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(Top) 1 Venues 2 Qualification 3 Format 3.1 Tie-breaking criteria 4 Squads 5 Preliminary round 5.1 Group A 5.2 Group B 6 Quarterfinals 6.1 Standings 7 Medal round 7.1 Semifinals 7.2 Third place game 7.3 Final 8 Awards 9 Statistical leaders 9.1 Individual Tournament Highs 9.2 Individual Game Highs 9.3 Team Tournament Highs 9.4 Team Game highs 10 Final standings 11 References

2007 FIBA Americas Championship

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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)
← 2005 2009 →

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[edit]

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[edit]

Participating countries (orange) and the host country (maroon).

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.

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D	Pot E
Argentina United States	Brazil Puerto Rico	Panama Venezuela	Canada Uruguay	Mexico Virgin Islands

The draw split the tournament into two groups:^[1]

Group A

Argentina
Mexico
Panama
Puerto Rico
Uruguay

Group B

Brazil
Canada
United States
Virgin Islands
Venezuela

Format[edit]

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[edit]

Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:

Head to head results
Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Squads[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

	Qualified for the quarterfinals

Times given below are in United States Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7).

Group A[edit]


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)

August 22
12:30 p.m.

Uruguay	88–84 (OT)	Panama
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 19–27, 24–11, 17–19, Overtime: 13–9
Pts: Batista26 Rebs: Batista 19 Asts: Mazzarin4		Pts: Lloreda21 Rebs: A. García11 Asts: A. García 2

Puerto Rico	89–100	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 29–29, 16–28, 28–19, 16–24
Pts: Apodaca15 Rebs: Reyes12 Asts: Barea4		Pts: Mariscal30 Rebs: Llamas11 Asts: Mariscal 4

Argentina	90–69	Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 19–22, 29–14, 19–20
Pts: Prigioni20 Rebs: Sandes10 Asts: Prigioni 5		Pts: Taboada14 Rebs: Batista9 Asts: Mazzarino3

Panama	67–108	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 11–25, 20–23, 16–32
Pts: Forbes19 Rebs: Lloreda8 Asts: A. García2		Pts: Sánchez19 Rebs: Reyes6 Asts: Arroyo8