# 2001 Tournament of the Americas

The 2001 COPABA Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup (also as the Championship of the Americas for Men), was hosted by Argentina, from 16 August, to 26 August 2001. The games were played at the Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn berths at the 2002 FIBA World Championship, in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Argentina won the tournament, the country's first AmeriCup championship. The United States performed poorly at this tournament, mainly because it sent in junior players.

## Venue

| Neuquén | Neuquén2001 Tournament of the Americas (Argentina) |
| Estadio Ruca Che | Neuquén2001 Tournament of the Americas (Argentina) |
| Capacity: 8,000 | Neuquén2001 Tournament of the Americas (Argentina) |

## Qualification

* North America: Canada, United States
* Caribbean and Central America: Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
* South America: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Venezuela
The draw split the tournament into two groups:

## 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 top five teams from the quarterfinals stage were granted berths in the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis. Since the United States were already qualified as Olympic Champions, should they reach the semifinals stage, the sixth-best team from the quarterfinals also qualified to the World Championship.
* The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final. The losers figure in a third-place playoff.

## Preliminary round

* Qualified for the quarterfinals

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 4 | 0 | 427 | 368 | +59 | 8 |
| Canada | 4 | 3 | 1 | 399 | 372 | +27 | 7 |
| Panama | 4 | 2 | 2 | 361 | 400 | −39 | 6 |
| Virgin Islands | 4 | 1 | 3 | 362 | 364 | −2 | 5 |
| Mexico | 4 | 0 | 4 | 362 | 407 | −45 | 4 |
* 16 August
| Canada | 108–97 (OT) | Virgin Islands |
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* 16 August
| Puerto Rico | 117–80 | Panama |
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* 17 August
| Mexico | 106–109 | Panama |
* Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
* 17 August
| Puerto Rico | 101–98 | Canada |
* Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
* 18 August
| Panama | 90–88 | Virgin Islands |
* Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
* 18 August
| Mexico | 97–110 | Puerto Rico |
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* 19 August
| Panama | 82–89 | Canada |
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* 19 August
| Virgin Islands | 84–67 | Mexico |
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* 20 August
| Canada | 104–92 | Mexico |
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* 20 August
| Virgin Islands | 93–99 | Puerto Rico |
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### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Argentina | 4 | 4 | 0 | 409 | 303 | +106 | 8 |
| Brazil | 4 | 3 | 1 | 396 | 342 | +54 | 7 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 2 | 2 | 360 | 346 | +14 | 6 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1 | 3 | 315 | 377 | −62 | 5 |
| United States | 4 | 0 | 4 | 323 | 435 | −112 | 4 |
* 16 August
| United States | 78–116 | Brazil |
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* 16 August
| Argentina | 103–63 | Uruguay |
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* 17 August
| Brazil | 92–89 | Venezuela |
* Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén
* 17 August
| Argentina | 108–69 | United States |
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* 18 August
| Venezuela | 107–83 | United States |
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* 18 August
| Uruguay | 67–90 | Brazil |
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* 19 August
| United States | 93–104 | Uruguay |
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* 19 August
| Argentina | 90–73 | Venezuela |
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* 20 August
| Uruguay | 81–91 | Venezuela |
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* 20 August
| Argentina | 108–98 (OT) | Brazil |
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## Quarterfinal group

* Qualified for the semifinals
* Fifth place
The top four teams in both Group A and Group B advanced to the quarterfinal group. Then, each team played the four from the other group once to complete a full round robin. Records from the preliminary groups carried over.
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
| Argentina | 7 | 7 | 0 | 687 | 526 | +161 | 14 | |
| Brazil | 8 | 6 | 2 | 759 | 665 | +94 | 14 | |
| Puerto Rico | 7 | 5 | 2 | 670 | 622 | +48 | 12 | |
| Canada | 8 | 5 | 3 | 753 | 712 | +41 | 13 | |
| Venezuela | 7 | 4 | 3 | 657 | 621 | +36 | 11 | 1–0 |
| Panama | 7 | 4 | 3 | 656 | 674 | −18 | 11 | 0–1 |
| Virgin Islands | 8 | 2 | 6 | 696 | 746 | −50 | 10 | |
| Uruguay | 8 | 1 | 7 | 627 | 782 | −155 | 9 | |
* 21 August
| Canada | 108–100 | Venezuela |
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* 21 August
| Brazil | 94–102 | Panama |
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* 21 August
| Puerto Rico | 90–70 | Uruguay |
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* 21 August
| Argentina | 98–77 | Virgin Islands |
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* 22 August
| Uruguay | 77–101 | Canada |
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* 22 August
| Virgin Islands | 69–92 | Brazil |
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* 22 August
| Venezuela | 89–98 | Puerto Rico |
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* 22 August
| Argentina | 115–87 | Panama |
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* 23 August
| Venezuela | 91–75 | Virgin Islands |
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* 23 August
| Panama | 101–74 | Uruguay |
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* 23 August
| Brazil | 89–83 (OT) | Puerto Rico |
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* 23 August
| Argentina | 85–76 | Canada |
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* 24 August
| Virgin Islands | 113–91 | Uruguay |
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* 24 August
| Panama | 92–106 | Venezuela |
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* 24 August
| Canada | 69–78 | Brazil |
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* 24 August
| Argentina | 95–70 | Puerto Rico |
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## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 25 August | 25 August |
| Brazil | 98 |
| Brazil | 98 | 26 August | 26 August |
| Puerto Rico | 94 | 26 August | 26 August |
| Puerto Rico | 94 | Brazil | 59 |
| 25 August | 25 August | | Brazil | 59 |
| 25 August | 25 August | Argentina | 78 |
| Argentina | 97 | Argentina | 78 |
| Canada | 76 | | |
| Canada | 76 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 26 August | 26 August |
| | | Puerto Rico | 95 |
| | | Canada | 102 |

## Awards

* 2001 Tournament of the Americas winners
* Argentina First title
* Most Valuable Player
* Manu Ginóbili

## Final standings

* Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship
* Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship as Olympic Champions and hosts
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Argentina | 9–0 |
| | Brazil | 7–3 |
| | Canada | 6–4 |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 5–4 |
| 5 | Venezuela | 4–3 |
| 6 | Panama | 4–3 |
| 7 | Virgin Islands | 2–6 |
| 8 | Uruguay | 1–7 |
| 9 | Mexico | 0–4 |
| 10 | United States | 0–4 |
| Argentina Juan Ignacio Sánchez Gabriel Fernández Manu Ginóbili Fabricio Oberto Lucas Victoriano Daniel Farabello Hugo Sconochini Luis Scola Leonardo Gutiérrez Andrés Nocioni Leandro Palladino Rubén Wolkowyski | Brazil Marcelinho Machado Alex Garcia Vanderlei Mazzuchini Tiago Valentim de Lima Sandro França Varejão Demétrius Ferraciú Hélio Rubens Filho Estevam Ferreira Guilherme Giovannoni Nenê Anderson Varejão Márcio Dornelles | Canada David Daniels Sherman Hamilton Dean Walker Steve Nash Shawn Swords Prosper Karangwa Jerome Robinson Todd MacCulloch Andrew Kwiatkowski Peter Guarasci Michael Meeks Kevin Jobity |