FIBA Americas Championship
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Americas Championship is the name commonly used to refer to the American Basketball Championships that take every two years between national teams of the countries of North and South America. The tournament is run by FIBA Americas. The tournament began in 1980. Since 1993 it has taken place biennially, in odd-numbered years.
The American Championship is also a qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championship and the Olympic Games.
2007 Tournament
The FIBA Americas Championship 2007, featuring 10 men’s national teams, is one of five FIBA Olympic qualifying zone tournaments and will determine the two men’s teams from the Americas zone who will earn a qualification spot for the 2008 Olympic Games that are being held Aug. 8-24 in Beijing, China. The third, fourth and fifth place finishers will qualify for the 12-team 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, July 7-13, 2008, site TBD, that will qualify the final three teams for the 2008 Olympics.
The USA was placed in the FIBA Americas Championship Group B and will open play against Venezuela on Aug. 22, followed by games against the U.S. Virgin Islands on Aug. 23, Canada on Aug. 25 and Brazil on Aug. 26. Placed into Group A were Argentina, Mexico, Uruguay, Panama and Puerto Rico.
The FIBA Americas Championship 2007 will be conducted in three phases. The first phase features the 10 teams divided into two groups of five teams each for the first round. The teams will play round robin within their groups over five days, with each team scheduled for one day off during the first round.
After conclusion of the first round and establishing first to fifth places for each group, the top four finishers in each first round group will advance to the second round. Teams finishing in the fifth position will conclude their participation in the tournament. The top four finishing teams of Group A and Group B will then form a single second round group, carrying with them the results obtained in the first phase.
In the second round, each team will play the four advancing teams from the other first round group. At the conclusion of the second round, the top four placed teams will advance to the third phase, and the bottom four teams will conclude their participation in the tournament.
Americas Championship Results
| Year | Location | Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | MVP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 84–67 | Canada | Argentina | |
| 1984 | Brazil | Brazil | Uruguay | Canada | ||
| 1988 | Uruguay | Brazil | Puerto Rico | Canada | ||
| 1989 | Mexico | Puerto Rico | 89–80 | USA | Brazil | |
| 1992 | United States | USA | 127–80 | Venezuela | Brazil | |
| 1993 | Puerto Rico | USA | 109–95 | Puerto Rico | Argentina | |
| 1995 | Argentina | Puerto Rico | Argentina | Brazil | ||
| 1997 | Uruguay | USA | 95–86 | Puerto Rico | Brazil | |
| 1999 | Puerto Rico | USA | 92–66 | Canada | Argentina | |
| 2001 | Argentina | Argentina | 78–59 | Brazil | Canada | |
| 2003 | Puerto Rico | USA | 106–73 | Argentina | Puerto Rico | Steve Nash (Canada) |
| 2005 | Dominican Republic | Brazil | 100–88 | Argentina | Venezuela | Marcelinho Machado (Brazil) |
| 2007 | United States |
