American Basketball Championship 2009

Campeonato FIBA ​​Americas 2009 English The 2009 FIBA ​​Americas Championship
14th American Basketball Championship
Number of nations	10  (of 44 applicants)
FIBA American Champion	Brazil (4th title)
venue	San Juan
Opening game	August 26, 2009
Endgame	September 6, 2009
Most basket points	Luis Scola (Ø 23.3)
Most valuable player	Luis Scola

The American Basketball Championship 2009 (officially: Campeonato FIBA ​​Americas 2009 ( English The FIBA ​​Americas Championship 2009 )) is the 14th edition of this tournament and took place from August 26th to September 6th, 2009 in the Puerto Rican capital San Juan . In addition to the continental championship for the men's national teams of the continental association FIBA America, the tournament also included qualifying for the 2010 World Basketball Championship . Of the ten participating teams, the four semi-finalists qualified directly for the world championships. Since defending champions United States as Olympic champions were already directly qualified for the world championships, they decided not to participate in the continental championships. The games were played exclusively in the Coliseo Roberto Clemente .

Attendees

Regional qualification according to the sub-zones of the Continental Union. The Mexican national team advanced to the United States as the fifth-placed team in Centrobasket 2008. After the Cuban national team, the semi-finalists of Centrobasket 2008, resigned, the Panamanian national team moved up as the sixth-placed team in this tournament.

North America

•  Canada

Central America and the Caribbean

•  Puerto Rico (host and winner of Centrobasket 2008)
•  US Virgin Islands (Finalist Centrobasket 2008)
•  Dominican Republic (Bronze Medal Centrobasket 2008)
•  Mexico (Fifth Centrobasket 2008 and successor for the United States ) 
•  Panama (Sixth Centrobasket 2008 and successor for Cuba ) 

South America

•  Argentina (winner Campeonato Sudamericano 2008)
•  Uruguay (Finalist Campeonato Sudamericano 2008)
•  Venezuela (bronze medal Campeonato Sudamericano 2008)
•  Brazil (semi-finalist Campeonato Sudamericano 2008)

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 best four teams of this intermediate round were qualified for the world championships and played the medals of the continental championships among themselves in the final round in the knockout system .

Preliminary round

The preliminary round games took place between August 26 and August 30, 2009.

Group A

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Puerto Rico	4th	4th	0	327	264
2. Uruguay	4th	3	1	267	251
3. Canada	4th	2	2	321	268
4. Mexico	4th	1	3	235	293
5. US Virgin Islands	4th	0	4th	266	340

	Puerto Rico	Uruguay	Canada	Mexico	US VirgI
Puerto Rico	*	71 : 54	90 : 70	81 : 66	85 : 74
Uruguay	54: 71	*	71 : 69	54 : 49	88 : 62
Canada	70: 90	69: 71	*	95 : 40	87 : 67
Mexico	66: 81	49: 54	40: 95	*	80 : 63
American Virgin Islands	74: 85	62: 88	67: 87	63: 80	*

Group B

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Brazil	4th	4th	0	328	266
2. Argentina	4th	2	2	305	303
3. Dominican Republic	4th	2	2	333	330
4. Panama	4th	1	3	286	335
5. Venezuela	4th	1	3	296	314

	Brazil	Argentina	DomRep	Panama	Venezuela
Brazil	*	76 : 67	81 : 68	84 : 64	87 : 67
Argentina	67: 76	*	89 : 87	80 : 55	69: 85
Dominican Republic	68: 81	87: 89	*	100 : 87	78 : 73
Panama	64: 84	55: 80	87: 100	*	80 : 71
Venezuela	67: 87	85 : 69	73: 78	71: 80	*

Intermediate round

The games of the intermediate round, which the four participants in the World Championships determined, took place between September 1st and 4th, 2009. The results of the preliminary round are shown in italics.

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Brazil	7th	6th	1	565	467
2. Puerto Rico	7th	6th	1	570	479
3. Argentina	7th	6th	1	533	478
4. Canada	7th	3	4th	521	477
5. Dominik. republic	7th	3	4th	573	569
6. Uruguay	7th	2	5	458	507
7. Mexico	7th	1	6th	428	552
8. Panama	7th	1	6th	472	591

	Brazil	Pto. Rico	Argentina	Canada	DomRep	Uruguay	Mexico	Panama
Brazil	*	82: 86	76 : 67	68 : 59	81 : 68	82 : 62	92 : 61	84 : 64
Puerto Rico	86 : 82	*	78: 80	90 : 70	85 : 76	71 : 54	81 : 66	79 : 51
Argentina	67: 76	80 : 78	*	67 : 51	89 : 87	73 : 66	77 : 65	80 : 55
Canada	59: 68	70: 90	51: 67	*	80 : 76	69: 71	95 : 40	97 : 65
Dominik. republic	68: 81	76: 85	87: 89	76: 80	*	80 : 74	86 : 73	100 : 87
Uruguay	62: 82	54: 71	66: 73	71 : 69	74: 80	*	54 : 49	77: 83
Mexico	61: 92	66: 81	65: 77	40: 95	73: 86	49: 54	*	74 : 67
Panama	64: 84	51: 79	55: 80	65: 97	87: 100	83 : 77	67: 74	*

Medal round

	Semifinals					final
	5th September
	1	Brazil	73
	4th	Canada	65			September 6th
						1	Brazil	61
	5th September					2	Puerto Rico	60
	2	Puerto Rico	85
	3	Argentina	80
						3rd place match
						September 6th
						3	Argentina	88
						4th	Canada	73

See also

• Basketball World Cup 2010

Web links

• Official website of the tournament (English / Spanish)
• Website of the continental association FIBA ​​America (English / Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PUR / CUB / PAN - Cuba no formará parte de la clasificación al Mundial Turquía 2010. (No longer available online.) FIBA America , July 20, 2009, archived from the original on December 19, 2015 ; Retrieved on August 25, 2013 (Spanish, media info). 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.