2011 FIBA Americas Championship

The 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Men, later known as the FIBA AmeriCup, was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas, at the 2012 Summer Olympics men's basketball tournament, in London. This FIBA AmeriCup tournament was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, from August 30 to September 11, 2011. Argentina won the title, defeating Brazil, 80–75, in the final match. This was the country's second AmeriCup championship.

2011 FIBA Americas Championship
Tournament details
Host countryArgentina
CityMar del Plata
DatesAugust 30 – September 11
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (2nd title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Dominican Republic
Fourth place Puerto Rico
Tournament statistics
MVP Luis Scola
Top scorer Luis Scola
(21.4 points per game)

Host

FIBA Americas named Mar del Plata, Argentina the host of the 2011 competition on May 24, 2010 at a meeting in San Juan.[1] Games were played at Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, which seats more than 8,000 fans. Toronto and Rio de Janeiro also bid for the tournament before FIBA awarded the competition to then world number-one ranked Argentina. Toronto was eliminated in the first round of voting before Mar del Plata beat Rio de Janeiro in the final round 13 votes to 3. Toronto's bid was seen as superior to the other two, but due to the lack of government backing was not awarded the tournament.

Venue
Mar del Plata
Mar del Plata
2011 FIBA Americas Championship (Argentina)
Polideportivo Islas Malvinas
Capacity: 8,000

Qualification

The ten teams originally selected to receive invitations for the tournament were the host team, the top three finishers at the 2010 South American Basketball Championship, the top two teams in the North America Sub-Zone, and the top four finishers at 2010 Centrobasket. Because the host country, Argentina, came in second at the 2010 South American Basketball Championship, the fourth place team (Venezuela) at the championship was also invited. After the United States (the only team other than Canada in the North America Sub-Zone) automatically qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics by winning the 2010 FIBA World Championship, they withdrew from the tournament. The fifth place team at the 2010 South American Basketball Championship (Paraguay) was then invited to participate.

Below is the final list of participants in the tournament:

NBA lockout

Due to the 2011 NBA lockout, insurance costs for players affiliated with teams of the National Basketball Association to play overseas would no longer be afforded by the league and would have to be taken care of by their corresponding national federations. Some national teams, such as the host nation Argentina[2] and Puerto Rico[3] took steps to resolve the issue. Below is a list of players whose participation in the tournament was at least potentially affected:

Notes:

  • a Barbosa decided not to participate in the tournament.[4]
  • b Nash has retired from international play.[5]
  • c Thompson and Magloire were not called up for Canada's national team.[6]
  • d Nenê decided not to participate in the tournament.
  • e Varejão was unavailable for the tournament due to injury.

Format

The ten teams are split into two groups. The best four teams of each group advance to the second round, where the teams play against the four teams from the other group; each team carries over all points earned during the first round, except for those earned in the match against the team that was eliminated. The best four teams of this group advance to the semifinals.

The two winners in the semifinals automatically qualify for the Olympics. The remaining three teams from the second round plus seven teams from other continents play the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, where the top three qualify for the Olympics.

Squads
Main article: 2011 FIBA Americas Championship squads

Draw

The draw took place on January 27, 2011[7] at the NH Gran Hotel Provincial[8] in Mar del Plata. Notable ESPN Latin America announcer Álvaro Martin conducted the ceremony while FIBA Americas Secretary General Alberto Garcia and a number of sports figures drew the teams. The ten participating squads were paired in five pots, where the first draw from each pot would go to Group A and the second to Group B. Teams were paired according to their world rankings for balance purposes. Being the host, Argentina had the opportunity to choose their group.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5
Note
  • NR – Not Ranked

Preliminary round

Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Dominican Republic 431333296+3771–0
 Brazil 431328302+2670–1
 Venezuela 422381351+3061–0
 Canada 422312306+660–1
 Cuba 404274373−994

All times local (UTC−3)

August 30
11:30
Dominican Republic  90–60  Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 18–8, 20–11, 31–18, 21–23
Pts: Horford 24
Rebs: Martínez 10
Asts: Flores, García 3		 Pts: Luis Haiti 18
Rebs: Luis Haiti 8
Asts: Mestre 4
August 30
14:00
Brazil  92–83  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 25–26, 14–18, 27–25, 26–14
Pts: Splitter 17
Rebs: Splitter 11
Asts: Huertas 7		 Pts: Vásquez 26
Rebs: Graterol 8
Asts: Vásquez 7
August 31
11:30
Venezuela  89–92  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 26–22, 23–19, 25–22, 15–29
Pts: Torres 19
Rebs: Vásquez 10
Asts: Vásquez 9		 Pts: Horford 19
Rebs: Martínez 14
Asts: Horford 4
August 31
20:30
Canada  57–69  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 11–21, 18–14, 11–22
Pts: Anderson 9
Rebs: Anthony 9
Asts: Doornekamp 3		 Pts: Huertas 17
Rebs: Splitter 10
Asts: Huertas 6
September 1
14:00
Cuba  69–106  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 13–34, 20–23, 15–25, 21–24
Pts: Mestre 26
Rebs: Luis Haiti 8
Asts: Piñeiro 3		 Pts: Vásquez 21
Rebs: Graterol 8
Asts: Cubillan 4
September 1
18:00
Dominican Republic  72–73  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 14–11, 14–21, 28–22
Pts: Martínez 21
Rebs: Martínez 16
Asts: Horford 3		 Pts: Rautins 15
Rebs: Anthony 10
Asts: Joseph 4
September 2
11:30
Canada  84–62  Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 22–7, 16–13, 16–20, 30–22
Pts: Shepherd 13
Rebs: Rautins, Anthony 5
Asts: Rautins, Doornekamp 3		 Pts: Polas 14
Rebs: Luis Haiti 7
Asts: Mestre 3
September 2
18:00
Brazil  74–79  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 21–26, 21–18, 14–18
Pts: Vinicius 18
Rebs: Splitter 10
Asts: Huertas 5		 Pts: Horford 22
Rebs: Martínez 10
Asts: Flores 5
September 3
11:30
Venezuela  103–98 (OT)  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 17–17, 22–25, 22–21, Overtime: 19–14
Pts: Vásquez 29
Rebs: Echenique 10
Asts: Cubillan 10		 Pts: Anderson 28
Rebs: Anthony 9
Asts: Anderson 3
September 3
18:00
Cuba  83–93  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 17–26, 14–21, 32–20
Pts: Luis Haiti 27
Rebs: Luis Haiti 11
Asts: Luis Haiti 4		 Pts: Benite 19
Rebs: Hettsheimeir, Giovannoni 6
Asts: Huertas 6

Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Argentina 440341248+938
 Puerto Rico 431348266+827
 Uruguay 422271287−166
 Panama 413287352−655
 Paraguay 404259353−944

All times local (UTC−3)

August 30
18:00
Paraguay  52–84  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 8–27, 15–18, 17–24, 12–15
Pts: Araujo 18
Rebs: Fabio 9
Asts: Martínez, Zanotti 3		 Pts: Quinteros 19
Rebs: Gutiérrez 8
Asts: Prigioni 4
August 30
20:30
Panama  66–99  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 8–18, 20–23, 18–25, 20–33
Pts: Lloreda, Garcés 16
Rebs: Garcés 10
Asts: Pinnock, Forbes 2		 Pts: Carmona 16
Rebs: Álamo 7
Asts: Arroyo 7
August 31
14:00
Puerto Rico  101–55  Paraguay
Scoring by quarter: 15–10, 30–20, 30–12, 26–13
Pts: Carmona 19
Rebs: Barea 8
Asts: Barea 6		 Pts: Araujo 18
Rebs: Fabio 11
Asts: Fabio 2
August 31
18:00
Argentina  86–51  Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 25–7, 28–12, 21–11, 12–21
Pts: Scola 18
Rebs: Nocioni 10
Asts: Sánchez 5		 Pts: Fitipaldo 11
Rebs: Batista 10
Asts: Vázquez 2
September 1
11:30
Paraguay  86–89  Panama
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 25–17, 11–30, 31–19
Pts: Martínez 36
Rebs: Araujo 8
Asts: Pérez, Martínez 5		 Pts: Lloreda 29
Rebs: Lloreda, Garcés 10
Asts: Pinnock 4
September 1
20:30
Uruguay  64–74  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 17–21, 18–16, 17–22
Pts: three players 16
Rebs: Batista 12
Asts: García Morales 4		 Pts: Arroyo 19
Rebs: Santiago 11
Asts: three players 3
September 2
14:00
Panama  61–77  Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 16–16, 14–23, 18–24
Pts: Forbes 19
Rebs: Garcés 11
Asts: Pinnock 4		 Pts: Batista 24
Rebs: Batista 10
Asts: García Morales 5
September 2
20:30
Puerto Rico  74–81  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 18–13, 14–28, 24–19
Pts: Arroyo 24
Rebs: Santiago 8
Asts: Barea 4		 Pts: Ginóbili 23
Rebs: Scola, Nocioni 7
Asts: Prigioni 8
September 3
14:00
Uruguay  79–66  Paraguay
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 20–18, 21–9, 17–19
Pts: García Morales 19
Rebs: Batista 16
Asts: Barrera 4		 Pts: Martínez 18
Rebs: Fabio 14
Asts: Pérez, Martínez 3
September 3
20:00
Argentina  90–71  Panama
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 17–19, 26–12, 26–20
Pts: Scola 19
Rebs: Scola 14
Asts: Ginóbili 8		 Pts: Lloreda 20
Rebs: Garcés 17
Asts: Pinnock, Forbes 2

Second round
Advanced to semifinals
Qualified for 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Eliminated in Second Round
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Brazil 761585493+92131–0
 Argentina 761602473+129130–1
 Puerto Rico 752571523+4812
 Dominican Republic 743539543−411
 Venezuela 734652641+1110
 Canada 725514561−479
 Uruguay 716482560−7881–0
 Panama 716496647−15180–1

All times local (UTC−3)

September 5
11:30
Dominican Republic  92–68  Panama
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 23–13, 31–19, 17–19
Pts: Flores 17
Rebs: Martínez 14
Asts: Sosa 8		 Pts: Pinnock 23
Rebs: Garcés 12
Asts: Pinnock 4
September 5
14:00
Venezuela  82–94  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 17–26, 21–31, 25–19
Pts: Sucre 18
Rebs: Echenique 8
Asts: Vásquez, Cubillan 4		 Pts: Santiago 22
Rebs: Sánchez 8
Asts: Arroyo 6
September 5
18:00
Canada  53–79  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 9–21, 13–16, 21–17, 10–25
Pts: Olynyk 19
Rebs: Olynyk 12
Asts: four players 1		 Pts: Scola 22
Rebs: Jasen 7
Asts: Ginóbili, Prigioni 5
September 5
20:30
Brazil  93–66  Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 25–16, 17–18, 28–12, 23–20
Pts: Benite 21
Rebs: Splitter 8
Asts: Huertas 6		 Pts: Vázquez 12
Rebs: Batista 5
Asts: Barrera 7
September 6
11:30
Puerto Rico  79–74  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 20–8, 20–18, 17–27
Pts: Arroyo 26
Rebs: Barea, Galindo 5
Asts: Barea 6		 Pts: Rautins 18
Rebs: Olynyk 6
Asts: Doornekamp 5
September 6
14:00
Uruguay  76–84  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 17–25, 18–17, 16–23
Pts: Osimani 22
Rebs: Newsome, Batista 7
Asts: Osimani 6		 Pts: Horford 23
Rebs: Horford 14
Asts: Horford 5
September 6
18:00
Argentina  111–93  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 30–20, 21–23, 28–29, 32–21
Pts: Ginóbili 26
Rebs: Nocioni 7
Asts: Prigioni 6		 Pts: Romero 21
Rebs: Vásquez, Sucre 5
Asts: Vásquez 10
September 6
20:30
Panama  65–90  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 15–24, 18–26, 19–20
Pts: Pinnock 20
Rebs: Garcés 11
Asts: three players 1		 Pts: Giovannoni 17
Rebs: Torres 6
Asts: Huertas 6
September 7
11:30
Canada  70–68  Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 22–10, 15–22, 14–19
Pts: Kendall 19
Rebs: Kendall 11
Asts: five players 2		 Pts: García Morales 19
Rebs: Batista 8
Asts: Osimani 3
September 7
14:00
Venezuela  110–74  Panama
Scoring by quarter: 29–23, 21–9, 30–19, 30–23
Pts: Vásquez 24
Rebs: Sucre, Echenique 6
Asts: Vásquez 8		 Pts: Ayarza 30
Rebs: Garcés 7
Asts: Forbes 3
September 7
18:00
Brazil  73–71  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 8–11, 26–19, 20–24
Pts: Hettsheimeir 19
Rebs: three players 8
Asts: Splitter 3		 Pts: Scola 24
Rebs: Scola 11
Asts: Prigioni 5
September 7
20:30
Dominican Republic  62–79  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 8–13, 19–24, 20–26
Pts: Horford 16
Rebs: Horford, Martínez 9
Asts: Flores 4		 Pts: Galindo 16
Rebs: Narvaez 7
Asts: Barea 7
September 8
11:30
Panama  91–89  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 24–27, 25–21, 21–22, 21–19
Pts: Forbes 39
Rebs: Garcés 12
Asts: Forbes 6		 Pts: English 24
Rebs: Kendall 7
Asts: Rautins 3
September 8
14:00
Uruguay  80–92  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 14–19, 21–25, 22–25
Pts: Batista 22
Rebs: Batista 8
Asts: Barrera 11		 Pts: Romero 23
Rebs: Torres 7
Asts: Cubillan 4
September 8
18:00
Argentina  84–58  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 22–19, 19–16, 26–9
Pts: Scola 25
Rebs: Kammerichs 9
Asts: Prigioni 6		 Pts: Horford 16
Rebs: Martínez 11
Asts: García 2
September 8
20:30
Puerto Rico  72–94  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 15–29, 15–18, 19–30, 23–15
Pts: Álamo, Balkman 15
Rebs: Álamo 6
Asts: four players 2		 Pts: Vinicius 18
Rebs: Giovannoni 7
Asts: Garcia 4

Final round
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
September 10
 
 
 Brazil83
 
September 11
 
 Dominican Republic76
 
 Brazil75
 
September 10
 
 Argentina80
 
 Argentina81
 
 
 Puerto Rico79
 
Third place
 
 
September 11
 
 
 Dominican Republic103
 
 
 Puerto Rico89

Semifinals
September 10
19:00
Brazil  83–76  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 21–19, 23–19, 21–21
Pts: Machado 20
Rebs: Hettsheimeir 8
Asts: Huertas 7		 Pts: Horford, Martínez 18
Rebs: Martínez 15
Asts: four players 1
September 10
21:15
Argentina  81–79  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 29–24, 11–20, 26–16, 15–19
Pts: Scola 27
Rebs: Kammerichs, Delfino 8
Asts: Ginóbili 7		 Pts: Barea 20
Rebs: Balkman 12
Asts: Barea 3

Third place game
September 11
19:00
Dominican Republic  103–89  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 27–12, 26–17, 27–39, 23–21
Pts: Horford 23
Rebs: Horford 12
Asts: Horford 7		 Pts: Santiago 25
Rebs: Santiago 6
Asts: Arroyo 7

Final
September 11
21:15
Brazil  75–80  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 9–21, 18–14, 21–15, 27–30
Pts: Vinicius 17
Rebs: Giovannoni 7
Asts: Splitter 3		 Pts: Scola 32
Rebs: Delfino 9
Asts: Scola 4

Awards
 2011 Tournament of the Americas Winners 

Argentina
Second title

Statistical leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Individual Game Highs
DepartmentNameTotalOpponent
Points Gary Forbes39 Canada
Rebounds Rubén Garcés17 Argentina
Assists Panchi Barrera11 Venezuela
Steals Leandro García Morales8 Dominican Republic
Blocks Joel Anthony
Juan Pedro Gutiérrez
Renaldo Balkman
Federico Kammerichs		4 Venezuela
 Paraguay
 Paraguay
 Dominican Republic
Field goal percentage Guilherme Giovannoni100% (7/7) Cuba
3-point field goal percentage Ricky Sánchez
Guilherme Giovannoni		100% (4/4) Panama
 Panama
Free throw percentage Enrique Javier Martínez
Óscar Torres
Manu Ginóbili
Jermaine Anderson
Luis Scola		100% (8/8) Panama
 Dominican Republic
 Puerto Rico
 Venezuela
 Brazil
Turnovers Marcelinho Huertas10 Dominican Republic

Team Tournament Highs

Team Game highs
DepartmentNameTotalOpponent
Points Argentina111 Venezuela
Rebounds Venezuela
 Puerto Rico		48 Cuba
 Paraguay
Assists Venezuela32 Panama
Steals Uruguay16 Dominican Republic
Blocks Canada7 Uruguay
Field goal percentage Venezuela80.6% (29/36) Uruguay
3-point field goal percentage Argentina64.3% (18/28) Venezuela
Free throw percentage Puerto Rico100% (15/15) Panama
Turnovers Uruguay27 Argentina

Final ranking
Qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Qualified for the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
Rank Team Record
 Argentina 9–1
 Brazil 8–2
 Dominican Republic 6–4
4  Puerto Rico 6–4
5  Venezuela 4–4
6  Canada 3–5
7  Uruguay 2–6
8  Panama 2–6
9  Cuba 0–4
10  Paraguay 0–4
4th
 Argentina
Luis Scola
Manu Ginóbili
Pepe Sánchez
Fabricio Oberto
Pablo Prigioni
Juan Pedro Gutiérrez
Carlos Delfino
Paolo Quinteros
Martín Leiva
Andrés Nocioni
Hernán Jasen
Federico Kammerichs		  Brazil
Marcelinho Machado
Nezinho dos Santos
Rafael Luz
Augusto César Lima
Vítor Benite
Marcelinho Huertas
Alex Garcia
Rafael Hettsheimeir
Guilherme Giovannoni
Caio Torres
Marcus Vinicius
Tiago Splitter		  Dominican Republic
Edgar Sosa
Charlie Villanueva
Kelvin Peña
Luis Flores
Manuel Fortuna
Francisco García
Al Horford
Elys Guzmán
Orlando Sánchez
Eulis Báez
Ronald Ramon
Jack Michael Martínez		  Puerto Rico
Javier Mojica
José Juan Barea
John Holland
Carlos Arroyo
Bimbo Carmona
Ángel Álamo
Andrés Rodríguez
Ricky Sánchez
Manuel Narvaez
Renaldo Balkman
Alex Galindo
Daniel Santiago

All-Tournament Team

G – Marcelinho Huertas
G – Carlos Arroyo
F – Manu Ginóbili
F – Luis Scola (Tournament MVP)
C – Al Horford

See also

References
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  3. Arroyo insurance is finalized, MarDelPlata2011.com. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
  4. Barbosa will not play at Mar del Plata Archived March 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine MarDelPlata2011.com. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
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