2015 FIBA Americas Championship

2015 FIBA Americas Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	31 August – 12 September
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Venezuela (1st title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Mexico
Tournament statistics
MVP	Luis Scola
Top scorer	Luis Scola; (21.1 points per game)

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 Argentina, qualified directly for the 2016 Olympics. They joined the FIBA Americas member, United States, 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, Brazil, who finished 9th in the tournament, but qualified for the Olympics as the host nation. Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico, 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

Host country
- Mexico
Central American and Caribbean Sub-Zone: (2014 Centrobasket)
North American Sub-Zone:
- Canada
South American Sub-Zone: (2014 South American Championship)
- Venezuela
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Uruguay

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	Mexico City 2015 FIBA Americas Championship (Mexico)
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:

Argentina (3) Brazil (9)	Puerto Rico (15) Dominican Republic (20)	Venezuela (29) Uruguay (26)	Cuba (57) Panama (33)	Canada (25) Mexico (19)

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico (H)	4	4	0	309	255	+54	8	Advance to second round
2	Dominican Republic	4	2	2	304	291	+13	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Panama	4	2	2	301	308	−7	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Uruguay	4	1	3	275	303	−28	5^{[lower-alpha 2]}
5	Brazil	4	1	3	258	290	−32	5^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Eliminated

Source: FIBA Americas
Rules for classification: (1) Tournament points, (2) Head-to-head tournament points, (3) Head-to-head goal average, (4) Overall goal average, (5) Drawing of lots
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1 2 Dominican Republic–Panama 83–66
1 2 Uruguay–Brazil 71–57

All times are local (UTC−05:00).

31 August
14:30

Uruguay	71–57	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 12–12, 15–12, 19–17, 25–16
Pts: Fitipaldo 12 Rebs: Borsellino 8 Asts: Parodi 5		Pts: Marquinhos 21 Rebs: Marquinhos 9 Asts: Luz 4

Dominican Republic	66–84	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 13–24, 18–12, 15–30, 20–18
Pts: Sosa 18 Rebs: Sánchez 8 Asts: Sosa 4		Pts: Méndez 24 Rebs: Ayón 11 Asts: Toscano 7

Panama	78–71	Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 19–20, 21–12, 23–20
Pts: Hicks 21 Rebs: Lloreda 11 Asts: Gaskins 6		Pts: Fitipaldo 18 Rebs: Calfani 7 Asts: Osimani 7

Brazil	71–65	Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 29–16, 13–13, 13–20
Pts: Marquinhos 17 Rebs: Batista 9 Asts: Benite 3		Pts: Feldeine 20 Rebs: Santana 10 Asts: Sosa 3

Qualification

Host selection

Venue

Draw

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Second round

Final round

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Final

Final ranking

Awards

All-Tournament Team

References