# 2017 FIBA AmeriCup

The 2017 FIBA AmeriCup was the 18th edition of the FIBA AmeriCup, which is the main tournament for senior men's basketball national teams of the FIBA Americas. The tournament was held in Medellín, Colombia, Montevideo, Uruguay, and Bahía Blanca and Córdoba, in Argentina, from 25 August, to 3 September 2017.
Unlike previous editions, the tournament did not award spots for the FIBA World Cup or the Summer Olympic Games. However, the top seven teams qualified to the 2019 Pan American Games.
The United States, with a team of NBA G League players, won their seventh gold medal at the tournament, after defeating Argentina, by a score of 81–76, in the final, while Mexico took home the bronze, by beating the U.S. Virgin Islands, 79–65.

## Qualified teams

The top five teams at the 2016 Centrobasket and 2016 South American Championship qualified to the tournament, plus Canada and United States as the only countries in their subregion.
* Host nations
** Argentina
** Colombia
** Uruguay
* Central American and Caribbean Subzone:
** Dominican Republic
** Mexico
** Panama
** Puerto Rico
** Virgin Islands
* North American Subzone:
** Canada
** United States
* South American Subzone:
** Brazil
** Venezuela

## Hosts selection

On 5 April 2017 FIBA Americas announced that Argentina, Colombia and Uruguay were chosen as the hosts of the AmeriCup.

## Venues

MedellínMontevideoBahía BlancaCórdoba2017 FIBA AmeriCup (South America) :
| MedellínMontevideoBahía BlancaCórdoba2017 FIBA AmeriCup (South America) | MedellínMontevideoBahía BlancaCórdoba2017 FIBA AmeriCup (South America) | Medellín | Montevideo |
| MedellínMontevideoBahía BlancaCórdoba2017 FIBA AmeriCup (South America) | MedellínMontevideoBahía BlancaCórdoba2017 FIBA AmeriCup (South America) | Coliseo Iván de Bedout | Palacio Contador Gastón Guelfi |
| MedellínMontevideoBahía BlancaCórdoba2017 FIBA AmeriCup (South America) | MedellínMontevideoBahía BlancaCórdoba2017 FIBA AmeriCup (South America) | Capacity: 6,000 | Capacity: 4,700 |
| MedellínMontevideoBahía BlancaCórdoba2017 FIBA AmeriCup (South America) | MedellínMontevideoBahía BlancaCórdoba2017 FIBA AmeriCup (South America) | Bahía Blanca | Córdoba |
| MedellínMontevideoBahía BlancaCórdoba2017 FIBA AmeriCup (South America) | MedellínMontevideoBahía BlancaCórdoba2017 FIBA AmeriCup (South America) | Estadio Osvaldo Casanova | Orfeo Superdomo |
| MedellínMontevideoBahía BlancaCórdoba2017 FIBA AmeriCup (South America) | MedellínMontevideoBahía BlancaCórdoba2017 FIBA AmeriCup (South America) | Capacity: 3,950 | Capacity: 14,000 |

## Draw

The draw was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 20 April 2017.
| Recipient 1 | Recipient 2 | Recipient 3 | Recipient 4 |
| Argentina  Colombia  Uruguay | United States  Venezuela  Puerto Rico | Dominican Republic  Mexico  Canada | Panama  Virgin Islands  Brazil |
    ^a Suspended at the time of the draw.

## First round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 250 | 212 | +38 | 6 | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 246 | 221 | +25 | 5 | |
| 3 | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 2 | 232 | 262 | −30 | 4 | |
| 4 | Colombia (H) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 216 | 249 | −33 | 3 | |
All times are local (UTC−5).
* 25 August 2017 17:30
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 66–69 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 16–27, 20–16, 15–14 |||
| Pts: Rosario 14 Rebs: Díaz 10 Asts: Abreu 6 | | Pts: Pérez 24 Rebs: Hernández 7 Asts: three players 3 |
* Coliseo Iván de Bedout, Medellín, Colombia Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Andrés Bartel (URU), Jorge Cabrera (CUB)
* 25 August 2017 20:00
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 76–74 | Colombia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 16–16, 14–15, 26–26 |||
| Pts: Meindl 19 Rebs: Caboclo 11 Asts: De Assis 6 | | Pts: Tello 17 Rebs: Angola 11 Asts: three players 3 |
* Coliseo Iván de Bedout, Medellín, Colombia Referees: Alejandro Sánchez (URU), Matthew Myers (USA), Carlos Peralta (ECU)
* 26 August 2017 17:30
* Boxscore
| Mexico | 99–76 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 19–14, 30–23, 28–20 |||
| Pts: Cruz, Mata 17 Rebs: Mata 7 Asts: Pérez 7 | | Pts: Meindl 19 Rebs: Batista 6 Asts: De Assis 7 |
* Coliseo Iván de Bedout, Medellín, Colombia Referees: Alejandro Sánchez (URU), Andrés Bartel (URU), Carlos Peralta (ECU)
* 26 August 2017 20:00
* Boxscore
| Colombia | 72–91 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–26, 10–21, 14–23, 22–21 |||
| Pts: Jackson 20 Rebs: Tello 7 Asts: Tello 4 | | Pts: Rivera 15 Rebs: Andújar, Davis 7 Asts: Abreu, Rivera 4 |
* Coliseo Iván de Bedout, Medellín, Colombia Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Matthew Myers (USA), Richard Pereira (URU)
* 27 August 2017 15:30
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 80–89 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 17–17, 23–27, 26–27 |||
| Pts: Meindl 17 Rebs: Meindl 6 Asts: De Assis 8 | | Pts: Rodríguez 23 Rebs: Andújar, Gaston 7 Asts: three players 3 |
* Coliseo Iván de Bedout, Medellín, Colombia Referees: Alejandro Sánchez (URU), Carlos Peralta (ECU), Richard Pereira (URU)
* 27 August 2017 18:00
* Boxscore
| Mexico | 82–70 | Colombia |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 21–22, 22–21, 22–12 |||
| Pts: J. Gutiérrez 24 Rebs: Mata 7 Asts: J. Gutiérrez 5 | | Pts: Angola 16 Rebs: Mosquera 7 Asts: Atencia 9 |
* Coliseo Iván de Bedout, Medellín, Colombia Referees: Andrés Bartel (URU), Jorge Cabrera (CUB), Matthew Myers (USA)

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 263 | 206 | +57 | 6 | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Virgin Islands* | 3 | 1 | 2 | 225 | 261 | −36 | 4 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 232 | 241 | −9 | 4 | |
| 4 | Venezuela | 3 | 1 | 2 | 214 | 226 | −12 | 4 | |
* 1 2 3 Virgin Islands 3 Pts, +10 PD; Canada 3 Pts, –3 PD; Venezuela 3 Pts, −7 PD
* Two qualifying spots were available from Group B as Argentina were guaranteed to progress, regardless of their performance, due to their status as the "main organiser" of the tournament.
All times are local (UTC−3).
* 27 August 2017 19:30
* Boxscore
| Virgin Islands | 83–71 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 15–14, 28–19, 20–22 |||
| Pts: Hodge 25 Rebs: Ju. Gray 8 Asts: Hodge 8 | | Pts: Hanlan 10 Rebs: Rathan-Mayes 10 Asts: Rathan-Mayes 6 |
* Estadio Osvaldo Casanova, Bahía Blanca, Argentina Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Rodrigo Mejía (COL), Jonathan Sterling (USA)
* 27 August 2017 22:00
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 67–62 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–14, 16–18, 18–11, 21–19 |||
| Pts: Deck 16 Rebs: Deck 6 Asts: Campazzo 9 | | Pts: Cox 16 Rebs: Cox, Graterol 7 Asts: G. Vargas 4 |
* Estadio Osvaldo Casanova, Bahía Blanca, Argentina Referees: Marcos Benito (BRA), Jesed Díaz (PUR), Krishna Domínguez (MEX)
* 28 August 2017 19:30
* Boxscore
| Canada | 86–92 (OT) | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–25, 24–17, 15–11, 24–26, Overtime: 7–13 |||
| Pts: Heslip 24 Rebs: Nicholson 18 Asts: Rathan-Mayes 5 | | Pts: Campazzo 23 Rebs: Deck 9 Asts: Campazzo 6 |
* Estadio Osvaldo Casanova, Bahía Blanca, Argentina Referees: Marcos Benito (BRA), Krishna Domínguez (MEX), Rodrigo Mejía (COL)
* 28 August 2017 22:00
* Boxscore
| Venezuela | 86–84 | Virgin Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 24–21, 16–14, 23–28 |||
| Pts: Cox 23 Rebs: Colmenares 14 Asts: Cox, Guillént 5 | | Pts: Hodge 24 Rebs: Simmons 6 Asts: Hodge 7 |
* Estadio Osvaldo Casanova, Bahía Blanca, Argentina Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Jesed Díaz (PUR), Fabiano Huber (BRA)
* 29 August 2017 19:30
* Boxscore
| Venezuela | 66–75 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 11–16, 21–19, 18–27 |||
| Pts: Cox 22 Rebs: Colmenares 13 Asts: Guillént, G. Vargas 4 | | Pts: Rathan-Mayes 22 Rebs: Pierre 11 Asts: Rathan-Mayes 8 |
* Estadio Osvaldo Casanova, Bahía Blanca, Argentina Referees: Marcos Benito (BRA), Fabiano Huber (BRA), Jonathan Sterling (USA)
* 29 August 2017 22:00
* Boxscore
| Virgin Islands | 58–104 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–29, 17–19, 17–35, 14–21 |||
| Pts: Simmons 13 Rebs: Adams 10 Asts: Adams, Hart 3 | | Pts: Redivo 19 Rebs: Brussino 6 Asts: Vildoza 7 |
* Estadio Osvaldo Casanova, Bahía Blanca, Argentina Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Jesed Díaz (PUR), Rodrigo Mejía (COL),

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 243 | 178 | +65 | 6 | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Uruguay (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 211 | 199 | +12 | 5 | |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 1 | 2 | 199 | 202 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Panama | 3 | 0 | 3 | 188 | 262 | −74 | 3 | |
All times are local (UTC−3).
* 28 August 2017 18:00
* Boxscore
| United States | 97–56 | Panama |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–10, 22–15, 21–13, 27–18 |||
| Pts: Hilliard, Holmes 17 Rebs: Plumlee 12 Asts: Drew II 7 | | Pts: Forbes 19 Rebs: Bishop 10 Asts: Forbes 3 |
* Palacio Contador Gastón Guelfi, Montevideo, Uruguay Referees: Fernando Sampietro (ARG), Omar Bermúdez (MEX), José Melgarejo (COL)
* 28 August 2017 20:30
* Boxscore
| Dominican Republic | 57–66 | Uruguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–23, 25–9, 10–14, 15–20 |||
| Pts: Santana 15 Rebs: Rojas, Santana 6 Asts: three players 2 | | Pts: Granger 23 Rebs: Batista 9 Asts: Granger 8 |
* Palacio Contador Gastón Guelfi, Montevideo, Uruguay Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Matthew Kallio (CAN), Fabricio Vito (ARG)
* 29 August 2017 18:00
* Boxscore
| Panama | 64–86 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–27, 19–18, 6–18, 17–23 |||
| Pts: Bishop 20 Rebs: Levy 9 Asts: Carter 4 | | Pts: Liz 19 Rebs: Delgado 13 Asts: Solano 8 |
* Palacio Contador Gastón Guelfi, Montevideo, Uruguay Referees: Fabricio Vito (ARG), Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Fernando Oliveira (BRA)
* 29 August 2017 20:30
* Boxscore
| Uruguay | 66–74 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 12–23, 18–16, 16–24 |||
| Pts: Batista 22 Rebs: Batista 14 Asts: Granger 6 | | Pts: C. Williams 16 Rebs: Warney 14 Asts: Drew II, Munford 4 |
* Palacio Contador Gastón Guelfi, Montevideo, Uruguay Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Matthew Kallio (CAN), Fernando Sampietro (ARG)
* 30 August 2017 18:00
* Boxscore
| Dominican Republic | 56–72 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 15–18, 12–16, 16–18 |||
| Pts: Deleon 15 Rebs: Rojas 11 Asts: Deleon, Solano 3 | | Pts: C. Williams 15 Rebs: Warney 9 Asts: Drew II, Marshall 4 |
* Palacio Contador Gastón Guelfi, Montevideo, Uruguay Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Matthew Kallio (CAN)
* 30 August 2017 20:30
* Boxscore
| Panama | 68–79 | Uruguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 14–22, 15–29, 24–8 |||
| Pts: Bishop 19 Rebs: Carter 14 Asts: Luzcando 8 | | Pts: Granger 20 Rebs: Granger 6 Asts: Granger 6 |
* Palacio Contador Gastón Guelfi, Montevideo, Uruguay Referees: Fernando Sampietro (ARG), Fernando Oliveira (BRA), Fabricio Vito (ARG)

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 2 September | 2 September |
| United States | 90 |
| United States | 90 | 3 September | 3 September |
| Virgin Islands | 62 | 3 September | 3 September |
| Virgin Islands | 62 | United States | 81 |
| 2 September | 2 September | | United States | 81 |
| 2 September | 2 September | Argentina | 76 |
| Argentina | 84 | Argentina | 76 |
| Mexico | 67 | | |
| Mexico | 67 | Third place game | Third place game |
| | | 3 September | 3 September |
| | | Virgin Islands | 65 |
| | | Mexico | 79 |
All times are local (UTC−3).

### Semifinals

* 2 September 2017 18:30
* Boxscore
| United States | 90–62 | Virgin Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–10, 22–17, 18–15, 28–20 |||
| Pts: Munford 20 Rebs: Munford 10 Asts: Drew II 7 | | Pts: Martinez 12 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Hodge, Rivera 6 |
* Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba, Argentina Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Alejandro Sánchez (URU)
* 2 September 2017 21:00
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 84–67 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 18–18, 23–15, 22–16 |||
| Pts: Garino 20 Rebs: Brussino, Deck 8 Asts: Campazzo 9 | | Pts: Cruz 19 Rebs: Benítez 7 Asts: Cruz 4 |
* Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba, Argentina Referees: Jesed Díaz (PUR), Matthew Kallio (CAN)

### Third place game

* 3 September 2017 18:30
* Boxscore
| Virgin Islands | 65–79 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–20, 19–19, 23–22, 16–18 |||
| Pts: Hodge 20 Rebs: Edwin 7 Asts: three players 3 | | Pts: Cruz 22 Rebs: Hernández 11 Asts: Pérez 6 |
* Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba, Argentina Referees: Jesed Díaz (PUR), Matthew Kallio (CAN)

### Final

* 3 September 2017 21:00
* Boxscore
| United States | 81–76 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 12–20, 23–14, 31–20 |||
| Pts: Warney 21 Rebs: Warney 7 Asts: Marshall 7 | | Pts: Brussino 26 Rebs: Garino 8 Asts: Brussino 6 |
* Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba, Argentina Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Alejandro Sánchez (URU)

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | United States | 5–0 |
| | Argentina | 4–1 |
| | Mexico | 4–1 |
| 4 | Virgin Islands | 1–4 |
| 5 | Puerto Rico | 2–1 |
| 6 | Uruguay | 2–1 |
| 7 | Dominican Republic | 1–2 |
| 8 | Canada | 1–2 |
| 9 | Venezuela | 1–2 |
| 10 | Brazil | 1–2 |
| 11 | Colombia | 0–3 |
| 12 | Panama | 0–3 |

## Statistics and awards
### Statistical leaders

| Name | PPG |
| John Cox | 20.3 |
| Jayson Granger | 20.0 |
| Léonardo Meindl | 18.3 |
| Francisco Cruz | 16.8 |
| Walter Hodge | 16.8 |
| Name | RPG |
| Andrew Nicholson | 10.0 |
| Néstor Colmenares | 9.7 |
| Sadiel Rojas | 9.7 |
| Jameel Warney | 8.6 |
| Ángel Delgado | 8.3 |
| Javier Carter | 8.3 |
| Esteban Batista | 8.3 |
| Name | APG |
| Fúlvio de Assis | 7.0 |
| Jayson Granger | 6.7 |
| Facundo Campazzo | 6.6 |
| Xavier Rathan-Mayes | 6.3 |
| Larry Drew II | 5.0 |
| Name | BPG |
| Lorenzo Mata | 2.0 |
| Cuthbert Victor | 2.0 |
| Andrew Nicholson | 1.7 |
| Joel Anthony | 1.3 |
| Windi Graterol | 1.3 |
| Name | SPG |
| Michaell Jackson | 2.7 |
| Eugenio Luzcando | 2.3 |
| Ángel Rodríguez | 2.3 |
| Facundo Campazzo | 2.2 |
| Jorge Gutiérrez | 2.2 |

### Awards

* 2017 FIBA AmeriCup winners
* United States Seventh title
* Most Valuable Player
* Jameel Warney

#### All-Tournament Team

* Facundo Campazzo
* Francisco Cruz
* Darrun Hilliard
* Nicolás Brussino
* Jameel Warney (MVP)