Torneo de las Americas 2003

Torneo de las Américas 2003 (Preolympico) English 2003 Tournament of the Americas
11th American Basketball Championship
Number of nations	10  (of 44 applicants)
FIBA American Champion	United States (5th title)
venue	San Juan
Opening game	August 20, 2003
Endgame	August 31, 2003
Most basket points	Omar Quintero (Ø 21.1)
Most valuable player	Steve Nash

The Torneo de las Américas 2003 ( English The 2003 Tournament of the Americas ) is the eleventh edition of the American basketball championship and took place from August 20 to 31, 2003 in the Puerto Rican capital, San Juan . The tournament was about qualifying for the basketball tournament at the 2004 Olympic Games . 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 three medal winners qualified directly for the Olympic Games. All games were played in the Coliseo Roberto Clemente .

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 Puerto Rico as the winner of the 2003 Centrobasket.

North America

•  Canada
•  United States

Central America & Caribbean

•  Puerto Rico (host & winner Centrobasket 2003)
•  Dominican Republic (Finalist Centrobasket 2003)
•  Mexico (Bronze Medal Centrobasket 2003)
•  US Virgin Islands (semi-finalist Centrobasket 2003)

South America

•  Brazil (winner Campeonato Sudamericano 2003)
•  Argentina (defending champion & finalist Campeonato Sudamericano 2003)
•  Uruguay (bronze medal Campeonato Sudamericano 2003)
•  Venezuela (semi-finalist Campeonato Sudamericano 2003)

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. The result against the eliminated team from the preliminary round was included in the evaluation, with the same number of wins and losses, the direct comparison decided . The four semi-finalists played the medals in the knockout system and thus also the direct qualification places.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round games took place between August 20 and 24, 2003.

Group A

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Argentina	4th	3	1	359	321			94 : 90	85 : 80	89: 91	91 : 60
2. Canada	4th	3	1	377	329		90: 94		89 : 79	108 : 72	90 : 84
3. Puerto Rico	4th	2	2	342	322		80: 85	79: 89		92 : 70	91 : 78
4. Mexico	4th	2	2	313	357		91 : 89	72: 108	70: 92		80 : 68
5. Uruguay	4th	0	4th	290	352		60: 91	84: 90	78: 91	68: 80

Group B

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. United States	4th	4th	0	432	276			110 : 76	111 : 73	98 : 69	113 : 55
2. Brazil	4th	3	1	376	345		76: 110		104 : 72	96 : 89	100 : 74
3. Dominican Republic	4th	2	2	292	356		73: 111	72: 104		78 : 76	69 : 65
4. Venezuela	4th	1	3	321	356		69: 98	89: 96	76: 78		87 : 84
5. US Virgin Islands	4th	0	4th	278	369		55: 113	74: 100	65: 69	84: 87

Intermediate round

The games of the intermediate round, which were determined by the four semi-finalists and participants in the final round, took place between August 25 and 28, 2003. The results of the preliminary round are shown in italics.

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. United States	8th	8th	0	824	564			94 : 86	111 : 71	91 : 65	98 : 69	96 : 69	110 : 76	111 : 73
2. Argentina	8th	5	3	715	658		86: 94		94 : 90	85 : 80	92: 97	89: 91	76 : 74	102 : 72
3. Canada	8th	5	3	713	705		71: 111	90: 94		89 : 79	86: 93	108 : 72	101 : 97	78 : 75
4. Puerto Rico	8th	5	3	657	603		65: 91	80: 85	79: 89		84 : 59	92 : 70	72 : 70	94 : 61
5. Venezuela	8th	4th	4th	668	713		69: 98	97 : 92	93 : 86	59: 84		98 : 95	89: 96	76: 78
6. Mexico	8th	4th	4th	679	734		69: 96	91 : 89	72: 108	70: 92	95: 98		102 : 92	100 : 91
7. Brazil	8th	3	5	709	696		76: 110	74: 76	97: 101	70: 72	96 : 89	92: 102		104 : 72
8. Dominican Republic	8th	2	6th	472	591		73: 111	72: 102	75: 78	61: 94	78 : 76	91: 100	72: 104

Final round

The games of the final round took place on August 30 and 31, 2003. The winners of the semi-finals were directly qualified for the Olympic Games and played for the gold medal in the final. The losers of the semi-finals not only played for the bronze medal in the "small final", but also for the last remaining starting place for the Olympics.

	Semifinals					final
	August 30th
	1	United States	87
	4th	Puerto Rico	71			August 31
						1	United States	106
	August 30th					2	Argentina	73
	2	Argentina	88
	3	Canada	72
						3rd place match
						August 31
						3	Canada	66
						4th	Puerto Rico	79

See also

• 2004 Summer Olympics / basketball

Web links

• FIBA Americas: Las Americas (Pre-Olympic) Tournament for Men - Website of the tournament at the Continental Federation ( English / Spanish )
• 2003 Panamerican Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - tournament results at archive.fiba.com (English)