2001 Tournament of the Americas

The Torneo de las Américas 2001 ( english The 2001 Tournament of the Americas ) is the tenth edition of the America Basketball Championship and was held from August 16 to 27, 2001 in the Argentine province of Neuquén capital instead. The tournament was about to qualify for the FIBA World Championship in 2002. Hindsight, the tournament was inducted into the Order of America Championships and counted as a continental championship for national representative teams of the Men of the continental federation FIBA Americas. Of the ten participating teams, the five top-ranked teams in the second round directly qualified for the world championships. Would have been World Cup hosts United States under these teams, also the sixth -placed team would have been qualified.

The tournament marked the breakthrough of the Argentine selection, the (Spanish Generación Dorada) later became known as the "Golden Generation". Under the leadership of tournament MVP Emanuel Ginóbili of the hosts remained unbeaten in all ten tournament games and won his first title at this tournament. Argentina dominated the tournament; the slightest difference were ten victory points at the extension victory in the final group match on Brazil and nine points in the intermediate round victory over Canada. In the knockout games of the medal round they won both games, averaging 20 points difference. A year later, one was in basketball motherland United States Vice World Champion and at the following Olympic Games 2004 Olympic gold medalist.

World Cup hosts United States joined only with a selection of players from the college sports association NJCAA. The students went down after losing all four group matches, conceding an average of just under clearly opposing basket 110 points per game. The NBA pros made ​​it not much better in the World Cup the following year and missed a medal in front of the home crowd. A reparation was also possible for the 2004 Olympics not, when they lost by two first round defeats in the semi-final against Argentina, and only got a bronze medal.

  • 3.1 Group A
  • 3.2 Group B

Participant

Regional qualification according to the sub-zones of the Continental Association. In addition to the two national teams of the North American sub-zone, the four semi-finalists of the Central and South American Championships, which also hosts Argentina was the winner of the Basketball World Grand Prix 2001.

North America

  • Canada Canada
  • United States United States

Central America & the Caribbean

  • Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (winner CentroBasket 2001)
  • Mexico Mexico ( finalist CentroBasket 2001)
  • Panama Panama ( Bronze CentroBasket 2001)
  • Virgin Islands United States U.S. Virgin Islands ( semifinalist CentroBasket 2001)

South America

  • Argentina Argentina ( Host & Winner Campeonato Sudamericano 2001)
  • Brazil Brazil ( Finalist Campeonato Sudamericano 2001)
  • Venezuela Venezuela ( Bronze Campeonato Sudamericano 2001)
  • Uruguay Uruguay ( semifinalist Campeonato Sudamericano 2001)

Mode

At the tournament in a preliminary round was held two groups of five teams as a round-robin tournament. The two lowest-ranked teams in the first round and then eliminated from the tournament, while the other teams playing off taking with their first round results, a second round as a continuation of the round tournament against the top four teams of the other preliminary round group. With the same number of victories and defeats, the direct comparison decided. The four semi-finalists were playing in the knock-out system of the medals and were qualified in addition to the fifth -placed team in the second round for the World Cup.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round matches took place between the 16th and 20th August 2001.

Group A

Group B

Second round

The matches of the second round, which determined the four participants in the World Championships, took place between 21 and 24 August 2001. The battered results of the preliminary round are indicated in italics. The five top-ranked teams were qualified for the World Cup 2002.

Medal round

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

FIBA Americas Championship Argentina national basketball team 2002 FIBA World Championship Most Valuable Player Brazil national basketball team Canada men's national basketball team Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics National Basketball Association Puerto Rico men's national basketball team Mexico national basketball team Panama national basketball team U.S. Virgin Islands national basketball team Venezuela national basketball team Uruguay national basketball team United States Virgin Islands 2005 FIBA Americas Championship 2007 FIBA Americas Championship 2009 FIBA Americas Championship 2011 FIBA Americas Championship 2013 FIBA Americas Championship
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