2009 FIBA Americas Championship qualification

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Qualifying for the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship the basketball championships for the Americas (North America, Central America, the Caribbean and South America) began on August 12, 2007 at the FIBA CBC Championship for national teams from the Caribbean. Three teams qualified from that tournament to the 2008 Centrobasket, from which four automatic berths are available.

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South American teams qualified via the 2008 South American Basketball Championship, held at Puerto Montt, Chile. North American teams (Canada and the United States) automatically qualify to the championship, which will be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The top four teams from the 2009 Championships qualify automatically to the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey, with FIBA handling out four more wild card entries to complete the 24-team tournament.

With the United States winning the gold medal at the 2008 men's Olympic basketball tournament, another slot was opened for a Centrobasket participant, when the United States decided to skip qualification since their gold medal provided them automatic qualification to the 2010 FIBA World Championship.

2007 CBC Championship

The 2007 CBC Championship was held from August 6 to 12, 2007, at Caguas, Puerto Rico. The top three teams at the end of the tournament qualify for the 2008 Centrobasket.

Qualified to the Final

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTie*
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 330286208+786
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 31222925627431.025
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 31223325825430.987
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua 31221023626430.986

*Points between games of tied teams, then goal averages between the games of tied teams.

August 6
Bahamas  Flag of the Bahamas.svg7078Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua
August 7
Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg9976Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana
August 8
Bahamas  Flag of the Bahamas.svg6899Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
August 9
Antigua  Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg6878Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana
August 10
Bahamas  Flag of the Bahamas.svg9179Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 440393229+1648
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 431350303+477
Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands 422290349596
Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 413240338985
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 404272326544

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Italicized teams advanced to the 2008 Centrobasket.
Semifinals Final
      
A1 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 93
B2 Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 82
A1 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 72
B1 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 82
B1 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 77
A2 Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 64 Third place
B2 Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba (OT) 90
A2 Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 88

Classification

Semifinals Fifth-place
      
A3 Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 66
B4 Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 70
B4 Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 73
A4 Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua 77
B3 Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands 64
A4 Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua 76Third place
A3 Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 81
B3 Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands 92

2008 Centrobasket

The 2008 Centrobasket was held from August 27 to 31, 2008, at Chetumal and Cancun, Mexico. The top four teams automatically go to the Tournament of the Americas. With the US not participating, the fifth-placed team also qualifies.

Italicized teams advanced to the FIBA Americas Championship 2009.
Qualified to the semifinals, and the Americas Championship

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTie*
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 321240215+25531.034
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 321258194+64530.993
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 321237185+52530.973
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 3031432841413

*Points between games of tied teams, then goal averages between the games of tied teams.

August 27
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg9236Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
August 27
Virgin Islands  Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg8374Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
August 28
Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg10641Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
August 28
Virgin Islands  Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg7175Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
August 29
El Salvador  Flag of El Salvador.svg6686Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands
August 29
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg7078Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 330295260+256
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 321285265+645
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 312278269+524
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 3032062701413

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Semifinals (Cancun) Final (Cancun)
      
A1 Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 78
B2 Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 61
A1 Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 70
B1 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 87
B1 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 76
A2 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 74 Third place
B2 Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 74
A2 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 102

Classification

Semifinals (Chetumal) Fifth-place (Chetumal)
      
A3 Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 90
B4 Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 73
A3 Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 104
B3 Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 67
B3 Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 100
A4 Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 59 Third place
B4 Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 76
A4 Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 79

2008 South American Basketball Championship

The 2008 South American Basketball Championship was held from July 1 to 6, at Puerto Montt, Chile. The top four teams qualify to the Tournament of the Americas.

Qualified to the Final
Qualified to the 3rd-place game
Top 4 qualifies to the Americas Championship.

Preliminary round

Italicized teams advanced to the FIBA Americas Championship 2009.
TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTie*
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 541465392+73931.147
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 541436393+43931.000
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 5414014076930.860
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 52340741257
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 514374425516
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 505349403545

*Points between games of tied teams, then goal averages between the games of tied teams.

July 1
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg8375Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
July 1
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg7977Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
July 1
Chile  Flag of Chile.svg6681Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
July 2
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg10475Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
July 2
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg7069Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
July 2
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela.svg7088Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
July 3
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg8878Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
July 3
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg68102Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
July 3
Chile  Flag of Chile.svg7694Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
July 4
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg10293Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
July 4
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg9484Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
July 4
Chile  Flag of Chile.svg6871Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
July 5
Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg7582Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
July 5
Chile  Flag of Chile.svg7087Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
July 5
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg8677Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay

Finals

July 6
Third
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg7287Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
July 6
Final
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg10095Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay

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