2007 FIBA Americas Championship
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The FIBA Americas Championships 2007 will be held at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas from August 22 to September 2. It will be the thirteenth staging of the FIBA Americas Championship (The Tournament of the Americas).
It was originally going to be hosted in Venezuela – however, they 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 has not hosted it since 1992, Chile has never hosted it, Argentina held it last in 2001 and Puerto Rico last hosted in 2003.
Qualification
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.
- North America:
Canada, 
United States - Caribbean:
Puerto Rico, 
Virgin Islands - Central America:
Mexico, 
Panama - South America:
Argentina, 
Brazil, 
Uruguay, 
Venezuela
The tournament draw took place Wednesday, March 21, in Las Vegas. The teams were split into 5 pots; those drawn first will go to Group A, those drawn last will go to Group B.
| Pot A | Pot B | Pot C | Pot D | Pot E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The draw split the tournament into two groups:[1]
|
Group A |
Group B |
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 are guaranteed of berths in the 2008 Olympics. The losers figure in a third-place playoff. The semifinal losers and the 5th best team in the quarterfinals are assured of berths to the pre-Olympic qualifying tournament.
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:
- Head to head results
- Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
- Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group
Squads
Preliminary Round
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Group A
|
|
Group B
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PCT | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States |
8 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 461 | 267 | +194 |
 Brazil |
7 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 345 | 344 | +1 |
 Canada |
6 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 303 | 344 | -41 |
 Venezuela |
5 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 317 | 383 | -66 |
 Virgin Islands |
4 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 321 | 409 | -88 |
Quarterfinals
| Qualified for the semifinals |
The top four teams in both Group A and Group B advanced to the quarterfinal group. Then each team plays the four from the other group once to complete a full round robin. Records from the preliminary groups carry over but only against teams that also advanced.
Current standings
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States |
6 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
 Argentina |
6 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Brazil |
5 | 2 | 1 | .667 |
 Uruguay |
5 | 2 | 1 | .667 |
 Mexico |
4 | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| Canada |
4 | 1 | 2 | .333 |
 Puerto Rico |
3 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Venezuela |
3 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
Schedule
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
References
- ^ Brad Friedman, "FIBA Americas Championship 2007 Preview", NBA.Com, Mar 21 2007.
