The 2015 FIBA Americas Championship for Men, later known as the FIBA AmeriCup, was the

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qualifying tournament for the

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, in

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. This

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tournament was held in

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. The tournament was won for the first time by the Venezuelan national basketball team. Venezuela and runner-up , qualified directly for the

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. They joined the FIBA Americas member, , who qualified for the Olympics by virtue of winning the 2014 FIBA World Cup, and they elected not to participate at this tournament; and FIBA Americas member, , who finished 9th in the tournament, but qualified for the Olympics as the host nation. , , and , the next three highest-finishing teams, qualified for the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament, 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 had attendances of 20,000 people, at the third place and finals games.

Qualification

* Host country ** * Central American and Caribbean Sub-Zone: ( 2014 Centrobasket) ** ** ** ** * North American Sub-Zone: ** * South American Sub-Zone: ( 2014 South American Championship) ** ** ** **

Host selection

On 7 August 2014 at the day of the 2014 Centrobasket final,

announced that

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

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, and that the dates were also changed to 6 September to 12 September.

Venue

Draw

The draw was held in Museum of Steel, Fundidora Park,

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on 25 March. This was how the teams were seeded:

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

''All times are local ( UTC−05:00).''

Group B

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Second round

''All times are local ( UTC−05:00).''

Final round

Semifinals

Finalists qualify for the

, while losing semifinalists qualify to the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men.

Bronze medal game

Final

Final ranking

Awards

All-Tournament Team

* Heissler Guillént * Andrew Wiggins *

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(

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) * Gustavo Ayón

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:FIBA FIBA AmeriCup 2015–16 in North American basketball 2015–16 in South American basketball 2015 in Mexican sports International basketball competitions hosted by Mexico Sports competitions in Mexico City 2010s in Mexico City August 2015 sports events in Mexico September 2015 sports events in Mexico