2010 South American Basketball Championship
44th South American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Colombia
Dates	July 26–31
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (18th title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Murilo Becker^[1]
Official website
South American Basketball Championship 2010
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The 2010 South American Basketball Championship was the 44th edition of the South American Basketball Championship. Eight teams featured the competition, held in Neiva, Colombia from 26 to July 31 in the Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva. Argentina was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Brazil. The first three places qualified for the basketball tournament at the 2011 Pan American Games and to the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship, the latter of which doubled as the FIBA Americas qualifier for the 2012 Olympics. Because Argentina, which automatically qualified for the FIBA Americas Championship as host, finished in an automatic qualifying spot, the fourth-place team was also invited to that competition. The fifth-place team did not initially qualify for that competition, but was later invited once the United States withdrew from that event because it had qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2010 FIBA World Championship.

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Team will compete in Classification Round

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
Brazil	6	3	3	0	251	198	+53
Uruguay	5	3	2	1	204	214	−10
Paraguay	4	3	1	2	218	231	−13
Chile	3	3	0	3	190	220	−30

July 26
15:00

Uruguay	66–61	Paraguay
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 14–12, 20–19, 17–17
Pts: Aguiar 20 Rebs: Batista 16 Asts: Aguiar 7		Pts: Araujo 29 Rebs: Araujo 14 Asts: Martínez 8

Brazil	69–54	Chile
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 8–12, 19–12, 18–15
Pts: Becker 20 Rebs: Becker 11 Asts: dos Santos 7		Pts: Espinoza, Arteaga and Carrasco 12 each Rebs: Valencia 8 Asts: Carrasco and Briones 3 each

Chile	72–76	Paraguay
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 15–26, 23–24, 18–9
Pts: Briones 20 Rebs: Carrasco 8 Asts: Carrasco 6		Pts: Zanotti 16 Rebs: Martínez and Zanotti 8 each Asts: Martínez 7

Brazil	89–63	Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 29–16, 15–18, 20–12, 25–17
Pts: Tavernari 15 Rebs: Becker 8 Asts: Chiantia 10		Pts: Espinoza, Arteaga and Carrasco 12 each Rebs: Valencia 8 Asts: Carrasco and Briones 3 each

Brazil	93–81	Paraguay
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 25–16, 26–23, 18–19
Pts: Becker 20 Rebs: Becker 9 Asts: dos Santos 8		Pts: Martínez 18 Rebs: Araujo 14 Asts: Martínez, Zanotti and Araujo 3

Chile	64–75	Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 17–11, 15–26, 14–22
Pts: Briones 19 Rebs: Briones 8 Asts: Carrasco 8		Pts: Martínez 23 Rebs: Batista 9 Asts: Osimani 6

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
Argentina	5	3	2	1	249	181	+68
Venezuela	5	3	2	1	251	198	+53
Colombia	5	3	2	1	241	199	+42
Ecuador	3	3	0	3	132	305	−173

Venezuela	75–72	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 21–14, 21–15, 15–24
Pts: Romero 14 Rebs: Sucre 12 Asts: Romero 5		Pts: Gutiérrez 17 Rebs: Sandes 14 Asts: Schattmann and Mainoldi 4 each

Colombia	94–46	Ecuador
Scoring by quarter: 26–4, 20–11, 22–14, 26–17
Pts: Ortiz 28 Rebs: Hernández 18 Asts: Moreno 4		Pts: Díaz 11 Rebs: Pauta 12 Asts: Pérez 4

Argentina	107–43	Ecuador
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 29–8, 27–15, 32–8
Pts: Schattmann 19 Rebs: Aguerre and Vega 10 each Asts: Schattmann and Fernández 9 each		Pts: Díaz 11 Rebs: Gordón 5 Asts: Pérez 2

Colombia	84–83 (OT)	Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 19–29, 19–12, 24–21, 14–14, Overtime: 8–7
Pts: Ortiz 27 Rebs: Aragón 7 Asts: Moreno 5		Pts: Bethelmy 17 Rebs: Bethelmy and Sucre 11 each Asts: Bethelmy 5

Venezuela	104–43	Ecuador
Scoring by quarter: 25–5, 26–10, 24–14, 29–14
Pts: Vargas 17 Rebs: Herrera 8 Asts: Cubillán and Guevara 5 each		Pts: Caicedo 13 Rebs: Caicedo 7 Asts: Gordón 3

Colombia	63–70	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 11–19, 19–23, 18–15
Pts: Ortiz 23 Rebs: Hernández 7 Asts: Moreno 5		Pts: Mainoldi 17 Rebs: Gutiérrez and González 11 each Asts: Cequeira 9

Semi-finals		Final

July 30 – Neiva

Brazil	79
		July 31 – Neiva
Venezuela	67
		Brazil	87
July 30 – Neiva
		Argentina	77
Uruguay	73

Argentina	79
		Third place

		July 31 – Neiva

		Venezuela	70

		Uruguay	76

Uruguay	73–79	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 13–18, 18–16, 23–24
Pts: Aguiar 24 Rebs: Izaguirre 8 Asts: Martínez and Osimani 2 each		Pts: Cequeira and Mainoldi 17 each Rebs: Mainoldi 7 Asts: Cantero 8

Brazil	79–67	Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 16–15, 23–15, 22–17
Pts: Becker 25 Rebs: Becker 7 Asts: dos Santos 8		Pts: Pérez 22 Rebs: Sucre 8 Asts: Centeno 4

Venezuela	70–76	Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 21–8, 19–18, 13–26
Pts: Sucre 21 Rebs: Sucre 10 Asts: Centeno 3		Pts: Aguiar 21 Rebs: Batista 11 Asts: Osimani 6

Brazil	87–77	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 21–13, 22–21, 25–25
Pts: Becker 30 Rebs: Becker 10 Asts: dos Santos, Machado and Chiantia 5 each		Pts: Cantero 25 Rebs: Sandes, Cequeira and Mainoldi 4 each Asts: Schattman 5

Semi-finals		Fifth place

July 30 – Neiva

Ecuador	45
		July 31 – Neiva
Paraguay	89
		Paraguay	86
July 30 – Neiva
		Colombia	66
Colombia	78

Chile	71
		Seventh place

		July 31 – Neiva

		Ecuador	70

		Chile	88

Ecuador	45–89	Paraguay
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 8–23, 11–23, 7–22
Pts: Díaz 11 Rebs: Mina 16 Asts: Gordón 4		Pts: Zanotti, Torres and Fabio 19 each Rebs: Fabio 13 Asts: Zanotti 6

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout round

Championship

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Final

5th–8th playoffs

5th–8th semifinals

7th place playoff

5th place playoff

Final standings

References

External links

Colombia	78–71	Chile
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 21–19, 17–19, 20–19
Pts: Ortiz 22 Rebs: Guevara 9 Asts: Moreno 5		Pts: Briones 17 Rebs: Prutzmann 9 Asts: Espinoza 4

Ecuador	70–88	Chile
Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 15–20, 15–29, 26–17
Pts: Díaz 30 Rebs: Caicedo 7 Asts: Gordón and Soto 3 each		Pts: Arteaga 18 Rebs: Velásquez and Briones 8 each Asts: Velásquez 7

Paraguay	86–66	Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 26–19, 30–13, 18–19, 12–15
Pts: Araujo 20 Rebs: Fabio 11 Asts: Martínez 8		Pts: Aragón 20 Rebs: Aragón and Hernández 6 each Asts: Ortiz 6

Rank	Team	Record
	Brazil	5–0
	Argentina	3–2
	Uruguay	3–2
4th	Venezuela	2–3
5th	Paraguay	3–2
6th	Colombia	3–2
7th	Chile	1–4
8th	Ecuador	0–5