Champions Brazil (3rd title) | Venues 1 (in 1 host city) | |
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Dates August 24 – September 4 Teams 10 (from 44 federations) | ||
The 2005 FIBA Americas Championship (The Tournament of the Americas) was hosted by the Dominican Republic from August 24 to September 4, 2005. The games were played in Santo Domingo. This FIBA Americas Championship was to earn the four berths allocated to the Americas for the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan. Argentina had already qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics. Brazil won the tournament, the country's third Americas championship.
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Venues
All games were played at the Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto.
Qualification
Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 2004; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone.
The tournament draw took place Monday, April 18, in Santo Domingo. The teams were split into 5 pots; those drawn first went to Group A, those drawn last went to Group B.
The draw split the tournament into two groups:
Format
Tie-breaking criteria
Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:
- Head to head results
- Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
- Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group
Preliminary round
Times given below are in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-4).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, but only against teams that also advanced. The top four teams advanced to the semifinals. The fifth-place team (Panama) did not continue competing for the Americas Championship, but qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship.