2001 Tournament of the Americas

Neuquén Argentina 16–26 August 10 1 1 ARG 1 BRA CAN PUR ARG Manu Ginóbili BRA Marcelinho Machado 1999 2003 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.https://www.usab.com/history/national-team-mens/fiba-americas-championship-2001.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20150429182046/http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-mens/fiba-americas-championship-2001.aspx dead April 29, 2015 FIBA Americas Championship -- 2001 USA Basketball 15 December 2010 22 April 2018 Venue NeuquénArgentina right 200 Argentina 10 Red pog.svg -38.946688 -68.113921 Neuquén top Estadio Ruca Che Capacity: 8,000150px|center Qualification North America: CAN, USA Caribbean and Central America:MEX, PAN, PUR, ISV South America: ARG, BRA, URU, VEN 1930 The draw split the tournament into two groups: Group A CAN MEX PAN PUR ISV Group B ARG BRA USA URU VEN 1930 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 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. Squads 2001 Tournament of the Americas squads Preliminary round Qualified for the quarterfinals Group A PUR 4 0 427 368 #ccffcc CAN 3 1 399 372 #ccffcc PAN 2 2 361 400 #ccffcc ISV 1 3 362 364 #ccffcc MEX 0 4 362 407 |} #eee 16 August CAN 108 97 yes ISV Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén #eee 16 August PUR 117 80 PAN Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén 17 August MEX 106 109 PAN Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén 17 August PUR 101 98 CAN Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén #eee 18 August PAN 90 88 ISV Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén #eee 18 August MEX 97 110 PUR Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén 19 August PAN 82 89 CAN Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén 19 August ISV 84 67 MEX Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén #eee 20 August CAN 104 92 MEX Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén #eee 20 August ISV 93 99 PUR Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén Group B ARG 4 0 409 303 #ccffcc BRA 3 1 396 342 #ccffcc VEN 1930 2 2 360 346 #ccffcc URU 1 3 315 377 #ccffcc USA 0 4 323 435 |} #eee 16 August USA 78 116 BRA Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén #eee 16 August ARG 103 63 URU Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén 17 August BRA 92 89 VEN 1930 Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén 17 August ARG 108 69 USA Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén #eee 18 August VEN 1930 107 83 USA Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén #eee 18 August URU 67 90 BRA Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén 19 August USA 93 104 URU Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén 19 August ARG 90 73 VEN 1930 Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén #eee 20 August URU 81 91 VEN 1930 Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén #eee 20 August ARG 108 98 yes BRA Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén Quarterfinal group 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. ARG 7 0 687 526 #ccffcc BRA 5 2 643 587 #ccffcc PUR 5 2 670 622 #ccffcc CAN 4 3 649 620 #ccffcc VEN 1930 4 3 657 621 yellow PAN 4 3 656 674 ISV 1 6 612 679 URU 0 7 523 689 |} #eee 21 August CAN 108 100 VEN 1930 Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén #eee 21 August BRA 94 102 PAN Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén #eee 21 August PUR 90 70 URU Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén #eee 21 August ARG 98 77 ISV Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén 22 August URU 77 101 CAN Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén 22 August ISV 69 92 BRA Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén 22 August VEN 1930 89 98 PUR Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén 22 August ARG 115 87 PAN Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén #eee 23 August VEN 1930 91 75 ISV Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén #eee 23 August PAN 101 74 URU Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén #eee 23 August BRA 89 83 yes PUR Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén #eee 23 August ARG 85 76 CAN Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén 24 August ISV 113 91 URU Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén 24 August PAN 92 106 VEN 1930 Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén 24 August CAN 69 78 BRA Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén 24 August ARG 95 70 PUR Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén Knockout stage 25 August Brazil Brazil 98 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 94 25 August Argentina Argentina 97 Canada Canada 76 26 August Brazil Brazil 59 Argentina Argentina 78 26 August Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 95 Canada Canada 102 Awards Topscorer: BRA Marcelinho Machado 172 pts bk 2001 Tournament of the Americas winners ARG First Most Valuable PlayerARG Manu Ginóbili Final standings Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship as Olympic Champions and hosts Rank Team Record ARG 10–0 BRA 7–3 CAN 6–4 4PUR 6–4 5VEN 1930 4–4 6PAN 4–4 7ISV 2–6 8URU 1–7 9MEX 0–4 10USA 0–4 20px|1st20px|2nd20px|3rdARG Juan Ignacio Sánchez Gabriel Fernández Manu Ginóbili Fabricio Oberto Lucas Victoriano Daniel Farabello Hugo Sconochini Luis Scola Leonardo Gutiérrez Andrés Nocioni Leandro Palladino Rubén WolkowyskiBRA 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 DornellesCAN David Daniels Sherman Hamilton Dean Walker Steve Nash Shawn Swords Prosper Karangwa Jerome Robinson Todd MacCulloch Andrew Kwiatkowski Peter Guarasci Michael Meeks Kevin Jobity References External links 2001 Championship of the Americas for Men, FIBA.com. Infos at latinbasket.com 1999 results and scoresheets Category:FIBA AmeriCup Category:2001 in Argentine sport Category:International basketball competitions hosted by Argentina Category:2001–02 in North American basketball Category:2001–02 in South American basketball Category:Sport in Neuquén Province