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

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

Most Valuable Player

Steve Nash

Statistical leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Points

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

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

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

Steals

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

Blocks

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

Minutes

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

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