2003 Tournament of the Americas

FIBA Americas Cup 2003
11th FIBA American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Puerto Rico
Dates	August 20–31
Teams	10
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	United States (5th title)
MVP	Steve Nash
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Omar Quintero (21.1)  United States (101.7) Rebounds Nenê (9.1)  U.S. Virgin Islands (39.2) Assists Steve Nash (6.6)  United States (29.3)
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The 2003 Tournament of the Americas in basketball, now known as the FIBA Americas Championship (or as well Las Americas Tournament for Men, FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament, or Panamerican Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men) was hosted by Puerto Rico from August 20 to August 31, 2003. The games were played in San Juan at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum. This FIBA Americas Championship was to earn the three berths allocated to the Americas for the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. The United States won the tournament, the country's fifth Americas championship.

Venues

All games were played at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum.^[1]

San Juan
Roberto Clemente Coliseum Capacity: 10,000

Qualification

Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 2003; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone.

• North America:  Canada,  United States
• Caribbean and Central America: Dominican Republic,  Mexico,  Puerto Rico,  U.S. Virgin Islands
• South America:  Argentina,  Brazil,  Uruguay,  Venezuela

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 winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, where both were granted berths in the 2004 Olympic Tournament in Athens. The losers figure in a third-place playoff where the winner was granted the third berth.

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:

1. Head to head results
2. Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
3. Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Squads

Preliminary round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Times given below are in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-4).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Argentina	4	3	1	359	321	+38	7	1–0
Canada	4	3	1	377	329	+48	7	0–1
Puerto Rico	4	2	2	342	322	+20	6	1–0
Mexico	4	2	2	313	357	−44	6	0–1
Uruguay	4	0	4	290	352	−62	4

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	4	4	0	432	273	+159	8
Brazil	4	3	1	376	345	+31	7
Dominican Republic	4	2	2	292	356	−64	6
Venezuela	4	1	3	321	356	−35	5
U.S. Virgin Islands	4	0	4	278	369	−91	4

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Quarterfinal Group

Qualified for the semifinals

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. The top four teams advanced to the semifinals.

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
United States	8	8	0	824	564	+260	16
Argentina	8	5	3	715	658	+57	13	2−0
Canada	8	5	3	713	705	+8	13	1−1
Puerto Rico	8	5	3	657	603	+54	13	0−2
Venezuela	8	4	4	668	713	−45	12	1−0
Mexico	8	4	4	679	734	−55	12	0−1
Brazil	8	3	5	709	696	+13	11
Dominican Republic	8	2	6	591	730	−139	10

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Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	August 30, 2003 – 20:00
	Argentina	88
	Canada	72
					August 31, 2003 – 22:00
					Argentina	73
					United States	106
					Third place
	August 30, 2003 – 22:00			August 31, 2003 – 20:00
	United States	87		Canada	66
	Puerto Rico	71			Puerto Rico	79

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Awards

2003 Tournament of the Americas Winners
United States Fifth title

Most Valuable Player
Steve Nash

Statistical Leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Individual Game Highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points	Marcelinho Machado	39	Canada
Rebounds	8 Players	14
Assists	7 Players	10
Steals	Mike Bibby Eduardo Nájera	5	U.S. Virgin Islands  Venezuela
Blocks	José Ortiz	7	Canada
Turnovers	Allen Iverson	8	Venezuela

Team Tournament Highs

Team Game highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points	United States	113	U.S. Virgin Islands
Rebounds	U.S. Virgin Islands	53	Dominican Republic
Assists	Brazil	26	Canada
Steals	United States	40	Canada
Blocks	Argentina  Puerto Rico  United States	9	Puerto Rico  Canada  Dominican Republic
Field goal percentage	United States (2 times)	65.6%	U.S. Virgin Islands  Canada
3-point field goal percentage	United States	77.8%	Canada
Free throw percentage	Argentina	93.3%	Venezuela
Turnovers	Brazil  Dominican Republic	25	United States  Argentina

Final standings

Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics

Rank	Team	Record
01 !	United States	10–0
02 !	Argentina	6–4
03 !	Puerto Rico	6–4
4	Canada	5–5
5	Venezuela	4–4
6	Mexico	4–4
7	Brazil	3–5
8	Dominican Republic	2–6
9	Uruguay	0–4
10	U.S. Virgin Islands	0–4

			4th
United States Allen Iverson Jason Kidd Tracy McGrady Jermaine O'Neal Vince Carter Nick Collison Mike Bibby Kenyon Martin Ray Allen Tim Duncan Elton Brand Richard Jefferson	Argentina Juan Ignacio Sánchez Manu Ginóbili Alejandro Montecchia Fabricio Oberto Lucas Victoriano Gabriel Fernández Leonardo Gutiérrez Luis Scola Federico Kammerichs Andrés Nocioni Leandro Palladino Rubén Wolkowyski	Puerto Rico José Ortiz Eddie Casiano Bobby Joe Hatton Carlos Arroyo Rick Apodaca Raymond Dalmau Larry Ayuso Antonio Latimer Rolando Hourruitiner Sharif Fajardo Jorge Rivera Daniel Santiago	Canada Novel Thomas Denham Brown Prosper Karangwa Steve Nash Shawn Swords Rowan Barrett Greg Francis Andrew Kwiatkowski Jesse Young Peter Guarasci Michael King Greg Newton

References

• 2003 Panamerican Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, FIBA.com.