2007 FIBA Americas Championship explained

Tourney Name:	2007 FIBA Americas Championship
Size:	140
City:	Las Vegas
Country:	United States
Dates:	August 22 – September 2
Num Teams:	10
Venues:	Thomas & Mack Center
Champion:	United States
Count:	6
Second:	Argentina
Third:	Puerto Rico
Fourth:	Brazil
Games:	40
Mvp:	Luis Scola
Top Scorer:	Leandro Barbosa (21.8 points per game)
Prevseason:	2005
Nextseason:	2009

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.

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.

Venues

All games were played at the Thomas & Mack Center, which was used earlier in the year for the 2007 NBA All-Star Game.

Qualification

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.

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

The 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.

width=20%	Pot A	width=20%	Pot B	width=20%	Pot C	width=20%	Pot D	width=20%	Pot E

The draw split the tournament into two groups:^[1] Group A

Mexico

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 winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, where both are guaranteed of berths in the 2008 Olympics. The losers figure in a third-place playoff. The semifinal losers and the 5th best team in the quarterfinals are assured of berths to the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008

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

See main article: FIBA Americas Championship 2007 squads.

Preliminary round

width=10px bgcolor="#98fb98"		Qualified for the quarterfinals

Times given below are in United States Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7).

Group A

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Group B

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Quarterfinals

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

Standings

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Medal round

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.

Final

Statistical leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Points^[2]

Pos.	Name	PPG
1	Leandro Barbosa	21.8
2	Carmelo Anthony	21.2
3	Esteban Batista	20.8
4	Romel Beck	20.3
5	Héctor Romero	19.9
6	Luis Scola	19.4
7	Larry Ayuso	19.1
8	LeBron James	18.1
9	Carlos Arroyo	16.3
10	Nicolás Mazzarino	15.8

Rebounds^[3]

Pos.	Name	RPG
1	Esteban Batista	12.4
2	Angelo Reyes	9.5
3	Samuel Dalembert	9.4
4	Tiago Splitter	8.0
5	Héctor Romero	7.5
6	Luis Scola	7.4
7	Peter John Ramos	7.1
8	Carlos Delfino	6.4
9	Nenê	6.3
10	Adam Parada	5.5

Assists^[4]

Pos.	Name	APG
1	Pablo Prigioni	5.7
2	LeBron James	4.7
3	Carlos Arroyo	4.6
3	Jason Kidd	4.6
3	Valter Apolinario Da Silva	4.6
3	Deron Williams	4.6
7	Jermaine Anderson	4.0
8	José Vargas	3.5
9	Greivis Vásquez	3.3
10	Marcelinho Machado	3.2

Steals^[5]

Pos.	Name	SPG
1	Carlos Delfino	2.0
1	Anthony Pedroza	2.0
3	Marcelinho Machado	1.7
3	Pablo Prigioni	1.7
5	Kobe Bryant	1.6
5	Leandro García Morales	1.6
7	LeBron James	1.5
7	Esteban Batista	1.5
7	José Vargas	1.5
10	Valter Apolinario Da Silva	1.4

Blocks^[6]

Pos.	Name	BPG
1	Samuel Dalembert	2.4
2	Miguel Marriaga	2.0
3	Dwight Howard	1.8
4	Peter John Ramos	1.5
5	Tyson Chandler	1.4
6	Tiago Splitter	1.3
7	Adam Parada	1.0
8	Héctor Romero	0.9
9	Horacio Llamas	0.8
10	Carmelo Lee	0.7

Minutes^[7]

Pos.	Name	MPG
1	Esteban Batista	35.5
2	Héctor Romero	34.3
3	Leandro Barbosa	32.0
4	Carlos Delfino	30.8
5	Pablo Prigioni	30.1
6	Nicolás Mazzarino	30.0
7	Romel Beck	29.0
8	Luis Scola	28.9
9	Valter Apolinario Da Silva	28.8
10	Jermaine Anderson	28.5
10	José Vargas	28.5

Individual Game Highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points		39
Rebounds		20
Assists		12
Steals		5
Blocks		6
Turnovers		9

Team Tournament Highs

Offensive PPG^[8]

Pos.	Name	PPG
1		116.7
2		90.8
3		89.2
4		88.7
5		88.6

Defensive PPG

Pos.	Name	PPG
1		71.3
2		72.8
3		73.3
4		79.2
5		81.0

Rebounds^[9]

Pos.	Name	RPG
1		42.5
2		40.6
2		40.6
4		40.0
5		39.3

Assists^[10]

Pos.	Name	APG
1		25.9
2		19.6
3		16.9
4		15.1
5		14.4

Steals^[11]

Pos.	Name	SPG
1		10.3
2		9.6
3		8.3
4		8.1
5		7.8

Blocks^[12]

Pos.	Name	BPG
1		6.0
2		4.4
3		3.9
4		2.8
5		2.7

Team Game highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points		135
Rebounds		61
Assists		31
Steals		15
Blocks		10
Field goal percentage		69.6%
3-point field goal percentage		63.9%
Free throw percentage		100% (4/4)
Turnovers		28

Final standings

width=10px bgcolor="#aaffaa"		Qualified for 2008 Olympic Basketball Tournament
width=10px bgcolor="#ffffd0"		Qualified for FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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