2007 FIBA Americas Championship
The 2007 FIBA Americas Championships later known as the FIBA AmeriCup (or The Tournament of the Americas), was a basketball tournament held at Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, from August 22, to September 2. It was the thirteenth staging of the FIBA AmeriCup.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | United States |
City | Las Vegas |
Dates | August 22 – September 2 |
Teams | 10 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 40 |
MVP | |
Top scorer | (21.8 points per game) |
The tournament was originally going to be hosted in Venezuela. 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: United States, Chile, Argentina, and Puerto Rico. 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 Thomas & Mack Center, which was used earlier in the year for the 2007 NBA All-Star Game.
Las Vegas |
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Thomas & Mack Center Capacity: 18,776 |
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:
Canada, United States - Caribbean and Central America:
Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands - South America:
Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Venezuela
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.
Pot A | Pot B | Pot C | Pot D | Pot E |
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The draw split the tournament into two groups:[1]
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 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
- 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 United States Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7).
Group A
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 390 | 319 | +71 | 8 | ||
4 | 3 | 1 | 330 | 335 | −5 | 7 | ||
4 | 1 | 3 | 351 | 336 | +15 | 5 | 1–1 (1.180) | |
4 | 1 | 3 | 355 | 379 | −24 | 5 | 1–1 (1.033) | |
4 | 1 | 3 | 338 | 395 | −57 | 5 | 1–1 (.818) |
August 22 12:30 p.m. |
88–84 (OT) | ||
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 19–27, 24–11, 17–19, Overtime: 13–9 | ||
Pts: Batista 26 Rebs: Batista 19 Asts: Mazzarin 4 |
Pts: Lloreda 21 Rebs: A. García 11 Asts: A. García 2 |
August 22 3:00 p.m. |
89–100 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 29–29, 16–28, 28–19, 16–24 | ||
Pts: Apodaca 15 Rebs: Reyes 12 Asts: Barea 4 |
Pts: Mariscal 30 Rebs: Llamas 11 Asts: Mariscal 4 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Miguel Angel Pérez (ESP), William Kennedy (USA) |
August 23 12:30 p.m. |
90–69 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 19–22, 29–14, 19–20 | ||
Pts: Prigioni 20 Rebs: Sandes 10 Asts: Prigioni 5 |
Pts: Taboada 14 Rebs: Batista 9 Asts: Mazzarino 3 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), William Kennedy (USA), David Papo (VEN) |
August 23 5:30 p.m. |
67–108 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 11–25, 20–23, 16–32 | ||
Pts: Forbes 19 Rebs: Lloreda 8 Asts: A. García 2 |
Pts: Sánchez 19 Rebs: Reyes 6 Asts: Arroyo 8 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), William Kennedy (USA), David Papo (VEN) |
August 24 12:30 p.m. |
90–95 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 29–29, 18–25, 25–24, 18–17 | ||
Pts: Beck 28 Rebs: Hernández 10 Asts: Pedroza 5 |
Pts: Pinnock 30 Rebs: A. García 13 Asts: Pinnock 4 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Miguel Angel Pérez (ESP) |
August 24 5:30 p.m. |
75–87 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 12–18, 16–27, 20–25 | ||
Pts: Ayuso 21 Rebs: Ramos 12 Asts: Arroyo 4 |
Pts: Scola 22 Rebs: Scola 11 Asts: Prigioni 7 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Carlos dos Santos (BRA), Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM) |
August 25 5:30 p.m. |
82–79 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 14–31, 24–13, 29–18 | ||
Pts: Batista 34 Rebs: Batista 15 Asts: Osimani 5 |
Pts: Barea 18 Rebs: Reyes 12 Asts: Barea 3 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Eddie Rush (USA), Carlos dos Santos (BRA) |
August 25 8:00 p.m. |
104–83 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 28–18, 32–18, 21–24 | ||
Pts: Delfino 20 Rebs: Delfino 11 Asts: Scola 5 |
Pts: Beck 24 Rebs: Quintero 6 Asts: Meza 3 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: William Kennedy (USA), David Papo (VEN) |
August 26 3:30 p.m. |
82–91 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 14–27, 28–18, 15–27 | ||
Pts: Beck 28 Rebs: Ayón 12 Asts: Ayón 3 |
Pts: Mazzarino 36 Rebs: Batista 15 Asts: Osimani 7 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Miguel Angel Pérez (ESP), Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM) |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 461 | 267 | +194 | 8 | |
4 | 3 | 1 | 345 | 344 | +1 | 7 | |
4 | 2 | 2 | 303 | 344 | −41 | 6 | |
4 | 1 | 3 | 317 | 383 | −66 | 5 | |
4 | 0 | 4 | 321 | 409 | −88 | 4 |
August 22 5:30 p.m. |
67–75 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 12–25, 21–11, 11–18, 23–21 | ||
Pts: Mendez 18 Rebs: Dalembert 10 Asts: English 4 |
Pts: Barbosa 30 Rebs: Splitter 9 Asts: Barbosa 5 |
August 22 8:00 p.m. |
112–69 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 21–8, 33–26, 38–17, 20–18 | ||
Pts: Anthony 17 Rebs: Howard 8 Asts: Bryant 5 |
Pts: Vásquez 12 Rebs: Romero 7 Asts: Vargas 3 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), José Carrión (PUR), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG) |
August 23 3:00 p.m. |
73–80 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 18–19, 25–24, 14–19 | ||
Pts: Romero 23 Rebs: Bethelmy 7 Asts: Vásquez 6 |
Pts: Dalembert 18 Rebs: Thomas 8 Asts: Thomas 3 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP), Héctor Uslenghi (URU) |
August 23 8:00 p.m. |
59–123 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 13–42, 26–24, 11–28, 9–29 | ||
Pts: Sheppard 11 Rebs: Richards 6 Asts: Sheppard 2 |
Pts: Anthony 22 Rebs: Prince 12 Asts: Kidd 5 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Jorge Vazquez (PUR), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG), José Dorame (MEX) |
August 24 3:00 p.m. |
93–83 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 30–13, 21–24, 19–19 | ||
Pts: Mendez 22 Rebs: Dalembert 8 Asts: Anderson 12 |
Pts: Edwin 26 Rebs: Victor 6 Asts: Sheppard 3 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Jorge Vazquez (PUR), José Dorame (MEX) |
August 24 8:00 p.m. |
101–75 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 19–17, 28–19, 30–20 | ||
Pts: Machado 20 Rebs: Batista 5 Asts: Da Silva 8 |
Pts: Romero 21 Rebs: Romero 7 Asts: Vargas 4 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Pablo Estevez (ARG), José Carrión (PUR), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG) |
August 25 12:00 a.m. |
113–63 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 37–13, 30–15, 18–14 | ||
Pts: Anthony 25 Rebs: James 8 Asts: Williams 6 |
Pts: Famutimi 17 Rebs: Kendall 9 Asts: Anderson 2 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), José Carrión (PUR), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG) |
August 25 3:00 p.m. |
89–93 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 25–16, 15–31, 26–21 | ||
Pts: Victor 25 Rebs: Rhymer 9 Asts: Sheppard 2 |
Pts: Barbosa 36 Rebs: Nenê 9 Asts: Da Silva 10 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP), Jorge Vazquez (PUR), Héctor Uslenghi (URU) |
August 26 1:00 p.m. |
100–90 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 19–17, 35–26, 28–31 | ||
Pts: Romero 29 Rebs: Romero 10 Asts: Vásquez 10 |
Pts: Edwin 32 Rebs: Francis 6 Asts: Victor 6 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: José Carrión (PUR), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG), Héctor Uslenghi (URU) |
Quarterfinals
Qualified for the semifinals | |
Fifth place |
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
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
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7 | 7 | 0 | 791 | 541 | +250 | 14 | ||
7 | 6 | 1 | 626 | 530 | +96 | 13 | ||
7 | 4 | 3 | 606 | 590 | +16 | 11 | ||
7 | 3 | 4 | 582 | 590 | −8 | 10 | 1−0 | |
7 | 3 | 4 | 538 | 586 | −48 | 10 | 0−1 | |
7 | 2 | 5 | 550 | 648 | −98 | 9 | 1−0 | |
7 | 2 | 5 | 636 | 703 | −67 | 9 | 0−1 | |
7 | 1 | 6 | 522 | 663 | −141 | 8 |
August 27 12:30 p.m. |
88–95 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 20–23, 27–22, 23–25 | ||
Pts: Mazzarino 17 Rebs: Batista 6 Asts: García Morales 3 |
Pts: Young 22 Rebs: Kendall 9 Asts: English 5 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Pablo Estevez (ARG), Jorge Vazquez (PUR), William Kennedy (USA) |
August 27 3:00 p.m. |
98–63 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 28–10, 23–24, 28–19, 19–10 | ||
Pts: González 21 Rebs: Delfino 11 Asts: Prigioni 8 |
Pts: Cedeño 15 Rebs: Sucre 6 Asts: Cedeño 3 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), José Dorame (MEX) |
August 27 5:30 p.m. |
75–97 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 15–20, 26–26, 21–32 | ||
Pts: Barbosa 34 Rebs: Splitter 11 Asts: Machado 4 |
Pts: Ayuso 24 Rebs: Ramos 6 Asts: Barea 5 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP) |
August 27 8:00 p.m. |
127–100 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 45–23, 20–28, 36–27, 26–22 | ||
Pts: Anthony 28 Rebs: Billups 8 Asts: Kidd 7 |
Pts: Beck 20 Rebs: Parada 7 Asts: Pedroza 6 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Carlos Dos Santos (BRA), Héctor Uslenghi (URU) |
August 28 12:30 p.m. |
89–79 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 26–10, 17–20, 20–24 | ||
Pts: Romero 35 Rebs: Romero 11 Asts: Cedeño 8 |
Pts: Batista 21 Rebs: Batista 20 Asts: García Morales 3 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Carlos Dos Santos (BRA) |
August 28 3:00 p.m. |
70–85 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 8–26, 8–20, 24–16, 30–23 | ||
Pts: Thomas 13 Rebs: Dalembert 16 Asts: English 2 |
Pts: Scola 23 Rebs: González 11 Asts: Prigioni 11 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Eddie Rush (USA), Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP), Héctor Uslenghi (URU) |
August 28 5:30 p.m. |
90–104 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 17–29, 24–34, 27–17 | ||
Pts: Beck 29 Rebs: Parada 10 Asts: Pedroza 5 |
Pts: Barbosa 21 Rebs: Splitter 9 Asts: Machado 6 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: José Carrión (PUR), William Kennedy (USA), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG) |
August 28 8:00 p.m. |
78–117 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 12–35, 29–29, 22–29 | ||
Pts: Ayuso 13 Rebs: Arroyo 6 Asts: Barea 3 |
Pts: James 21 Rebs: Stoudemire 8 Asts: Williams 7 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Pablo Estevez (ARG), David Papo (VEN) |
August 29 12:30 p.m. |
97–80 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 26–9, 29–24, 21–25 | ||
Pts: Anderson 17 Rebs: Brown 11 Asts: Anderson 5 |
Pts: Quintero 20 Rebs: Ávila 5 Asts: Meza 4 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Pablo Estevez (ARG), Carlos Dos Santos (BRA), David Papo (VEN) |
August 29 3:00 p.m. |
63–92 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 19–27, 10–15, 18–30 | ||
Pts: Romero 11 Rebs: Romero 10 Asts: Vásquez 3 |
Pts: Ayuso 25 Rebs: Reyes 13 Asts: Arroyo 7 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), Eddie Rush (USA), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG) |
August 29 5:30 p.m. |
86–79 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 12–19, 22–16, 21–13 | ||
Pts: Scola 23 Rebs: Scola 12 Asts: Prigioni 7 |
Pts: Machado 19 Rebs: Nenê 12 Asts: Machado 7 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP) |
August 29 8:00 p.m. |
79–118 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 21–31, 17–35, 26–29, 15–23 | ||
Pts: Batista 20 Rebs: García Morales 6 Asts: Mazzarino 3 |
Pts: James 26 Rebs: Stoudemire 7 Asts: Williams 6 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Jorge Vazquez (PUR), José Dorame (MEX) |
August 30 1:30 p.m. |
101–91 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 27–23, 31–15, 24–26 | ||
Pts: Pedroza 27 Rebs: Ávila 12 Asts: Meza 7 |
Pts: Romero 23 Rebs: Romero 6 Asts: Vargas 8 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: William Kennedy (USA), Héctor Uslenghi (URU) |
August 30 4:00 p.m. |
96–62 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 20–20, 30–8, 22–17 | ||
Pts: Barbosa 32 Rebs: Splitter 7 Asts: Da Silva 5 |
Pts: Batista 17 Rebs: Batista 10 Asts: Osimani 4 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Eddie Rush (USA), Pablo Estevez (ARG), Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM) |
August 30 6:30 p.m. |
72–66 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 14–16, 23–9, 14–23 | ||
Pts: Arroyo 22 Rebs: Reyes 12 Asts: Ayuso 3 |
Pts: Thomas 18 Rebs: Dalembert 18 Asts: English 4 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP) |
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.
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
September 1 – Las Vegas | ||||||
91 | ||||||
September 2 – Las Vegas | ||||||
80 | ||||||
81 | ||||||
September 1 – Las Vegas | ||||||
118 | ||||||
135 | ||||||
91 | ||||||
Third place | ||||||
September 2 – Las Vegas | ||||||
107 | ||||||
111 |
Semifinals
September 1 1:00 p.m. |
Argentina |
91–80 | |
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 18–21, 30–13, 26–24 | ||
Pts: Scola 27 Rebs: Scola 9 Asts: Prigioni 5 |
Pts: Barbosa, Garcia 16 each Rebs: Splitter 9 Asts: da Silva 5 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas |
September 1 4:00 p.m. |
United States |
135–91 | |
Scoring by quarter: 33–27, 24–15, 43–28, 35–21 | ||
Pts: Anthony 27 Rebs: Howard 6 Asts: James 9 |
Pts: Ayuso 22 Rebs: Falcón 8 Asts: Arroyo 5 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas |
Third place game
Statistical leaders
Individual Tournament Highs
Points[2]
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Rebounds[3]
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Assists[4]
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Steals[5]
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Blocks[6]
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Minutes[7]
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Individual Game Highs
Department | Name | Total | Opponent |
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Points | 39 | ||
Rebounds | 20 | ||
Assists | 12 | ||
Steals | 5 | ||
Blocks | 6 | ||
Turnovers | 9 |
Team Tournament Highs
Offensive PPG[8]
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Defensive PPG
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Rebounds[9]
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Assists[10]
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Steals[11]
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Blocks[12]
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Team Game highs
Department | Name | Total | Opponent |
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Points | 135 | ||
Rebounds | 61 | ||
Assists | (2 times) | 31 | |
Steals | (2 times) | 15 | |
Blocks | 10 | ||
Field goal percentage | 69.6% | ||
3-point field goal percentage | 63.9% | ||
Free throw percentage | 100% (4/4) | ||
Turnovers | 28 |
Final standings
Qualified for 2008 Olympic Basketball Tournament | |
Qualified for FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
Rank | Team | Record |
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10–0 | ||
8–2 | ||
5–5 | ||
4 | 5–5 | |
5 | 4–4 | |
6 | 3–5 | |
7 | 2–6 | |
8 | 2–6 | |
9 | 1–3 | |
10 | 0–4 |
Chauncey Billups Jason Kidd LeBron James Deron Williams Michael Redd Tayshaun Prince Kobe Bryant Dwight Howard Amar'e Stoudemire Mike Miller Tyson Chandler Carmelo Anthony |
Luis Scola Pablo Prigioni Román González Diego Lo Grippo Juan Pedro Gutiérrez Antonio Porta Carlos Delfino Martín Leiva Leonardo Gutiérrez Paolo Quinteros Matías Sandes Federico Kammerichs |
Peter John Ramos José Juan Barea Filiberto Rivera Carlos Arroyo Rick Apodaca Alex Falcon Larry Ayuso Ricky Sánchez Angelo Reyes Héctor Valenzuela Carmelo Lee Ángel Figueroa |
Marcelinho Machado Nezinho Dos Santos Murilo Becker Marcelinho Huertas Alex Garcia Valter Apolinario Da Silva Leandro Barbosa João Paulo Batista Guilherme Giovannoni Nenê Marcus Vinicius Tiago Splitter |
References
- Brad Friedman, "FIBA Americas Championship 2007 Preview", NBA.Com, Mar 21 2007.
- PPG Leaders at FIBA.com
- RPG Leaders at FIBA.com
- APG Leaders at FIBA.com
- SPG Leaders at FIBA.com
- BPG Leaders
- MPG Leaders at FIBA.com
- Team Leaders – PPG
- Team Leaders – RPG
- Team Leaders – APG
- Team Leaders – SPG
- Team Leaders – BPG