2009 FIBA Americas Championship qualification

August 2015 Qualifying for the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship the basketball championships for the Americas (North America, Central America, the Caribbean and South America) began on August 12, 2007 at the FIBA CBC Championship for national teams from the Caribbean. Three teams qualified from that tournament to the 2008 Centrobasket, from which four automatic berths are available. South American teams qualified via the 2008 South American Basketball Championship, held at Puerto Montt, Chile. North American teams (Canada and the United States) automatically qualify to the championship, which will be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The top four teams from the 2009 Championships qualify automatically to the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey, with FIBA handling out four more wild card entries to complete the 24-team tournament. With the United States winning the gold medal at the 2008 men's Olympic basketball tournament, another slot was opened for a Centrobasket participant, when the United States decided to skip qualification since their gold medal provided them automatic qualification to the 2010 FIBA World Championship. 2007 CBC Championship The 2007 CBC Championship was held from August 6 to 12, 2007, at Caguas, Puerto Rico. The top three teams at the end of the tournament qualify for the 2008 Centrobasket. Qualified to the Final Group A TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTie*DOM330286208+786 BAH312229256−27431.025GUY312233258−25430.987ATG Antigua312210236−26430.986*Points between games of tied teams, then goal averages between the games of tied teams. #eee August 6 Caguas, Puerto Rico BAH 70 ATG Antigua 78 August 7 Caguas, Puerto Rico DOM 99 GUY 76 #eee August 8 Caguas, Puerto Rico BAH 68 DOM 99 August 9 Caguas, Puerto Rico ATG Antigua 68 GUY 78 #eee August 10 Caguas, Puerto Rico BAH 91 GUY 79 #eee August 10 Caguas, Puerto Rico ATG Antigua 64 DOM 88 Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsPUR440393229+1648CUB431350303+477IVB422290349−596BAR413240338−985TRI404272326−544 #eee August 6 Caguas, Puerto Rico TRI 68 BAR 69 #eee August 6 Caguas, Puerto Rico PUR 107 IVB 56 August 7 Caguas, Puerto Rico CUB 93 BAR 69 August 7 Caguas, Puerto Rico TRI 67 PUR 93 #eee August 8 Caguas, Puerto Rico IVB 81 CUB 105 #eee August 8 Caguas, Puerto Rico PUR 104 BAR 38 August 9 Caguas, Puerto Rico IVB 73 BAR 64 August 9 Caguas, Puerto Rico CUB 84 TRI 64 #eee August 10 Caguas, Puerto Rico IVB 80 TRI 73 #eee August 10 Caguas, Puerto Rico PUR 89 CUB 68 Knockout stage Championship bracket Italicized teams advanced to the 2008 Centrobasket. Semifinals Final Third-place 25px 180px A1 DOM 93 B2 CUB 82 B1 PUR 77 A2 BAH 64 A1 DOM 72 B1 PUR 82 B2 CUB (OT) 90 A2 BAH 88 Classification Semifinals Fifth-place Seventh-place 25px 180px A3 GUY 66 B4 BAR 70 B3 IVB 64 A4 ATG Antigua 76 B4 BAR 73 A4 ATG Antigua 77 A3 GUY 81 B3 IVB 92 2008 Centrobasket 2008 Centrobasket The 2008 Centrobasket was held from August 27 to 31, 2008, at Chetumal and Cancun, Mexico. The top four teams automatically go to the Tournament of the Americas. With the US not participating, the fifth-placed team also qualifies. Italicized teams advanced to the FIBA Americas Championship 2009. Qualified to the semifinals, and the Americas Championship Group A TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTie*ISV321240215+2553 1.034DOM321258194+6453 0.993MEX321237185+5253 0.973ESA303143284−1413 *Points between games of tied teams, then goal averages between the games of tied teams. #eee August 27 Chetumal, Mexico MEX 92 ESA 36 #eee August 27 Chetumal, Mexico ISV 83 DOM 74 August 28 Chetumal, Mexico DOM 106 ESA 41 August 28 Chetumal, Mexico ISV 71 MEX 75 #eee August 29 Chetumal, Mexico ESA 66 ISV 86 #eee August 29 Chetumal, Mexico MEX 70 DOM 78 Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsPUR330295260+256CUB321285265+645PAN312278269+524CRC303206270−1413 Knockout stage Championship bracket Semifinals (Cancun) Final (Cancun) Third-place (Cancun) 25px 180px A1 ISV 78 B2 CUB 61 B1 PUR 76 A2 DOM 74 A1 ISV 70 B1 PUR 87 B2 CUB 74 A2 DOM 102 Classification Semifinals (Chetumal) Fifth-place (Chetumal) Seventh-place (Chetumal) 25px 180px A3 MEX 90 B4 CRC 73 B3 PAN 100 A4 ESA 59 A3 MEX 104 B3 PAN 67 B4 CRC 76 A4 ESA 79 2008 South American Basketball Championship 2008 South American Basketball Championship The 2008 South American Basketball Championship was held from July 1 to 6, at Puerto Montt, Chile. The top four teams qualify to the Tournament of the Americas. Qualified to the Final Qualified to the 3rd-place gameTop 4 qualifies to the Americas Championship. Preliminary round Italicized teams advanced to the FIBA Americas Championship 2009. TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTie*ARG541465392+7393 1.147URU541436393+4393 1.000BRA541401407−693 0.860VEN523407412−57 COL514374425−516 CHI505349403−545 *Points between games of tied teams, then goal averages between the games of tied teams. #eee July 1 Puerto Montt, Chile BRA 83 COL 75 #eee July 1 Puerto Montt, Chile ARG 79 VEN 77 #eee July 1 Puerto Montt, Chile CHI 66 URU 81 July 2 Puerto Montt, Chile ARG 104 COL 75 July 2 Puerto Montt, Chile BRA 70 CHI 69 July 2 Puerto Montt, Chile VEN 70 URU 88 #eee July 3 Puerto Montt, Chile URU 88 COL 78 #eee July 3 Puerto Montt, Chile BRA 68 ARG 102 #eee July 3 Puerto Montt, Chile CHI 76 VEN 94 July 4 Puerto Montt, Chile URU 102 ARG 93 July 4 Puerto Montt, Chile BRA 94 VEN 84 July 4 Puerto Montt, Chile CHI 68 COL 71 #eee July 5 Puerto Montt, Chile COL 75 VEN 82 #eee July 5 Puerto Montt, Chile CHI 70 ARG 87 #eee July 5 Puerto Montt, Chile BRA 86 URU 77 Finals #eee July 6 Puerto Montt, Chile Third BRA 72 VEN 87 #ffffd0 July 6 Puerto Montt, Chile Final ARG 100 URU 95 Did not enter Cayman Islands Turks and Caicos Islands Haiti Jamaica Saint Kitts and Nevis Montserrat Dominica Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Grenada Aruba Bermuda Netherlands Antilles Suriname Guatemala Belize Nicaragua Honduras Paraguay Peru Ecuador Bolivia Qual Category:FIBA AmeriCup qualification