The 2003 Tournament of the Americas in
basketball
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, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup (also known as Las Americas Tournament for Men, FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament, or Panamerican Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men), was hosted by
Puerto Rico
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, from August 20 to August 31, 2003. The games were played in
San Juan, at the
Roberto Clemente Coliseum
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General infor ...
. This
FIBA AmeriCup
The FIBA AmeriCup (previously known as the FIBA Americas Championship) is the Americas Basketball Championship that takes place every four years between national teams of the Western Hemisphere continents.
Since FIBA organised the entire Wester ...
was to earn the three berths allocated to the Americas for the
2004 Olympics
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in
Athens
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,
Greece
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. The
United States
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won the tournament, the country's fifth AmeriCup championship.
Venues
All games were played at the
Roberto Clemente Coliseum
Roberto Clemente Coliseum (Spanish: ''Coliseo Roberto Clemente'') is a sports and concert arena located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was, for many years, Puerto Rico's largest indoor event facility, and remains one of the largest.
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Qualification
Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 2003; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone.
* North America: ,
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Caribbean and Central America:, , ,
* South America: , , ,
The draw split the tournament into two groups:
Group A
Group B
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 winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, where both were granted berths in the
2004 Olympic Tournament in
Athens
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. The losers figure in a third-place playoff where the winner was granted the third berth.
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
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A goal is roughly similar to a purpose or ai ...
(not the goal difference) between the tied teams
# Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group
Squads
Preliminary round
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Atlantic Standard Time
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(
UTC-4).''
Group A
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Group B
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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. The top four teams advanced to the semifinals.
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Knockout stage
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Awards
Statistical leaders
Individual Tournament Highs
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Steals
Blocks
Minutes
Individual Game Highs
Team Tournament Highs
Offensive PPG
Defensive PPG
Rebounds
Assists
Steals
Blocks
Team Leaders – BPG
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Team Game highs
Final standings
References
FIBA.com.
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FIBA AmeriCup
2003 in Puerto Rican sports
International basketball competitions hosted by Puerto Rico
2003–04 in North American basketball
2003–04 in South American basketball