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.[1]

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2001 Tournament of the Americas
Tournament details
Host countryArgentina
CityNeuquén
Dates16–26 August
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Canada
Fourth place Puerto Rico
Tournament statistics
MVPArgentina Manu Ginóbili
1999
2003
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Venue

More information Neuquén ...
Neuquén
2001 Tournament of the Americas is located in Argentina
Neuquén
Neuquén
2001 Tournament of the Americas (Argentina)
Estadio Ruca Che
Capacity: 8,000
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Qualification

The draw split the tournament into two groups:

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

Preliminary round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A

More information Team, Pld ...
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Puerto Rico 4 4 0 427 368+59 8
 Canada 4 3 1 399 372+27 7
 Panama 4 2 2 361 40039 6
 Virgin Islands 4 1 3 362 3642 5
 Mexico 4 0 4 362 40745 4
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16 August
 Canada 10897 (OT)  Virgin Islands
16 August
 Puerto Rico 11780  Panama
17 August
 Mexico 106109  Panama
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
17 August
 Puerto Rico 10198  Canada
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
18 August
 Panama 9088  Virgin Islands
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
18 August
 Mexico 97110  Puerto Rico
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
19 August
 Panama 8289  Canada
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
19 August
 Virgin Islands 8467  Mexico
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
20 August
 Canada 10492  Mexico
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
20 August
 Virgin Islands 9399  Puerto Rico
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén

Group B

More information Team, Pld ...
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Argentina 4 4 0 409 303+106 8
 Brazil 4 3 1 396 342+54 7
 Venezuela 4 2 2 360 346+14 6
 Uruguay 4 1 3 315 37762 5
 United States 4 0 4 323 435112 4
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16 August
 United States 78116  Brazil
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
16 August
 Argentina 10363  Uruguay
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
17 August
 Brazil 9289  Venezuela
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
17 August
 Argentina 10869  United States
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
18 August
 Venezuela 10783  United States
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
18 August
 Uruguay 6790  Brazil
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
19 August
 United States 93104  Uruguay
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
19 August
 Argentina 9073  Venezuela
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
20 August
 Uruguay 8191  Venezuela
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
20 August
 Argentina 10898 (OT)  Brazil
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.

More information Team, Pld ...
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Argentina 7 7 0 687 526+161 14  
 Brazil 8 6 2 759 665+94 14  
 Puerto Rico 7 5 2 670 622+48 12  
 Canada 8 5 3 753 712+41 13  
 Venezuela 7 4 3 657 621+36 11 1–0
 Panama 7 4 3 656 67418 11 0–1
 Virgin Islands 8 2 6 696 74650 10  
 Uruguay 8 1 7 627 782155 9  
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21 August
 Canada 108100  Venezuela
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
21 August
 Brazil 94102  Panama
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
21 August
 Puerto Rico 9070  Uruguay
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
21 August
 Argentina 9877  Virgin Islands
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
22 August
 Uruguay 77101  Canada
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
22 August
 Virgin Islands 6992  Brazil
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
22 August
 Venezuela 8998  Puerto Rico
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
22 August
 Argentina 11587  Panama
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
24 August
 Venezuela 9175  Virgin Islands
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
24 August
 Panama 10174  Uruguay
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
24 August
 Brazil 8983 (OT)  Puerto Rico
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
24 August
 Argentina 8576  Canada
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
25 August
 Virgin Islands 11391  Uruguay
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
25 August
 Panama 92106  Venezuela
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
25 August
 Canada 6978  Brazil
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
25 August
 Argentina 9570  Puerto Rico
Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 August
 
 
Brazil Brazil98
 
26 August
 
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico94
 
Brazil Brazil59
 
26 August
 
Argentina Argentina78
 
Argentina Argentina97
 
 
Canada Canada76
 
Third place
 
 
26 August
 
 
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico95
 
 
Canada Canada102

Awards

 2001 Tournament of the Americas winners 

Argentina
First title
More information Most Valuable Player ...
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Final standings

Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship
Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship as Olympic Champions and hosts
More information Rank, Team ...
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Argentina 9–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Brazil 7–3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada 6–4
4  Puerto Rico 5–4
5  Venezuela 4–3
6  Panama 4–3
7  Virgin Islands 2–6
8  Uruguay 1–7
9  Mexico 0–4
10  United States 0–4
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1st
2nd
3rd
 Argentina
Juan Ignacio Sánchez
Gabriel Fernández
Manu Ginóbili
Fabricio Oberto
Lucas Victoriano
Daniel Farabello
Hugo Sconochini
Luis Scola
Leonardo Gutiérrez
Andrés Nocioni
Leandro Palladino
Rubén Wolkowyski
 Brazil
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 Dornelles
 Canada
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

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