2015 FIBA Americas Championship explained

Tourney Name:FIBA Americas Championship
Year:2015
Country:Mexico
Dates:31 August – 12 September
Num Teams:10
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champion:VEN
Count:1
Second:ARG
Third:CAN
Fourth:MEX
Mvp: Luis Scola
Top Scorer: Luis Scola
(21.1 points per game)
Prevseason:2013
Nextseason:2017

The 2015 FIBA Americas Championship for Men, later known as the FIBA AmeriCup, was the FIBA Americas qualifying tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Brazil. This FIBA AmeriCup tournament was held in Mexico City, Mexico. The tournament was won for the first time by the Venezuelan national basketball team. Venezuela and runner-up, qualified directly for the 2016 Olympics. They joined the FIBA Americas member,, who qualified for the Olympics by virtue of winning the 2014 FIBA World Cup, and they elected not to participate at this tournament; and FIBA Americas member,, who finished 9th in the tournament, but qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.,, and, the next three highest-finishing teams, qualified for the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament, but none of them won their respective qualifying tournaments, therefore eliminating their 2016 Olympic hopes.

The tournament had great attendance every day, breaking FIBA Americas records, and had attendances of 20,000 people, at the third place and finals games.

Qualification

See main article: 2015 FIBA Americas Championship qualification.

Host selection

On 7 August 2014 at the day of the 2014 Centrobasket final, FIBA Americas announced that Mexico was chosen as the host of the championship, over Brazil and Venezuela. The tournament was to be staged at the Monterrey Arena[1] but on 9 May 2015, the venue was moved to the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, and that the dates were also changed to 6 September to 12 September.[2]

Venue

Mexico City
Palacio de los Deportes
Capacity: 20,000

Draw

The draw was held in Museum of Steel, Fundidora Park, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon on 25 March.[3] This was how the teams were seeded:

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(9)
width=20% (15)
(20)
width=20% (29)
(26)
width=20% (57)
(33)
width=20% (25)
(19)

Squads

See main article: 2015 FIBA Americas Championship squads.

Preliminary round

Group A

All times are local (UTC−05:00).

Group B

All times are local (UTC−05:00).

Second round

All times are local (UTC−05:00).

Final round

Semifinals

Finalists qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics, while losing semifinalists qualify to the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men.

Final

Final ranking

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics
width=10px bgcolor="#f7f9ab"Qualified for the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men
width=10px bgcolor="#ccccff"Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics as host nation
RankTeamRecordFIBA World Rankings
width=60Beforewidth=60Afterwidth=60Change
6–427225
8–234-1
8–22526-1
47–319190
54–41516-1
62–620182
72–633330
82–62627-1
91–3990
100–4T-584513

Awards

All-Tournament Team

[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: FIBA - Mexico to host 2015 FIBA Americas Championship . https://web.archive.org/web/20171010155737/http://www.fiba.basketball/news/FIBA-Mexico-to-host-2015-FIBA-Americas-Championship . live . October 10, 2017 . FIBA.com . 2014-07-08 . 2015-04-13.
  2. News: 2015 FIBA Americas Championship to be played in Mexico City's El Palacio de los Deportes . https://web.archive.org/web/20200908035638/http://www.fiba.basketball/news/2015-fiba-americas-championship-to-be-played-in-mexico-citys-el-palacio-de-los-deportes . live . September 8, 2020 . FIBA.com . 2015-05-09 . 2015-05-09.
  3. News: Draw results in for 2015 FIBA Americas Championship . . 2015-03-26 . 2015-04-13.
  4. Web site: Venezuela win 2015 FIBA Americas Championship for first-ever continental title . https://web.archive.org/web/20190118093006/http://www.fiba.basketball/pr51-venezuela-win-2015-fiba-americas-championship-for-first-ever-continental-title . live . January 18, 2019 . FIBA . 13 September 2015 . 14 September 2015.