The 2005 FIBA Americas Championship, later known as the FIBA AmeriCup (also known as The Tournament of the Americas), was hosted by the Dominican Republic, from August 24, to September 4, 2005. The games were played in Santo Domingo. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the four berths allocated to the Americas for the 2006 FIBA World Championship, in Japan. Argentina had already qualified, by winning the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics. Brazil won the tournament, the country's third AmeriCup championship.

Venues All games were played at the Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto.

Santo Domingo Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso SotoCapacity: 8,337

Qualification Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 2004; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone. North America: , Caribbean and Central America:, , , South America: , , ,

The tournament draw took place Monday, April 18, in Santo Domingo. The teams were split into 5 pots; those drawn first went to Group A, those drawn last went to Group B.Draw for the FIBA Americas Championship today in DR , DominicanToday.com, April 18, 2005.

The draw split the tournament into two groups:

Group A

Group B

Format The top four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals. Results and standings among teams within the same group are carried over. The top four teams at the quarterfinals advance to the semifinals (1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3). The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, where both are guaranteed of berths in the 2006 FIBA World Championship. The losers figure in a third-place playoff. The semifinal losers were also given berths in the 2006 World Championship. Also, should Argentina reach one of the first four places in the tournament, due to their obtaining the gold medal in the 2004 Olympic Tournament in Athens, the fifth best team in the quarterfinals stage was also qualified for the 2006 World Championship.

Tie-breaking criteria Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option: Head to head results Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Squads

Preliminary round Qualified for the quarterfinals Times given below are in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-4).

Group A

Group B

Quarterfinal group Qualified for the semifinals Fifth place The top four teams in both Group A and Group B advanced to the quarterfinal group. Then each team played the four from the other group once to complete a full round robin. Records from the preliminary groups carried over, but only against teams that also advanced. The top four teams advanced to the semifinals. The fifth-place team (Panama) did not continue competing for the Americas Championship, but qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship.

Knockout stage

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Awards

Statistical leaders Individual Tournament Highs

PointsPPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name PPG 1 Marcelinho Machado 23.4 2 Leandro Barbosa 21.2 3 Nicolás Mazzarino 21.0 4 Larry Ayuso 18.9 4 Francisco García 18.9 6 Rick Apodaca 18.4 7 Esteban Batista 18.0 8 Óscar Torres 17.7 9 Luis Flores 17.0 10 Héctor Romero 16.7

ReboundsRPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name RPG 1 Esteban Batista 15.6 2 Antonio García 12.9 3 Jack Michael Martínez 11.9 4 Peter John Ramos 9.8 5 Tiago Splitter 9.6 6 Jaime Lloreda 9.4 7 Héctor Romero 7.7 8 Óscar Torres 7.6 9 Kris Lang 7.4 10 Aaron McGhee 6.9

AssistsAPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name APG 1 Daniel Farabello 5.9 2 Marcelinho Machado 5.6 3 Leandro Barbosa 4.2 4 Nicolás Mazzarino 4.1 5 Diego Guevara 3.4 6 Christian Dalmau 3.1 7 Bobby Joe Hatton 3.0 8 Luis Flores 2.9 9 Tyus Edney 2.7 10 Charlie Bell 2.5 10 Lynn Greer 2.5

Steals at FIBA.com Pos. Name SPG 1 Leandro Barbosa 2.2 1 Paolo Quinteros 1.9 3 Francisco García 1.7 3 Danilo Pinnock 1.7 5 Daniel Farabello 1.6 5 Marcelinho Machado 1.6 7 Rick Apodaca 1.5 7 Esteban Batista 1.5 9 Jaime Lloreda 1.4 10 Charlie Bell 1.3

BlocksBPG Leaders Pos. Name BPG 1 Richard Lugo 2.8 2 Peter John Ramos 2.0 3 Tiago Splitter 1.6 3 Francisco García 1.6 5 Kris Lang 1.4 5 Josh Asselin 1.4 7 Jack Michael Martínez 1.1 8 Esteban Batista 1.0 8 Jaime Lloreda 1.0 10 Antonio García 0.9

MinutesMPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name MPG 1 Marcelinho Machado 36.7 2 Nicolás Mazzarino 36.0 3 Leandro Barbosa 35.4 4 Esteban Batista 34.3 5 Rick Apodaca 33.8 6 Larry Ayuso 32.9 7 Héctor Romero 32.3 7 Francisco García 32.3 9 Tiago Splitter 32.0 10 Luis Flores 31.5

Individual Game Highs Department Name Total OpponentPoints Marcelinho Machado 42 Rebounds Antonio García 22 Assists Marcelinho Machado 10 Steals Paolo Quinteros 5 Blocks Peter John Ramos 8 Turnovers Mauricio Aguiar 8

Team Tournament Highs

Offensive PPG Pos. Name PPG 1 91.6 2 85.7 3 84.6 4 84.6 5 82.2

Defensive PPG Pos. Name PPG 1 84.3 2 86.2 3 88.8 4 90.0 5 92.8

ReboundsTeam Leaders – RPG Pos. Name RPG 1 40.4 2 39.9 2 37.9 4 37.6 5 37.1

AssistsTeam Leaders – APG Pos. Name APG 1 16.8 2 16.6 3 15.3 4 14.8 5 14.6

Steals Pos. Name SPG 1 8.8 2 8.5 3 8.5 4 7.8 5 6.9

BlocksTeam Leaders – BPG Pos. Name BPG 1 5.6 2 3.8 3 3.8 4 3.5 5 3.3

Team Game highs Department Name Total OpponentPoints 111 Rebounds 52 Assists 26 Steals 17 Blocks 10 Field goal percentage 66.7% 3-point field goal percentage 58.8% Free throw percentage 94.1% Turnovers 25

Final standings Qualified for 2006 FIBA World Championship Qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship as wild cards Rank Team Record 7–3 7–3 6–4 4 4–6 5 5–3 6 4–4 7 4–4 8 1–7 9 1–3 10 1–3

Marcelinho Machado Nezinho dos Santos Murilo Becker Marcelinho Huertas Leandro Barbosa Jefferson Da Silva Alex Garcia Anderson Varejão Guilherme Giovannoni Rafael Hettsheimeir Caio Torres Tiago Splitter Antonio Porta Julio Mázzaro Román González Diego Lo Grippo Daniel Farabello Gabriel Fernández Leonardo Gutiérrez Martín Leiva Juan Pedro Gutiérrez Paolo Quinteros Hernán Jasen Federico Kammerichs Víctor Díaz Luis Julio Ernesto Mijares Richard Lugo Tomás Aguilera Óscar Torres Askia Jones Miguel Ángel Marriaga Héctor Romero Diego Guevara Heberth Bayona Carlos Morris Tyus Edney Marque Perry Lynn Greer Charlie Bell Alex Scales Tang Hamilton Ron Slay Adam Chubb Noel Felix Aaron McGhee Jerome Beasley Kris Lang

References

External links https://web.archive.org/web/20070212115741/http://www.fibaamerica.com/torneos1_us.asp?t=XGLQKBLQOI https://web.archive.org/web/20060810180943/http://www.usabasketball.com/men/2005/05_mtoa_results.html