2005 FIBA Americas Championship
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)
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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
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:

Group A

Brazil
Canada
Panama
United States
Venezuela

Group B

Argentina
Dominican Republic
Mexico
Puerto Rico
Uruguay

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

Main article: 2005 FIBA Americas Championship 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	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	4	1	3	318	360	−42	5	0–1

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Uruguay	69–72	Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 13–16, 27–26, 7–16
Pts: Mazzarino 26 Rebs: Batista 17 Asts: Mazzarino 4		Pts: García, Martínez 15 Rebs: Martínez 13 Asts: Flores, García 2

Mexico	60–91	Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 13–23, 12–34, 15–19
Pts: Ávila, Pedroza 12 Rebs: Pedroza 7 Asts: Zúñiga 4		Pts: Batista 23 Rebs: Batista 12 Asts: Mazzarino 6

Puerto Rico	79–96	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 28–22, 16–17, 19–32, 16–25
Pts: Apodaca 23 Rebs: Narvaez 9 Asts: Dalmau 5		Pts: Quinteros 30 Rebs: Quinteros 7 Asts: Farabello 7

Uruguay	80–95	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 19–33, 21–20, 20–23
Pts: Mazzarino 23 Rebs: Batista 19 Asts: Batista, Mazzarino 4		Pts: Ayuso 19 Rebs: Ramos 21 Asts: Ayuso, Dalmau, Hatton 4

Dominican Republic	104–94	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 28–19, 17–24, 32–26, 27–25
Pts: García 24 Rebs: Martínez 14 Asts: Flores 6		Pts: Beck 29 Rebs: Ávila, Parada, Quintero 7 Asts: Zúñiga 4

Argentina	86–72	Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 22–19, 21–20, 24–14
Pts: Kammerichs 16 Rebs: Quinteros 7 Asts: Farabello 7		Pts: Batista 19 Rebs: Batista 13 Asts: Mazzarino 3

Puerto Rico	86–89	Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 27–18, 23–25, 14–31
Pts: Dalmau 27 Rebs: Ramos 9 Asts: Apodaca, Latimer 6		Pts: Martínez 23 Rebs: Martínez 21 Asts: Flores 4

Mexico	74–94	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 14–23, 27–19, 20–33
Pts: Quintero 28 Rebs: Llamas 10 Asts: González, Llamas, Quintero 3		Pts: Ayuso 27 Rebs: Ramos 14 Asts: Hatton 6

Dominican Republic	60–84	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 11–29, 27–19, 8–24
Pts: García 22 Rebs: Martínez 10 Asts: Arias 4		Pts: L. Gutiérrez 19 Rebs: Jasen 12 Asts: Porta 7

Venues

Qualification

Format

Tie-breaking criteria

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Quarterfinal group

Knockout stage

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Awards

Statistical leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Individual Game Highs

Team Tournament Highs

Team Game highs

Final standings

References

External links

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Argentina	7	6	1	665	583	+82	13
Brazil	7	4	3	723	661	+62	11	2−1 (1.103)
United States	7	4	3	688	664	+24	11	2−1 (1.097)
Venezuela	7	4	3	636	679	−43	11	2−1 (1.000)
Panama	7	4	3	627	590	+37	11	0-3
Dominican Republic	7	3	4	648	675	−27	10	1−0
Puerto Rico	7	3	4	677	679	−2	10	0−1
Uruguay	7	0	7	628	672	−44	7

Argentina	84–89	Panama
Pts: Kammericks 18 Rebs: Jasen 7 Asts: Lo Grippo 5		Pts: Peralta 24 Rebs: García 16 Asts: Peralta 6

Brazil	89–69	Uruguay
Pts: Barbosa 27 Rebs: Splitter 12 Asts: Machado 5		Pts: Batista 20 Rebs: Batista 17 Asts: Mazzarino, Osimani 5

Venezuela	82–73	Puerto Rico
Pts: Romero 27 Rebs: Torres 12 Asts: Bayona, Lugo, Romero 2		Pts: Ayuso 22 Rebs: Ramos 13 Asts: Dalmau 3

Dominican Republic	86–111	United States
Pts: García 26 Rebs: López, Martínez 6 Asts: López, Martínez 3		Pts: Bell 20 Rebs: Hamilton 6 Asts: Bell 5

Uruguay	99–101	Venezuela
Pts: Batista 25 Rebs: Batista 18 Asts: García Morales 7		Pts: Torres 26 Rebs: Lugo 7 Asts: Torres 5

Puerto Rico	107–101	Brazil
Pts: Ayuso 29 Rebs: Narvaez 15 Asts: Ayuso 4		Pts: Machado 34 Rebs: Splitter 18 Asts: Machado 10

United States	67–84	Argentina
Pts: Edney, Lang 11 Rebs: Hamilton 11 Asts: Edney, Greer 3		Pts: Quinteros 21 Rebs: González 7 Asts: Farabello 6

Panama	88–78	Dominican Republic
Pts: Lloreda 18 Rebs: García 13 Asts: Hicks 5		Pts: Flores, Martínez 18 Rebs: Martínez 12 Asts: Ramírez 5

Argentina	78–60	Venezuela
Pts: González, Mázzaro 16 Rebs: Kammerichs 7 Asts: Farabello 6		Pts: Romero 15 Rebs: Aguilera 10 Asts: Marriaga, Mijares 2