2007 FIBA Americas Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | United States |
City | Las Vegas |
Dates | August 22 – September 2 |
Teams | 10 |
Venue(s) | Thomas & Mack Center |
Final positions | |
Champions | United States (6th title) |
Runners-up | Argentina |
Third place | Puerto Rico |
Fourth place | Brazil |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 40 |
MVP | Luis Scola |
Top scorer | Leandro Barbosa (21.8 points per game) |
The 2007 FIBA Americas Championships later known as the FIBA AmeriCup (or The Tournament of the Americas), was a basketball tournament held at
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 UTC-7).
Group A
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
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Argentina | 4 | 4 | 0 | 390 | 319 | +71 | 8 | |
Uruguay | 4 | 3 | 1 | 330 | 335 | −5 | 7 | |
Puerto Rico | 4 | 1 | 3 | 351 | 336 | +15 | 5 | 1–1 (1.180) |
Mexico | 4 | 1 | 3 | 355 | 379 | −24 | 5 | 1–1 (1.033) |
Panama | 4 | 1 | 3 | 338 | 395 | −57 | 5 | 1–1 (.818) |
August 22
12:30 p.m. |
Uruguay | 88–84 (OT) | Panama |
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 19–27, 24–11, 17–19, Overtime: 13–9 | ||
4 | Pts: Lloreda 21 Rebs: A. García 11 Asts: A. García 2 |
Las Vegas (USA), Carlos dos Santos (BRA)Referees: Eddie Rush |
August 22
3:00 p.m. |
Puerto Rico | 89–100 | Mexico |
Scoring by quarter: 29–29, 16–28, 28–19, 16–24 | ||
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. |
Argentina | 90–69 | Uruguay |
Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 19–22, 29–14, 19–20 | ||
Sandes 10 : Prigioni 5Asts |
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. |
Panama | 67–108 | Puerto Rico |
Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 11–25, 20–23, 16–32 | ||
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. |
Mexico | 90–95 | Panama |
Scoring by quarter: 29–29, 18–25, 25–24, 18–17 | ||
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. |
Puerto Rico | 75–87 | Argentina |
Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 12–18, 16–27, 20–25 | ||
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. |
Uruguay | 82–79 | Puerto Rico |
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 14–31, 24–13, 29–18 | ||
5 | Pts: Barea 18 12Rebs: Reyes 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. |
Argentina | 104–83 | Mexico |
Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 28–18, 32–18, 21–24 | ||
5 | Pts: Meza 3 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: William Kennedy (USA), David Papo (VEN) |
August 26
3:30 p.m. |
Mexico | 82–91 | Uruguay |
Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 14–27, 28–18, 15–27 | ||
: Ayón 3 | Pts: Mazzarino 36 Rebs: Batista 15 Asts: Osimani 7 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Miguel Angel Pérez (ESP), Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM) |
August 26
9:00 p.m. |
Panama | 92–109 (OT) | Argentina |
Scoring by quarter: 18–30, 18–13, 27–16, 22–26, Overtime: 7–24 | ||
6 | Pts: Quinteros 22 Rebs: Scola 8 Asts: Prigioni 12 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Eddie Rush (USA) |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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United States | 4 | 4 | 0 | 461 | 267 | +194 | 8 |
Brazil | 4 | 3 | 1 | 345 | 344 | +1 | 7 |
Canada | 4 | 2 | 2 | 303 | 344 | −41 | 6 |
Venezuela | 4 | 1 | 3 | 317 | 383 | −66 | 5 |
Virgin Islands | 4 | 0 | 4 | 321 | 409 | −88 | 4 |
August 22
5:30 p.m. |
Canada | 67–75 | Brazil |
Scoring by quarter: 12–25, 21–11, 11–18, 23–21 | ||
4 | Pts: Barbosa 30 Rebs: Splitter 9 Asts: Barbosa 5 |
August 22
8:00 p.m. |
United States | 112–69 | Venezuela |
Scoring by quarter: 21–8, 33–26, 38–17, 20–18 | ||
5 | Pts: Vargas 3 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), José Carrión (PUR), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG) |
August 23
3:00 p.m. |
Venezuela | 73–80 | Canada |
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 18–19, 25–24, 14–19 | ||
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. |
Virgin Islands | 59–123 | United States |
Scoring by quarter: 13–42, 26–24, 11–28, 9–29 | ||
: 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. |
Canada | 93–83 | Virgin Islands |
Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 30–13, 21–24, 19–19 | ||
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. |
Brazil | 101–75 | Venezuela |
Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 19–17, 28–19, 30–20 | ||
Da Silva 8 |
Pts: Vargas 4 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Pablo Estevez (ARG), José Carrión (PUR), Daniel Rodrigo (ARG) |
August 25
12:00 a.m. |
United States | 113–63 | Canada |
Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 37–13, 30–15, 18–14 | ||
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. |
Virgin Islands | 89–93 | Brazil |
Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 25–16, 15–31, 26–21 | ||
2 | Pts: 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. |
Venezuela | 100–90 | Virgin Islands |
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 19–17, 35–26, 28–31 | ||
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) |
August 26
6:00 p.m. |
Brazil | 76–113 | United States |
Scoring by quarter: 21–27, 17–30, 11–39, 27–17 | ||
Da Silva 4 |
Pts: James 21 Rebs: Anthony 10 Asts: Kidd 5 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Pablo Estevez (ARG), José Dorame (MEX) |
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 three 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
Standings
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
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United States | 7 | 7 | 0 | 791 | 541 | +250 | 14 | |
Argentina | 7 | 6 | 1 | 626 | 530 | +96 | 13 | |
Brazil | 7 | 4 | 3 | 606 | 590 | +16 | 11 | |
Puerto Rico | 7 | 3 | 4 | 582 | 590 | −8 | 10 | 1−0 |
Canada | 7 | 3 | 4 | 538 | 586 | −48 | 10 | 0−1 |
Uruguay | 7 | 2 | 5 | 550 | 648 | −98 | 9 | 1−0 |
Mexico | 7 | 2 | 5 | 636 | 703 | −67 | 9 | 0−1 |
Venezuela | 7 | 1 | 6 | 522 | 663 | −141 | 8 |
August 27
12:30 p.m. |
Uruguay | 88–95 | Canada |
Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 20–23, 27–22, 23–25 | ||
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. |
Argentina | 98–63 | Venezuela |
Scoring by quarter: 28–10, 23–24, 28–19, 19–10 | ||
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. |
Brazil | 75–97 | Puerto Rico |
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 15–20, 26–26, 21–32 | ||
4 | Pts: Barea 5 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP) |
August 27
8:00 p.m. |
United States | 127–100 | Mexico |
Scoring by quarter: 45–23, 20–28, 36–27, 26–22 | ||
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. |
Venezuela | 89–79 | Uruguay |
Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 26–10, 17–20, 20–24 | ||
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. |
Canada | 70–85 | Argentina |
Scoring by quarter: 8–26, 8–20, 24–16, 30–23 | ||
2 | Pts: González 11 11Asts: Prigioni |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Eddie Rush (USA), Miguel Ángel Pérez (ESP), Héctor Uslenghi (URU) |
August 28
5:30 p.m. |
Mexico | 90–104 | Brazil |
Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 17–29, 24–34, 27–17 | ||
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. |
Puerto Rico | 78–117 | United States |
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 12–35, 29–29, 22–29 | ||
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. |
Canada | 97–80 | Mexico |
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 26–9, 29–24, 21–25 | ||
: Anderson 5 | Pts: Meza 4 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: Pablo Estevez (ARG), Carlos Dos Santos (BRA), David Papo (VEN) |
August 29
3:00 p.m. |
Venezuela | 63–92 | Puerto Rico |
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 19–27, 10–15, 18–30 | ||
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. |
Argentina | 86–79 | Brazil |
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 12–19, 22–16, 21–13 | ||
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. |
Uruguay | 79–118 | United States |
Scoring by quarter: 21–31, 17–35, 26–29, 15–23 | ||
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. |
Mexico | 101–91 | Venezuela |
Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 27–23, 31–15, 24–26 | ||
Meza 7 |
Pts: Vargas 8 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: William Kennedy (USA), Héctor Uslenghi (URU) |
August 30
4:00 p.m. |
Brazil | 96–62 | Uruguay |
Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 20–20, 30–8, 22–17 | ||
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. |
Puerto Rico | 72–66 | Canada |
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 14–16, 23–9, 14–23 | ||
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) |
August 30
9:00 p.m. |
United States | 91–76 | Argentina |
Scoring by quarter: 28–13, 21–17, 24–22, 18–24 | ||
7 | Pts: Scola 20 Rebs: Scola 5 Asts: Prigioni 4 |
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Referees: José Carrión (PUR), Carlos Dos Santos (BRA) |
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
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
September 1 – Las Vegas | ||||||
Argentina | 91 | |||||
September 2 – Las Vegas | ||||||
Brazil | 80 | |||||
Argentina | 81 | |||||
September 1 – Las Vegas | ||||||
United States | 118 | |||||
United States | 135 | |||||
Puerto Rico | 91 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
September 2 – Las Vegas | ||||||
Brazil | 107 | |||||
Puerto Rico | 111 |
Semifinals
September 1
1:00 p.m. |
Argentina | 91–80 | Brazil |
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 18–21, 30–13, 26–24 | ||
5 | Pts: da Silva 5 |
Las Vegas |
September 1
4:00 p.m. |
United States | 135–91 | Puerto Rico |
Scoring by quarter: 33–27, 24–15, 43–28, 35–21 | ||
9 | Pts: Ayuso 22 Rebs: Falcón 8 Asts: Arroyo 5 |
Las Vegas |
Third place game
September 2
1:00 p.m. |
Brazil | 107–111 | Puerto Rico |
Scoring by quarter: 12–26, 31–22, 26–33, 38–30 | ||
da Silva, Splitter 4 |
Pts: Ayuso 39 Rebs: Reyes 15 Asts: Arroyo 10 |
Las Vegas |
Final
September 2
4:00 p.m. |
Argentina | 81–118 | United States |
Scoring by quarter: 14–35, 20–24, 27–34, 20–25 | ||
3 each | Pts: Bryant 31 Rebs: Anthony 8 Asts: Bryant 14 |
Las Vegas |
Awards
2007 Tournament of the Americas winners |
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United States Sixth title |
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 | Larry Ayuso | 39 | Brazil |
Rebounds | Esteban Batista | 20 | Venezuela |
Assists | Jermaine Anderson | 12 | Virgin Islands |
Steals | Carlos Delfino Joel Muñoz |
5 | Brazil Mexico |
Blocks | Miguel Marriaga | 6 | Uruguay |
Turnovers | Esteban Batista Greivis Vásquez |
9 | Brazil Virgin Islands |
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 | United States | 135 | Puerto Rico |
Rebounds | Canada | 61 | Mexico |
Assists | Brazil United States (2 times) |
31 | Mexico Uruguay Puerto Rico |
Steals | Mexico United States (2 times) |
15 | Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Argentina |
Blocks | Venezuela | 10 | Uruguay |
Field goal percentage | United States | 69.6% | Puerto Rico |
3-point field goal percentage | United States | 63.9% | Puerto Rico |
Free throw percentage | Puerto Rico | 100% (4/4) | Canada |
Turnovers | Puerto Rico | 28 | Uruguay |
Final standings
Qualified for 2008 Olympic Basketball Tournament | |
Qualified for FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
Rank | Team | Record |
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United States | 10–0 | |
Argentina | 8–2 | |
Puerto Rico | 5–5 | |
4 | Brazil | 5–5 |
5 | Canada | 4–4 |
6 | Uruguay | 3–5 |
7 | Mexico | 2–6 |
8 | Venezuela | 2–6 |
9 | Panama | 1–3 |
10 | Virgin Islands | 0–4 |
4th
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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