2012 South American Basketball Championship

The 2012 South American Basketball Championship was the 45th edition of the South American Basketball Championship. Eight teams featured the competition, held in Resistencia, Chaco Province, Argentina from 18 to June 22 at the Stadium of Club Atlético Sarmiento.[1] Brazil was the defending champion.[1] The first four places qualified for the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship, the latter of which doubled as the FIBA Americas qualifier for the 2014 World Championship.

2012 South American Basketball Championship
45th South American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryArgentina
DatesJune 18–22
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (13th title)
Official website
South American Basketball Championship 2012
2010
2014

Preliminary round edit

Qualified for the semifinals
Qualified for the 5th place match
Eliminated

Group A edit

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA PD
  Argentina 6 3 3 0 265 219 +46
  Venezuela 5 3 2 1 274 217 +57
  Chile 4 3 1 2 201 240 –39
  Colombia 3 3 0 3 200 264 –64

All times local (UTC−3)

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 edit

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA PD
  Brazil 6 3 3 0 239 182 +57
  Uruguay 5 3 2 1 277 183 +94
  Paraguay 4 3 1 2 214 211 +3
  Bolivia 3 3 0 3 144 298 –154

All times local (UTC−3)

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 edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
June 21 – Resistencia
 
 
  Brazil70
 
June 22 – Resistencia
 
  Venezuela86
 
  Venezuela56
 
June 21 – Resistencia
 
  Argentina79
 
  Argentina88
 
 
  Uruguay81
 
Third place
 
 
June 22 – Resistencia
 
 
  Brazil68
 
 
  Uruguay80

Fifth place match edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Rank Team Record
    Argentina 5–0
    Venezuela 3–2
    Uruguay 3–2
4th   Brazil 3–2
5th   Paraguay 2–2
6th   Chile 1–3
7th   Bolivia 0–3
  Colombia 0–3

References edit

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

External links edit