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 nationArgentina
DatesJune 18–22
Teams8 (from 10 federations)
Venues1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Argentina (13th title)
Official website
South American Basketball Championship 2012
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Preliminary round
Qualified for the semifinals
Qualified for the 5th place match
Eliminated

Group A
Team Pts Pld W L PF PA PD
 Argentina 6330265219+46
 Venezuela 5321274217+57
 Chile 4312201240–39
 Colombia 3303200264–64

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
Team Pts Pld W L PF PA PD
 Brazil 6330239182+57
 Uruguay 5321277183+94
 Paraguay 4312214211+3
 Bolivia 3303144298–154

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
 
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
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
RankTeamRecord
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Argentina5–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Venezuela3–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Uruguay3–2
4th  Brazil3–2
5th  Paraguay2–2
6th  Chile1–3
7th  Bolivia0–3
 Colombia0–3

References
  1. "2012SUDM- ABASU discloses South American calendar". FIBA Americas. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
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