2011 FIBA Americas Championship

FIBA Americas Cup 2011
15th FIBA American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Argentina
Dates	August 30 to September 11
Teams	10 (from 44 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Argentina (2nd title)
MVP	Luis Scola
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Luis Scola (21.4)  Venezuela (94.8) Rebounds Jack Michael Martínez (12.1)  Dominican Republic (36.2) Assists Greivis Vásquez (5.8)  Argentina (18.1)
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The 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Men was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas at the 2012 Summer Olympics men's basketball tournament in London. The tournament was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, from August 30 to September 11, 2011. Argentina won the title, defeating Brazil 80–75 in the final match. This was the country's second Americas championship.

Host

FIBA Americas named Mar del Plata, Argentina the host of the 2011 competition on May 24, 2010 at a meeting in San Juan.^[1] Games were played at Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, which seats more than 8,000 fans. Toronto and Rio de Janeiro also bid for the tournament before FIBA awarded the competition to then world number-one ranked Argentina. Toronto was eliminated in the first round of voting before Mar del Plata beat Rio de Janeiro in the final round 13 votes to 3. Toronto's bid was seen as superior to the other two, but due to the lack of government backing was not awarded the tournament.

Venue

Mar del Plata	Mar del Plata 2011 FIBA Americas Championship (Argentina)
Polideportivo Islas Malvinas
Capacity: 8,000

Qualification

The ten teams originally selected to receive invitations for the tournament were the host team, the top three finishers at the 2010 South American Basketball Championship, the top two teams in the North America Sub-Zone, and the top four finishers at 2010 Centrobasket. Because the host country, Argentina, came in second at the 2010 South American Basketball Championship, the fourth place team (Venezuela) at the championship was also invited. After the United States (the only team other than Canada in the North America Sub-Zone) automatically qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics by winning the 2010 FIBA World Championship, they withdrew from the tournament. The fifth place team at the 2010 South American Basketball Championship (Paraguay) was then invited to participate.

Below is the final list of participants in the tournament:

• South American Sub-Zone (South American Basketball Championship 2010):
  •  Argentina
  •  Brazil
  •  Uruguay
  •  Venezuela
  •  Paraguay
• North America Sub-Zone:
  •  Canada
• Central American and Caribbean Zone (2010 Centrobasket):
  •  Cuba
  •  Dominican Republic
  •  Panama
  •  Puerto Rico

NBA lockout

Due to the 2011 NBA lockout, insurance costs for players affiliated with teams of the National Basketball Association to play overseas would no longer be afforded by the league and would have to be taken care of by their corresponding national federations. Some national teams, such as the host nation Argentina^[2] and Puerto Rico^[3] took steps to resolve the issue. Below is a list of players whose participation in the tournament was at least potentially affected:

Notes:

• ^a Barbosa decided not to participate in the tournament.^[4]
• ^b Nash has retired from international play.^[5]
• ^c Thompson and Magloire were not called up for Canada's national team.^[6]
• ^d Nenê decided not to participate in the tournament.
• ^e Varejão was unavailable for the tournament due to injury.

Format

The ten teams are split into two groups. The best four teams of each group advance to the second round, where the teams play against the four teams from the other group; each team carries over all points earned during the first round, except for those earned in the match against the team that was eliminated. The best four teams of this group advance to the semifinals.

The two winners in the semifinals automatically qualify for the Olympics. The remaining three teams from the second round plus seven teams from other continents play the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, where the top three qualify for the Olympics.

Squads

Draw

The draw took place on January 27, 2011^[7] at the NH Gran Hotel Provincial^[8] in Mar del Plata. Notable ESPN Latin America announcer Álvaro Martin conducted the ceremony while FIBA Americas Secretary General Alberto Garcia and a number of sports figures drew the teams. The ten participating squads were paired in five pots, where the first draw from each pot would go to Group A and the second to Group B. Teams were paired according to their world rankings for balance purposes. Being the host, Argentina had the opportunity to choose their group.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Argentina (3)  Brazil (16)	Canada (23)  Puerto Rico (15)	Dominican Republic (30)  Uruguay (25)	Panama (28)  Venezuela (22)	Cuba (NR)  Paraguay (NR)

Note

• NR – Not Ranked

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Dominican Republic	4	3	1	333	296	+37	7	1–0
Brazil	4	3	1	328	302	+26	7	0–1
Venezuela	4	2	2	381	351	+30	6	1–0
Canada	4	2	2	312	306	+6	6	0–1
Cuba	4	0	4	274	373	−99	4

All times local (UTC−3)

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Argentina	4	4	0	341	248	+93	8
Puerto Rico	4	3	1	348	266	+82	7
Uruguay	4	2	2	271	287	−16	6
Panama	4	1	3	287	352	−65	5
Paraguay	4	0	4	259	353	−94	4

All times local (UTC−3)

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Second round

Advanced to semifinals

Qualified for 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Eliminated in Second Round

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Brazil	7	6	1	585	493	+92	13	1–0
Argentina	7	6	1	602	473	+129	13	0–1
Puerto Rico	7	5	2	571	523	+48	12
Dominican Republic	7	4	3	539	543	−4	11
Venezuela	7	3	4	652	641	+11	10
Canada	7	2	5	514	561	−47	9
Uruguay	7	1	6	482	560	−78	8	1–0
Panama	7	1	6	496	647	−151	8	0–1

All times local (UTC−3)

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Final round

	Semi-finals				Final
	September 10
	Brazil	83
	Dominican Republic	76
					September 11
					Brazil	75
					Argentina	80
					Third place
	September 10			September 11
	Argentina	81		Dominican Republic	103
	Puerto Rico	79			Puerto Rico	89

Semifinals

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Third place game

Final

Awards

2011 Tournament of the Americas Winners
Argentina Second title

Statistical Leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Individual Game Highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points	Gary Forbes	39	Canada
Rebounds	Rubén Garcés	17	Argentina
Assists	Gustavo Barrera	11	Venezuela
Steals	Leandro García Morales	8	Dominican Republic
Blocks	Joel Anthony Juan Pedro Gutiérrez Renaldo Balkman Federico Kammerichs	4	Venezuela  Paraguay  Paraguay  Dominican Republic
Field goal percentage	Guilherme Giovannoni	100% (7/7)	Cuba
3-point field goal percentage	Ricky Sánchez Guilherme Giovannoni	100% (4/4)	Panama  Panama
Free throw percentage	Enrique Javier Martínez Óscar Torres Manu Ginóbili Jermaine Anderson Luis Scola	100% (8/8)	Panama  Dominican Republic  Puerto Rico  Venezuela  Brazil
Turnovers	Marcelinho Huertas	10	Dominican Republic

Team Tournament Highs

Team Game highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points	Argentina	111	Venezuela
Rebounds	Venezuela  Puerto Rico	48	Cuba  Paraguay
Assists	Venezuela	32	Panama
Steals	Uruguay	16	Dominican Republic
Blocks	Canada	7	Uruguay
Field goal percentage	Venezuela	80.6% (29/36)	Uruguay
3-point field goal percentage	Argentina	64.3% (18/28)	Venezuela
Free throw percentage	Puerto Rico	100% (15/15)	Panama
Turnovers	Uruguay	27	Argentina

Final ranking

	Qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
	Qualified for the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Rank	Team	Record
01 !	Argentina	9–1
02 !	Brazil	8–2
03 !	Dominican Republic	6–4
4	Puerto Rico	6–4
5	Venezuela	4–4
6	Canada	3–5
7	Uruguay	2–6
8	Panama	2–6
9	Cuba	0–4
10	Paraguay	0–4

			4th
Argentina Luis Scola Manu Ginóbili Pepe Sánchez Fabricio Oberto Pablo Prigioni Juan Pedro Gutiérrez Carlos Delfino Paolo Quinteros Martín Leiva Andrés Nocioni Hernán Jasen Federico Kammerichs	Brazil Marcelinho Machado Nezinho dos Santos Rafael Luz Augusto César Lima Vitor Benite Marcelinho Huertas Alex Garcia Rafael Hettsheimeir Guilherme Giovannoni Caio Torres Marcus Vinicius Tiago Splitter	Dominican Republic Edgar Sosa Charlie Villanueva Kelvin Peña Luis Flores Manuel Fortuna Francisco García Al Horford Elys Guzmán Orlando Sánchez Eulis Báez Ronald Ramon Jack Michael Martínez	Puerto Rico Javier Mojica José Juan Barea John Holland Carlos Arroyo Bimbo Carmona Ángel Álamo Andrés Rodríguez Ricky Sánchez Manuel Narvaez Renaldo Balkman Alex Galindo Daniel Santiago

All-2011 FIBA Americas Team

G – Marcelinho Huertas
G – Carlos Arroyo
F – Manu Ginóbili
F – Luis Scola (Tournament MVP)
C – Al Horford

See also

• 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women

References

External links

• Official website