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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Dominican Republic |
| City | Santo Domingo |
| Dates | August 24 – September 4 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Brazil (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Argentina |
| Third place |  Venezuela |
| Fourth place |  United States |
| Tournament statistics | |
| MVP | Marcelo Machado |
| Top scorer | Marcelo Machado (23.4 points per game) |
The 2005 FIBA Americas Championship, later known as the FIBA AmeriCup (also known as The Tournament of the Americas), was hosted by the Dominican Republic, from August 24, to September 4, 2005. The games were played in Santo Domingo. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the four berths allocated to the Americas for the 2006 FIBA World Championship, in Japan. Argentina had already qualified, by winning the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics. Brazil won the tournament, the country's third AmeriCup championship.
Venues
All games were played at the Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto.
| Santo Domingo |
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| Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto Capacity: 8,337 |
Qualification
Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 2004; 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:
Dominican Republic, 
Puerto Rico, 
Panama, 
Mexico - South America:
Argentina, 
Brazil, 
Uruguay, 
Venezuela
The tournament draw took place Monday, April 18, in Santo Domingo. The teams were split into 5 pots; those drawn first went to Group A, those drawn last went to Group B.[1]
The draw split the tournament into two groups:
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Group A |
Group B |
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 winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, where both are guaranteed of berths in the 2006 FIBA World Championship. The losers figure in a third-place playoff. The semifinal losers were also given berths in the 2006 World Championship. Also, should Argentina reach one of the first four places in the tournament, due to their obtaining the gold medal in the 2004 Olympic Tournament in Athens, the fifth best team in the quarterfinals stage was also qualified for the 2006 World Championship.
Tie-breaking criteria
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
Preliminary round
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
- Times given below are in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-4).
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 393 | 342 | +51 | 7 | 1–0 |
 Venezuela
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4 | 3 | 1 | 330 | 342 | −12 | 7 | 0–1 |
| United States
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 336 | 329 | +7 | 6 | |
 Panama
|
4 | 1 | 3 | 298 | 302 | −4 | 5 | 1–0 |
 Canada
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4 | 1 | 3 | 318 | 360 | −42 | 5 | 0–1 |
August 24
14:00 |
| United States |
94–72 | Panama |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–24, 20–11, 24–17, 20–20 | ||
| Pts: Scales 18 Rebs: Hamilton, McGhee 7 Asts: Edney 6 |
Pts: Cardenas 13 Rebs: A. García 9 Asts: Hicks 3 | |
August 24
16:30 |
| Venezuela |
88–111 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–30, 7–28, 30–26, 28–27 | ||
| Pts: Romero 24 Rebs: Romero, Torres 5 Asts: Guevara 7 |
Pts: Barbosa 28 Rebs: Barbosa 7 Asts: Barbosa 6 | |
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
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August 25
13:30 |
| Brazil |
94–96 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 22–21, 25–18, 26–32 | ||
| Pts: Barbosa 37 Rebs: Varejão 11 Asts: Machado 6 |
Pts: Bell 20 Rebs: McGhee 14 Asts: Greer, Slay 4 | |
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
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August 25
16:00 |
| Canada |
91–100 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–24, 16–26, 20–28, 28–22 | ||
| Pts: English 25 Rebs: Mendez 8 Asts: Anderson 4 |
Pts: Lugo, Torres 24 Rebs: Romero, Torres 8 Asts: Guevara 7 | |
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
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August 26
14:00 |
| Panama |
77–83 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 11–19, 23–28, 20–18 | ||
| Pts: Hicks 30 Rebs: Lloreda 11 Asts: Pinnock, Peralta 2 |
Pts: Machado 21 Rebs: Giovannoni, Becker 8 Asts: Machado 6 | |
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
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August 26
16:30 |
| United States |
76–92 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–26, 15–23, 20–21, 28–22 | ||
| Pts: Greer 21 Rebs: McGhee 7 Asts: Beasley, Slay 2 |
Pts: Brown 28 Rebs: Mendez 14 Asts: Brown, English, Nohr 3 | |
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
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August 27
16:30 |
| Venezuela |
71–70 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–26, 15–23, 20–21, 28–22 | ||
| Pts: Romero 21 Rebs: Romero 12 Asts: Guevara 5 |
Pts: Bell 21 Rebs: Hamilton, Lang 8 Asts: Edney, Hamilton 3 | |
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
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August 27
19:00 |
| Panama |
79–54 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 20–10, 24–13, 19–16 | ||
| Pts: Hicks, Pinnock 14 Rebs: García 22 Asts: Peralta 4 |
Pts: English 16 Rebs: Brown, English, Mendez 7 Asts: English 4 | |
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
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August 28
13:30 |
| Brazil |
105–81 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–26, 23–13, 18–24, 34–18 | ||
| Pts: Machado 42 Rebs: Machado 11 Asts: Machado 7 |
Pts: Brown 25 Rebs: English 9 Asts: English 5 | |
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
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August 28
16:00 |
| Panama |
70–71 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 12–15, 18–20, 22–13 | ||
| Pts: Lloreda, Pinnock 16 Rebs: Lloreda 11 Asts: Lloreda 3 |
Pts: Guevara 23 Rebs: Torres 11 Asts: Guevara 4 | |
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
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Group B
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 348 | 307 | +41 | 7 | 1–0 |
 Dominican Republic
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4 | 3 | 1 | 325 | 333 | −8 | 7 | 0–1 |
 Puerto Rico
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4 | 2 | 2 | 354 | 339 | +15 | 6 | |
 Uruguay
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4 | 1 | 3 | 312 | 313 | −1 | 5 | 1–0 |
 Mexico
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4 | 1 | 3 | 324 | 371 | −47 | 5 | 0–1 |
August 24
19:00 |
| Argentina |
82–96 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–18, 17–22, 19–26, 18–30 | ||
| Pts: Jasen 21 Rebs: Farabello, Fernández, Kammerichs, Quinteros 4 Asts: Farabello 8 |
Pts: Beck 28 Rebs: Ávila 8 Asts: Llamas, Quintero 4 | |
August 24
21:30 |