FIBA Americas Championship 2015

FIBA Americas Cup 2015
17th FIBA American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Mexico
Dates	31 August – 12 September
Teams	10 (from 44 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Venezuela (1st title)
MVP	Luis Scola
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2015 FIBA Americas Championship
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	Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics
	Qualified for the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men
	Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics as host nation

The 2015 FIBA Americas Championship for Men was the FIBA Americas qualifying tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball Tournament in Brazil. The tournament was held in Mexico City, Mexico. The tournament was won for the first time by the Venezuelan national basketball team. Venezuela and runner-up Argentina qualified directly for the 2016 Olympics. They will join FIBA Americas member United States, who qualified for the Olympics by virtue of winning the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup and elected not to participate in this tournament, and FIBA Americas member Brazil, who finished 9th in the tournament but qualified for the Olympics as host. Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico, the next three highest-finishing teams, qualified for the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, but none of them won their respective qualifying tournaments, therefore eliminating their 2016 Olympic hopes.

The tournament had great attendance every day, breaking FIBA Americas records and hosted 20,000 people on the third place and final match.

On 7 August 2014 at the day of the 2014 Centrobasket final, FIBA Americas announced that Mexico was chosen as the host of the championship, over Brazil and Venezuela. The tournament was to be staged at the Monterrey Arena but on 9 May 2015, the venue was moved to the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, and that the dates were also changed to 6 September to 12 September.

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