2017 FIBA AmeriCup

2017 FIBA AmeriCup
Tournament details
Host countriesArgentina
Colombia
Uruguay
Dates25 August – 3 September
Teams12
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (7th title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Mexico
Fourth place Virgin Islands
Tournament statistics
MVPUnited States Jameel Warney
Top scorerVenezuela John Cox
(20.3 points per game)
2015
2022

The 2017 FIBA AmeriCup was the 18th edition of the FIBA AmeriCup, which is the main tournament for senior men's basketball national teams of the FIBA Americas. The tournament was held in Medellín, Colombia, Montevideo, Uruguay, and Bahía Blanca and Córdoba, in Argentina, from 25 August, to 3 September 2017.[1]

Unlike previous editions, the tournament did not award spots for the FIBA World Cup or the Summer Olympic Games. However, the top seven teams qualified to the 2019 Pan American Games.

The United States, with a team of NBA G League players, won their seventh gold medal at the tournament, after defeating Argentina, by a score of 81–76, in the final, while Mexico took home the bronze, by beating the U.S. Virgin Islands, 79–65.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Argentina, Colombia and Uruguay to host FIBA AmeriCup 2017". FIBA.com. 5 April 2017. Archived from the original on April 7, 2017.
  2. ^ "USA crowned FIBA AmeriCup 2017 champions". FIBA.com. 4 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Mexico takes the Bronze". FIBA.com. 4 September 2017.