2010 South American Basketball Championship

The 2010 South American Basketball Championship was the 44th edition of the South American Basketball Championship. Eight teams featured the competition, held in Neiva, Colombia from 26 to July 31 in the Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva. Argentina was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Brazil. The first three places qualified for the basketball tournament at the 2011 Pan American Games and to the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship, the latter of which doubled as the FIBA Americas qualifier for the 2012 Olympics. Because Argentina, which automatically qualified for the FIBA Americas Championship as host, finished in an automatic qualifying spot, the fourth-place team was also invited to that competition. The fifth-place team did not initially qualify for that competition, but was later invited once the United States withdrew from that event because it had qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2010 FIBA World Championship.

2010 South American Basketball Championship

44th South American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Colombia
Dates	July 26–31
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (18th title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Murilo Becker
Official website
South American Basketball Championship 2010

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Team will compete in Classification Round

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
Brazil	6	3	3	0	251	198	53
Uruguay	5	3	2	1	204	214	−10
Paraguay	4	3	1	2	218	231	−13
Chile	3	3	0	3	190	220	−30

July 26 15:00

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Uruguay	66–61	Paraguay
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 14–12, 20–19, 17–17
Pts: Aguiar 20 Rebs: Batista 16 Asts: Aguiar 7		Pts: Araujo 29 Rebs: Araujo 14 Asts: Martínez 8

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July 26 17:00

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Brazil	69–54	Chile
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 8–12, 19–12, 18–15
Pts: Becker 20 Rebs: Becker 11 Asts: dos Santos 7		Pts: Espinoza, Arteaga and Carrasco 12 each Rebs: Valencia 8 Asts: Carrasco and Briones 3 each

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July 27 15:00

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Chile	72–76	Paraguay
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 15–26, 23–24, 18–9
Pts: Briones 20 Rebs: Carrasco 8 Asts: Carrasco 6		Pts: Zanotti 16 Rebs: Martínez and Zanotti 8 each Asts: Martínez 7

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July 27 19:00

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Brazil	89–63	Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 29–16, 15–18, 20–12, 25–17
Pts: Tavernari 15 Rebs: Becker 8 Asts: Chiantia 10		Pts: Espinoza, Arteaga and Carrasco 12 each Rebs: Valencia 8 Asts: Carrasco and Briones 3 each

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July 28 17:00

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Brazil	93–81	Paraguay
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 25–16, 26–23, 18–19
Pts: Becker 20 Rebs: Becker 9 Asts: dos Santos 8		Pts: Martínez 18 Rebs: Araujo 14 Asts: Martínez, Zanotti and Araujo 3

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July 28 19:00

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Chile	64–75	Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 17–11, 15–26, 14–22
Pts: Briones 19 Rebs: Briones 8 Asts: Carrasco 8		Pts: Martínez 23 Rebs: Batista 9 Asts: Osimani 6

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
Argentina	5	3	2	1	249	181	68
Venezuela	5	3	2	1	251	198	53
Colombia	5	3	2	1	241	199	42
Ecuador	3	3	0	3	132	305	−173

July 26 19:00

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Venezuela	75–72	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 21–14, 21–15, 15–24
Pts: Romero 14 Rebs: Sucre 12 Asts: Romero 5		Pts: Gutiérrez 17 Rebs: Sandes 14 Asts: Schattmann and Mainoldi 4 each

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July 26 21:00

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Colombia	94–46	Ecuador
Scoring by quarter: 26–4, 20–11, 22–14, 26–17
Pts: Ortiz 28 Rebs: Hernández 18 Asts: Moreno 4		Pts: Díaz 11 Rebs: Pauta 12 Asts: Pérez 4

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July 27 17:00

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Argentina	107–43	Ecuador
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 29–8, 27–15, 32–8
Pts: Schattmann 19 Rebs: Aguerre and Vega 10 each Asts: Schattmann and Fernández 9 each		Pts: Díaz 11 Rebs: Gordón 5 Asts: Pérez 2

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July 27 21:00

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Colombia	84–83 (OT)	Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 19–29, 19–12, 24–21, 14–14, Overtime: 8–7
Pts: Ortiz 27 Rebs: Aragón 7 Asts: Moreno 5		Pts: Bethelmy 17 Rebs: Bethelmy and Sucre 11 each Asts: Bethelmy 5

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July 28 15:00

Relatório

Venezuela	104–43	Ecuador
Scoring by quarter: 25–5, 26–10, 24–14, 29–14
Pts: Vargas 17 Rebs: Herrera 8 Asts: Cubillán and Guevara 5 each		Pts: Caicedo 13 Rebs: Caicedo 7 Asts: Gordón 3

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July 28 21:00

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Colombia	63–70	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 11–19, 19–23, 18–15
Pts: Ortiz 23 Rebs: Hernández 7 Asts: Moreno 5		Pts: Mainoldi 17 Rebs: Gutiérrez and González 11 each Asts: Cequeira 9

Knockout round

Championship

	Semi-finals				Final
	July 30 – Neiva
	Brazil	79
					July 31 – Neiva
	Venezuela	67
					Brazil	87
	July 30 – Neiva
					Argentina	77
	Uruguay	73
	Argentina	79
					Third place
					July 31 – Neiva
					Venezuela	70
					Uruguay	76

Semifinals

July 30 19:00

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Uruguay	73–79	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 13–18, 18–16, 23–24
Pts: Aguiar 24 Rebs: Izaguirre 8 Asts: Martínez and Osimani 2 each		Pts: Cequeira and Mainoldi 17 each Rebs: Mainoldi 7 Asts: Cantero 8

July 30 21:00

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Brazil	79–67	Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 16–15, 23–15, 22–17
Pts: Becker 25 Rebs: Becker 7 Asts: dos Santos 8		Pts: Pérez 22 Rebs: Sucre 8 Asts: Centeno 4

Bronze medal game

July 31 19:00

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Venezuela	70–76	Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 21–8, 19–18, 13–26
Pts: Sucre 21 Rebs: Sucre 10 Asts: Centeno 3		Pts: Aguiar 21 Rebs: Batista 11 Asts: Osimani 6

Final

July 31 21:00

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Brazil	87–77	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 21–13, 22–21, 25–25
Pts: Becker 30 Rebs: Becker 10 Asts: dos Santos, Machado and Chiantia 5 each		Pts: Cantero 25 Rebs: Sandes, Cequeira and Mainoldi 4 each Asts: Schattman 5

5th–8th playoffs

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	July 30 – Neiva
	Ecuador	45
					July 31 – Neiva
	Paraguay	89
					Paraguay	86
	July 30 – Neiva
					Colombia	66
	Colombia	78
	Chile	71
					Seventh place
					July 31 – Neiva
					Ecuador	70
					Chile	88

5th–8th semifinals

July 30 15:00

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Ecuador	45–89	Paraguay
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 8–23, 11–23, 7–22
Pts: Díaz 11 Rebs: Mina 16 Asts: Gordón 4		Pts: Zanotti, Torres and Fabio 19 each Rebs: Fabio 13 Asts: Zanotti 6

July 30 17:00

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Colombia	78–71	Chile
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 21–19, 17–19, 20–19
Pts: Ortiz 22 Rebs: Guevara 9 Asts: Moreno 5		Pts: Briones 17 Rebs: Prutzmann 9 Asts: Espinoza 4

7th place playoff

July 31 15:00

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Ecuador	70–88	Chile
Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 15–20, 15–29, 26–17
Pts: Díaz 30 Rebs: Caicedo 7 Asts: Gordón and Soto 3 each		Pts: Arteaga 18 Rebs: Velásquez and Briones 8 each Asts: Velásquez 7

5th place playoff

July 31 17:00

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Paraguay	86–66	Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 26–19, 30–13, 18–19, 12–15
Pts: Araujo 20 Rebs: Fabio 11 Asts: Martínez 8		Pts: Aragón 20 Rebs: Aragón and Hernández 6 each Asts: Ortiz 6

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Brazil	5–0
	Argentina	3–2
	Uruguay	3–2
4th	Venezuela	2–3
5th	Paraguay	3–2
6th	Colombia	3–2
7th	Chile	1–4
8th	Ecuador	0–5

External links

• Official website