USA - Draw of the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship for Men

LAS VEGAS (FIBA Americas Championship for Men) – FIBA Americas, in cooperation with the USA Basketball, hosted today in Las Vegas the draw for the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship for Men.

The FIBA Americas Championship for Men will be played from August 22th to 2th September 2007 in Las Vegas, USA with 10 teams from Americas zone.

The President of FIBA Americas, Mr. Julio Subero, was in the event along with FIBA Americas Secretary General, Mr. Alberto Garcia.

The countries represented were Uruguay by Hugo Couto, Argentina by German Vaccaro, Hector Reyes of Puerto Rico, German Blanco of Venezuela and Jim Tooley of USA Basketball.

During the event FIBA Americas honored Jose "Piculin" Ortiz (Puerto Rico), Marcelo Milanesio (Argentina), Horacio López (Uruguay), Carl Herrera (Venezuela) and Clyde Drexler of the United States.

Please find below the result of the draw, as well as the complete event schedule. 

1. Composition of groups:
Group A: Panama, Uruguay, Mexico, Argentina, Puerto Rico
Group B: US Virgin Island, Canada, Venezuela, USA, Brazil

2. Preliminary Round:
22th August 2007:
Group A:
Game A1: PUR vs. MEX
Game A2: URU vs. PAN
Group B:
Game B1: CAN vs. BRA
Game B2: USA vs. VEN

23th August 2007:
Group A:
Game A3: ARG vs. URU
Game A4: PAN vs. PUR
Group B:
Game B3: ISV vs. USA
Game B4: VEN vs. CAN

24th August 2007:
Group A:
Game A5: MEX vs. PAN
Game A6: PUR vs. ARG
Group B:
Game B5: BRA vs. VEN
Game B6: CAN vs. ISV

25th August 2007:
Group A:
Game A5: URU vs. PUR
Game A6: ARG vs. MEX
Group B:
Game B5: USA vs. CAN
Game B6: ISV vs. BRA

26th August 2007:
Group A:
Game A5: PAN vs. ARG
Game A6: MEX vs. URU
Group B:
Game B5: VEN vs. ISV
Game B6: BRA vs. USA

Second Face
With participation from ten (10) teams and completely in accordance with the current FIBA Game Rules, the tournament shall be disputed in three phases. In the first and second phase, if there is a draw on points in the same position, the established system shall also be used by FIBA. The teams are divided in two groups of five (5)Important note:
The order of the games for further rounds is subject to change.

3. Quarter Finals:
27th August 2007:
Game 21: X8 vs. X1
Game 22: X2 vs. X7
Game 23: X6 vs. X3
Game 24: X4 vs. X5

28th August 2007:
Game 25: X1 vs. X7
Game 26: X8 vs. X6
Game 27: X5 vs. X2
Game 28: X3 vs. X4

29th August 2007:
Game 29: X6 vs. X1
Game 30: X7 vs. X5
Game 31: X5 vs. X8
Game 32: X2 vs. X3

30th August 2007:
Game 33: X1 vs. X5
Game 34: X6 vs. X4
Game 35: X3 vs. X7
Game 36: X8 vs. X2

4. Semi Finals:
1th September 2007:
Game 37: X2 vs. X3
Game 38: X1 vs. X4

5.Finals:
2th September 2007:
Game 39: Loser Game 37 vs. Loser Game 38 (3 – 4)
Game 40: Winner Game 37 vs. Winner Game 38 (1 – 2)

More details about FIBA Americas Championship for Men 2007 can be found in www.fibaamericas.com.

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