Tournament details | |
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Host country | Puerto Rico |
Dates | August 20–31 |
Teams | 10 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
MVP | ![]() |
Top scorer | ![]() (21.1 points per game) |
The 2003 Tournament of the Americas in basketball, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup (also known as 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 AmeriCup 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 AmeriCup championship.
All games were played at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum. [1]
San Juan |
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Roberto Clemente Coliseum Capacity: 10,000 |
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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.
The draw split the tournament into two groups:
Group A | Group B
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Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:
Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
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![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 359 | 321 | +38 | 7 | 1–0 |
![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 377 | 329 | +48 | 7 | 0–1 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 342 | 322 | +20 | 6 | 1–0 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 313 | 357 | −44 | 6 | 0–1 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 | 290 | 352 | −62 | 4 |
August 20 2:30 p.m. |
![]() | 89–91 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 22–21, 19–28, 29–18 | ||
Pts: Nocioni, Scola 17 Rebs: Ginóbili 6 Asts: Ginóbili 7 | Pts: Nájera 20 Rebs: Llamas 10 Asts: Mariscal, Nájera 4 |
August 20 7:30 p.m. |
![]() | 78–91 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 32–28, 16–21, 16–25 | ||
Pts: Owens 22 Rebs: Muro, Szczygielski 4 Asts: Muro 5 | Pts: Arroyo, Ortiz 20 Rebs: Ortiz 12 Asts: Ortiz 4 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 21 2:30 p.m. |
![]() | 60–91 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 11–19, 17–24, 16–24, 16–24 | ||
Pts: Mazzarino 13 Rebs: Aguiar, Owens 4 Asts: Muro 4 | Pts: Nocioni 14 Rebs: Fernández 12 Asts: Montecchia 6 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 21 8:00 p.m. |
![]() | 79–89 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter:26–18, 25–26, 13–22, 15–23 | ||
Pts: Casiano 24 Rebs: Fajardo 6 Asts: Arroyo 4 | Pts: Barrett 32 Rebs: Newton 14 Asts: Nash 7 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 22 2:30 p.m. |
![]() | 80–68 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter:26–18, 25–26, 13–22, 15–23 | ||
Pts: Nájera 21 Rebs: Nájera 9 Asts: Llamas 4 | Pts: Owens 17 Rebs: Bouzot 8 Asts: Mazzarino 5 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 22 5:00 p.m. |
![]() | 94–90 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter:21–14, 27–25, 17–27, 29–24 | ||
Pts: Scola 21 Rebs: Nocioni 9 Asts: Ginóbili 6 | Pts: Nash 24 Rebs: Newton 5 Asts: Nash 10 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 23 2:30 p.m. |
![]() | 90–84 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 28–33, 16–19, 21–11, 25–21 | ||
Pts: Barrett 22 Rebs: Guarasci, Young 6 Asts: Nash 6 | Pts: Owens 22 Rebs: Owens, Szczygielski 6 Asts: Owens 5 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 23 7:30 p.m. |
![]() | 70–92 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 10–24, 21–18, 21–24, 18–26 | ||
Pts: Quintero 24 Rebs: Benítez 10 Asts: Nájera 6 | Pts: Casiano 19 Rebs: Ortiz 9 Asts: Santiago 5 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 24 2:30 p.m. |
![]() | 108–72 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter:31–27, 32–18, 30–18, 15–9 | ||
Pts: Barrett 27 Rebs: Kwiatkowski 5 Asts: Nash 7 | Pts: Quintero 27 Rebs: Parada 6 Asts: Mariscal 4 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 24 7:30 p.m. |
![]() | 80–85 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter:20–16, 12–28, 20–21, 28–20 | ||
Pts: Arroyo 22 Rebs: Santiago 9 Asts: Hourruitiner 4 | Pts: Ginóbili, Wolkowyski 16 Rebs: Montecchia 7 Asts: Ginóbili 10 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 432 | 273 | +159 | 8 |
![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 376 | 345 | +31 | 7 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 292 | 356 | −64 | 6 |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 3 | 321 | 356 | −35 | 5 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 | 278 | 369 | −91 | 4 |
August 20 5:00 p.m. |
![]() | 76–78 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter:19–17, 14–25, 17–24, 26–12 | ||
Pts: Torres 17 Rebs: Torres 8 Asts: Aguilera, Díaz, Julio, Torres 2 | Pts: Western 25 Rebs: Vargas 14 Asts: Ramírez 4 |
August 20 10:00 p.m. |
![]() | 110–76 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 23–29, 26–18, 31–8, 30–21 | ||
Pts: Brand, Duncan 17 Rebs: Brand, Duncan 6 Asts: Bibby 7 | Pts: Nenê 17 Rebs: Nenê 9 Asts: da Silva 4 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 21 7:30 p.m. |
![]() | 100–74 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter:23–21, 20–16, 25–18, 31–19 | ||
Pts: Giovannoni 18 Rebs: Splitter 11 Asts: Varejão 4 | Pts: Sheppard 18 Rebs: Victor 7 Asts: Sheppard 6 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 21 10:00 p.m. |
![]() | 111–73 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter:29–25, 31–11, 28–18, 23–19 | ||
Pts: McGrady 17 Rebs: O'Neal 7 Asts: Kidd 10 | Pts: Filion 18 Rebs: Filion 6 Asts: Ramírez 6 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 22 7:30 p.m. |
![]() | 65–69 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter:17–16, 15–18, 14–13, 19–22 | ||
Pts: Heywood 21 Rebs: Heywood 13 Asts: Richards 3 | Pts: Western 18 Rebs: Peterson 8 Asts: Ortega 4 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 22 10:00 p.m. |
![]() | 68–98 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 11–26, 24–26, 24–25, 10–21 | ||
Pts: Díaz 16 Rebs: Aguilera 6 Asts: Aguilera, R. Guevara, Mijares, Morris 2 | Pts: McGrady 16 Rebs: Duncan 13 Asts: Iverson 7 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 23 5:00 p.m. |
![]() | 55–113 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 13–34, 16–30, 7–23 | ||
Pts: Heywood 13 Rebs: Richards 9 Asts: Richards 2 | Pts: Iverson 17 Rebs: Martin 13 Asts: Iverson 10 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 23 10:00 p.m. |
![]() | 89–96 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 23–31, 17–21, 25–20, 24–24 | ||
Pts: Díaz 24 Rebs: Torres 9 Asts: Julio 4 | Pts: Machado 20 Rebs: Splitter 8 Asts: da Silva 10 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 24 5:00 p.m. |
![]() | 87–84 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 28–20, 21–16, 18–23 | ||
Pts: Díaz 27 Rebs: Torres, Julio 6 Asts: D. Guevara 5 | Pts: Sheppard 24 Rebs: Richards 13 Asts: Richards 7 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
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 |
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![]() | 8 | 8 | 0 | 824 | 564 | +260 | 16 | |
![]() | 8 | 5 | 3 | 715 | 658 | +57 | 13 | 2–0 |
![]() | 8 | 5 | 3 | 713 | 705 | +8 | 13 | 1–1 |
![]() | 8 | 5 | 3 | 657 | 603 | +54 | 13 | 0–2 |
![]() | 8 | 4 | 4 | 668 | 713 | −45 | 12 | 1–0 |
![]() | 8 | 4 | 4 | 679 | 734 | −55 | 12 | 0–1 |
![]() | 8 | 3 | 5 | 709 | 696 | +13 | 11 | |
![]() | 8 | 2 | 6 | 591 | 730 | −139 | 10 |
August 25 2:30 p.m. |
![]() | 100–91 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter:27–20, 22–14, 24–22, 27–35 | ||
Pts: Llamas, Mariscal, Quintero 21 Rebs: Benítez 14 Asts: Quintero 6 | Pts: Peralta 17 Rebs: Vargas 7 Asts: Filion, Lalane, Ortega, Ramírez 3 |
August 25 5:00 p.m. |
![]() | 76–74 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter:25–19, 17–19, 17–18, 17–18 | ||
Pts: Nocioni, Oberto 14 Rebs: Sánchez, Oberto, Wolkowyski 6 Asts: Ginóbili, Oberto 4 | Pts: Varejão 17 Rebs: Nenê 11 Asts: 5 players 2 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan] |
August 25 7:30 p.m. |
![]() | 84–59 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter:17–15, 10–9, 30–21, 27–14 | ||
Pts: Ayuso 19 Rebs: Latimer 7 Asts: Arroyo 10 | Pts: Torres 13 Rebs: Aguilera 14 Asts: R. Guevara 4 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 25 10:00 p.m. |
![]() | 71–111 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter:28–21, 11–30, 20–31, 12–29 | ||
Pts: Barrett 15 Rebs: Kwiatkowski, Newton 7 Asts: Nash 5 | Pts: Iverson 28 Rebs: Martin 7 Asts: Bibby 9 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 26 |
![]() | 98–95 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 32–35, 26–20, 17–20, 23–20 | ||
Pts: Díaz 26 Rebs: Blanco 7 Asts: Blanco, Díaz 6 | Pts: Quintero 28 Rebs: Zúñiga 14 Asts: Nájera 6 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 26 5:00 p.m. |
![]() | 94–86 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter:27–23, 17–17, 26–25, 24–21 | ||
Pts: O'Neal 22 Rebs: O'Neal 10 Asts: Kidd 7 | Pts: Oberto 17 Rebs: Nocioni 6 Asts: Sánchez 5 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 26 7:30 p.m. |
![]() | 61–94 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 17–29, 8–18, 13–20, 23–27 | ||
Pts: Filion 15 Rebs: Peterson, Pichardo 6 Asts: Filion 3 | Pts: Latimer 22 Rebs: Latimer 12 Asts: Hatton 5 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 26 10:00 p.m. |
![]() | 97–101 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter:33–29, 30–35, 20–21, 14–16 | ||
Pts: Machado 39 Rebs: Nenê, Varejão 9 Asts: Varejão 6 | Pts: Nash 24 Rebs: Swords 7 Asts: Nash 9 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 27 2:30 p.m. |
![]() | 78–75 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 24–23, 14–17, 23–17 | ||
Pts: Brown 16 Rebs: Brown, Kwiatkowski, Young 6 Asts: Nash 8 | Pts: Vargas 17 Rebs: Vargas 10 Asts: Ortega 5 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 27 5:00 p.m. |
![]() | 92–97 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter:24–15, 22–23, 27–23, 19–36 | ||
Pts: Nocioni 17 Rebs: Kammerichs 6 Asts: Sánchez 6 | Pts: Torres 20 Rebs: Marriaga 7 Asts: R. Guevara 6 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 27 7:30 p.m. |
![]() | 72–70 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter:18–17, 20–24, 16–19, 18–10 | ||
Pts: Ayuso 19 Rebs: Ortiz 7 Asts: Sánchez 6 | Pts: Nenê 15 Rebs: Nenê 14 Asts: da Silva 7 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 27 10:00 p.m. |
![]() | 69–96 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter:26–19, 14–30, 11–21, 18–26 | ||
Pts: Quintero 21 Rebs: Benítez 10 Asts: Llamas 4 | Pts: Duncan 16 Rebs: O'Neal 7 Asts: Carter 5 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 28 2:30 p.m. |
![]() | 93–86 (OT) | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter:36–23, 18–12, 14–24, 11–20, Overtime:14–7 | ||
Pts: Díaz 23 Rebs: Marriaga 9 Asts: D. Guevara 8 | Pts: Brown, Karangwa 20 Rebs: Brown 8 Asts: Nash, Thomas 3 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 28 5:00 p.m. |
![]() | 92–102 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 25–21, 21–31, 26–25 | ||
Pts: Nenê 26 Rebs: Nenê 14 Asts: Ferraciú, Giovannoni, Pinto 3 | Pts: Quintero 23 Rebs: Benítez 12 Asts: Quintero 5 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
August 28 7:30 p.m. |
![]() | 72–102 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 13–24, 13–28, 28–25 | ||
Pts: Western 17 Rebs: Filion 7 Asts: Ortega 4 | Pts: Ginóbili, Scola 18 Rebs: Ginóbili, Kammerichs 5 Asts: Sánchez 7 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan |
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
August 30, 2003 – 20:00 | ||||||
![]() | 88 | |||||
August 31, 2003 – 22:00 | ||||||
![]() | 72 | |||||
![]() | 73 | |||||
August 30, 2003 – 22:00 | ||||||
![]() | 106 | |||||
![]() | 87 | |||||
![]() | 71 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
August 31, 2003 – 20:00 | ||||||
![]() | 66 | |||||
![]() | 79 |
August 31 10:00 p.m. |
![]() | 106–73 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter:35–15, 25–12, 23–20, 23–26 | ||
Pts: Duncan 23 Rebs: Duncan 14 Asts: Bibby 7 | Pts: Ginóbili, Victoriano 16 Rebs: Kammerichs 6 Asts: Victoriano 4 |
2003 Tournament of the Americas winners |
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![]() United States Fifth title |
Most Valuable Player |
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Points [2]
| Rebounds [3]
| Assists [4]
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Steals [5]
| Blocks [6]
| Minutes [7]
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Department | Name | Total | Opponent |
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Points | ![]() | 39 | ![]() |
Rebounds | 8 Players | 14 | |
Assists | 7 Players | 10 | |
Steals | ![]() ![]() | 5 | ![]() ![]() |
Blocks | ![]() | 7 | ![]() |
Turnovers | ![]() | 8 | ![]() |
Offensive PPG [8]
| Defensive PPG
| Rebounds [9]
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Assists [10]
| Steals [11]
| Blocks [12]
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Department | Name | Total | Opponent |
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Points | ![]() | 113 | ![]() |
Rebounds | ![]() | 53 | ![]() |
Assists | ![]() | 26 | ![]() |
Steals | ![]() | 40 | ![]() |
Blocks | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Field goal percentage | ![]() | 65.6% | ![]() ![]() |
3-point field goal percentage | ![]() | 77.8% | ![]() |
Free throw percentage | ![]() | 93.3% | ![]() |
Turnovers | ![]() ![]() | 25 | ![]() ![]() |
Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics |
Rank | Team | Record |
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![]() | ![]() | 10–0 |
![]() | ![]() | 6–4 |
![]() | ![]() | 6–4 |
4 | ![]() | 5–5 |
5 | ![]() | 4–4 |
6 | ![]() | 4–4 |
7 | ![]() | 3–5 |
8 | ![]() | 2–6 |
9 | ![]() | 0–4 |
10 | ![]() | 0–4 |
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