2007 FIBA Americas Championship

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2007 FIBA Americas Championship
FIBA Americas Championships 2007 logo.jpg
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
City Las Vegas
DatesAugust 22 – September 2
Teams10
Venue(s) Thomas & Mack Center
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the United States.svg  United States (6th title)
Runners-upFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Third placeFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Fourth placeFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Tournament statistics
Games played40
MVP Flag of Argentina.svg Luis Scola
Top scorer Flag of Brazil.svg Leandro Barbosa
(21.8 points per game)
2005
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.

Contents

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.

Las Vegas
Thomas & Mack Center
Capacity: 18,776
Thomasandmack1442.jpg

Qualification

Participating countries (orange) and the host country (maroon). FIBA Americas 2007.PNG
Participating countries (orange) and the host country (maroon).

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.

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.

Pot APot BPot CPot DPot E

Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico

Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay

Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands

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

Format

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 United States Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7).

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTie
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 440390319+718 
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 43133033557 
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 413351336+1551–1 (1.180)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4133553792451–1 (1.033)
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 4133383955751–1 (.818)
August 22
12:30 p.m.
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 8884 (OT)Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 19–27, 24–11, 17–19,  Overtime:13–9
Pts: Batista 26
Rebs: Batista 19
Asts: Mazzarin 4
Pts: Lloreda 21
Rebs: A. García 11
Asts: A. García 2
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Eddie Rush (USA), Carlos dos Santos (BRA)

August 22
3:00 p.m.
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 89100Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 29–29, 16–28, 28–19, 16–24
Pts: Apodaca 15
Rebs: Reyes 12
Asts: Barea 4
Pts: Mariscal 30
Rebs: Llamas 11
Asts: Mariscal 4
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Miguel Angel Pérez (ESP), William Kennedy (USA)

August 23
12:30 p.m.
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 9069Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Scoring by quarter:23–13, 19–22, 29–14, 19–20
Pts: Prigioni 20
Rebs: Sandes 10
Asts: Prigioni 5
Pts: Taboada 14
Rebs: Batista 9
Asts: Mazzarino 3
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), William Kennedy (USA), David Papo (VEN)

August 23
5:30 p.m.
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 67108Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 11–25, 20–23, 16–32
Pts: Forbes 19
Rebs: Lloreda 8
Asts: A. García 2
Pts: Sánchez 19
Rebs: Reyes 6
Asts: Arroyo 8
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), William Kennedy (USA), David Papo (VEN)

August 24
12:30 p.m.
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 9095Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Scoring by quarter: 29–29, 18–25, 25–24, 18–17
Pts: Beck 28
Rebs: Hernández 10
Asts: Pedroza 5
Pts: Pinnock 30
Rebs: A. García 13
Asts: Pinnock 4
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Miguel Angel Pérez (ESP)

August 24
5:30 p.m.
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 7587Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Scoring by quarter:27–17, 12–18, 16–27, 20–25
Pts: Ayuso 21
Rebs: Ramos 12
Asts: Arroyo 4
Pts: Scola 22
Rebs: Scola 11
Asts: Prigioni 7
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Carlos dos Santos (BRA), Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM)

August 25
5:30 p.m.
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 8279Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 14–31, 24–13, 29–18
Pts: Batista 34
Rebs: Batista 15
Asts: Osimani 5
Pts: Barea 18
Rebs: Reyes 12
Asts: Barea 3
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Eddie Rush (USA), Carlos dos Santos (BRA)

August 25
8:00 p.m.
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 10483Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 28–18, 32–18, 21–24
Pts: Delfino 20
Rebs: Delfino 11
Asts: Scola 5
Pts: Beck 24
Rebs: Quintero 6
Asts: Meza 3
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: William Kennedy (USA), David Papo (VEN)

August 26
3:30 p.m.
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 8291Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Scoring by quarter:25–19, 14–27, 28–18, 15–27
Pts: Beck 28
Rebs: Ayón 12
Asts: Ayón 3
Pts: Mazzarino 36
Rebs: Batista 15
Asts: Osimani 7
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Miguel Angel Pérez (ESP), Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM)

August 26
9:00 p.m.
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 92109 (OT)Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 18–30, 18–13, 27–16, 22–26,  Overtime: 7–24
Pts: Forbes 29
Rebs: A. García 12
Asts: Green, Pinnock 6
Pts: Quinteros 22
Rebs: Scola 8
Asts: Prigioni 12
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Eddie Rush (USA)

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 440461267+1948
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 431345344+17
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 422303344416
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 413317383665
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 404321409884
August 22
5:30 p.m.
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6775Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 12–25, 21–11, 11–18, 23–21
Pts: Mendez 18
Rebs: Dalembert 10
Asts: English 4
Pts: Barbosa 30
Rebs: Splitter 9
Asts: Barbosa 5
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Héctor Uslenghi (URU), José Dorame (MEX)

August 22
8:00 p.m.
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 11269Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter:21–8, 33–26, 38–17, 20–18
Pts: Anthony 17
Rebs: Howard 8
Asts: Bryant 5
Pts: Vásquez 12
Rebs: Romero 7
Asts: Vargas 3
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), José Carrión (PUR), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG)

August 23
3:00 p.m.
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 7380Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 18–19, 25–24, 14–19
Pts: Romero 23
Rebs: Bethelmy 7
Asts: Vásquez 6
Pts: Dalembert 18
Rebs: Thomas 8
Asts: Thomas 3
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP), Héctor Uslenghi (URU)

August 23
8:00 p.m.
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 59123Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring by quarter: 13–42, 26–24, 11–28, 9–29
Pts: Sheppard 11
Rebs: Richards 6
Asts: Sheppard 2
Pts: Anthony 22
Rebs: Prince 12
Asts: Kidd 5
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Jorge Vazquez (PUR), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG), José Dorame (MEX)

August 24
3:00 p.m.
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9383Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands
Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 30–13, 21–24, 19–19
Pts: Mendez 22
Rebs: Dalembert 8
Asts: Anderson 12
Pts: Edwin 26
Rebs: Victor 6
Asts: Sheppard 3
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Jorge Vazquez (PUR), José Dorame (MEX)

August 24
8:00 p.m.
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 10175Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter:24–19, 19–17, 28–19, 30–20
Pts: Machado 20
Rebs: Batista 5
Asts: Da Silva 8
Pts: Romero 21
Rebs: Romero 7
Asts: Vargas 4
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Pablo Estevez (ARG), José Carrión (PUR), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG)

August 25
12:00 a.m.
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 11363Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Scoring by quarter:28–21, 37–13, 30–15, 18–14
Pts: Anthony 25
Rebs: James 8
Asts: Williams 6
Pts: Famutimi 17
Rebs: Kendall 9
Asts: Anderson 2
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), José Carrión (PUR), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG)

August 25
3:00 p.m.
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 8993Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 25–16, 15–31, 26–21
Pts: Victor 25
Rebs: Rhymer 9
Asts: Sheppard 2
Pts: Barbosa 36
Rebs: Nenê 9
Asts: Da Silva 10
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP), Jorge Vazquez (PUR), Héctor Uslenghi (URU)

August 26
1:00 p.m.
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 10090Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands
Scoring by quarter:18–16, 19–17, 35–26, 28–31
Pts: Romero 29
Rebs: Romero 10
Asts: Vásquez 10
Pts: Edwin 32
Rebs: Francis 6
Asts: Victor 6
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: José Carrión (PUR), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG), Héctor Uslenghi (URU)

August 26
6:00 p.m.
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 76113Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring by quarter: 21–27, 17–30, 11–39, 27–17
Pts: Splitter 13
Rebs: Splitter 9
Asts: Da Silva 4
Pts: James 21
Rebs: Anthony 10
Asts: Kidd 5
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Pablo Estevez (ARG), José Dorame (MEX)

Quarterfinals

Qualified for the semifinals
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

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTie
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 770791541+25014 
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 761626530+9613 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 743606590+1611 
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 7345825908101−0
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 73453858648100−1
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 7255506489891−0
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 7256367036790−1
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 7165226631418 
August 27
12:30 p.m.
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 8895Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 20–23, 27–22, 23–25
Pts: Mazzarino 17
Rebs: Batista 6
Asts: García Morales 3
Pts: Young 22
Rebs: Kendall 9
Asts: English 5
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Pablo Estevez (ARG), Jorge Vazquez (PUR), William Kennedy (USA)

August 27
3:00 p.m.
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 9863Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter:28–10, 23–24, 28–19, 19–10
Pts: González 21
Rebs: Delfino 11
Asts: Prigioni 8
Pts: Cedeño 15
Rebs: Sucre 6
Asts: Cedeño 3
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), José Dorame (MEX)

August 27
5:30 p.m.
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 7597Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 15–20, 26–26, 21–32
Pts: Barbosa 34
Rebs: Splitter 11
Asts: Machado 4
Pts: Ayuso 24
Rebs: Ramos 6
Asts: Barea 5
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP)

August 27
8:00 p.m.
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 127100Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Scoring by quarter:45–23, 20–28, 36–27, 26–22
Pts: Anthony 28
Rebs: Billups 8
Asts: Kidd 7
Pts: Beck 20
Rebs: Parada 7
Asts: Pedroza 6
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Carlos Dos Santos (BRA), Héctor Uslenghi (URU)

August 28
12:30 p.m.
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 8979Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 26–10, 17–20, 20–24
Pts: Romero 35
Rebs: Romero 11
Asts: Cedeño 8
Pts: Batista 21
Rebs: Batista 20
Asts: García Morales 3
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Carlos Dos Santos (BRA)

August 28
3:00 p.m.
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7085Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 8–26, 8–20, 24–16, 30–23
Pts: Thomas 13
Rebs: Dalembert 16
Asts: English 2
Pts: Scola 23
Rebs: González 11
Asts: Prigioni 11
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Eddie Rush (USA), Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP), Héctor Uslenghi (URU)

August 28
5:30 p.m.
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 90104Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 17–29, 24–34, 27–17
Pts: Beck 29
Rebs: Parada 10
Asts: Pedroza 5
Pts: Barbosa 21
Rebs: Splitter 9
Asts: Machado 6
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: José Carrión (PUR), William Kennedy (USA), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG)

August 28
8:00 p.m.
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 78117Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 12–35, 29–29, 22–29
Pts: Ayuso 13
Rebs: Arroyo 6
Asts: Barea 3
Pts: James 21
Rebs: Stoudemire 8
Asts: Williams 7
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Pablo Estevez (ARG), David Papo (VEN)

August 29
12:30 p.m.
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9780Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 26–9, 29–24, 21–25
Pts: Anderson 17
Rebs: Brown 11
Asts: Anderson 5
Pts: Quintero 20
Rebs: Ávila 5
Asts: Meza 4
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Pablo Estevez (ARG), Carlos Dos Santos (BRA), David Papo (VEN)

August 29
3:00 p.m.
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 6392Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 19–27, 10–15, 18–30
Pts: Romero 11
Rebs: Romero 10
Asts: Vásquez 3
Pts: Ayuso 25
Rebs: Reyes 13
Asts: Arroyo 7
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), Eddie Rush (USA), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG)

August 29
5:30 p.m.
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 8679Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 12–19, 22–16, 21–13
Pts: Scola 23
Rebs: Scola 12
Asts: Prigioni 7
Pts: Machado 19
Rebs: Nenê 12
Asts: Machado 7
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP)

August 29
8:00 p.m.
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 79118Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring by quarter: 21–31, 17–35, 26–29, 15–23
Pts: Batista 20
Rebs: García Morales 6
Asts: Mazzarino 3
Pts: James 26
Rebs: Stoudemire 7
Asts: Williams 6
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Jorge Vazquez (PUR), José Dorame (MEX)

August 30
1:30 p.m.
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 10191Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 27–23, 31–15, 24–26
Pts: Pedroza 27
Rebs: Ávila 12
Asts: Meza 7
Pts: Romero 23
Rebs: Romero 6
Asts: Vargas 8
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: William Kennedy (USA), Héctor Uslenghi (URU)

August 30
4:00 p.m.
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 9662Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Scoring by quarter:24–17, 20–20, 30–8, 22–17
Pts: Barbosa 32
Rebs: Splitter 7
Asts: Da Silva 5
Pts: Batista 17
Rebs: Batista 10
Asts: Osimani 4
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Eddie Rush (USA), Pablo Estevez (ARG), Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM)

August 30
6:30 p.m.
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 7266Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Scoring by quarter:21–18, 14–16, 23–9, 14–23
Pts: Arroyo 22
Rebs: Reyes 12
Asts: Ayuso 3
Pts: Thomas 18
Rebs: Dalembert 18
Asts: English 4
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP)

August 30
9:00 p.m.
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9176Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Scoring by quarter:28–13, 21–17, 24–22, 18–24
Pts: Bryant 27
Rebs: Howard 9
Asts: Kidd 7
Pts: Scola 20
Rebs: Scola 5
Asts: Prigioni 4
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: José Carrión (PUR), Carlos Dos Santos (BRA)

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.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
September 1 – Las Vegas
 
 
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 91
 
September 2 – Las Vegas
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 80
 
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 81
 
September 1 – Las Vegas
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 118
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 135
 
 
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 91
 
Third place
 
 
September 2 – Las Vegas
 
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 107
 
 
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 111

Semifinals

September 1
1:00 p.m.
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg9180Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 18–21, 30–13, 26–24
Pts: Scola 27
Rebs: Scola 9
Asts: Prigioni 5
Pts: Barbosa, Garcia 16 each
Rebs: Splitter 9
Asts: da Silva 5
September 1
4:00 p.m.
United States  Flag of the United States.svg13591Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter:33–27, 24–15, 43–28, 35–21
Pts: Anthony 27
Rebs: Howard 6
Asts: James 9
Pts: Ayuso 22
Rebs: Falcón 8
Asts: Arroyo 5

Third place game

September 2
1:00 p.m.
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg107111Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 12–26, 31–22, 26–33, 38–30
Pts: Machado 21
Rebs: Splitter 13
Asts: da Silva, Splitter 4
Pts: Ayuso 39
Rebs: Reyes 15
Asts: Arroyo 10

Final

September 2
4:00 p.m.
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg81118Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring by quarter: 14–35, 20–24, 27–34, 20–25
Pts: Scola 23
Rebs: Kammerichs 7
Asts: Scola, Porta 3 each
Pts: James 31
Rebs: Anthony 8
Asts: Bryant 8

Awards

 2007 Tournament of the Americas winners 
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
Sixth title

Statistical leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Individual Game Highs

DepartmentNameTotalOpponent
Points Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Larry Ayuso 39Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Rebounds Flag of Uruguay.svg Esteban Batista 20Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Assists Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jermaine Anderson 12Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands
Steals Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Delfino
Flag of Panama.svg Joel Muñoz
5Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Blocks Flag of Venezuela.svg Miguel Marriaga 6Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Turnovers Flag of Uruguay.svg Esteban Batista
Flag of Venezuela.svg Greivis Vásquez
9Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands

Team Tournament Highs

Team Game highs

DepartmentNameTotalOpponent
PointsFlag of the United States.svg  United States 135Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
ReboundsFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 61Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
AssistsFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
(2 times)
31Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
StealsFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
(2 times)
15Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
BlocksFlag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 10Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Field goal percentageFlag of the United States.svg  United States 69.6%Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
3-point field goal percentageFlag of the United States.svg  United States 63.9%Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Free throw percentageFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 100% (4/4)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
TurnoversFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 28Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay

Final standings

Qualified for 2008 Olympic Basketball Tournament
Qualified for FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament
RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States 10–0
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 8–2
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 5–5
4Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 5–5
5Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4–4
6Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 3–5
7Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2–6
8Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2–6
9Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 1–3
10Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 0–4
Gold medal icon.svg
Silver medal icon.svg
Bronze medal icon.svg
4th
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Chauncey Billups
Jason Kidd
LeBron James
Deron Williams
Michael Redd
Tayshaun Prince
Kobe Bryant
Dwight Howard
Amar'e Stoudemire
Mike Miller
Tyson Chandler
Carmelo Anthony
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Luis Scola
Pablo Prigioni
Román González
Diego Lo Grippo
Juan Pedro Gutiérrez
Antonio Porta
Carlos Delfino
Martín Leiva
Leonardo Gutiérrez
Paolo Quinteros
Matías Sandes
Federico Kammerichs
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Peter John Ramos
José Juan Barea
Filiberto Rivera
Carlos Arroyo
Rick Apodaca
Alex Falcon
Larry Ayuso
Ricky Sánchez
Angelo Reyes
Héctor Valenzuela
Carmelo Lee
Ángel Figueroa
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Marcelinho Machado
Nezinho Dos Santos
Murilo Becker
Marcelinho Huertas
Alex Garcia
Valter Apolinario Da Silva
Leandro Barbosa
João Paulo Batista
Guilherme Giovannoni
Nenê
Marcus Vinicius
Tiago Splitter

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References

  1. Brad Friedman, "FIBA Americas Championship 2007 Preview", NBA.Com, Mar 21 2007.
  2. PPG Leaders at FIBA.com
  3. RPG Leaders at FIBA.com
  4. APG Leaders at FIBA.com
  5. SPG Leaders at FIBA.com
  6. BPG Leaders
  7. MPG Leaders at FIBA.com
  8. Team Leaders – PPG
  9. Team Leaders – RPG
  10. Team Leaders – APG
  11. Team Leaders – SPG
  12. Team Leaders – BPG