2001 Tournament of the Americas explained

City:	Neuquén
Country:	Argentina
Dates:	16–26 August
Num Teams:	10
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champion:	ARG
Count:	1
Second:	BRA
Third:	CAN
Fourth:	PUR
Mvp:	Manu Ginóbili
Prevseason:	1999
Nextseason:	2003

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]

Venue

Neuquén
Estadio Ruca Che
Capacity: 8,000

Qualification

• North America:,
• Caribbean and Central America:,,,
• South America:,,,

The draw split the tournament into two groups: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 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

See main article: 2001 Tournament of the Americas squads.

Preliminary round

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Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A

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Group B

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Quarterfinal group

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"		Qualified for the semifinals
width=10px bgcolor="yellow"		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.

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Final standings

width=10px bgcolor="#aaffaa"		Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship
width=10px bgcolor="gold"		Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship as Olympic Champions and hosts

Rank	Team	Record
		9–0
		7–3
		6–4
4		5–4
5		4–3
6		4–3
7		2–6
8		1–7
9		0–4
10		0–4

References

1. Web site: FIBA Americas Championship -- 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20150429182046/http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-mens/fiba-americas-championship-2001.aspx. dead. April 29, 2015. USA Basketball. 15 December 2010. 22 April 2018.

External links

• 2001 Championship of the Americas for Men, FIBA.com.
• Infos at latinbasket.com