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2007 FIBA Americas Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
City	Las Vegas
Dates	August 22 – September 2
Teams	10
Venue(s)	Thomas & Mack Center
Final positions
Champions	United States (6th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Puerto Rico
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Games played	40
MVP	Luis Scola
Top scorer	Leandro Barbosa (21.8 points per game)
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The 2007 FIBA Americas Championships later known as the FIBA AmeriCup (or 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 AmeriCup.

The tournament was originally going to be hosted in Venezuela. However, the Venezuelan federation 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 had not hosted it since 1992, Chile had never hosted it, Argentina had held it last in 2001, and Puerto Rico had 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

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.

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

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.

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 are guaranteed of berths in the 2008 Olympics. The losers figure in a third-place playoff. The semifinal losers and the 5th best team in the quarterfinals are assured of berths to the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008

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 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)

Uruguay	88–84 (OT)	Panama
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 19–27, 24–11, 17–19, Overtime: 13–9
Pts: Batista 26 Rebs: Batista 19 Asts: Mazzarin 4		Pts: Lloreda 21 Rebs: A. García 11 Asts: A. García 2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Panama	92–109 (OT)	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 18–30, 18–13, 27–16, 22–26, Overtime: 7–24
Pts: Forbes 29 Rebs: A. García 12 Asts: Green, Pinnock 6		Pts: Quinteros 22 Rebs: Scola 8 Asts: Prigioni 12

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Quarterfinals

The top four teams in Group A and Group B advanced to the Quarterfinal group. Then each team played the three 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	7	4	3	606	590	+16	11
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Semifinals

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

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

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

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: James 31 Rebs: Anthony 8 Asts: Bryant 8

Awards

2007 Tournament of the Americas winners
United States Sixth title

Statistical leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

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

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

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

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

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

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

Individual Game Highs

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

Team Tournament Highs

Offensive PPG 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 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 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 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 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

Rank	Team	Record
	United States	10–0
	Argentina	8–2
	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. Brad Friedman, "FIBA Americas Championship 2007 Preview", NBA.Com, Mar 21 2007.
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

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