The 2007 FIBA Americas Championships later known as the FIBA AmeriCup (or The Tournament of the Americas), was a basketball tournament held at Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, from August 22, to September 2. It was the thirteenth staging of the FIBA AmeriCup.

The tournament was originally going to be hosted in Venezuela. However, the Venezuelan federation failed to pay a $1.5 million fee, as of August 31, 2006. As such, their hosting privileges were taken away.

Several countries had shown interest in hosting the tournament, including: United States, Chile, Argentina, and Puerto Rico. The United States had not hosted it since 1992, Chile had never hosted it, Argentina had held it last in 2001, and Puerto Rico had last hosted in 2003.

Venues All games were played at the Thomas & Mack Center, which was used earlier in the year for the 2007 NBA All-Star Game.

Las Vegas Thomas & Mack CenterCapacity: 18,776

Qualification

Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 2006; 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 Wednesday, March 21, in Las Vegas. The teams were split into 5 pots; those drawn first went to Group A, those drawn last went to Group B. Pot A Pot BPot CPot DPot E

The draw split the tournament into two groups:Brad Friedman, "FIBA Americas Championship 2007 Preview", NBA.Com, Mar 21 2007.

Group A

Mexico

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 2008 Olympics. The losers figure in a third-place playoff. The semifinal losers and the 5th best team in the quarterfinals are assured of berths to the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008

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 United States Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7).

Group A

Group B

Quarterfinals Qualified for the semifinals Fifth place The top four teams in Group A and Group B advanced to the Quarterfinal group. Then each team played the four from the other group 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 (Canada) did not continue competing for the Americas Championship, but qualified for the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008.

Standings

Medal round The teams that played in the Championship Game both automatically qualified for the 2008 Olympics. The teams that played in the 3rd Place Game both automatically qualified for the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008.

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Awards

Statistical leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

PointsPPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name PPG 1 Leandro Barbosa 21.8 2 Carmelo Anthony 21.2 3 Esteban Batista 20.8 4 Romel Beck 20.3 5 Héctor Romero 19.9 6 Luis Scola 19.4 7 Larry Ayuso 19.1 8 LeBron James 18.1 9 Carlos Arroyo 16.3 10 Nicolás Mazzarino 15.8

ReboundsRPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name RPG 1 Esteban Batista 12.4 2 Angelo Reyes 9.5 3 Samuel Dalembert 9.4 4 Tiago Splitter 8.0 5 Héctor Romero 7.5 6 Luis Scola 7.4 7 Peter John Ramos 7.1 8 Carlos Delfino 6.4 9 Nenê 6.3 10 Adam Parada 5.5

AssistsAPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name APG 1 Pablo Prigioni 5.7 2 LeBron James 4.7 3 Carlos Arroyo 4.6 3 Jason Kidd 4.6 3 Valter Apolinario Da Silva 4.6 3 Deron Williams 4.6 7 Jermaine Anderson 4.0 8 José Vargas 3.5 9 Greivis Vásquez 3.3 10 Marcelinho Machado 3.2

StealsSPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name SPG 1 Carlos Delfino 2.0 1 Anthony Pedroza 2.0 3 Marcelinho Machado 1.7 3 Pablo Prigioni 1.7 5 Kobe Bryant 1.6 5 Leandro García Morales 1.6 7 LeBron James 1.5 7 Esteban Batista 1.5 7 José Vargas 1.5 10 Valter Apolinario Da Silva 1.4

BlocksBPG Leaders Pos. Name BPG 1 Samuel Dalembert 2.4 2 Miguel Marriaga 2.0 3 Dwight Howard 1.8 4 Peter John Ramos 1.5 5 Tyson Chandler 1.4 6 Tiago Splitter 1.3 7 Adam Parada 1.0 8 Héctor Romero 0.9 9 Horacio Llamas 0.8 10 Carmelo Lee 0.7

Minutes at FIBA.com Pos. Name MPG 1 Esteban Batista 35.5 2 Héctor Romero 34.3 3 Leandro Barbosa 32.0 4 Carlos Delfino 30.8 5 Pablo Prigioni 30.1 6 Nicolás Mazzarino 30.0 7 Romel Beck 29.0 8 Luis Scola 28.9 9 Valter Apolinario Da Silva 28.8 10 Jermaine Anderson 28.5 10 José Vargas 28.5

Individual Game Highs Department Name Total OpponentPoints Larry Ayuso 39 Rebounds Esteban Batista 20 Assists Jermaine Anderson 12 Steals Carlos Delfino Joel Muñoz 5 Blocks Miguel Marriaga 6 Turnovers Esteban Batista Greivis Vásquez 9

Team Tournament Highs

Offensive PPGTeam Leaders – PPG Pos. Name PPG 1 116.7 2 90.8 3 89.2 4 88.7 5 88.6

Defensive PPG Pos. Name PPG 1 71.3 2 72.8 3 73.3 4 79.2 5 81.0

Rebounds Pos. Name RPG 1 42.5 2 40.6 2 40.6 4 40.0 5 39.3

AssistsTeam Leaders – APG Pos. Name APG 1 25.9 2 19.6 3 16.9 4 15.1 5 14.4

StealsTeam Leaders – SPG Pos. Name SPG 1 10.3 2 9.6 3 8.3 4 8.1 5 7.8

BlocksTeam Leaders – BPG Pos. Name BPG 1 6.0 2 4.4 3 3.9 4 2.8 5 2.7

Team Game highs Department Name Total OpponentPoints 135 Rebounds 61 Assists 31 Steals 15 Blocks 10 Field goal percentage 69.6% 3-point field goal percentage 63.9% Free throw percentage 100% (4/4) Turnovers 28

Final standings Qualified for 2008 Olympic Basketball Tournament Qualified for FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Rank Team Record 10–0 8–2 5–5 4 5–5 5 4–4 6 3–5 7 2–6 8 2–6 9 1–3 10 0–4

Chauncey Billups Jason Kidd LeBron James Deron Williams Michael Redd Tayshaun Prince Kobe Bryant Dwight Howard Amar'e Stoudemire Mike Miller Tyson Chandler Carmelo Anthony Luis Scola Pablo Prigioni Román González Diego Lo Grippo Juan Pedro Gutiérrez Antonio Porta Carlos Delfino Martín Leiva Leonardo Gutiérrez Paolo Quinteros Matías Sandes Federico Kammerichs Peter John Ramos José Juan Barea Filiberto Rivera Carlos Arroyo Rick Apodaca Alex Falcon Larry Ayuso Ricky Sánchez Angelo Reyes Héctor Valenzuela Carmelo Lee Ángel Figueroa Marcelinho Machado Nezinho Dos Santos Murilo Becker Marcelinho Huertas Alex Garcia Valter Apolinario Da Silva Leandro Barbosa João Paulo Batista Guilherme Giovannoni Nenê Marcus Vinicius Tiago Splitter

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