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The 2005 FIBA Americas Championship is played today through September 4. The host country is the Dominican Republic. The tournament's top four teams automatically qualify for the 2006 FIBA World Championships in Japan. In the world championships, 24 teams will compete. There are ten teams in the 2005 FIBA Americas Championship.

Argentina has already qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship, as they won the gold medal in the 2004 Olympics.

Argentina is also the previous Americas Championship winner, in Neuquen, in 2001.

As of September 1 thanks to results in this tournament, Brazil, the United States, Venezuela and Panama all clinched berths in the 2006 FIBA World Championships.

* Note that second round standings are based on games played in the second round plus first round games that involve teams that made it to the second round.

Final Round 1 Standings
GROUP A: Brazil 3-1 Venezuala 3-1 USA 2-2 Panama 1-3 Canada 1-3	GROUP B: Argentina 3-1 D.Republic 3-1 Puerto Rico 2-2 Uruguay 1-3 Mexico 1-3
Final Round 2 Standings 1. Argentina 6-1 2. Brazil 4-3 3. USA 4-3 4. Venezuela 4-3 5. Panama 4-3 6. D.Republic 3-4 7. Puerto Rico 3-4 8. Uruguay 0-7 Final Standings 1. Brazil 7-3 2. Argentina 7-3 3. Venezuela 6-4 4. USA 4-6 5. Panama 4-3 6. Dominican Republic 3-4 7. Puerto Rico 3-4 8. Uruguay 1-7 9. Canada 1-3 10. Mexico 1-3

GAMES SCHEDULE:

August 24, 2005
USA 94, Panama 72
Brazil 111, Venezuela 88
Mexico 96, Argentina 82
Dominican Republic 72, Uruguay 69

August 25, 2005
USA 96, Brazil 94
Venezuela 100, Canada 91
Uruguay 91, Mexico 60
Argentina 96, Puerto Rico 79

August 26, 2005
Brazil 83, Panama 77
Canada 92, USA 76
Puerto Rico 95, Uruguay 80
Dominican Republic 104, Mexico 94

August 27, 2005
Argentina 86, Uruguay 72
Venezuela 71, USA 70
Panama 79, Canada 54
Dominican Republic 89, Puerto Rico 86

August 28, 2005
Brazil 105, Canada 81
Venezuela 71, Panama 70
Puerto Rico 94, Mexico 74
Argentina 84, Dom. Republic 60

First round over. Canada and Mexico are eliminated.

August 30, 2005 (Second Round)
Panama 89, Argentina 84
Brazil 89, Uruguay 69
Venezuela 82, Puerto Rico 73
USA 111, Dominican Republic 86

August 31, 2005 (Second Round)
Venezuela 101, Uruguay 99
Puerto Rico 107, Brazil 101
Argentina 84, USA 67
Panama 88, Dom.Republic 78

September 1, 2005 (Second Round)
Argentina 78, Venezuela 60
USA 91, Uruguay 77
Panama 74, Puerto Rico 55
Brazil 80, D.Republic 72

September 2, 2005 (Second Round)
Panama 78, Uruguay 71
Argentina 71, Brazil 60
Puerto Rico 88, USA 83
D.Republic 87, Venezuela 63


September 3, 2005 (Medal Semifinals)

Brazil 93, USA 75
Argentina 104, Venezuela 93

September 4, 2005 (Finals) Bronze Medal Game:
Venezuela 93, USA 83

Gold Medal Game:
Brazil 100, Argentina 88

See box scores for all games.

TOURNAMENT OF THE AMERICAS BASKETBALL ROSTERS:

ARGENTINA
# Player name Height Age City of birth
4 Porta Pernigotti, Antonio Alejandro 1,88 22 Santa Fe
5 Mazzaro, Julio Eduardo 1,90 26 Rio Negro
6 Gonzalez, Roman Javier 2,10 27 Buenos Aires
7 Logrippo, Diego Fernando 2,00 27 Santa Fe
8 Farabello, Daniel Edgardo 1,94 32 Colón, Entre Rios
9 Fernandez, Gabriel Diego 2,02 29 Burzaco, Buenos Aires
10 Gutierrez, Leonardo Martin 2,01 27 Marcos Juarez
11 Leiva, Martin Dario 2,08 25 Buenos Aires
12 Gutierrez, Juan Pedro 2,05 22 Buenos Aires
13 Quinteros, Paolo 1,88 26 Entre Rios
14 Jasen, Hernan Emilio 1,96 27 Bahia Blanca
15 Kammerichs, Guillermo Federic 2,02 25 Goya, Corrientes

BRAZIL
# Player name Height Age City of birth
4 Magalhães Machado, Marcelo 2,01 30 Rio de Janeiro
5 Dos Santos, Welington Reginaldo 1,85 24 Araquara
6 Becker Da Rosa, Murilo 2,07 22 Farroupilha
7 Huertas, Marcelo 1,90 22 Sao Pablo
8 Barbosa, Leandro Mateus 1,91 23 Sao Paulo
9 Andrade Da Silva, Jefferson William 2,07 22 Sao Pablo
10 Ribeiro Garcia, Alex 1,89 25 Uberlandia
11 Varejao, Anderson França 2,07 23 Santa Teresa
12 Giovannoni, Guilherme 2,04 25 Piracicaba, Sao Paolo
13 Hettsheimer, Rafael 2,09 19 Sao Pablo
14 Silveira Torres, Caio Aparecido 2,11 18 Sao Pablo
15 Splitter, Tiago 2,09 20 Joinville

CANADA
# Player name Height Age City of birth
4 Anderson, Jermaine 1,86 22 Toronto
5 Brown, Deham Washington 1,95 22 Toronto
6 Gillingham, James Ross 1,92 24 Hamilton
7 Nohr, Randall Allan 1,86 28 Burnaby
8 English, Carl 1,95 24 Patricks Cove
9 Kendall, Levon Maxwell S. 2,10 21 Vancouver
10 Bucknor, Jermaine 2,01 22 Edmonton
11 Massiah, Vidal Jason Aubrey 2,01 26 CA
12 Anderson, Richard Elias 1,98 28 Ottawa
13 Mendez, Juan 2,04 24 Montreal
14 Doornekamp, Nathan George 2,10 23 Richmond
15 Jobity, Kevin Rudolph 2,08 31 NY

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
# Player name Height Age City of birth
4 Ramirez Jimenez, Otto Vantroy 1,80 31 Santo Domingo
5 Martinez Vazquez, Marlon O. 2,04 26 Puerto Plata
6 Flores Matias, Luis Alberto 1,88 24 Cabrera
7 Turner Baltazar, Andy William 1,95 25 La Romana
8 Asselin, Joshua Joseph 2,09 27 MI
9 Filion Fernandez, Amaury A. 2,06 24 Santiago
10 Arias Ramirez, Cristian Joel 1,82 24 Santo Domingo
11 Garcia, Francisco 2,01 24 Santo Domingo
12 Vargas, José 2,07 42 La Romana
13 Lopez, Luis Felipe 1,97 31 Santiago de los Caballeros
14 Peterson, Jaime 2,07 34 NY
15 Martinez, Jack Michael 2,01 24 Santo Domingo

MEXICO
# Player name Height Age City of birth
4 Beck Castro, Romel Roberto 2,01 23 Sonora
5 Avila, Victor Manuel 2,09 28 Sinaloa
6 Pedroza Durazo, Anthony James 1,91 29 Arizona
7 Llamas, Horacio 2,11 32 Mazatlan Sinaloa
8 Gonzalez Esparza, Enrique 2,05 37 Veracruz
9 Hare Olvera, Eric 1,96 26 Guanajuato
10 Mariscal Mata, Victor 2,00 33 San Luis Potosi
11 Quintero, Omar 1,83 24 Nogales
12 Izaguirre Lopez, Alonso 2,00 29 Sinaloa
13 Zuñiga Castro, Enrique Alejandro 1,93 29 Guadalajara
14 Crouse, David 2,11 31 IN
15 Parada De Los Reyes, Adam Oswald 2,13 24 CA

PANAMA
# Player name Height Age City of birth
4 Muñoz Castillo, Joel Gabriel 1,78 25 Panama City
5 Peralta, Jair 1,79 29 Panama City
6 Pinnock Glover, Danilo Agustin 1,98 22
7 Gomez Torres, Maximiliano 1,92 30 Panama City
8 Isaac Barcenas, Eduardo Francisco 1,81 25 Colon
9 Warren, Levour Christoper 1,96 24
10 De Gracia Castillo, Reyjavick Rogelio 2,03 24 Colon
11 Hicks Taylor, Michael 1,91 29 Panama City
12 Gomez Camargo, Dionisio Alberto 2,03 25 Panama City
13 Garcia Murillo, Antonio E. 2,03 29 Panama
14 Lloreda, Jaime 2,03 25 Colon
15 Cardenas Miranda, Eric Omar 2,06 32 Republic of Panama

PUERTO RICO
# Player name Height Age City of birth
4 Ramos Fuentes, Peter John 2,22 20 Fajardo
5 Cortez, David 1,90 24 Arecibo
6 Hatton Negron, Roberto Jose 1,88 29 Ponce
7 Rivera, Filiberto 1,87 23 Carolina
8 Apodaca, Rick Jason 1,95 25 NY
9 Dalmau Santana, Christian 1,92 30 Arecibo
10 Ayuso, Elias 1,92 28 San Juan
11 Latimer Rivera, Antonio 2,00 27 Rio Piedras, San Juan
12 Colon Gracia, Gabriel Antonio 1,98 21 Ponce
13 Fajardo, Sharif Karim 2,10 29 New York
14 Figueroa, Angel 1,91 24 San Juan
15 Narvaez Rivera, Manuel Antonio 2,11 24 Bayamon

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
# Player name Height Age City of birth
4 Edney, Tyus 1,77 32 Gardenia, CA
5 Perry, Marque 1,85 24 IL
6 Greer, Lynn 1,85 26 Pennsylvania
7 Bell, Charlie 1,90 26 Michigan
8 Scales, Alex 1,93 27 WI
9 Hamilton, Tephen 2,00 27 MS
10 Slay, Ronald 2,03 24 Tennessee
11 Chubb, Adam 2,08 24 Pennsylvania
12 Felix, Noel 2,06 24 CA
13 McGhee, Aaron 2,03 26 Aurora, IL
14 Beasley, Jerome 2,08 25 California
15 Lang, Kristoffer 2,11 26 Gastonia

URUGUAY
# Player name Height Age City of birth
4 Castrillon Martinez, Diego Ernesto 1,99 30 Montevideo
5 Izaguirre Rodriguez, Sebastian 20 Paysandu
6 Aguiar, Mauricio 22 Montevideo
7 Morales Gonzales, Pablo Daniel 27 Montevideo
8 Mazzarino Gallino, Nicolas 30 Salto
9 Charquero, Claudio 28 Montevideo
10 Garcia Morales, Leandro 25 Montevideo
11 Osimani, Martin 24 Montevideo
12 Paez, Gaston 26 Montevideo
13 Silveira, Luis 34 Montevideo
14 Borselino Donatti, Nicolas 19 Montevideo
15 Batista, Esteban 22 Montevideo

VENEZUELA
# Player name Height Age City of birth
4 Diaz, Victor David 1,98 37 Caracas
5 Julio Torres, Luis Alejandro 1,96 25 Caracas
6 Mijares Luna, Yumerving Ernesto 1,91 29 Caracas
7 Lugo, Richard Jose 2,07 32 Calabozo Edo Guarico
8 Aguilera, Tomas Rafael 1,97 28 Puerto La Cruz
9 Torres Martinez, Oscar Jose 1,98 29 Caracas
10 Jones, Askia Rahman 1,96 34 PA
11 Marriaga Herrera, Miguel Angel 2,05 21 Cacique Mara, Maracibo, Zulia
12 Romero Rivas, Hector Orlando 1,92 25 Barcelona
13 Guevara Salas, Diego Alejandro 1,86 28 Lara
14 Bayona, Hebeth 2,11 27 Maracaibo
15 Morris Salazar, Carlos Alberto 1,95 30 Caracas

FIBA.COM 2005 AMERICAS BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW:

Brazil looks to be the favorite for this tournament as they bring four NBA players and also a mix of experience players and promising young stars as they look to qualify for the World Championship.

The Dominican Republic also has their best team available; They haven’t qualified for a FIBA World Championship since 1978. This is their best chance to qualify as they fill up their roster with Francisco Garcia, Luis Flores, and Jack Michael Martinez among other stars.

Argentina does not need to qualify directly but they will go with a team of talented players and good balance on both sides to do the best job possible.

Puerto Rico will go with a mix of young and veteran players. They will try to qualify and continue to play in World Championships.

Venezuela has a great team with promising rookies and veterans like Victor David Diaz, Richard Lugo and Oscar Torres.

Panama named Nolan Richardson as the head coach and the team is strong on fast break situations.

USA will have a team of professional players who have played in Europe, NBDL, NBA and CBA.

Mexico will rely on Omar Quintero and Horacio Llamas to qualify in this tournament.

USA'S ALL-TIME TOURNAMENT OF THE AMERICAS RESULTS (46-4)

Year Medal Record Team Composition
2003 Gold 10-0 NBA Players
2001 DNP -
1999 Gold 10-0 NBA Players
1997 Gold 8-1 CBA Players
1995 DNP -
1993 Gold 6-1 CBA Players
1992 Gold 6-0 NBA Players
1989 Silver 6-2 Collegiate Players