2011 FIBA Americas Championship

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2011 FIBA Americas Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
City	Mar del Plata
Dates	August 30 – September 11
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (2nd title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Dominican Republic
Fourth place	Puerto Rico
Tournament statistics
MVP	Argentina Luis Scola
Top scorer	Argentina Luis Scola (21.4 points per game)
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The 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Men, later known as the FIBA AmeriCup, was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in London. This FIBA AmeriCup tournament was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, from August 30 to September 11, 2011. Argentina won the title, defeating Brazil, 80–75, in the final match. This was the country's second AmeriCup championship.

FIBA Americas named Mar del Plata, Argentina the host of the 2011 competition on May 24, 2010 at a meeting in San Juan.^[1] Games were played at Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, which seats more than 8,000 fans. Toronto and Rio de Janeiro also bid for the tournament before FIBA awarded the competition to then world number-one ranked Argentina. Toronto was eliminated in the first round of voting before Mar del Plata beat Rio de Janeiro in the final round 13 votes to 3.

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Polideportivo Islas Malvinas
Capacity: 8,000

The ten teams originally selected to receive invitations for the tournament were the host team, the top three finishers at the 2010 South American Basketball Championship, the top two teams in the North America Sub-Zone, and the top four finishers at 2010 Centrobasket. Because the host country, Argentina, came in second at the 2010 South American Basketball Championship, the fourth place team (Venezuela) at the championship was also invited. After the United States (the only team other than Canada in the North America Sub-Zone) automatically qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics by winning the 2010 FIBA World Championship, they withdrew from the tournament. The fifth place team at the 2010 South American Basketball Championship (Paraguay) was then invited to participate.

Below is the final list of participants in the tournament:

• South American Sub-Zone (South American Basketball Championship 2010):
  •  Argentina
  •  Brazil
  •  Uruguay
  •  Venezuela
  •  Paraguay
• North America Sub-Zone:
  •  Canada
• Central American and Caribbean Zone (2010 Centrobasket):
  •  Cuba
  •  Dominican Republic
  •  Panama
  •  Puerto Rico

Due to the 2011 NBA lockout, insurance costs for players affiliated with teams of the National Basketball Association to play overseas would no longer be afforded by the league and would have to be taken care of by their corresponding national federations. Some national teams, such as the host nation Argentina^[2] and Puerto Rico^[3] took steps to resolve the issue. Below is a list of players whose participation in the tournament was at least potentially affected:

Notes:

• ^a Barbosa decided not to participate in the tournament.^[4]
• ^b Nash has retired from international play.^[5]
• ^c Thompson and Magloire were not called up for Canada's national team.^[6]
• ^d Nenê decided not to participate in the tournament.
• ^e Varejão was unavailable for the tournament due to injury.

The ten teams are split into two groups. The best four teams of each group advance to the second round, where the teams play against the four teams from the other group; each team carries over all points earned during the first round, except for those earned in the match against the team that was eliminated. The best four teams of this group advance to the semifinals.

The two winners in the semifinals automatically qualify for the Olympics. The remaining three teams from the second round plus seven teams from other continents play the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, where the top three qualify for the Olympics.

The draw took place on January 27, 2011^[7] at the NH Gran Hotel Provincial ^[8] in Mar del Plata. Notable ESPN Latin America announcer Álvaro Martin conducted the ceremony while FIBA Americas Secretary General Alberto Garcia and a number of sports figures drew the teams. The ten participating squads were paired in five pots, where the first draw from each pot would go to Group A and the second to Group B. Teams were paired according to their world rankings for balance purposes. Being the host, Argentina had the opportunity to choose their group.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Argentina (3)  Brazil (16)	Canada (23)  Puerto Rico (15)	Dominican Republic (30)  Uruguay (25)	Panama (28)  Venezuela (22)	Cuba (NR)  Paraguay (NR)

Note

• NR – Not Ranked

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Dominican Republic	4	3	1	333	296	+37	7	1–0
Brazil	4	3	1	328	302	+26	7	0–1
Venezuela	4	2	2	381	351	+30	6	1–0
Canada	4	2	2	312	306	+6	6	0–1
Cuba	4	0	4	274	373	−99	4

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Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Argentina	4	4	0	341	248	+93	8
Puerto Rico	4	3	1	348	266	+82	7
Uruguay	4	2	2	271	287	−16	6
Panama	4	1	3	287	352	−65	5
Paraguay	4	0	4	259	353	−94	4

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Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Brazil	7	6	1	585	493	+92	13	1–0
Argentina	7	6	1	602	473	+129	13	0–1
Puerto Rico	7	5	2	571	523	+48	12
Dominican Republic	7	4	3	539	543	−4	11
Venezuela	7	3	4	652	641	+11	10
Canada	7	2	5	514	561	−47	9
Uruguay	7	1	6	482	560	−78	8	1–0
Panama	7	1	6	496	647	−151	8	0–1

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2011 Tournament of the Americas winners
Argentina Second title

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points	Panama Gary Forbes	39	Canada
Rebounds	Panama Rubén Garcés	17	Argentina
Assists	Uruguay Panchi Barrera	11	Venezuela
Steals	Uruguay Leandro García Morales	8	Dominican Republic
Blocks	Canada Joel Anthony Argentina Juan Pedro Gutiérrez Puerto Rico Renaldo Balkman Argentina Federico Kammerichs	4	Venezuela  Paraguay  Paraguay  Dominican Republic
Field goal percentage	Brazil Guilherme Giovannoni	100% (7/7)	Cuba
3-point field goal percentage	Puerto Rico Ricky Sánchez Brazil Guilherme Giovannoni	100% (4/4)	Panama  Panama
Free throw percentage	Paraguay Enrique Javier Martínez Venezuela Óscar Torres Argentina Manu Ginóbili Canada Jermaine Anderson Argentina Luis Scola	100% (8/8)	Panama  Dominican Republic  Puerto Rico  Venezuela  Brazil
Turnovers	Brazil Marcelinho Huertas	10	Dominican Republic

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points	Argentina	111	Venezuela
Rebounds	Venezuela  Puerto Rico	48	Cuba  Paraguay
Assists	Venezuela	32	Panama
Steals	Uruguay	16	Dominican Republic
Blocks	Canada	7	Uruguay
Field goal percentage	Venezuela	80.6% (29/36)	Uruguay
3-point field goal percentage	Argentina	64.3% (18/28)	Venezuela
Free throw percentage	Puerto Rico	100% (15/15)	Panama
Turnovers	Uruguay	27	Argentina

Rank	Team	Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Argentina	9–1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Brazil	8–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Dominican Republic	6–4
4	Puerto Rico	6–4
5	Venezuela	4–4
6	Canada	3–5
7	Uruguay	2–6
8	Panama	2–6
9	Cuba	0–4
10	Paraguay	0–4

G – Brazil Marcelinho Huertas
G – Puerto Rico Carlos Arroyo
F – Argentina Manu Ginóbili
F – Argentina Luis Scola (Tournament MVP)
C – Dominican Republic Al Horford

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