Torneo de las Americas 2001

Torneo de las Américas 2001 (Premundial) English 2001 Tournament of the Americas
10th American Basketball Championship
Number of nations	10  (of 44 applicants)
FIBA American Champion	Argentina (1st title)
venue	Neuquén
Opening game	August 16, 2001
Endgame	August 26, 2001
Games	40
Most valuable player	Manu Ginobili

The Torneo de las Américas 2001 ( English The 2001 Tournament of the Americas ) is the tenth edition of the American basketball championship and took place from 16 to 27 August 2001 in the Argentine provincial capital Neuquén . The tournament was about qualifying for the 2002 Basketball World Cup . In retrospect, the tournament was included in the order of the American championships and counted as a continental championship for national teams of men of the continental federation FIBA ​​America . Of the ten participating teams, the first five teams in the intermediate round qualified directly for the world championships. Had World Cup hosts the United States been among these teams, the sixth-placed team would have qualified.

The tournament marked the breakthrough of the Argentine selection , which was later referred to as the "Golden Generation" ( Spanish Generación Dorada ). Under the leadership of the tournament MVP Manu Ginóbili , the hosts remained unbeaten in all ten tournament games and won their first title at this tournament. Argentina dominated the tournament; the smallest victory difference was ten points in the extra round win in the final group game over Brazil and nine points in the intermediate round win over Canada . In the knockout games of the medal round , both games were won with an average of 20 points difference. A year later they became vice world champion in the mother country of basketball, the United States, and Olympic champion in the 2004 Olympic Games.

World Cup hosts United States only competed with a selection of players from the college sports association NJCAA . The student selection lost all four preliminary round games and received an average of almost 110 opposing basket points per game. Even the NBA pros didn't do much better at the World Cup the following year and missed a medal in front of their home crowd. A reparation was also not made at the 2004 Olympics, when they lost to Argentina after two defeats in the semi-finals and only won a bronze medal.

Attendees

Regional qualification according to the sub-zones of the Continental Union. In addition to the two national teams of the North American subzone, the four semi-finalists took part in the Central and South American championships, including host Argentina as the winner of the 2001 South American basketball championship .

North America

•  Canada
•  United States

Central America & Caribbean

•  Puerto Rico (winner Centrobasket 2001)
•  Mexico (Finalist Centrobasket 2001)
•  Panama (Bronze Medal Centrobasket 2001)
•  US Virgin Islands (semi-finalist Centrobasket 2001)

South America

•  Argentina (host & winner Campeonato Sudamericano 2001)
•  Brazil (Finalist Campeonato Sudamericano 2001)
•  Venezuela (bronze medal Campeonato Sudamericano 2001)
•  Uruguay (semi-finalist Campeonato Sudamericano 2001)

mode

At the tournament, a preliminary round was held in two groups of five teams each as a round-robin tournament. The two worst-placed teams in the preliminary round were then eliminated from the tournament, while the other teams, taking their preliminary round results with them, played an intermediate round as a continuation of the round-robin tournament against the best four teams in the other preliminary round group. With the same number of wins and losses, the direct comparison decided . The four semi-finalists played the medals in the knockout system and were qualified for the world championship alongside the fifth-placed team in the intermediate round.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round games took place between August 16 and 20, 2001.

Group A

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Argentina	4th	4th	0	409	303			108 : 98 a.d.	90 : 73	103 : 63	108 : 69
2. Brazil	4th	3	1	396	342		98: 108 a.d.		92 : 89	90 : 67	116 : 78
3. Venezuela	4th	2	2	360	346		73: 90	89: 92		91 : 81	107 : 83
4. Uruguay	4th	1	3	315	377		63 : 103	67: 90	81: 91		104 : 93
5. United States	4th	0	4th	323	435		69: 108	78: 116	83: 107	93: 104

Group B

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Puerto Rico	4th	4th	0	427	368			101 : 98	117 : 80	99 : 93	110 : 97
2. Canada	4th	3	1	399	372		98: 101		89 : 82	108 : 97 a.d.	104 : 92
3. Panama	4th	2	2	361	400		80: 117	82: 89		90 : 88	109 : 106
4. US Virgin Islands	4th	1	3	362	364		93: 99	97: 108 a.d.	88: 90		84 : 67
5. Mexico	4th	0	4th	363	402		97: 110	92: 104	106: 109	67: 84

Intermediate round

The games of the intermediate round, which the four participants in the World Championships determined, took place between August 21 and 24, 2001. The results of the preliminary round are shown in italics. The top five teams were qualified for the 2002 World Cup.

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Argentina	7th	7th	0	687	526			108 : 98 nV	95 : 70	85 : 76	90 : 73	115 : 87	98 : 77	103 : 63
2. Brazil	7th	5	2	643	587		98: 108 nV		89 : 83	78 : 69	92 : 89	94: 102	92 : 62	90 : 67
3. Puerto Rico	7th	5	2	670	622		70: 95	83: 89		101 : 98	98 : 89	117 : 80	99 : 93	90 : 70
4. Canada	7th	4th	3	649	620		76: 85	69: 78	98: 101		108 : 100	89 : 82	108 : 97 nV	101 : 77
5. Venezuela	7th	3	4th	657	621		73: 90	89: 92	89: 98	100: 108		106 : 92	91 : 75	91 : 81
6. Panama	7th	3	4th	656	674		87: 115	102 : 94	80: 117	82: 89	92: 106		90 : 88	101 : 74
7. Amerik. Virgin Islands	7th	1	6th	612	679		77: 98	62: 92	93: 99	97: 108 nV	75: 91	88: 90		113 : 91
8. Uruguay	7th	0	7th	523	689		63: 103	67: 90	70: 90	77: 101	81: 91	74: 101	91: 113

Medal round

The medal round games took place on August 25 and 26, 2001.

	Semifinals					final
	August 25
	1	Argentina	97
	4th	Canada	76			26th of August
						1	Argentina	78
	August 25					2	Brazil	59
	2	Brazil	98
	3	Puerto Rico	94
						3rd place match
						26th of August
						3	Puerto Rico	95
						4th	Canada	102

See also

• Basketball World Cup 2002

Web links

• 2001 Championship of the Americas for Men - tournament results at archive.fiba.com ( English )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ En Neuquén 2001, la Generación Dorada del básquet argentino, sentaba las bases. (No longer available online.) Diario de Mendoza: mdzol.com, August 22, 2011, archived from the original on September 23, 2013 ; Retrieved September 21, 2013 (Spanish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ FIBA Americas Championship - 2001. USA Basketball: usab.com, accessed on September 22, 2013 (English).