2001 Tournament of the Americas
The 2001 COPABA Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was hosted by Argentina, from 16 August, to 26 August 2001. The games were played at the Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn berths at the 2002 FIBA World Championship, in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Argentina won the tournament, the country's first AmeriCup championship. The United States performed poorly at this tournament, mainly because it sent in junior players.
Venue
| Neuquén | |
| Estadio Ruca Che | |
| Capacity: 8,000 | |
Qualification
- North America:,
- Caribbean and Central America:,,,
- South America:,,,
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 top five teams from the quarterfinals stage where granted berths in the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis. Since the United States were already qualified as Olympic Champions, should they reach the semifinals stage, the sixth best team from the quarterfinals also qualified to the World Championship.
- The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final. The losers figure in a third-place playoff.
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.Knockout stage
Awards
| Most Valuable Player |
 Manu Ginóbili |
Final standings
| Rank | Team | Record |
| 9–0 | ||
| 7–3 | ||
| 6–4 | ||
| 4 | 5–4 | |
| 5 | 4–3 | |
| 6 | 4–3 | |
| 7 | 2–6 | |
| 8 | 1–7 | |
| 9 | 0–4 | |
| 10 | 0–4 |
| Juan Ignacio Sánchez Gabriel Fernández Manu Ginóbili Fabricio Oberto Lucas Victoriano Daniel Farabello Hugo Sconochini Luis Scola Leonardo Gutiérrez Andrés Nocioni Leandro Palladino Rubén Wolkowyski | Marcelinho Machado Alex Garcia Vanderlei Mazzuchini Tiago Valentim de Lima Sandro França Varejão Demétrius Ferraciú Hélio Rubens Filho Estevam Ferreira Guilherme Giovannoni Nenê Anderson Varejão Márcio Dornelles | David Daniels Sherman Hamilton Dean Walker Steve Nash Shawn Swords Prosper Karangwa Jerome Robinson Todd MacCulloch Andrew Kwiatkowski Peter Guarasci Michael Meeks Kevin Jobity |