# 2015 FIBA Americas Championship

The 2015 FIBA Americas Championship for Men, later known as the FIBA AmeriCup, was the FIBA Americas qualifying tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Brazil. This FIBA AmeriCup tournament was held in Mexico City, Mexico. The tournament was won for the first time by the Venezuelan national basketball team. Venezuela and runner-up Argentina, qualified directly for the 2016 Olympics. They joined the FIBA Americas member, United States, who qualified for the Olympics by virtue of winning the 2014 FIBA World Cup, and they elected not to participate at this tournament; and FIBA Americas member, Brazil, who finished 9th in the tournament, but qualified for the Olympics as the host nation. Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico, the next three highest-finishing teams, qualified for the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament, but none of them won their respective qualifying tournaments, therefore eliminating their 2016 Olympic hopes.
The tournament had great attendance every day, breaking FIBA Americas records, and had attendances of 20,000 people, at the third place and finals games.

## Qualification

* Host country
** Mexico
* Central American and Caribbean Sub-Zone: (2014 Centrobasket)
** Puerto Rico
** Dominican Republic
** Cuba
** Panama
* North American Sub-Zone:
** Canada
* South American Sub-Zone: (2014 South American Championship)
** Venezuela
** Argentina
** Brazil
** Uruguay

## Host selection

On 7 August 2014 at the day of the 2014 Centrobasket final, FIBA Americas announced that Mexico was chosen as the host of the championship, over Brazil and Venezuela. The tournament was to be staged at the Monterrey Arena but on 9 May 2015, the venue was moved to the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, and that the dates were also changed to 6 September to 12 September.

## Venue

| Mexico City | Mexico Cityclass=notpageimage| Location of the host city of the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship. |
| Palacio de los Deportes | Mexico Cityclass=notpageimage| Location of the host city of the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship. |
| Capacity: 20,000 | Mexico Cityclass=notpageimage| Location of the host city of the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship. |

## Draw

The draw was held in Museum of Steel, Fundidora Park, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon on 25 March. This was how the teams were seeded:
| Argentina (3) Brazil (9) | Puerto Rico (15) Dominican Republic (20) | Venezuela (29) Uruguay (26) | Cuba (57) Panama (33) | Canada (25) Mexico (19) |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 309 | 255 | +54 | 8 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 4 | 2 | 2 | 304 | 291 | +13 | 6 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Panama | 4 | 2 | 2 | 301 | 308 | −7 | 6 | Advance to second round |
| 4 | Uruguay | 4 | 1 | 3 | 275 | 303 | −28 | 5 | Advance to second round |
| 5 | Brazil | 4 | 1 | 3 | 258 | 290 | −32 | 5 | Eliminated |
* 1 2 Dominican Republic–Panama 83–66
* 1 2 Uruguay–Brazil 71–57
All times are local (UTC−05:00).
* 31 August 14:30
* Boxscore
| Uruguay | 71–57 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–12, 15–12, 19–17, 25–16 |||
| Pts: Fitipaldo 12 Rebs: Borsellino 8 Asts: Parodi 5 | | Pts: Marquinhos 21 Rebs: Marquinhos 9 Asts: Luz 4 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 31 August 20:30
* Boxscore
| Dominican Republic | 66–84 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–24, 18–12, 15–30, 20–18 |||
| Pts: Sosa 18 Rebs: Sánchez 8 Asts: Sosa 4 | | Pts: Méndez 24 Rebs: Ayón 11 Asts: Toscano 7 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 1 September 12:00
* Boxscore
| Panama | 78–71 | Uruguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 19–20, 21–12, 23–20 |||
| Pts: Hicks 21 Rebs: Lloreda 11 Asts: Gaskins 6 | | Pts: Fitipaldo 18 Rebs: Calfani 7 Asts: Osimani 7 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 1 September 18:00
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 71–65 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 29–16, 13–13, 13–20 |||
| Pts: Marquinhos 17 Rebs: Batista 9 Asts: Benite 3 | | Pts: Feldeine 20 Rebs: Santana 10 Asts: Sosa 3 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 2 September 12:00
* Boxscore
| Dominican Republic | 83–66 | Panama |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 16–24, 22–21, 19–5 |||
| Pts: Feldeine 16 Rebs: Vargas 9 Asts: Sosa 6 | | Pts: Lloreda 16 Rebs: Lloreda 10 Asts: Gaskins 5 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 2 September 20:30
* Boxscore
| Mexico | 65–58 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 12–15, 18–11, 17–15 |||
| Pts: Ayón 27 Rebs: Ayón 13 Asts: J. Gutiérrez 4 | | Pts: Benite 23 Rebs: Lima 6 Asts: Fischer 4 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 3 September 12:00
* Boxscore
| Uruguay | 70–90 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 12–21, 22–23, 25–25 |||
| Pts: Fitipaldo 18 Rebs: Wachsmann 12 Asts: Fitipaldo, Aguiar 3 | | Pts: Feldeine 17 Rebs: Báez 7 Asts: Feldeine 5 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 3 September 20:30
* Boxscore
| Panama | 68–82 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 9–9, 19–35, 21–20 |||
| Pts: Lloreda 16 Rebs: Pomare, Garcés 7 Asts: Muñoz 6 | | Pts: Stoll 20 Rebs: Ayón 11 Asts: Stoll 7 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 4 September 14:30
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 72–89 | Panama |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–22, 13–17, 13–19, 20-31 |||
| Pts: Benite 21 Rebs: Lima 9 Asts: Luz 7 | | Pts: Gaskins 23 Rebs: Lloreda 9 Asts: Gaskins 6 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 4 September 20:30
* Boxscore
| Mexico | 78–63 | Uruguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 24–11, 17–14, 23–22 |||
| Pts: Ayón 23 Rebs: Ayón 14 Asts: Ayón 6 | | Pts: Aguiar 15 Rebs: Calfani 10 Asts: Fitipaldo, Osimani 4 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 4 | 4 | 0 | 358 | 305 | +53 | 8 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | Canada | 4 | 3 | 1 | 382 | 307 | +75 | 7 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Venezuela | 4 | 2 | 2 | 277 | 274 | +3 | 6 | Advance to second round |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 4 | 1 | 3 | 332 | 338 | −6 | 5 | Advance to second round |
| 5 | Cuba | 4 | 0 | 4 | 236 | 361 | −125 | 4 | Eliminated |
All times are local (UTC−05:00).
* 31 August 12:00
* Boxscore
| Cuba | 52–73 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–18, 14–21, 16–18, 15–16 |||
| Pts: Rivero 10 Rebs: Rivero 7 Asts: Granda 3 | | Pts: Guillént 14 Rebs: Graterol 5 Asts: Guillént 7 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 31 August 18:00
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 91–86 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–30, 17–15, 33–28, 17–13 |||
| Pts: Scola 22 Rebs: Scola 14 Asts: Campazzo 5 | | Pts: Barea 20 Rebs: Chaney 7 Asts: Barea 10 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 1 September 14:30
* Boxscore
| Canada | 87–94 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 22–29, 24–25, 21–23 |||
| Pts: Wiggins 13 Rebs: Olynyk 10 Asts: Joseph 7 | | Pts: Scola 35 Rebs: Scola 13 Asts: Campazzo 6 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 1 September 20:30
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 91–61 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 23–14, 20–17, 24–13 |||
| Pts: Barea 19 Rebs: Díaz 7 Asts: Barea 6 | | Pts: Rivero 20 Rebs: Haití 13 Asts: Haití 4 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 2 September 14:30
* Boxscore
| Cuba | 59–101 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–30, 9–19, 22–22, 18–30 |||
| Pts: Rivero 20 Rebs: Jústiz 8 Asts: Granda 6 | | Pts: Stauskas, Wiggins 15 Rebs: Doornekamp 9 Asts: Joseph 6 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 2 September 18:00
* Boxscore
| Venezuela | 74–63 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 23–15, 19–12, 12–14 |||
| Pts: Graterol 13 Rebs: Cox 6 Asts: G. Vargas 6 | | Pts: Barea 20 Rebs: Clemente 5 Asts: Barea 5 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 3 September 14:30
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 96–64 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 12–13, 34–10, 27–19 |||
| Pts: three players 11 Rebs: Nocioni 13 Asts: Laprovíttola 7 | | Pts: Rivero 25 Rebs: Jústiz 13 Asts: Haití 5 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 3 September 18:00
* Boxscore
| Canada | 82–62 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 22–13, 17–20, 18–14 |||
| Pts: Stauskas 16 Rebs: Bennett 10 Asts: Joseph 5 | | Pts: Lewis 17 Rebs: Colmenares 6 Asts: J. Vargas 3 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 4 September 12:00
* Boxscore
| Venezuela | 68–77 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 17–11, 20–28, 20–22 |||
| Pts: G. Vargas 21 Rebs: Graterol 7 Asts: Colmenares 3 | | Pts: Scola 26 Rebs: Scola 10 Asts: Campazzo 6 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 4 September 18:00
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 92–112 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 21–22, 16–35, 32–31 |||
| Pts: Barea 20 Rebs: Balkman 11 Asts: Barea 7 | | Pts: Wiggins 19 Rebs: Bennett, Olynyk 9 Asts: Joseph 5 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

## Second round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 7 | 6 | 1 | 707 | 572 | +135 | 13 | Advance to final round |
| 2 | Argentina | 7 | 6 | 1 | 611 | 564 | +47 | 13 | Advance to final round |
| 3 | Mexico (H) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 577 | 530 | +47 | 13 | Advance to final round |
| 4 | Venezuela | 7 | 3 | 4 | 496 | 502 | −6 | 10 | Advance to final round |
| 5 | Puerto Rico | 7 | 3 | 4 | 583 | 601 | −18 | 10 | Qualify to Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 7 | 2 | 5 | 586 | 602 | −16 | 9 | Eliminated |
| 7 | Panama | 7 | 1 | 6 | 468 | 576 | −108 | 8 | Eliminated |
| 8 | Uruguay | 7 | 1 | 6 | 519 | 600 | −81 | 8 | Eliminated |
* 1 2 3 Canada 1–1, +14; Argentina 1–1, –5; Mexico 1–1 −9
* 1 2 Venezuela–Puerto Rico 74–63
* 1 2 Panama–Uruguay 77–73
All times are local (UTC−05:00).
* 6 September 12:00
* Boxscore
| Dominican Republic | 68–72 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 15–19, 15–18, 25–15 |||
| Pts: Sosa 21 Rebs: Sánchez 7 Asts: Sosa 5 | | Pts: Colmenares 19 Rebs: Ruiz 17 Asts: G. Vargas 6 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 6 September 14:30
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 90–87 | Uruguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 19–25, 29–23, 24–20 |||
| Pts: Scola 26 Rebs: Scola 13 Asts: Campazzo 8 | | Pts: Calfani 20 Rebs: Calfani 17 Asts: Osimani 8 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 6 September 18:00
* Boxscore
| Canada | 103–66 | Panama |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–10, 22–13, 35–20, 26–23 |||
| Pts: Heslip 23 Rebs: Bennett, Olynyk 9 Asts: Stauskas 5 | | Pts: King 13 Rebs: Horne 6 Asts: Muñoz 6 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 6 September 20:30
* Boxscore
| Mexico | 92–86 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–21, 23–21, 22–23, 23–21 |||
| Pts: Hernández 28 Rebs: Hernández, Ayón 12 Asts: J. Gutiérrez 9 | | Pts: Vassallo 27 Rebs: Díaz 7 Asts: Barea 10 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 7 September 12:00
* Boxscore
| Panama | 57–84 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 13–21, 10–25, 21–25 |||
| Pts: Hicks 15 Rebs: Garcés 11 Asts: Gaskins 2 | | Pts: Scola 16 Rebs: Nocioni 9 Asts: Campazzo 6 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 7 September 14:30
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 98–92 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–25, 20–9, 22–27, 29–31 |||
| Pts: Barea 37 Rebs: Barea 7 Asts: Barea 9 | | Pts: García 25 Rebs: Mendoza, Sánchez 6 Asts: Sosa, García 4 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 7 September 18:00
* Boxscore
| Uruguay | 82–109 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–29, 10–28, 20–29, 30–23 |||
| Pts: Borsellino 15 Rebs: Wachsmann 4 Asts: Fitipaldo 5 | | Pts: Wiggins 18 Rebs: Nicholson 10 Asts: Joseph, Nicholson 6 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 7 September 20:30
* Boxscore
| Venezuela | 70–73 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 21–16, 20–23, 13–22 |||
| Pts: Cox 22 Rebs: Colmenares 10 Asts: Cubillán 3 | | Pts: J. Gutiérrez 20 Rebs: Ayón 11 Asts: J. Gutiérrez 4 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 8 September 12:00
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 92–84 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 24–20, 28–23, 19–19 |||
| Pts: Nocioni 25 Rebs: Scola 14 Asts: Scola 6 | | Pts: Sosa 24 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: García 5 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 8 September 14:30
* Boxscore
| Venezuela | 75–77 | Uruguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 17–22, 8–17, 26–18 |||
| Pts: J. Vargas 17 Rebs: Ruiz 7 Asts: J. Vargas 10 | | Pts: Newsome 20 Rebs: Calfani 7 Asts: Fitipaldo 7 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 8 September 18:00
* Boxscore
| Panama | 71–78 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 16–20, 14–15, 15-27 |||
| Pts: Gaskins 29 Rebs: Garcés 10 Asts: Lloreda 3 | | Pts: Barea 15 Rebs: Clemente 7 Asts: Rivera 4 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 8 September 20:30
* Boxscore
| Mexico | 73–94 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 13–26, 22–22, 21–20 |||
| Pts: Cruz 13 Rebs: Ayón, I. Gutiérrez 7 Asts: Stoll 6 | | Pts: Wiggins 17 Rebs: Ejim 8 Asts: Joseph 6 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 9 September 12:00
* Boxscore
| Panama | 62–75 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 13–19, 17–19, 10–16 |||
| Pts: Hicks 20 Rebs: Garcés 12 Asts: Gaskins 5 | | Pts: Cox 21 Rebs: Colmenares 10 Asts: G. Vargas 6 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 9 September 14:30
* Boxscore
| Dominican Republic | 103–120 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–36, 28–29, 26–31, 31–24 |||
| Pts: Suero 19 Rebs: Suero 6 Asts: Flores 7 | | Pts: Joseph 17 Rebs: Olynyk 9 Asts: Joseph 7 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 9 September 18:00
* Boxscore
| Uruguay | 69–80 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–23, 11–24, 19–20, 27–13 |||
| Pts: Fitipaldo 15 Rebs: Borsellino 6 Asts: Osimani 5 | | Pts: Barea 19 Rebs: Balkman 9 Asts: Rivera 5 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 9 September 20:30
* Boxscore
| Mexico | 95–83 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 25–16, 14–30, 36–11 |||
| Pts: Ayón 38 Rebs: Ayón 14 Asts: Cruz, Stoll 5 | | Pts: Scola 26 Rebs: Nocioni 8 Asts: Campazzo, Laprovíttola 5 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

## Final round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 11 September — Mexico City | 11 September — Mexico City |
| Canada | 78 |
| Canada | 78 | 12 September — Mexico City | 12 September — Mexico City |
| Venezuela | 79 | 12 September — Mexico City | 12 September — Mexico City |
| Venezuela | 79 | Venezuela | 76 |
| 11 September — Mexico City | 11 September — Mexico City | | Venezuela | 76 |
| 11 September — Mexico City | 11 September — Mexico City | Argentina | 71 |
| Argentina | 78 | Argentina | 71 |
| Mexico | 70 | | |
| Mexico | 70 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 12 September — Mexico City | 12 September — Mexico City |
| | | Canada | 87 |
| | | Mexico | 86 |

### Semifinals

Finalists qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics, while losing semifinalists qualify to the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men.
* 11 September 18:00
* Boxscore
| Canada | 78–79 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 18–18, 23–20, 18–21 |||
| Pts: Olynyk 34 Rebs: Olynyk 13 Asts: Joseph, Scrubb 4 | | Pts: Graterol 20 Rebs: Colmenares 6 Asts: Cox 4 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* 11 September 20:30
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 78–70 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–26, 10–14, 27–22, 16–8 |||
| Pts: Scola 18 Rebs: Nocioni 13 Asts: Campazzo 8 | | Pts: Gutiérrez 17 Rebs: Ayón 12 Asts: Ayón 5 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

### Bronze medal game

* 12 September 18:00
* Boxscore
| Canada | 87–86 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 22–27, 20–23, 27–22 |||
| Pts: Nicholson 20 Rebs: Olynyk 11 Asts: Joseph 8 | | Pts: Ramos 19 Rebs: Ayón 19 Asts: Stoll 10 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

### Final

* 12 September 20:30
* Boxscore
| Venezuela | 76–71 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 17–8, 19–24, 27–19 |||
| Pts: Guillént 15 Rebs: J. Vargas, G. Vargas 7 Asts: G. Vargas 4 | | Pts: Nocioni 21 Rebs: Scola 11 Asts: Campazzo 7 |
* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

## Final ranking

* Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics
* Qualified for the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men
* Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics as host nation
| Rank | Team | Record | FIBA World Rankings | FIBA World Rankings | FIBA World Rankings |
| Rank | Team | Record | Before | After | Change |
| | Venezuela | 6–4 | 27 | 22 | 5 |
| | Argentina | 8–2 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
| | Canada | 8–2 | 25 | 26 | -1 |
| 4 | Mexico | 7–3 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| 5 | Puerto Rico | 4–4 | 15 | 16 | -1 |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 2–6 | 20 | 18 | 2 |
| 7 | Panama | 2–6 | 33 | 33 | 0 |
| 8 | Uruguay | 2–6 | 26 | 27 | -1 |
| 9 | Brazil | 1–3 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | Cuba | 0–4 | T-58 | 45 | 13 |

## Awards

* 2015 FIBA Americas Championship winners
* Venezuela First title
* Most Valuable Player
* Luis Scola

### All-Tournament Team

* Heissler Guillént
* Andrew Wiggins
* Andrés Nocioni
* Luis Scola (MVP)
* Gustavo Ayón