American Basketball Championship 2011

Campeonato FIBA ​​Americas 2011 English The 2011 FIBA ​​Americas Championship
15th American Basketball Championship
Number of nations	10  (of 44 applicants)
FIBA American Champion	Argentina (2nd title)
venue	Mar del Plata
Opening game	August 30, 2011
Endgame	September 11, 2011
Most basket points	Luis Scola (Ø 21.4)
Most valuable player	Luis Scola

The American Basketball Championship 2011 (officially: Campeonato FIBA ​​Americas 2011 ( English The FIBA ​​Americas Championship 2011 )) was the 15th edition of this tournament and took place from August 30 to September 11, 2011 in Mar del Plata , Argentina . In addition to the continental championship for the men's national teams of the continental federation FIBA ​​America, the tournament also included qualification for the basketball tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games . Of the ten participating teams, the two finalists qualified directly for the Olympic Games. The three next-placed teams in the intermediate round were allowed to participate in the 2012 qualifying tournament for the Olympic basketball competition. Since world champions United States were already directly qualified for the Olympic Games, they did not participate in the continental championships. The games were played exclusively in the Polideportivo Islas Malvinas .

Attendees

Regional qualification according to the sub-zones of the Continental Union. Venezuela moved up as fourth-placed team in the Campeonato Sudamericano 2010 for hosts Argentina, who already qualified automatically. When the United States waived, Panama was invited as the fifth-placed team of the Campeonato Sudamericano 2010.

North America

•  Canada

Central America & Caribbean

•  Puerto Rico (Centrobasket 2010 winner)
•  Dominican Republic (Finalist Centrobasket 2010)
•  Panama (Bronze Medal Centrobasket 2010)
•  Cuba (semi-finalist Centrobasket 2010)

South America

•  Brazil (defending champion & winner Campeonato Sudamericano 2010)
•  Argentina (host & finalist Campeonato Sudamericano 2010)
•  Uruguay (bronze medal Campeonato Sudamericano 2010)
•  Venezuela (semi-finalist Campeonato Sudamericano 2008, replacement for the already qualified host)
•  Paraguay (Fifth Campeonato Sudamericano 2010, successor for the United States ) 

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 fifth-placed team of the second round was eligible to participate in the qualifying tournament for the 2012 Olympics, while the four semi-finalists in the knockout system playing off the two automatic qualifying places and the medals of the tournament.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round games took place between August 30 and September 3, 2011.

Group A

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Dominican Republic	4th	3	1	333	296
2. Brazil	4th	3	1	328	302
3. Venezuela	4th	2	2	381	351
4. Canada	4th	2	2	312	306
5. Cuba	4th	0	4th	274	373

	DomRep	Brazil	Venezuela	Canada	Cuba
Dominican Republic	*	79 : 74	92 : 89	72: 73	90 : 60
Brazil	74: 79	*	92 : 83	69 : 57	93 : 83
Venezuela	89: 92	83: 92	*	103 : 98 a.d.	106 : 69
Canada	73 : 72	57: 69	98: 103 a.d.	*	84 : 62
Cuba	60: 90	83: 93	69: 106	63: 80	*

Group B

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Argentina	4th	4th	0	341	248
2. Puerto Rico	4th	3	1	348	266
3. Uruguay	4th	2	2	271	287
4. Panama	4th	1	3	287	352
5. Paraguay	4th	0	4th	259	353

	Argentina	Puerto Rico	Uruguay	Panama	Paraguay
Argentina	*	81 : 74	86 : 51	90 : 71	84 : 52
Puerto Rico	74: 81	*	74 : 64	99 : 66	101 : 55
Uruguay	51: 86	64: 74	*	77 : 61	79 : 66
Panama	71: 90	66: 99	61: 77	*	89 : 86
Paraguay	52: 84	55: 101	66: 79	86: 89	*

Intermediate round

The games of the intermediate round, in which the semi-finalists and one other participant for the qualifying tournament of the Olympic Games were determined, took place between the fifth and eighth of September 2011. The results of the preliminary round are shown in italics.

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Brazil	7th	6th	1	585	493
2. Argentina	7th	6th	1	602	473
3. Puerto Rico	7th	5	2	571	523
4. Dominik. republic	7th	4th	3	539	543
5. Venezuela	7th	3	4th	652	641
6. Canada	7th	2	5	514	561
7. Uruguay	7th	1	6th	482	560
8. Panama	7th	1	6th	496	647

	Brazil	Argentina	Pto. Rico	DomRep	Venezuela	Canada	Uruguay	Panama
Brazil	*	73 : 71	94 : 72	74: 79	92 : 83	69 : 57	93 : 66	90 : 65
Argentina	71: 73	*	81 : 74	84 : 58	111 : 93	79 : 53	86 : 51	90 : 71
Puerto Rico	72: 94	74: 81	*	79 : 62	94 : 82	79 : 74	74 : 64	99 : 66
Dominik. republic	79 : 74	58: 84	62: 79	*	92 : 89	72: 73	84 : 76	92 : 68
Venezuela	83: 92	93: 111	82: 94	89: 92	*	103 : 98	92 : 80	110 : 74
Canada	57: 69	53: 79	74: 79	73 : 72	98: 103	*	70 : 68	89: 91
Uruguay	66: 93	51: 86	64: 74	76: 84	80: 92	68: 70	*	77 : 61
Panama	65: 90	71: 90	66: 99	68: 92	74: 110	91 : 89	61: 77	*

Finals

The winners of the semi-finals on September 10, 2011 qualified directly for the basketball competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

	Semifinals					final
	September 10
	1	Brazil	83
	4th	Dominican Republic	76			September 11
						1	Brazil	75
	September 10					2	Argentina	80
	2	Argentina	81
	3	Puerto Rico	79
						3rd place match
						September 11
						3	Puerto Rico	89
						4th	Dominik. republic	103

See also

• 2012 Summer Olympics / Basketball

Web links

• NN: Title allegedly: Official website of the tournament. ( Memento of July 19, 2012 on the Internet Archive ) Archived July 19, 2012 from the FIBA ​​Americas website; Santurce, Puerto Rico, undated 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2019 (in English).
• Website of the continental association FIBA ​​America (English / Spanish)