The 2022 FIBA AmeriCup was the 19th edition of the FIBA AmeriCup, the quadrennial international men's basketball championship organized by FIBA Americas. The tournament was held in Recife, Brazil, as Brasília was dropped as a second host city months before the tournament. It was originally scheduled to take place in 2021, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic to 2 to 11 September 2022.
The 2022 FIBA AmeriCup concluded with Argentina winning the final against Brazil to win their third title. The United States secured the bronze medal with a victory over Canada.
Qualified teams
Twelve teams qualified for the final tournament.
Team Qualification method Date of qualification Best placement in tournament Group B top three 28 November 2020 19th 2017 (1984, 1988, 2005, 2009) 13th (1984) Group D top three 30 November 2020 11th (1992, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2017) Group C top three 19 February 2021 14th (2011) Group D top three 15th (2013) Group C top three 20 February 2021 19th (1980, 1999) Group D top three 19th (1980, 1989, 1995) Group B top three 21 February 2021 18th (1984) Group A top three 17th (2015) 19th (2001, 2011) 22 February 2021 2nd (2017) Group C top three 4 March 2021 6th (2017)
Draw The draw took place on 29 March 2022 in Miami, United States.
+ Pot 1 Team 1 7 14+ Pot 2 Team 17 18 19+ Pot 3 Team 20 24 40+ Pot 4 Team 49 57 66
Squads
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC−3).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Ranking of third-placed teams
Knockout stage The matchups were as follows: Best first placed-team against second best third-placed team. Second best first-placed team against best third-placed team Third best first-placed team against the second best second placed-team. Remaining second placed teams.
Rank Team 1 A 1 6 +59 248 2 B 1 6 +58 284 3 C 1 5 +76 256 4 C 2 5 +5 212 5 A 2 5 −2 209 6 B 2 5 −4 250 7 C 3 5 −32 201 8 B 3 4 +1 237
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place game
Final
Brazil Statistics Argentina 14/29 (48.3%) 2-pt field goals 13/23 (56.5%) 11/39 (28.2%) 3-pt field goals 10/33 (30.3%) 12/16 (73.5%) Free throws 19/21 (90.5%) 24 Offensive rebounds 31 13 Defensive rebounds 7 37 Total rebounds 38 15 Assists 12 9 Turnovers 13 8 Steals 5 4 Blocks 2
Final standings
RankTeam 6 6–0 517 425 92 12 6 5–1 487 408 79 11 6 4–2 498 426 72 104 6 3–3 447 458 −11 95 4 2–2 289 289 0 86 4 2–2 334 339 −5 87 4 2–2 254 309 −55 88 4 1–3 305 316 −11 59 3 1–2 191 226 −35 410 3 0–3 208 230 −22 311 3 0–3 176 225 −49 312 3 0–3 193 248 −55 3
Qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games
Statistics and awards Statistical leaders Players
Points Name PPGPlayer statistics Gabriel Deck 21.2 Andrés Feliz 17.5 Nicolás Laprovittola 16.5 Jaime Echenique 16.3 Dalano Banton 15.7
Rebounds Name RPG Ángel Delgado 9.5 Ismael Romero 8.5 Stephen Zimmerman 8.0 Gary Clark 7.3 Jaime Echenique Fabián Jaimes
Assists Name APG Tremont Waters 8.8 Facundo Campazzo 8.3 Paul Stoll 7.3 Jeremy Pargo 5.7 Yohanner Sifontes 5.0
Blocks Name BPG Yahir Bonilla 1.8 George Conditt Windi Graterol 1.5 Romani Hansen 1.3 Hayner Montaño Eric Romero
Steals Name SPG Facundo Campazzo 3.5 Luciano Parodi 3.0 Paul Stoll 2.8 Richard Bautista 2.5 Tremont Waters 2.0 Georgio Milligan
Efficiency Name EFFPG Gabriel Deck 21.5 Facundo Campazzo 17.5 Jaime Echenique 17.3 Ismael Romero 17.0 Ángel Delgado 16.5 Tremont Waters
Teams
Points Name PPGTeam statistics 86.2 83.5 83.0 81.2 76.3
Rebounds Name RPG 43.8 43.5 39.5 38.8 38.0
Assists Name APG 23.7 20.3 19.5 18.5 17.5
Blocks Name BPG 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.0
Steals Name SPG 9.3 8.8 8.3 8.3
Efficiency Name EFFPG 100.2 99.2 97.0 94.2 79.0
Awards The awards were announced on 12 September 2022.
Award PlayerAll-Tournament Team Facundo Campazzo Yago dos Santos Norris Cole Dalano Banton Gabriel DeckMost Valuable Player Gabriel Deck
Notes
References
External links
Tournament summary