# 2010 South American Basketball Championship

The 2010 South American Basketball Championship was the 44th edition of the South American Basketball Championship. Eight teams featured the competition, held in Neiva, Colombia from 26 to July 31 in the Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva. Argentina was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Brazil. The first three places qualified for the basketball tournament at the 2011 Pan American Games and to the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship, the latter of which doubled as the FIBA Americas qualifier for the 2012 Olympics. Because Argentina, which automatically qualified for the FIBA Americas Championship as host, finished in an automatic qualifying spot, the fourth-place team was also invited to that competition. The fifth-place team did not initially qualify for that competition, but was later invited once the United States withdrew from that event because it had qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2010 FIBA World Championship.

## Preliminary round

* Qualified for the semifinals
* Team will compete in Classification Round

### Group A

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| Brazil | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 251 | 198 | +53 |
| Uruguay | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 204 | 214 | −10 |
| Paraguay | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 218 | 231 | −13 |
| Chile | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 190 | 220 | −30 |
* July 26 15:00
* Report
| Uruguay | 66–61 | Paraguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 14–12, 20–19, 17–17 |||
| Pts: Aguiar 20 Rebs: Batista 16 Asts: Aguiar 7 | | Pts: Araujo 29 Rebs: Araujo 14 Asts: Martínez 8 |
* July 26 17:00
* Report
| Brazil | 69–54 | Chile |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 8–12, 19–12, 18–15 |||
| Pts: Becker 20 Rebs: Becker 11 Asts: dos Santos 7 | | Pts: Espinoza, Arteaga and Carrasco 12 each Rebs: Valencia 8 Asts: Carrasco and Briones 3 each |
* July 27 15:00
* Report
| Chile | 72–76 | Paraguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 15–26, 23–24, 18–9 |||
| Pts: Briones 20 Rebs: Carrasco 8 Asts: Carrasco 6 | | Pts: Zanotti 16 Rebs: Martínez and Zanotti 8 each Asts: Martínez 7 |
* July 27 19:00
* Report
| Brazil | 89–63 | Uruguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–16, 15–18, 20–12, 25–17 |||
| Pts: Tavernari 15 Rebs: Becker 8 Asts: Chiantia 10 | | Pts: Espinoza, Arteaga and Carrasco 12 each Rebs: Valencia 8 Asts: Carrasco and Briones 3 each |
* July 28 17:00
* Report
| Brazil | 93–81 | Paraguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 25–16, 26–23, 18–19 |||
| Pts: Becker 20 Rebs: Becker 9 Asts: dos Santos 8 | | Pts: Martínez 18 Rebs: Araujo 14 Asts: Martínez, Zanotti and Araujo 3 |
* July 28 19:00
* Report
| Chile | 64–75 | Uruguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 17–11, 15–26, 14–22 |||
| Pts: Briones 19 Rebs: Briones 8 Asts: Carrasco 8 | | Pts: Martínez 23 Rebs: Batista 9 Asts: Osimani 6 |

### Group B

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| Argentina | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 249 | 181 | +68 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 251 | 198 | +53 |
| Colombia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 241 | 199 | +42 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 132 | 305 | −173 |
* July 26 19:00
* Report
| Venezuela | 75–72 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 21–14, 21–15, 15–24 |||
| Pts: Romero 14 Rebs: Sucre 12 Asts: Romero 5 | | Pts: Gutiérrez 17 Rebs: Sandes 14 Asts: Schattmann and Mainoldi 4 each |
* July 26 21:00
* Report
| Colombia | 94–46 | Ecuador |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–4, 20–11, 22–14, 26–17 |||
| Pts: Ortiz 28 Rebs: Hernández 18 Asts: Moreno 4 | | Pts: Díaz 11 Rebs: Pauta 12 Asts: Pérez 4 |
* July 27 17:00
* Report
| Argentina | 107–43 | Ecuador |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 29–8, 27–15, 32–8 |||
| Pts: Schattmann 19 Rebs: Aguerre and Vega 10 each Asts: Schattmann and Fernández 9 each | | Pts: Díaz 11 Rebs: Gordón 5 Asts: Pérez 2 |
* July 27 21:00
* Report
| Colombia | 84–83 (OT) | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–29, 19–12, 24–21, 14–14, Overtime: 8–7 |||
| Pts: Ortiz 27 Rebs: Aragón 7 Asts: Moreno 5 | | Pts: Bethelmy 17 Rebs: Bethelmy and Sucre 11 each Asts: Bethelmy 5 |
* July 28 15:00
* Relatório
| Venezuela | 104–43 | Ecuador |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–5, 26–10, 24–14, 29–14 |||
| Pts: Vargas 17 Rebs: Herrera 8 Asts: Cubillán and Guevara 5 each | | Pts: Caicedo 13 Rebs: Caicedo 7 Asts: Gordón 3 |
* July 28 21:00
* Report
| Colombia | 63–70 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 11–19, 19–23, 18–15 |||
| Pts: Ortiz 23 Rebs: Hernández 7 Asts: Moreno 5 | | Pts: Mainoldi 17 Rebs: Gutiérrez and González 11 each Asts: Cequeira 9 |

## Knockout round
### Championship

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| July 30 – Neiva | July 30 – Neiva |
| Brazil | 79 |
| Brazil | 79 | July 31 – Neiva | July 31 – Neiva |
| Venezuela | 67 | July 31 – Neiva | July 31 – Neiva |
| Venezuela | 67 | Brazil | 87 |
| July 30 – Neiva | July 30 – Neiva | | Brazil | 87 |
| July 30 – Neiva | July 30 – Neiva | Argentina | 77 |
| Uruguay | 73 | Argentina | 77 |
| Argentina | 79 | | |
| Argentina | 79 | Third place | Third place |
| | | July 31 – Neiva | July 31 – Neiva |
| | | Venezuela | 70 |
| | | Uruguay | 76 |

#### Semifinals

* July 30 19:00
* Report
| Uruguay | 73–79 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 13–18, 18–16, 23–24 |||
| Pts: Aguiar 24 Rebs: Izaguirre 8 Asts: Martínez and Osimani 2 each | | Pts: Cequeira and Mainoldi 17 each Rebs: Mainoldi 7 Asts: Cantero 8 |
* July 30 21:00
* Report
| Brazil | 79–67 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 16–15, 23–15, 22–17 |||
| Pts: Becker 25 Rebs: Becker 7 Asts: dos Santos 8 | | Pts: Pérez 22 Rebs: Sucre 8 Asts: Centeno 4 |

#### Bronze medal game

* July 31 19:00
* Report
| Venezuela | 70–76 | Uruguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 21–8, 19–18, 13–26 |||
| Pts: Sucre 21 Rebs: Sucre 10 Asts: Centeno 3 | | Pts: Aguiar 21 Rebs: Batista 11 Asts: Osimani 6 |

#### Final

* July 31 21:00
* Report
| Brazil | 87–77 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 21–13, 22–21, 25–25 |||
| Pts: Becker 30 Rebs: Becker 10 Asts: dos Santos, Machado and Chiantia 5 each | | Pts: Cantero 25 Rebs: Sandes, Cequeira and Mainoldi 4 each Asts: Schattman 5 |

### 5th–8th playoffs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| July 30 – Neiva | July 30 – Neiva |
| Ecuador | 45 |
| Ecuador | 45 | July 31 – Neiva | July 31 – Neiva |
| Paraguay | 89 | July 31 – Neiva | July 31 – Neiva |
| Paraguay | 89 | Paraguay | 86 |
| July 30 – Neiva | July 30 – Neiva | | Paraguay | 86 |
| July 30 – Neiva | July 30 – Neiva | Colombia | 66 |
| Colombia | 78 | Colombia | 66 |
| Chile | 71 | | |
| Chile | 71 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | July 31 – Neiva | July 31 – Neiva |
| | | Ecuador | 70 |
| | | Chile | 88 |

#### 5th–8th semifinals

* July 30 15:00
* Report
| Ecuador | 45–89 | Paraguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 8–23, 11–23, 7–22 |||
| Pts: Díaz 11 Rebs: Mina 16 Asts: Gordón 4 | | Pts: Zanotti, Torres and Fabio 19 each Rebs: Fabio 13 Asts: Zanotti 6 |
* July 30 17:00
* Report
| Colombia | 78–71 | Chile |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 21–19, 17–19, 20–19 |||
| Pts: Ortiz 22 Rebs: Guevara 9 Asts: Moreno 5 | | Pts: Briones 17 Rebs: Prutzmann 9 Asts: Espinoza 4 |

#### 7th place playoff

* July 31 15:00
* Report
| Ecuador | 70–88 | Chile |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 15–20, 15–29, 26–17 |||
| Pts: Díaz 30 Rebs: Caicedo 7 Asts: Gordón and Soto 3 each | | Pts: Arteaga 18 Rebs: Velásquez and Briones 8 each Asts: Velásquez 7 |

#### 5th place playoff

* July 31 17:00
* Report
| Paraguay | 86–66 | Colombia |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–19, 30–13, 18–19, 12–15 |||
| Pts: Araujo 20 Rebs: Fabio 11 Asts: Martínez 8 | | Pts: Aragón 20 Rebs: Aragón and Hernández 6 each Asts: Ortiz 6 |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Brazil | 5–0 |
| | Argentina | 3–2 |
| | Uruguay | 3–2 |
| 4th | Venezuela | 2–3 |
| 5th | Paraguay | 3–2 |
| 6th | Colombia | 3–2 |
| 7th | Chile | 1–4 |
| 8th | Ecuador | 0–5 |