall goal average, (5) Drawing of lots
(H) Host.
27 August
Mexico  vs.  Brazil
28 August
Panama  vs.  Mexico
29 August
Brazil  vs.  Panama

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to second round
2  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Venezuela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 25 August 2015. Source: FIBA Americas
Rules for classification: (1) Tournament points, (2) Head-to-head tournament points, (3) Head-to-head goal average, (4) Overall goal average, (5) Drawing of lots
25 August
Argentina  vs.  Puerto Rico
26 August
Canada  vs.  Argentina
26 August
Puerto Rico  vs.  Cuba
27 August
Venezuela  vs.  Puerto Rico
27 August
Cuba  vs.  Canada
28 August
Canada  vs.  Venezuela
29 August
Puerto Rico  vs.  Canada

Second round

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 A1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to final round
2 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men
6 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 31 August 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: (1) Tournament points, (2) Head-to-head tournament points, (3) Head-to-head goal average, (4) Overall goal average, (5) Drawing of lots
1 September
1 September
1 September
1 September
2 September
2 September
2 September
2 September
3 September
3 September
3 September
3 September

Final round

Semi-finals Final
5 September
     
     
 
6 September
       
     
Third place
5 September 6 September
       
         

Semifinals

Finalists qualify to basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics, while losing semifinalists qualify to the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men.

5 September
5 September

Third place match

6 September

Final

6 September

Final ranking

Qualified for the basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Qualified for the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men
Rank Team Record
1st
2nd
3rd
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

References

  1. ↑ "FIBA - Mexico to host 2015 FIBA Americas Championship". FIBA.com. 2014-07-08. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
  2. ↑ "Draw results in for 2015 FIBA Americas Championship". Sportando. 2015-03-26. Retrieved 2015-04-13.

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