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2003 Tournament of the Americas

Tournament details
Host country	Puerto Rico
Dates	August 20–31
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (5th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Puerto Rico
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
MVP	Steve Nash
Top scorer	Omar Quintero (21.1 points per game)
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The 2003 Tournament of the Americas in basketball, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup (also known as Las Americas Tournament for Men, FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament, or Panamerican Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men), was hosted by Puerto Rico, from August 20 to August 31, 2003. The games were played in San Juan, at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the three berths allocated to the Americas for the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. The United States won the tournament, the country's fifth AmeriCup championship.

Venues

All games were played at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum.

San Juan
Roberto Clemente Coliseum Capacity: 10,000

Qualification

Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 2003; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone.

• North America:  Canada,  United States
• Caribbean and Central America: Dominican Republic,  Mexico,  Puerto Rico,  Virgin Islands
• South America:  Argentina,  Brazil,  Uruguay,  Venezuela

The draw split the tournament into two groups:

Format

• The top four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals.
• Results and standings among teams within the same group are carried over.
• The top four teams at the quarterfinals advance to the semifinals (1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3).
• The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, where both were granted berths in the 2004 Olympic Tournament in Athens. The losers figure in a third-place playoff where the winner was granted the third berth.

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

Squads

Preliminary round

Times given below are in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-4).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Argentina	4	3	1	359	321	+38	7	1–0
Canada	4	3	1	377	329	+48	7	0–1
Puerto Rico	4	2	2	342	322	+20	6	1–0
Mexico	4	2	2	313	357	−44	6	0–1
Uruguay	4	0	4	290	352	−62	4

Argentina	89–91	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 22–21, 19–28, 29–18
Pts: Nocioni, Scola 17 Rebs: Ginóbili 6 Asts: Ginóbili 7		Pts: Nájera 20 Rebs: Llamas 10 Asts: Mariscal, Nájera 4

Uruguay	78–91	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 32–28, 16–21, 16–25
Pts: Owens 22 Rebs: Muro, Szczygielski 4 Asts: Muro 5		Pts: Arroyo, Ortiz 20 Rebs: Ortiz 12 Asts: Ortiz 4

Uruguay	60–91	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 11–19, 17–24, 16–24, 16–24
Pts: Mazzarino 13 Rebs: Aguiar, Owens 4 Asts: Muro 4		Pts: Nocioni 14 Rebs: Fernández 12 Asts: Montecchia 6

Puerto Rico	79–89	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 25–26, 13–22, 15–23
Pts: Casiano 24 Rebs: Fajardo 6 Asts: Arroyo 4		Pts: Barrett 32 Rebs: Newton 14 Asts: Nash 7

Mexico	80–68	Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 25–26, 13–22, 15–23
Pts: Nájera 21 Rebs: Nájera 9 Asts: Llamas 4		Pts: Owens 17 Rebs: Bouzot 8 Asts: Mazzarino 5

Argentina	94–90	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 27–25, 17–27, 29–24
Pts: Scola 21 Rebs: Nocioni 9 Asts: Ginóbili 6		Pts: Nash 24 Rebs: Newton 5 Asts: Nash 10

Canada	90–84	Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 28–33, 16–19, 21–11, 25–21
Pts: Barrett 22 Rebs: Guarasci, Young 6 Asts: Nash 6		Pts: Owens 22 Rebs: Owens, Szczygielski 6 Asts: Owens 5

Mexico	70–92	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 10–24, 21–18, 21–24, 18–26
Pts: Quintero 24 Rebs: Benítez 10 Asts: Nájera 6		Pts: Casiano 19 Rebs: Ortiz 9 Asts: Santiago 5

Canada	108–72	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 31–27, 32–18, 30–18, 15–9
Pts: Barrett 27 Rebs: Kwiatkowski 5 Asts: Nash 7		Pts: Quintero 27 Rebs: Parada 6 Asts: Mariscal 4

Puerto Rico	80–85	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 12–28, 20–21, 28–20
Pts: Arroyo 22 Rebs: Santiago 9 Asts: Hourruitiner 4		Pts: Ginóbili, Wolkowyski 16 Rebs: Montecchia 7 Asts: Ginóbili 10

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	4	4	0	432	273	+159	8
Brazil	4	3	1	376	345	+31	7
Dominican Republic	4	2	2	292	356	−64	6
Venezuela	4	1	3	321	356	−35	5
Virgin Islands	4	0	4	278	369	−91	4

Venezuela	76–78	Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 14–25, 17–24, 26–12
Pts: Torres 17 Rebs: Torres 8 Asts: Aguilera, Díaz, Julio, Torres 2		Pts: Western 25 Rebs: Vargas 14 Asts: Ramírez 4

United States	110–76	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 23–29, 26–18, 31–8, 30–21
Pts: Brand, Duncan 17 Rebs: Brand, Duncan 6 Asts: Bibby 7		Pts: Nenê 17 Rebs: Nenê 9 Asts: da Silva 4

Brazil	100–74	Virgin Islands
Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 20–16, 25–18, 31–19
Pts: Giovannoni 18 Rebs: Splitter 11 Asts: Varejão 4		Pts: Sheppard 18 Rebs: Victor 7 Asts: Sheppard 6

United States	111–73	Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 29–25, 31–11, 28–18, 23–19
Pts: McGrady 17 Rebs: O'Neal 7 Asts: Kidd 10		Pts: Filion 18 Rebs: Filion 6 Asts: Ramírez 6

Virgin Islands	65–69	Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 15–18, 14–13, 19–22
Pts: Heywood 21 Rebs: Heywood 13 Asts: Richards 3		Pts: Western 18 Rebs: Peterson 8 Asts: Ortega 4

Venezuela	68–98	United States
Scoring by quarter: 11–26, 24–26, 24–25, 10–21
Pts: Díaz 16 Rebs: Aguilera 6 Asts: Aguilera, R. Guevara, Mijares, Morris 2		Pts: McGrady 16 Rebs: Duncan 13 Asts: Iverson 7

Virgin Islands	55–113	United States
Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 13–34, 16–30, 7–23
Pts: Heywood 13 Rebs: Richards 9 Asts: Richards 2		Pts: Iverson 17 Rebs: Martin 13 Asts: Iverson 10

Venezuela	89–96	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 23–31, 17–21, 25–20, 24–24
Pts: Díaz 24 Rebs: Torres 9 Asts: Julio 4		Pts: Machado 20 Rebs: Splitter 8 Asts: da Silva 10

Venezuela	87–84	Virgin Islands
Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 28–20, 21–16, 18–23
Pts: Díaz 27 Rebs: Torres, Julio 6 Asts: D. Guevara 5		Pts: Sheppard 24 Rebs: Richards 13 Asts: Richards 7

Dominican Republic	72–104	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 10–29, 16–29, 23–21, 23–25
Pts: Filion 35 Rebs: Peterson 8 Asts: Filion, Ramírez 4		Pts: Barbosa 22 Rebs: de Souza, Nenê 8 Asts: Varejão 5

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. The top four teams advanced to the semifinals.

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
United States	8	8	0	824	564	+260	16
Argentina	8	5	3	715	658	+57	13	2–0
Canada	8	5	3	713	705	+8	13	1–1
Puerto Rico	8	5	3	657	603	+54	13	0–2
Venezuela	8	4	4	668	713	−45	12	1–0
Mexico	8	4	4	679	734	−55	12	0–1
Brazil	8	3	5	709	696	+13	11
Dominican Republic	8	2	6	591	730	−139	10

Mexico	100–91	Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 22–14, 24–22, 27–35
Pts: Llamas, Mariscal, Quintero 21 Rebs: Benítez 14 Asts: Quintero 6		Pts: Peralta 17 Rebs: Vargas 7 Asts: Filion, Lalane, Ortega, Ramírez 3

Argentina	76–74	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 17–19, 17–18, 17–18
Pts: Nocioni, Oberto 14 Rebs: Sánchez, Oberto, Wolkowyski 6 Asts: Ginóbili, Oberto 4		Pts: Varejão 17 Rebs: Nenê 11 Asts: 5 players 2

Puerto Rico	84–59	Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 10–9, 30–21, 27–14
Pts: Ayuso 19 Rebs: Latimer 7 Asts: Arroyo 10		Pts: Torres 13 Rebs: Aguilera 14 Asts: R. Guevara 4

Canada	71–111	United States
Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 11–30, 20–31, 12–29
Pts: Barrett 15 Rebs: Kwiatkowski, Newton 7 Asts: Nash 5		Pts: Iverson 28 Rebs: Martin 7 Asts: Bibby 9

Venezuela	98–95	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 32–35, 26–20, 17–20, 23–20
Pts: Díaz 26 Rebs: Blanco 7 Asts: Blanco, Díaz 6		Pts: Quintero 28 Rebs: Zúñiga 14 Asts: Nájera 6

United States	94–86	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 27–23, 17–17, 26–25, 24–21
Pts: O'Neal 22 Rebs: O'Neal 10 Asts: Kidd 7		Pts: Oberto 17 Rebs: Nocioni 6 Asts: Sánchez 5

Dominican Republic	61–94	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 17–29, 8–18, 13–20, 23–27
Pts: Filion 15 Rebs: Peterson, Pichardo 6 Asts: Filion 3		Pts: Latimer 22 Rebs: Latimer 12 Asts: Hatton 5

Brazil	97–101	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 33–29, 30–35, 20–21, 14–16
Pts: Machado 39 Rebs: Nenê, Varejão 9 Asts: Varejão 6		Pts: Nash 24 Rebs: Swords 7 Asts: Nash 9

Canada	78–75	Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 24–23, 14–17, 23–17
Pts: Brown 16 Rebs: Brown, Kwiatkowski, Young 6 Asts: Nash 8		Pts: Vargas 17 Rebs: Vargas 10 Asts: Ortega 5

Argentina	92–97	Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 22–23, 27–23, 19–36
Pts: Nocioni 17 Rebs: Kammerichs 6 Asts: Sánchez 6		Pts: Torres 20 Rebs: Marriaga 7 Asts: R. Guevara 6

Puerto Rico	72–70	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 20–24, 16–19, 18–10
Pts: Ayuso 19 Rebs: Ortiz 7 Asts: Sánchez 6		Pts: Nenê 15 Rebs: Nenê 14 Asts: da Silva 7

Mexico	69–96	United States
Scoring by quarter: 26–19, 14–30, 11–21, 18–26
Pts: Quintero 21 Rebs: Benítez 10 Asts: Llamas 4		Pts: Duncan 16 Rebs: O'Neal 7 Asts: Carter 5

Venezuela	93–86 (OT)	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 36–23, 18–12, 14–24, 11–20, Overtime: 14–7
Pts: Díaz 23 Rebs: Marriaga 9 Asts: D. Guevara 8		Pts: Brown, Karangwa 20 Rebs: Brown 8 Asts: Nash, Thomas 3

Brazil	92–102	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 25–21, 21–31, 26–25
Pts: Nenê 26 Rebs: Nenê 14 Asts: Ferraciú, Giovannoni, Pinto 3		Pts: Quintero 23 Rebs: Benítez 12 Asts: Quintero 5

Dominican Republic	72–102	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 13–24, 13–28, 28–25
Pts: Western 17 Rebs: Filion 7 Asts: Ortega 4		Pts: Ginóbili, Scola 18 Rebs: Ginóbili, Kammerichs 5 Asts: Sánchez 7

United States	91–65	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 23–16, 19–12, 27–17
Pts: Duncan 16 Rebs: Duncan, O'Neal 9 Asts: Duncan 4		Pts: Fajardo 19 Rebs: Fajardo, Latimer, Rivera 6 Asts: Arroyo 4

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	August 30, 2003 – 20:00
	Argentina	88
					August 31, 2003 – 22:00
	Canada	72
					Argentina	73
	August 30, 2003 – 22:00
					United States	106
	United States	87
	Puerto Rico	71
					Third place
					August 31, 2003 – 20:00
					Canada	66
					Puerto Rico	79

Semifinals

Argentina	88–72	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 25–14, 24–10, 13–28
Pts: Ginóbili 26 Rebs: Wolkowyski, Scola 5 Asts: Ginóbili, Montecchia, Sánchez 4		Pts: Brown 13 Rebs: Guarasci 6 Asts: Nash 4

United States	87–71	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 23–20, 22–16, 16–18
Pts: Allen 15 Rebs: O'Neal 10 Asts: McGrady 6		Pts: Fajardo 14 Rebs: Fajardo 7 Asts: Arroyo 5

Third place game

Canada	66–79	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 13–24, 17–20, 17–22, 19–13
Pts: Barrett 18 Rebs: Newton 9 Asts: Nash 7		Pts: Ortiz 21 Rebs: Santiago 11 Asts: Ortiz 10

Final

United States	106–73	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 35–15, 25–12, 23–20, 23–26
Pts: Duncan 23 Rebs: Duncan 14 Asts: Bibby 7		Pts: Ginóbili, Victoriano 16 Rebs: Kammerichs 6 Asts: Victoriano 4

Awards

2003 Tournament of the Americas winners
United States Fifth title

Most Valuable Player
Steve Nash

Statistical leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Points Pos. Name PPG 1 Omar Quintero 21.1 2 Víctor Díaz 19.1 3 Rowan Barrett 18.1 4 Tim Duncan 15.6 5 Franklin Western 14.6 6 Eduardo Nájera 14.5 7 Allen Iverson 14.3 7 Óscar Torres 14.3 9 Manu Ginóbili 14.1 10 Nenê 13.3

Rebounds Pos. Name RPG 1 Nenê 9.1 2 Tim Duncan 8.0 3 Jesus Benítez 7.9 4 Eduardo Nájera 6.7 5 José Ortiz 6.3 6 Greg Newton 6.2 6 Jermaine O'Neal 6.2 8 Óscar Torres 6.0 8 José Vargas 6.0 10 Jaime Peterson 5.7

Assists Pos. Name APG 1 Steve Nash 6.6 2 Jason Kidd 5.0 3 Mike Bibby 4.8 4 Carlos Arroyo 4.7 5 Manu Ginóbili 4.4 6 Juan Ignacio Sánchez 3.8 6 Allen Iverson 3.8 8 José Ortiz 3.5 8 Eduardo Nájera 3.5 10 Tim Duncan 3.4 10 Válter da Silva 3.4

Steals Pos. Name SPG 1 Omar Quintero 1.9 2 Óscar Torres 1.8 3 Larry Ayuso 1.6 3 Allen Iverson 1.6 3 Franklin Western 1.6 6 Mike Bibby 1.5 6 Luis Scola 1.5 7 Marcelinho Machado 1.5 7 Anderson Varejão 1.5 10 Eduardo Nájera 1.5

Blocks Pos. Name BPG 1 José Ortiz 2.1 1 Anderson Varejão 2.1 3 Tim Duncan 1.6 4 Jaime Peterson 1.3 5 Jermaine O'Neal 1.2 5 Nenê 1.1 7 Daniel Santiago 1.0 8 Kenyon Martin 0.9 8 Rosmel Blanco 0.9 10 Tiago Splitter 0.8

Minutes Pos. Name MPG 1 Omar Quintero 33.3 2 Víctor Díaz 30.5 2 Víctor Mariscal 30.5 4 Carlos Arroyo 29.7 5 Horacio Llamas 28.0 6 Franklin Western 27.8 7 Eduardo Nájera 27.7 7 Luis Julio 27.3 9 Nenê 27.0 10 Manu Ginóbili 26.2

Individual Game Highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points	Marcelinho Machado	39	Canada
Rebounds	8 Players	14
Assists	7 Players	10
Steals	Mike Bibby Eduardo Nájera	5	Virgin Islands  Venezuela
Blocks	José Ortiz	7	Canada
Turnovers	Allen Iverson	8	Venezuela

Team Tournament Highs

Offensive PPG Pos. Name PPG 1  United States 101.7 2  Brazil 88.6 3  Argentina 87.6 4  Canada 85.1 5  Mexico 84.9

Defensive PPG Pos. Name PPG 1  United States 70.8 2  Puerto Rico 75.6 3  Argentina 83.6 4  Brazil 87.0 5  Canada 87.2

Rebounds Pos. Name RPG 1  Virgin Islands 39.2 2  United States 38.8 2  Mexico 37.5 4  Brazil 36.5 5  Puerto Rico 35.7

Assists Pos. Name APG 1  United States 29.3 2  Argentina 21.8 3  Puerto Rico 20.4 4  Brazil 19.9 5  Venezuela 18.5

Steals Pos. Name SPG 1  United States 10.1 2  Argentina 9.7 3  Brazil 8.5 4  Venezuela 8.4 5  Canada 7.3

Blocks Pos. Name BPG 1  United States 5.5 2  Puerto Rico 4.9 3  Brazil 4.4 4  Virgin Islands 3.0 5  Dominican Republic 2.8

Team Game highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points	United States	113	Virgin Islands
Rebounds	Virgin Islands	53	Dominican Republic
Assists	Brazil	26	Canada
Steals	United States	40	Canada
Blocks	Argentina  Puerto Rico  United States	9	Puerto Rico  Canada  Dominican Republic
Field goal percentage	United States (2 times)	65.6%	Virgin Islands  Canada
3-point field goal percentage	United States	77.8%	Canada
Free throw percentage	Argentina	93.3%	Venezuela
Turnovers	Brazil  Dominican Republic	25	United States  Argentina

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	United States	10–0
	Argentina	6–4
	Puerto Rico	6–4
4	Canada	5–5
5	Venezuela	4–4
6	Mexico	4–4
7	Brazil	3–5
8	Dominican Republic	2–6
9	Uruguay	0–4
10	Virgin Islands	0–4

			4th
United States Allen Iverson Jason Kidd Tracy McGrady Jermaine O'Neal Vince Carter Nick Collison Mike Bibby Kenyon Martin Ray Allen Tim Duncan Elton Brand Richard Jefferson	Argentina Juan Ignacio Sánchez Manu Ginóbili Alejandro Montecchia Fabricio Oberto Lucas Victoriano Gabriel Fernández Leonardo Gutiérrez Luis Scola Federico Kammerichs Andrés Nocioni Leandro Palladino Rubén Wolkowyski	Puerto Rico José Ortiz Eddie Casiano Bobby Joe Hatton Carlos Arroyo Rick Apodaca Raymond Dalmau Larry Ayuso Antonio Latimer Rolando Hourruitiner Sharif Fajardo Jorge Rivera Daniel Santiago	Canada Novell Thomas Denham Brown Prosper Karangwa Steve Nash Shawn Swords Rowan Barrett Greg Francis Andrew Kwiatkowski Jesse Young Peter Guarasci Michael King Greg Newton

References

1. 2003 FIBA Men's Americas Olympic Qualifying, ESPN.com, August 20, 2003.
2. PPG Leaders at FIBA.com
3. RPG Leaders at FIBA.com
4. APG Leaders at FIBA.com
5. SPG Leaders at FIBA.com
6. BPG Leaders
7. MPG Leaders at FIBA.com
8. Team Leaders – PPG
9. Team Leaders – RPG
10. Team Leaders – APG
11. Team Leaders – SPG
12. Team Leaders – BPG

• 2003 Panamerican Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, FIBA.com.

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