2003 Tournament of the Americas
The Torneo de las Américas 2003 ( english The 2003 Tournament of the Americas ) is the eleventh edition of the America Basketball Championship and took place from 20 to 31 August 2003 in the Puerto Rican capital of San Juan instead. The tournament was about qualifying for the basketball tournament at the Olympic Games 2004. Hindsight, the tournament was inducted into the Order of America Championships and counted as a continental championship for national representative teams of men of the Continental Association FIBA Americas. Of the ten participating teams, the three medal winners qualified directly for the Olympic Games. All matches were played at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente.
- 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 the Puerto Rico was the winner of the Centro Basket 2003.
North America
- Canada Canada
- United States United States
Central America & the Caribbean
- Puerto Rico Puerto Rico ( Host & Winner CentroBasket 2003)
- Dominican Republic Dominican Republic ( finalist CentroBasket 2003)
- Mexico Mexico ( Bronze CentroBasket 2003)
- Virgin Islands United States U.S. Virgin Islands ( semifinalist CentroBasket 2003)
South America
- Brazil Brazil (winner Campeonato Sudamericano 2003)
- Argentina Argentina ( defending champion & finalist Campeonato Sudamericano 2003)
- Uruguay Uruguay ( Bronze Campeonato Sudamericano 2003)
- Venezuela Venezuela ( semifinalist Campeonato Sudamericano 2003)
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. The result against the retired team from the first round went out with in the standings, 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 thus the automatic qualifying places.
Preliminary round
The preliminary round matches took place between the 20th and 24th August 2003.
Group A
Group B
Second round
The matches of the second round, which measured the four semi-finalists and participants of the final round, took place between the 25th and 28th August 2003. The battered results of the preliminary round are indicated in italics.
Final round
The games of the final round took place on 30 and 31 August 2003. The winners of the semifinal games were directly qualified for the Olympics and played in the final for the gold medal. The losers of the semi-finals played in the " small final " not only for the bronze medal, but also the last remaining starting place for the Olympics.