2003 Tournament of the Americas

The 2003 Tournament of the Americas in basketball, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, 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.

San Juan

Roberto Clemente Coliseum
Capacity: 10,000

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Qualification

Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 2003; two teams 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.
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 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. The top four teams advanced to the semifinals.

Knockout stage

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Awards

Topscorer: Omar Quintero 169 pts

Most Valuable Player

Statistical leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Points

Pos.

Name

PPG

Individual Game Highs

Team Tournament Highs

Offensive 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

Rebounds

Pos.	Name	RPG
1	'	39.2
2		38.8
2		37.5
4		36.5
5		35.7

Assists

Pos.	Name	APG
1	'	29.3
2		21.8
3		20.4
4		19.9
5		18.5

Steals

Pos.	Name	SPG
1	'	10.1
2		9.7
3		8.5
4		8.4
5		7.3

Blocks

Pos.	Name	BPG
1	'	5.5
2		4.9
3		4.4
4		3.0
5		2.8

Team Game highs

Final standings

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

'	'		4th
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