Skip to content
Surf Wiki
Save to docs
sports

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

2001 Tournament of the Americas


FieldValue
cityNeuquén
countryArgentina
dates16–26 August
num_teams10
venues1
cities1
championARG
count1
secondBRA
thirdCAN
fourthPUR
mvpARG Manu Ginóbili
top_scorerBRA Marcelinho Machado
prevseason[1999](1999-tournament-of-the-americas)
nextseason[2003](2003-tournament-of-the-americas)

The 2001 COPABA Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup (also as the Championship of the Americas for Men), was hosted by Argentina, from 16 August, to 26 August 2001. The games were played at the Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn berths at the 2002 FIBA World Championship, in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Argentina won the tournament, the country's first AmeriCup championship. The United States performed poorly at this tournament, mainly because it sent in junior players.

Venue

Neuquén
{{location map+Argentinafloat=rightwidth=200places=
Estadio Ruca Che
Capacity: 8,000
[[File:Estadio Ruca Che de Neuquén.jpg150pxcenter]]

Qualification

The draw split the tournament into two groups: 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 top five teams from the quarterfinals stage were granted berths in the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis. Since the United States were already qualified as Olympic Champions, should they reach the semifinals stage, the sixth-best team from the quarterfinals also qualified to the World Championship.
  • The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final. The losers figure in a third-place playoff.

Squads

Main article: 2001 Tournament of the Americas squads

Preliminary round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A

|}

Group B

|}

Quarterfinal group

Fifth place

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.

|}

Knockout stage

|25 August|Brazil Brazil|98|Puerto Rico Puerto Rico|94 |25 August|Argentina Argentina|97|Canada Canada|76 |26 August|Brazil Brazil|59|Argentina Argentina|78 |26 August|Puerto Rico Puerto Rico|95|Canada Canada|102

Awards

  • Topscorer: BRA Marcelinho Machado 172 pts
Most Valuable Player
ARG Manu Ginóbili

Final standings

Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship as Olympic Champions and hosts
RankTeamRecord
9–0
7–3
6–4
45–4
54–3
64–3
72–6
81–7
90–4
100–4
** Juan Ignacio Sánchez
Gabriel Fernández
Manu Ginóbili
Fabricio Oberto
Lucas Victoriano
Daniel Farabello
Hugo Sconochini
Luis Scola
Leonardo Gutiérrez
Andrés Nocioni
Leandro Palladino
Rubén Wolkowyski**Marcelinho Machado
Alex Garcia
Vanderlei Mazzuchini
Tiago Valentim de Lima
Sandro França Varejão
Demétrius Ferraciú
Hélio Rubens Filho
Estevam Ferreira
Guilherme Giovannoni
Nenê
Anderson Varejão
Márcio DornellesDavid Daniels
Sherman Hamilton
Dean Walker
Steve Nash
Shawn Swords
Prosper Karangwa
Jerome Robinson
Todd MacCulloch
Andrew Kwiatkowski
Peter Guarasci
Michael Meeks
Kevin Jobity

References

References

  1. (15 December 2010). "FIBA Americas Championship -- 2001". [[USA Basketball]].
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 2001 Tournament of the Americas — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report