2005 FIBA Americas Championship

The 2005 FIBA Americas Championship, later known as the FIBA AmeriCup, was hosted by the Dominican Republic, from August 24, to September 4, 2005. The games were played in Santo Domingo. This FIBA AmeriCup 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 AmeriCup championship.

Venues

All games were played at the Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto.

Santo Domingo

Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto
Capacity: 8,337

Qualification

Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 2004; two teams 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 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:
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.
The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, where both are guaranteed of berths in the 2006 FIBA World Championship. The losers figure in a third-place playoff. The semifinal losers were also given berths in the 2006 World Championship. Also, should Argentina reach one of the first four places in the tournament, due to their obtaining the gold medal in the 2004 Olympic Tournament in Athens, the fifth best team in the quarterfinals stage was also qualified for the 2006 World Championship.
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 between the tied teams
Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group
Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

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 did not continue competing for the Americas Championship, but qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship.

Knockout stage

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Awards

Statistical leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Points

Pos.	Name	PPG
1	Marcelinho Machado	23.4
2	Leandro Barbosa	21.2
3	Nicolás Mazzarino	21.0
4	Larry Ayuso	18.9
4	Francisco García	18.9
6	Rick Apodaca	18.4
7	Esteban Batista	18.0
8	Óscar Torres	17.7
9	Luis Flores	17.0
10	Nicolás Mazzarino	16.7

Rebounds

Pos.	Name	RPG
1	Esteban Batista	15.6
2	Antonio García	12.9
3	Jack Michael Martínez	11.9
4	Peter John Ramos	9.8
5	Tiago Splitter	9.6
6	Jaime Lloreda	9.4
7	Héctor Romero	7.7
8	Óscar Torres	7.6
9	Kris Lang	7.4
10	Aaron McGhee	6.9

Assists

Pos.	Name	APG
1	Daniel Farabello	5.9
2	Marcelinho Machado	5.6
3	Leandro Barbosa	4.2
4	Nicolás Mazzarino	4.1
5	Diego Guevara	3.4
6	Christian Dalmau	3.1
7	Bobby Joe Hatton	3.0
8	Luis Flores	2.9
9	Tyus Edney	2.7
10	Charlie Bell	2.5
10	Lynn Greer	2.5

Steals

Pos.	Name	SPG
1	Leandro Barbosa	2.2
1	Paolo Quinteros	1.9
3	Francisco García	1.7
3	Danilo Pinnock	1.7
5	Daniel Farabello	1.6
5	Marcelinho Machado	1.6
7	Rick Apodaca	1.5
7	Esteban Batista	1.5
9	Jaime Lloreda	1.4
10	Charlie Bell	1.3

Blocks

Pos.	Name	BPG
1	Richard Lugo	2.8
2	Peter John Ramos	2.0
3	Tiago Splitter	1.6
3	Francisco García	1.6
5	Kris Lang	1.4
5	Josh Asselin	1.4
7	Jack Michael Martínez	1.1
8	Esteban Batista	1.0
8	Jaime Lloreda	1.0
10	Antonio García	0.9

Minutes

Pos.	Name	MPG
1	Marcelinho Machado	36.7
2	Nicolás Mazzarino	36.0
3	Leandro Barbosa	35.4
4	Esteban Batista	34.3
5	Rick Apodaca	33.8
6	Larry Ayuso	32.9
7	Héctor Romero	32.3
7	Francisco García	32.3
9	Tiago Splitter	32.0
10	Luis Flores	31.5

Individual Game Highs

Team Tournament Highs

Offensive PPG

Pos.	Name	PPG
1	'	91.6
2		85.7
3		84.6
4		84.6
5		82.2

Defensive PPG

Pos.	Name	PPG
1	'	84.3
2		86.2
3		88.8
4		90.0
5		92.8