The 2003 Tournament of the Americas in basketball, 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 Puerto Rico, from August 20 to August 31, 2003. The games were played in San Juan, at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the three berths allocated to the Americas for the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. The United States won the tournament, the country's fifth AmeriCup championship.

Venues All games were played at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum.2003 FIBA Men's Americas Olympic Qualifying, ESPN.com, August 20, 2003.

San Juan Roberto Clemente ColiseumCapacity: 10,000

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 Athens. 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 Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Squads

Preliminary round Qualified for the quarterfinals Times given below are in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-4).

Group A

Group B

Quarterfinal group Qualified for the semifinals 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 Topscorer: Omar Quintero 169 pts

Most Valuable Player Steve Nash

Statistical leaders Individual Tournament Highs

Points at FIBA.com Pos. Name PPG 1 Omar Quintero 21.1 2 Víctor Díaz 19.1 3 Rowan Barrett 18.1 4 Tim Duncan 15.6 5 Franklin Western 14.6 6 Eduardo Nájera 14.5 7 Allen Iverson 14.3 7 Óscar Torres 14.3 9 Manu Ginóbili 14.1 10 Nenê 13.3

Rebounds at FIBA.com Pos. Name RPG 1 Nenê 9.1 2 Tim Duncan 8.0 3 Jesus Benítez 7.9 4 Eduardo Nájera 6.7 5 José Ortiz 6.3 6 Greg Newton 6.2 6 Jermaine O'Neal 6.2 8 Óscar Torres 6.0 8 José Vargas 6.0 10 Jaime Peterson 5.7

Assists at FIBA.com Pos. Name APG 1 Steve Nash 6.6 2 Jason Kidd 5.0 3 Mike Bibby 4.8 4 Carlos Arroyo 4.7 5 Manu Ginóbili 4.4 6 Juan Ignacio Sánchez 3.8 6 Allen Iverson 3.8 8 José Ortiz 3.5 8 Eduardo Nájera 3.5 10 Tim Duncan 3.4 10 Válter da Silva 3.4

StealsSPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name SPG 1 Omar Quintero 1.9 2 Óscar Torres 1.8 3 Larry Ayuso 1.6 3 Allen Iverson 1.6 3 Franklin Western 1.6 6 Mike Bibby 1.5 6 Luis Scola 1.5 7 Marcelinho Machado 1.5 7 Anderson Varejão 1.5 10 Eduardo Nájera 1.5

BlocksBPG Leaders Pos. Name BPG 1 José Ortiz 2.1 1 Anderson Varejão 2.1 3 Tim Duncan 1.6 4 Jaime Peterson 1.3 5 Jermaine O'Neal 1.2 5 Nenê 1.1 7 Daniel Santiago 1.0 8 Kenyon Martin 0.9 8 Rosmel Blanco 0.9 10 Tiago Splitter 0.8

MinutesMPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name MPG 1 Omar Quintero 33.3 2 Víctor Díaz 30.5 2 Víctor Mariscal 30.5 4 Carlos Arroyo 29.7 5 Horacio Llamas 28.0 6 Franklin Western 27.8 7 Eduardo Nájera 27.7 7 Luis Julio 27.3 9 Nenê 27.0 10 Manu Ginóbili 26.2

Individual Game Highs Department Name Total OpponentPoints Marcelinho Machado 39 Rebounds 8 Players 14 Assists 7 Players 10 Steals Mike Bibby Eduardo Nájera 5 Blocks José Ortiz 7 Turnovers Allen Iverson 8

Team Tournament Highs

Offensive PPGTeam Leaders – PPG Pos. Name PPG 1 101.7 2 88.6 3 87.6 4 85.1 5 84.9

Defensive PPG Pos. Name PPG 1 70.8 2 75.6 3 83.6 4 87.0 5 87.2

ReboundsTeam Leaders – RPG Pos. Name RPG 1 39.2 2 38.8 2 37.5 4 36.5 5 35.7

AssistsTeam Leaders – APG Pos. Name APG 1 29.3 2 21.8 3 20.4 4 19.9 5 18.5

StealsTeam Leaders – SPG Pos. Name SPG 1 10.1 2 9.7 3 8.5 4 8.4 5 7.3

BlocksTeam Leaders – BPG Pos. Name BPG 1 5.5 2 4.9 3 4.4 4 3.0 5 2.8

Team Game highs Department Name Total OpponentPoints 113 Rebounds 53 Assists 26 Steals 40 Blocks 9 Field goal percentage 65.6% 3-point field goal percentage 77.8% Free throw percentage 93.3% Turnovers 25

Final standings Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics Rank Team Record 10–0 6–4 6–4 4 5–5 5 4–4 6 4–4 7 3–5 8 2–6 9 0–4 10 0–4

Allen Iverson Jason Kidd Tracy McGrady Jermaine O'Neal Vince Carter Nick Collison Mike Bibby Kenyon Martin Ray Allen Tim Duncan Elton Brand Richard Jefferson Juan Ignacio Sánchez Manu Ginóbili Alejandro Montecchia Fabricio Oberto Lucas Victoriano Gabriel Fernández Leonardo Gutiérrez Luis Scola Federico Kammerichs Andrés Nocioni Leandro Palladino Rubén Wolkowyski José Ortiz Eddie Casiano Bobby Joe Hatton Carlos Arroyo Rick Apodaca Raymond Dalmau Larry Ayuso Antonio Latimer Rolando Hourruitiner Sharif Fajardo Jorge Rivera Daniel Santiago Novell Thomas Denham Brown Prosper Karangwa Steve Nash Shawn Swords Rowan Barrett Greg Francis Andrew Kwiatkowski Jesse Young Peter Guarasci Michael King Greg Newton

References

2003 Panamerican Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, FIBA.com.