The 2007 FIBA Americas Championships later known as the FIBA AmeriCup (or The Tournament of the Americas), was a basketball tournament held at

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, in

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, from August 22, to September 2. It was the thirteenth staging of the

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 West ...

. The tournament was originally going to be hosted in

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. However, the Venezuelan federation failed to pay a $1.5 million fee, as of August 31, 2006. As such, their hosting privileges were taken away. Several countries had shown interest in hosting the tournament, including:

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, and

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. The United States had not hosted it since 1992, Chile had never hosted it, Argentina had held it last in 2001, and Puerto Rico had last hosted in 2003.

Venues

All games were played at the

, which was used earlier in the year for the

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Qualification

Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 2006; 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 tournament draw took place Wednesday, March 21, in Las Vegas. 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:Brad Friedman,
"FIBA Americas Championship 2007 Preview"
NBA.Com, Mar 21 2007. Group A

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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 are guaranteed of berths in the 2008 Olympics. The losers figure in a third-place playoff. The semifinal losers and the 5th best team in the quarterfinals are assured of berths to the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008

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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Quarterfinals

The top four teams in Group A and Group B advanced to the Quarterfinal group. Then each team played the four from the other group 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 (Canada) did not continue competing for the Americas Championship, but qualified for the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008.

Standings

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Medal round

The teams that played in the Championship Game both automatically qualified for the 2008 Olympics. The teams that played in the 3rd Place Game both automatically qualified for the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008.

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

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