The FIBA Americas Championship 2005 (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.

Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A	Group B
Brazil Canada Panama United States Venezuela	Argentina Dominican Republic Mexico Puerto Rico Uruguay

Squads

Preliminary Rounds

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Brazil	7	4	3	1	393	342	+51
Venezuela	7	4	3	1	330	342	-12
United States	6	4	2	2	336	329	+7
Panama	5	4	1	3	298	302	-4
Canada	4	4	1	3	318	360	-42

August 24, 2005

United States	94–72	Panama
Venezuela	88–111	Brazil

August 25, 2005

Brazil	94–96	United States
Canada	91–100	Venezuela

August 26, 2005

Panama	77–83	Brazil
United States	76–92	Canada

August 27, 2005

Venezuela	71–70	United States
Panama	79–54	Canada

August 28, 2005

Brazil	105–81	Canada
Panama	70–71	Venezuela

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Argentina	7	4	3	1	348	307	+41
Dominican Republic	7	4	3	1	325	333	-8
Puerto Rico	6	4	2	2	354	339	+15
Uruguay	5	4	1	3	312	313	-1
Mexico	5	4	1	3	324	371	-47

August 24, 2005

Argentina	82–96	Mexico
Uruguay	69–72	Dominican Republic

August 25, 2005

Mexico	60–91	Uruguay
Puerto Rico	79–96	Argentina

August 26, 2005

Uruguay	80–95	Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic	104–94	Mexico

August 27, 2005

Argentina	86–72	Uruguay
Puerto Rico	86–89	Dominican Republic

August 28, 2005

Mexico	74–94	Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic	60–84	Argentina

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.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Argentina	14	8	6	1	665	583	+82
Brazil	12	8	4	3	723	661	+62
United States	12	8	4	3	688	664	+24
Venezuela	12	8	4	3	657	603	+54
Panama	12	8	4	3	627	590	+37
Dominican Republic	10	7	3	4	648	675	-27
Puerto Rico	10	7	3	4	677	679	-2
Uruguay	7	7	0	7	628	672	-42

August 30, 2005

Argentina	84–89	Panama
Brazil	89–69	Uruguay
Venezuela	82–73	Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic	86–111	United States

August 31, 2005

Uruguay	99–101	Venezuela
Puerto Rico	107–101 (2OT)	Brazil
United States	67–84	Argentina
Panama	88–78	Dominican Republic

September 1, 2005

Argentina	78–60	Venezuela
Uruguay	77–91	United States
Puerto Rico	55–74	Panama
Dominican Republic	72–80	Brazil

September 2, 2005

Panama	78–71	Uruguay
Brazil	60–71	Argentina
United States	83–88	Puerto Rico
Venezuela	63–87	Dominican Republic

Knockout Stage

Final Standings

Rank	Team	Record
1	Brazil	7-3
2	Argentina	7-3
3	Venezuela	6-4
4	United States	4-6
5	Panama	5-3
6	Dominican Republic	4-4
7	Puerto Rico	4-4
8	Uruguay	1-7
9	Canada	1-3
10	Mexico	1-3

Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, the United States, and Panama qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan. Puerto Rico was added later as a wild card team.

External links

• http://www.fibaamerica.com/torneos1_us.asp?t=XGLQKBLQOI
• http://www.usabasketball.com/men/2005/05_mtoa_results.html