# 2012 South American Basketball Championship

The 2012 South American Basketball Championship was the 45th edition of the South American Basketball Championship. Eight teams participated in the competition, held in Resistencia, Chaco Province, Argentina, from 18 to 22 June 2012 at the Stadium of Club Atlético Sarmiento. Brazil were the defending champions. The top five teams qualified for the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship, which also served as the FIBA Americas' qualifier for the 2014 Basketball World Cup.

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−3).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 265 | 219 | +46 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Venezuela | 3 | 2 | 1 | 274 | 217 | +57 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Chile | 3 | 1 | 2 | 201 | 240 | −39 | 4 | 5th place match |
| 4 | Colombia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 200 | 264 | −64 | 3 | |
* June 18 14:00
* Report
| Venezuela | 86–61 | Chile |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 25–10, 21–23, 20–11 |||
| Pts: Romero 17 Rebs: G. Vásquez 6 Asts: G. Vásquez 5 | | Pts: Carrasco 16 Rebs: Arteaga, Isla 4 Asts: Carrasco 3 |
* June 18 22:00
* Report
| Colombia | 68–87 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 19–26, 11–23, 21–18 |||
| Pts: Ortiz 17 Rebs: Pérez 9 Asts: Aragón 4 | | Pts: Campazzo 20 Rebs: J. Gutiérrez, Mata 6 Asts: Fernández, Laprovíttola 6 |
* June 19 14:30
* Report
| Chile | 76–66 | Colombia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 20–11, 19–17, 18–23 |||
| Pts: Carrasco 17 Rebs: Isla 12 Asts: Carrasco 5 | | Pts: Guevara 18 Rebs: Guevara 14 Asts: Bacci, Ortiz 2 |
* June 19 22:00
* Report
| Argentina | 90–87 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 23–22, 20–14, 26–25 |||
| Pts: L. Gutiérrez 18 Rebs: Mata 7 Asts: Laprovíttola 6 | | Pts: G. Vásquez 26 Rebs: J. Vargas 5 Asts: G. Vargas, G. Vásquez 3 |
* June 20 14:30
* Report
| Colombia | 66–101 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–31, 21–24, 24–25, 11–21 |||
| Pts: Pérez 21 Rebs: Pérez 8 Asts: Contreras 3 | | Pts: J. Vargas 14 Rebs: Echenique 9 Asts: G. Vásquez, Zamora 5 |
* June 20 19:30
* Report
| Argentina | 88–64 | Chile |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 24–14, 19–17, 21–18 |||
| Pts: J. Gutiérrez 26 Rebs: Delía 10 Asts: Laprovíttola 6 | | Pts: Arteaga 17 Rebs: Carrasco 7 Asts: Sepúlveda 4 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 239 | 182 | +57 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 1 | 277 | 183 | +94 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 2 | 214 | 211 | +3 | 4 | 5th place match |
| 4 | Bolivia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 144 | 298 | −154 | 3 | |
* June 18 16:15
* Report
| Uruguay | 122–36 | Bolivia |
| Scoring by quarter: 36–5, 23–11, 35–10, 28–10 |||
| Pts: Fitipaldo 20 Rebs: Calfani 8 Asts: Osimani 6 | | Pts: Mendoza 12 Rebs: Camargo 6 Asts: three players 2 |
* June 18 18:30
* Report
| Paraguay | 63–67 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 18–17, 15–23, 15–12 |||
| Pts: Araujo 20 Rebs: Zanotti 7 Asts: Pérez, Martínez 5 | | Pts: Benite 21 Rebs: Lima 9 Asts: dos Santos 4 |
* June 19 17:00
* Report
| Bolivia | 62–81 | Paraguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 12–34, 17–21, 16–11 |||
| Pts: Camargo 16 Rebs: Camargo 8 Asts: Mendoza 4 | | Pts: Mellone 15 Rebs: Fabio 9 Asts: Pérez 4 |
* June 19 19:30
* Report
| Brazil | 77–73 | Uruguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–11, 16–15, 25–17, 20–30 |||
| Pts: dos Santos 23 Rebs: Felício 7 Asts: Benite, Belchior 3 | | Pts: García Morales 21 Rebs: Aguiar 6 Asts: Barrera 4 |
* June 20 17:00
* Report
| Brazil | 95–46 | Bolivia |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–7, 25–11, 27–14, 19–14 |||
| Pts: Benite, Reis 17 Rebs: Reis 9 Asts: Corazza Neto 6 | | Pts: Cadario 20 Rebs: Camargo 6 Asts: Camargo 3 |
* June 20 22:00
* Report
| Paraguay | 70–82 | Uruguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–22, 19–26, 21–19, 21–15 |||
| Pts: Araujo 23 Rebs: Araujo, Fabio 6 Asts: Martínez 3 | | Pts: Izaguirre 19 Rebs: Granger 10 Asts: Granger 6 |

## Knockout round
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| June 21 – Resistencia | June 21 – Resistencia |
| Brazil | 70 |
| Brazil | 70 | June 22 – Resistencia | June 22 – Resistencia |
| Venezuela | 86 | June 22 – Resistencia | June 22 – Resistencia |
| Venezuela | 86 | Venezuela | 56 |
| June 21 – Resistencia | June 21 – Resistencia | | Venezuela | 56 |
| June 21 – Resistencia | June 21 – Resistencia | Argentina | 79 |
| Argentina | 88 | Argentina | 79 |
| Uruguay | 81 | | |
| Uruguay | 81 | Third place match | Third place match |
| | | June 22 – Resistencia | June 22 – Resistencia |
| | | Brazil | 68 |
| | | Uruguay | 80 |
| Fifth place match | Fifth place match |
| June 21 – Resistencia | June 21 – Resistencia |
| Chile | 88 |
| Paraguay | 93 |

### Fifth place match

* June 21 17:00
* Report
| Chile | 88–93 | Paraguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 24–22, 23–23, 20–30 |||
| Pts: Arteaga 27 Rebs: Bravo, Isla 6 Asts: Carrasco 7 | | Pts: Araujo 22 Rebs: Ortiz 10 Asts: Martínez 9 |

### Semifinals

* June 21 19:30
* Report
| Brazil | 70–86 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 18–19, 17–26, 20–21 |||
| Pts: Benite 20 Rebs: Souza 12 Asts: dos Santos 6 | | Pts: Cubillan, Sucre 21 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: G. Vásquez 8 |
* June 21 22:00
* Report
| Argentina | 88–81 | Uruguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 22–19, 20–16, 20–28 |||
| Pts: L. Gutiérrez 18 Rebs: Mata 10 Asts: L. Gutiérrez 4 | | Pts: Granger 26 Rebs: Granger 9 Asts: García Morales 4 |

### Third place match

* June 22 19:30
* Report
| Uruguay | 80–68 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 17–18, 19–7, 26–26 |||
| Pts: Aguiar 21 Rebs: Izaguirre 7 Asts: Osimani 3 | | Pts: Benite 18 Rebs: Lima 6 Asts: dos Santos 7 |

### Final

* June 22 22:00
* Report
| Venezuela | 56–79 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 9–20, 14–20, 17–21 |||
| Pts: Romero 12 Rebs: G. Vargas, J. Vargas 5 Asts: G. Vásquez 3 | | Pts: Campazzo 15 Rebs: Mata 7 Asts: Laprovíttola 6 |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Argentina | 5–0 |
| | Venezuela | 3–2 |
| | Uruguay | 3–2 |
| 4th | Brazil | 3–2 |
| 5th | Paraguay | 2–2 |
| 6th | Chile | 1–3 |
| 7th | Bolivia | 0–3 |
| 7th | Colombia | 0–3 |
* Qualified for the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship