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The 2007 FIBA Americas Championships later known as the FIBA AmeriCup (or The Tournament of the Americas), was a basketball tournament held at Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, from August 22, to September 2. It was the thirteenth staging of the FIBA AmeriCup.
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | United States |
| City | Las Vegas |
| Dates | August 22 – September 2 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Venue(s) | Thomas & Mack Center |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  United States (6th title) |
| Runners-up |  Argentina |
| Third place |  Puerto Rico |
| Fourth place |  Brazil |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 40 |
| MVP | Luis Scola |
| Top scorer | Leandro Barbosa (21.8 points per game) |
The tournament was originally going to be hosted in Venezuela. However, the Venezuelan federation failed to pay a $1.5 million fee, as of August 31, 2006. As such, their hosting privileges were taken away.
Several countries had shown interest in hosting the tournament, including: United States, Chile, Argentina, and Puerto Rico. The United States had not hosted it since 1992, Chile had never hosted it, Argentina had held it last in 2001, and Puerto Rico had last hosted in 2003.
All games were played at the Thomas & Mack Center, which was used earlier in the year for the 2007 NBA All-Star Game.
| Las Vegas |
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| Thomas & Mack Center Capacity: 18,776 |
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Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 2006; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone.
Canada, United States
Mexico, 
Panama, Puerto Rico, 
Virgin Islands Argentina, Brazil, 
Uruguay, 
VenezuelaThe tournament draw took place Wednesday, March 21, in Las Vegas. The teams were split into 5 pots; those drawn first went to Group A, those drawn last went to Group B.
| Pot A | Pot B | Pot C | Pot D | Pot E |
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The draw split the tournament into two groups:[1]
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Group A |
Group B |
Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina |
4 | 4 | 0 | 390 | 319 | +71 | 8 | |
| Uruguay |
4 | 3 | 1 | 330 | 335 | −5 | 7 | |
| Puerto Rico |
4 | 1 | 3 | 351 | 336 | +15 | 5 | 1–1 (1.180) |
| Mexico |
4 | 1 | 3 | 355 | 379 | −24 | 5 | 1–1 (1.033) |
| Panama |
4 | 1 | 3 | 338 | 395 | −57 | 5 | 1–1 (.818) |
August 22 12:30 p.m. |
| Uruguay |
88–84 (OT) | Panama |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 19–27, 24–11, 17–19, Overtime: 13–9 | ||
| Pts: Batista 26 Rebs: Batista 19 Asts: Mazzarin 4 |
Pts: Lloreda 21 Rebs: A. García 11 Asts: A. García 2 | |
August 22 3:00 p.m. |
| Puerto Rico |
89–100 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–29, 16–28, 28–19, 16–24 | ||
| Pts: Apodaca 15 Rebs: Reyes 12 Asts: Barea 4 |
Pts: Mariscal 30 Rebs: Llamas 11 Asts: Mariscal 4 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Miguel Angel Pérez (ESP), William Kennedy (USA) |
August 23 12:30 p.m. |
| Argentina |
90–69 | Uruguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 19–22, 29–14, 19–20 | ||
| Pts: Prigioni 20 Rebs: Sandes 10 Asts: Prigioni 5 |
Pts: Taboada 14 Rebs: Batista 9 Asts: Mazzarino 3 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), William Kennedy (USA), David Papo (VEN) |
August 23 5:30 p.m. |
| Panama |
67–108 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 11–25, 20–23, 16–32 | ||
| Pts: Forbes 19 Rebs: Lloreda 8 Asts: A. García 2 |
Pts: Sánchez 19 Rebs: Reyes 6 Asts: Arroyo 8 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), William Kennedy (USA), David Papo (VEN) |
August 24 12:30 p.m. |
| Mexico |
90–95 | Panama |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–29, 18–25, 25–24, 18–17 | ||
| Pts: Beck 28 Rebs: Hernández 10 Asts: Pedroza 5 |
Pts: Pinnock 30 Rebs: A. García 13 Asts: Pinnock 4 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Miguel Angel Pérez (ESP) |
August 24 5:30 p.m. |
| Puerto Rico |
75–87 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 12–18, 16–27, 20–25 | ||
| Pts: Ayuso 21 Rebs: Ramos 12 Asts: Arroyo 4 |
Pts: Scola 22 Rebs: Scola 11 Asts: Prigioni 7 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Carlos dos Santos (BRA), Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM) |
August 25 5:30 p.m. |
| Uruguay |
82–79 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 14–31, 24–13, 29–18 | ||
| Pts: Batista 34 Rebs: Batista 15 Asts: Osimani 5 |
Pts: Barea 18 Rebs: Reyes 12 Asts: Barea 3 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Eddie Rush (USA), Carlos dos Santos (BRA) |
August 25 8:00 p.m. |
| Argentina |
104–83 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 28–18, 32–18, 21–24 | ||
| Pts: Delfino 20 Rebs: Delfino 11 Asts: Scola 5 |
Pts: Beck 24 Rebs: Quintero 6 Asts: Meza 3 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: William Kennedy (USA), David Papo (VEN) |
August 26 3:30 p.m. |
| Mexico |
82–91 | Uruguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 14–27, 28–18, 15–27 | ||
| Pts: Beck 28 Rebs: Ayón 12 Asts: Ayón 3 |
Pts: Mazzarino 36 Rebs: Batista 15 Asts: Osimani 7 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Miguel Angel Pérez (ESP), Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM) |
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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| United States |
4 | 4 | 0 | 461 | 267 | +194 | 8 |
| Brazil |
4 | 3 | 1 | 345 | 344 | +1 | 7 |
| Canada |
4 | 2 | 2 | 303 | 344 | −41 | 6 |
| Venezuela |
4 | 1 | 3 | 317 | 383 | −66 | 5 |
| Virgin Islands |
4 | 0 | 4 | 321 | 409 | −88 | 4 |
August 22 5:30 p.m. |
| Canada |
67–75 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–25, 21–11, 11–18, 23–21 | ||
| Pts: Mendez 18 Rebs: Dalembert 10 Asts: English 4 |
Pts: Barbosa 30 Rebs: Splitter 9 Asts: Barbosa 5 | |
August 22 8:00 p.m. |
| United States |
112–69 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–8, 33–26, 38–17, 20–18 | ||
| Pts: Anthony 17 Rebs: Howard 8 Asts: Bryant 5 |
Pts: Vásquez 12 Rebs: Romero 7 Asts: Vargas 3 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), José Carrión (PUR), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG) |
August 23 3:00 p.m. |
| Venezuela |
73–80 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 18–19, 25–24, 14–19 | ||
| Pts: Romero 23 Rebs: Bethelmy 7 Asts: Vásquez 6 |
Pts: Dalembert 18 Rebs: Thomas 8 Asts: Thomas 3 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP), Héctor Uslenghi (URU) |
August 23 8:00 p.m. |
| Virgin Islands |
59–123 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–42, 26–24, 11–28, 9–29 | ||
| Pts: Sheppard 11 Rebs: Richards 6 Asts: Sheppard 2 |
Pts: Anthony 22 Rebs: Prince 12 Asts: Kidd 5 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Jorge Vazquez (PUR), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG), José Dorame (MEX) |
August 24 3:00 p.m. |
| Canada |
93–83 | Virgin Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 30–13, 21–24, 19–19 | ||
| Pts: Mendez 22 Rebs: Dalembert 8 Asts: Anderson 12 |
Pts: Edwin 26 Rebs: Victor 6 Asts: Sheppard 3 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Jorge Vazquez (PUR), José Dorame (MEX) |
August 24 8:00 p.m. |
| Brazil |
101–75 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 19–17, 28–19, 30–20 | ||
| Pts: Machado 20 Rebs: Batista 5 Asts: Da Silva 8 |
Pts: Romero 21 Rebs: Romero 7 Asts: Vargas 4 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Pablo Estevez (ARG), José Carrión (PUR), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG) |
August 25 12:00 a.m. |
| United States |
113–63 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 37–13, 30–15, 18–14 | ||
| Pts: Anthony 25 Rebs: James 8 Asts: Williams 6 |
Pts: Famutimi 17 Rebs: Kendall 9 Asts: Anderson 2 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), José Carrión (PUR), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG) |
August 25 3:00 p.m. |
| Virgin Islands |
89–93 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 25–16, 15–31, 26–21 | ||
| Pts: Victor 25 Rebs: Rhymer 9 Asts: Sheppard 2 |
Pts: Barbosa 36 Rebs: Nenê 9 Asts: Da Silva 10 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP), Jorge Vazquez (PUR), Héctor Uslenghi (URU) |
August 26 1:00 p.m. |
| Venezuela |
100–90 | Virgin Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 19–17, 35–26, 28–31 | ||
| Pts: Romero 29 Rebs: Romero 10 Asts: Vásquez 10 |
Pts: Edwin 32 Rebs: Francis 6 Asts: Victor 6 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: José Carrión (PUR), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG), Héctor Uslenghi (URU) |
| Qualified for the semifinals | |
| Fifth place |
The top four teams in Group A and Group B advanced to the Quarterfinal group. Then each team played the three from the other group to complete a full round robin. Records from the preliminary groups carried over, but only against teams that also advanced.
The top four teams advanced to the semifinals. The fifth-place team (Canada) did not continue competing for the Americas Championship, but qualified for the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008.
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
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| United States |
7 | 7 | 0 | 791 | 541 | +250 | 14 | |
| Argentina |
7 | 6 | 1 | 626 | 530 | +96 | 13 | |
| Brazil |
7 | 4 | 3 | 606 | 590 | +16 | 11 | |
| Puerto Rico |
7 | 3 | 4 | 582 | 590 | −8 | 10 | 1−0 |
| Canada |
7 | 3 | 4 | 538 | 586 | −48 | 10 | 0−1 |
| Uruguay |
7 | 2 | 5 | 550 | 648 | −98 | 9 | 1−0 |
| Mexico |
7 | 2 | 5 | 636 | 703 | −67 | 9 | 0−1 |
| Venezuela |
7 | 1 | 6 | 522 | 663 | −141 | 8 |
August 27 12:30 p.m. |
| Uruguay |
88–95 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 20–23, 27–22, 23–25 | ||
| Pts: Mazzarino 17 Rebs: Batista 6 Asts: García Morales 3 |
Pts: Young 22 Rebs: Kendall 9 Asts: English 5 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Pablo Estevez (ARG), Jorge Vazquez (PUR), William Kennedy (USA) |
August 27 3:00 p.m. |
| Argentina |
98–63 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–10, 23–24, 28–19, 19–10 | ||
| Pts: González 21 Rebs: Delfino 11 Asts: Prigioni 8 |
Pts: Cedeño 15 Rebs: Sucre 6 Asts: Cedeño 3 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), José Dorame (MEX) |
August 27 5:30 p.m. |
| Brazil |
75–97 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 15–20, 26–26, 21–32 | ||
| Pts: Barbosa 34 Rebs: Splitter 11 Asts: Machado 4 |
Pts: Ayuso 24 Rebs: Ramos 6 Asts: Barea 5 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP) |
August 27 8:00 p.m. |
| United States |
127–100 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 45–23, 20–28, 36–27, 26–22 | ||
| Pts: Anthony 28 Rebs: Billups 8 Asts: Kidd 7 |
Pts: Beck 20 Rebs: Parada 7 Asts: Pedroza 6 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Carlos Dos Santos (BRA), Héctor Uslenghi (URU) |
August 28 12:30 p.m. |
| Venezuela |
89–79 | Uruguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 26–10, 17–20, 20–24 | ||
| Pts: Romero 35 Rebs: Romero 11 Asts: Cedeño 8 |
Pts: Batista 21 Rebs: Batista 20 Asts: García Morales 3 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Carlos Dos Santos (BRA) |
August 28 3:00 p.m. |
| Canada |
70–85 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–26, 8–20, 24–16, 30–23 | ||
| Pts: Thomas 13 Rebs: Dalembert 16 Asts: English 2 |
Pts: Scola 23 Rebs: González 11 Asts: Prigioni 11 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Eddie Rush (USA), Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP), Héctor Uslenghi (URU) |
August 28 5:30 p.m. |
| Mexico |
90–104 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 17–29, 24–34, 27–17 | ||
| Pts: Beck 29 Rebs: Parada 10 Asts: Pedroza 5 |
Pts: Barbosa 21 Rebs: Splitter 9 Asts: Machado 6 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: José Carrión (PUR), William Kennedy (USA), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG) |
August 28 8:00 p.m. |
| Puerto Rico |
78–117 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 12–35, 29–29, 22–29 | ||
| Pts: Ayuso 13 Rebs: Arroyo 6 Asts: Barea 3 |
Pts: James 21 Rebs: Stoudemire 8 Asts: Williams 7 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Pablo Estevez (ARG), David Papo (VEN) |
August 29 12:30 p.m. |
| Canada |
97–80 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 26–9, 29–24, 21–25 | ||
| Pts: Anderson 17 Rebs: Brown 11 Asts: Anderson 5 |
Pts: Quintero 20 Rebs: Ávila 5 Asts: Meza 4 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Pablo Estevez (ARG), Carlos Dos Santos (BRA), David Papo (VEN) |
August 29 3:00 p.m. |
| Venezuela |
63–92 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 19–27, 10–15, 18–30 | ||
| Pts: Romero 11 Rebs: Romero 10 Asts: Vásquez 3 |
Pts: Ayuso 25 Rebs: Reyes 13 Asts: Arroyo 7 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), Eddie Rush (USA), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG) |
August 29 5:30 p.m. |
| Argentina |
86–79 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 12–19, 22–16, 21–13 | ||
| Pts: Scola 23 Rebs: Scola 12 Asts: Prigioni 7 |
Pts: Machado 19 Rebs: Nenê 12 Asts: Machado 7 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP) |
August 29 8:00 p.m. |
| Uruguay |
79–118 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–31, 17–35, 26–29, 15–23 | ||
| Pts: Batista 20 Rebs: García Morales 6 Asts: Mazzarino 3 |
Pts: James 26 Rebs: Stoudemire 7 Asts: Williams 6 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Jorge Vazquez (PUR), José Dorame (MEX) |
August 30 1:30 p.m. |
| Mexico |
101–91 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 27–23, 31–15, 24–26 | ||
| Pts: Pedroza 27 Rebs: Ávila 12 Asts: Meza 7 |
Pts: Romero 23 Rebs: Romero 6 Asts: Vargas 8 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: William Kennedy (USA), Héctor Uslenghi (URU) |
August 30 4:00 p.m. |
| Brazil |
96–62 | Uruguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 20–20, 30–8, 22–17 | ||
| Pts: Barbosa 32 Rebs: Splitter 7 Asts: Da Silva 5 |
Pts: Batista 17 Rebs: Batista 10 Asts: Osimani 4 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Eddie Rush (USA), Pablo Estevez (ARG), Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM) |
August 30 6:30 p.m. |
| Puerto Rico |
72–66 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 14–16, 23–9, 14–23 | ||
| Pts: Arroyo 22 Rebs: Reyes 12 Asts: Ayuso 3 |
Pts: Thomas 18 Rebs: Dalembert 18 Asts: English 4 | |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP) |
The teams that played in the Championship Game both automatically qualified for the 2008 Olympics. The teams that played in the 3rd Place Game both automatically qualified for the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| September 1 – Las Vegas | ||||||
| Argentina | 91 | |||||
| September 2 – Las Vegas | ||||||
| Brazil | 80 | |||||
| Argentina | 81 | |||||
| September 1 – Las Vegas | ||||||
| United States | 118 | |||||
| United States | 135 | |||||
| Puerto Rico | 91 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| September 2 – Las Vegas | ||||||
| Brazil | 107 | |||||
| Puerto Rico | 111 | |||||
September 1 1:00 p.m. |
| Argentina |
91–80 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 18–21, 30–13, 26–24 | ||
| Pts: Scola 27 Rebs: Scola 9 Asts: Prigioni 5 |
Pts: Barbosa, Garcia 16 each Rebs: Splitter 9 Asts: da Silva 5 | |
September 1 4:00 p.m. |
| United States |
135–91 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 33–27, 24–15, 43–28, 35–21 | ||
| Pts: Anthony 27 Rebs: Howard 6 Asts: James 9 |
Pts: Ayuso 22 Rebs: Falcón 8 Asts: Arroyo 5 | |
| 2007 Tournament of the Americas winners |
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 United States Sixth title |
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Steals[5]
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Minutes[7]
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| Department | Name | Total | Opponent |
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| Points | Larry Ayuso | 39 | Brazil |
| Rebounds | Esteban Batista | 20 | Venezuela |
| Assists | Jermaine Anderson | 12 | Virgin Islands |
| Steals | Carlos Delfino Joel Muñoz | 5 | Brazil Mexico |
| Blocks | Miguel Marriaga | 6 | Uruguay |
| Turnovers | Esteban Batista Greivis Vásquez | 9 | Brazil Virgin Islands |
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| Department | Name | Total | Opponent |
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| Points | United States | 135 | Puerto Rico |
| Rebounds | Canada | 61 | Mexico |
| Assists | Brazil United States (2 times) | 31 | Mexico Uruguay Puerto Rico |
| Steals | Mexico United States (2 times) | 15 | Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Argentina |
| Blocks | Venezuela | 10 | Uruguay |
| Field goal percentage | United States | 69.6% | Puerto Rico |
| 3-point field goal percentage | United States | 63.9% | Puerto Rico |
| Free throw percentage | Puerto Rico | 100% (4/4) | Canada |
| Turnovers | Puerto Rico | 28 | Uruguay |
| Qualified for 2008 Olympic Basketball Tournament | |
| Qualified for FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
| Rank | Team | Record |
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United States |
10–0 |
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Argentina |
8–2 |
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Puerto Rico |
5–5 |
| 4 | Brazil |
5–5 |
| 5 | Canada |
4–4 |
| 6 | Uruguay |
3–5 |
| 7 | Mexico |
2–6 |
| 8 | Venezuela |
2–6 |
| 9 | Panama |
1–3 |
| 10 | Virgin Islands |
0–4 |
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