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2001 Tournament of the Americas

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Host nation
  
Argentina

Venues
  
1 (in 1 host city)

MVP
  
Manu Ginóbili

Dates
  
16–26 August

Champions
  
Argentina (1st title)

2001 Tournament of the Americas

Teams
  
10 (from 43 federations)

The 2001 COPABA Tournament of the Americas, known now as the FIBA Americas Championship (or as well 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 COPABA championship was to earn berths at the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Argentina won the tournament, the country's first Americas championship.

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Qualification

Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 2001; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone.

  • North America:  Canada,  United States
  • Caribbean and Central America: Mexico,  Panama,  Puerto Rico,  U.S. 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 where 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.

    • Quarterfinal Group

    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.

    References

    2001 Tournament of the Americas Wikipedia
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