2001 Tournament of the Americas

2001 Tournament of the Americas

Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
City	Neuquén
Dates	16–26 August
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Puerto Rico
Tournament statistics
MVP	Manu Ginóbili
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The 2001 COPABA Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup (also as the Championship of the Americas for Men), was hosted by Argentina, from 16 August, to 26 August 2001. The games were played at the Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn berths at the 2002 FIBA World Championship, in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Argentina won the tournament, the country's first AmeriCup championship. The United States performed poorly at this tournament, mainly because it sent in junior players.^[1]

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

The draw split the tournament into two groups:

• 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 top five teams from the quarterfinals stage were granted berths in the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis. Since the United States were already qualified as Olympic Champions, should they reach the semifinals stage, the sixth-best team from the quarterfinals also qualified to the World Championship.
• The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final. The losers figure in a third-place playoff.

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Puerto Rico	4	4	0	427	368	+59	8
Canada	4	3	1	399	372	+27	7
Panama	4	2	2	361	400	−39	6
Virgin Islands	4	1	3	362	364	−2	5
Mexico	4	0	4	362	407	−45	4

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Argentina	4	4	0	409	303	+106	8
Brazil	4	3	1	396	342	+54	7
Venezuela	4	2	2	360	346	+14	6
Uruguay	4	1	3	315	377	−62	5
United States	4	0	4	323	435	−112	4

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Fifth place

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.

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Argentina	7	7	0	687	526	+161	14
Brazil	8	6	2	759	665	+94	14
Puerto Rico	7	5	2	670	622	+48	12
Canada	8	5	3	753	712	+41	13
Venezuela	7	4	3	657	621	+36	11	1–0
Panama	7	4	3	656	674	−18	11	0–1
Virgin Islands	8	2	6	696	746	−50	10
Uruguay	8	1	7	627	782	−155	9

	Semi-finals				Final
	26 August
	Brazil	98
					26 August
	Puerto Rico	94
					Brazil	59
	26 August
					Argentina	78
	Argentina	97
	Canada	76
					Third place
					26 August
					Puerto Rico	95
					Canada	102

2001 Tournament of the Americas winners
Argentina First title

Most Valuable Player
Manu Ginóbili

	Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship
	Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship as Olympic Champions and hosts

Rank	Team	Record
	Argentina	9–0
	Brazil	7–3
	Canada	6–4
4	Puerto Rico	5–4
5	Venezuela	4–3
6	Panama	4–3
7	Virgin Islands	2–6
8	Uruguay	1–7
9	Mexico	0–4
10	United States	0–4

Argentina Juan Ignacio Sánchez Gabriel Fernández Manu Ginóbili Fabricio Oberto Lucas Victoriano Daniel Farabello Hugo Sconochini Luis Scola Leonardo Gutiérrez Andrés Nocioni Leandro Palladino Rubén Wolkowyski	Brazil Marcelinho Machado Alex Garcia Vanderlei Mazzuchini Tiago Valentim de Lima Sandro França Varejão Demétrius Ferraciú Hélio Rubens Filho Estevam Ferreira Guilherme Giovannoni Nenê Anderson Varejão Márcio Dornelles	Canada David Daniels Sherman Hamilton Dean Walker Steve Nash Shawn Swords Prosper Karangwa Jerome Robinson Todd MacCulloch Andrew Kwiatkowski Peter Guarasci Michael Meeks Kevin Jobity

• 2001 Championship of the Americas for Men, FIBA.com.
• Infos at latinbasket.com