The 2003 Tournament of the Americas in

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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

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, from August 20 to August 31, 2003. The games were played in

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, at the

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was to earn the three berths allocated to the Americas for the

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won the tournament, the country's fifth AmeriCup championship.

Venues

All games were played at the

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: , * 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

. 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 #

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(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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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. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

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

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Team Game highs

Final standings

References

FIBA.com. {{DEFAULTSORT:Americas 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