2012 South American Basketball Championship

2012 South American Basketball Championship
45th South American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Argentina
CityResistencia
Dates18–22 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (13th title)
Runners-up Venezuela
Third place Uruguay
Official website
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The 2012 South American Basketball Championship was the 45th edition of the South American Basketball Championship. Eight teams participated in the competition, held in Resistencia, Chaco Province, Argentina, from 18 to 22 June 2012 at the Stadium of Club Atlético Sarmiento.[1] Brazil were the defending champions.[1] The top five teams qualified for the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship, which also served as the FIBA Americas' qualifier for the 2014 Basketball World Cup.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 3 3 0 265 219 +46 6 Semifinals
2  Venezuela 3 2 1 274 217 +57 5
3  Chile 3 1 2 201 240 −39 4 5th place match
4  Colombia 3 0 3 200 264 −64 3
Source: FIBA
June 18
14:00
Venezuela  86–61  Chile
Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 25–10, 21–23, 20–11
Pts: Romero 17
Rebs: G. Vásquez 6
Asts: G. Vásquez 5		 Pts: Carrasco 16
Rebs: Arteaga, Isla 4
Asts: Carrasco 3
June 18
22:00
Colombia  68–87  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 19–26, 11–23, 21–18
Pts: Ortiz 17
Rebs: Pérez 9
Asts: Aragón 4		 Pts: Campazzo 20
Rebs: J. Gutiérrez, Mata 6
Asts: Fernández, Laprovíttola 6
June 19
14:30
Chile  76–66  Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 20–11, 19–17, 18–23
Pts: Carrasco 17
Rebs: Isla 12
Asts: Carrasco 5		 Pts: Guevara 18
Rebs: Guevara 14
Asts: Bacci, Ortiz 2
June 19
22:00
Argentina  90–87  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 23–22, 20–14, 26–25
Pts: L. Gutiérrez 18
Rebs: Mata 7
Asts: Laprovíttola 6		 Pts: G. Vásquez 26
Rebs: J. Vargas 5
Asts: G. Vargas, G. Vásquez 3
June 20
14:30
Colombia  66–101  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 10–31, 21–24, 24–25, 11–21
Pts: Pérez 21
Rebs: Pérez 8
Asts: Contreras 3		 Pts: J. Vargas 14
Rebs: Echenique 9
Asts: G. Vásquez, Zamora 5
June 20
19:30
Argentina  88–64  Chile
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 24–14, 19–17, 21–18
Pts: J. Gutiérrez 26
Rebs: Delía 10
Asts: Laprovíttola 6		 Pts: Arteaga 17
Rebs: Carrasco 7
Asts: Sepúlveda 4

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 239 182 +57 6 Semifinals
2  Uruguay 3 2 1 277 183 +94 5
3  Paraguay 3 1 2 214 211 +3 4 5th place match
4  Bolivia 3 0 3 144 298 −154 3
Source: FIBA
June 18
16:15
Uruguay  122–36  Bolivia
Scoring by quarter: 36–5, 23–11, 35–10, 28–10
Pts: Fitipaldo 20
Rebs: Calfani 8
Asts: Osimani 6		 Pts: Mendoza 12
Rebs: Camargo 6
Asts: three players 2
June 18
18:30
Paraguay  63–67  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 18–17, 15–23, 15–12
Pts: Araujo 20
Rebs: Zanotti 7
Asts: Pérez, Martínez 5		 Pts: Benite 21
Rebs: Lima 9
Asts: dos Santos 4
June 19
17:00
Bolivia  62–81  Paraguay
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 12–34, 17–21, 16–11
Pts: Camargo 16
Rebs: Camargo 8
Asts: Mendoza 4		 Pts: Mellone 15
Rebs: Fabio 9
Asts: Pérez 4
June 19
19:30
Brazil  77–73  Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 16–11, 16–15, 25–17, 20–30
Pts: dos Santos 23
Rebs: Felício 7
Asts: Benite, Belchior 3		 Pts: García Morales 21
Rebs: Aguiar 6
Asts: Barrera 4
June 20
17:00
Brazil  95–46  Bolivia
Scoring by quarter: 24–7, 25–11, 27–14, 19–14
Pts: Benite, Reis 17
Rebs: Reis 9
Asts: Corazza Neto 6		 Pts: Cadario 20
Rebs: Camargo 6
Asts: Camargo 3
June 20
22:00
Paraguay  70–82  Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 9–22, 19–26, 21–19, 21–15
Pts: Araujo 23
Rebs: Araujo, Fabio 6
Asts: Martínez 3		 Pts: Izaguirre 19
Rebs: Granger 10
Asts: Granger 6

Knockout round

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
June 21 – Resistencia
 
 
 Brazil70
 
June 22 – Resistencia
 
 Venezuela86
 
 Venezuela56
 
June 21 – Resistencia
 
 Argentina79
 
 Argentina88
 
 
 Uruguay81
 
Third place match
 
 
June 22 – Resistencia
 
 
 Brazil68
 
 
 Uruguay80
 
Fifth place match
 
  
 
June 21 – Resistencia
 
 
 Chile88
 
 
 Paraguay93
 

Fifth place match

June 21
17:00
Chile  88–93  Paraguay
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 24–22, 23–23, 20–30
Pts: Arteaga 27
Rebs: Bravo, Isla 6
Asts: Carrasco 7		 Pts: Araujo 22
Rebs: Ortiz 10
Asts: Martínez 9

Semifinals

June 21
19:30
Brazil  70–86  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 18–19, 17–26, 20–21
Pts: Benite 20
Rebs: Souza 12
Asts: dos Santos 6		 Pts: Cubillan, Sucre 21
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: G. Vásquez 8
June 21
22:00
Argentina  88–81  Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 22–19, 20–16, 20–28
Pts: L. Gutiérrez 18
Rebs: Mata 10
Asts: L. Gutiérrez 4		 Pts: Granger 26
Rebs: Granger 9
Asts: García Morales 4

Third place match

June 22
19:30
Uruguay  80–68  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 17–18, 19–7, 26–26
Pts: Aguiar 21
Rebs: Izaguirre 7
Asts: Osimani 3		 Pts: Benite 18
Rebs: Lima 6
Asts: dos Santos 7

Final

June 22
22:00
Venezuela  56–79  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 9–20, 14–20, 17–21
Pts: Romero 12
Rebs: G. Vargas, J. Vargas 5
Asts: G. Vásquez 3		 Pts: Campazzo 15
Rebs: Mata 7
Asts: Laprovíttola 6

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Argentina 5–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Venezuela 3–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Uruguay 3–2
4th  Brazil 3–2
5th  Paraguay 2–2
6th  Chile 1–3
7th  Bolivia 0–3
 Colombia 0–3
Qualified for the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship

References

  1. ^ a b "2012SUDM- ABASU discloses South American calendar". FIBA Americas. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.[permanent dead link‍]