| FINAL STANDINGS 1. United States 2. Argentina 3. Mexico 4. Virgin Islands 5. Puerto Rico Uruguay 7. CANADA Brazil Dominican Republic 10. Panama Venezuela Colombia | CANADIANS Jermaine Anderson (Toronto, Ont.) Joel Anthony (Montreal, Que.) Richard Amardi (Toronto, Ont.) Murphy Burnatowski (Kitchener, Ont.) Junior Cadougan (Toronto, Ont.) Ammanuel Diressa (Toronto, Ont.) Grandy Glaze (Toronto, Ont.) Olivier Hanlan (Gatineau, Que.) Brady Heslip (Oakville, Ont.) Xavier Rathan-Mayes (Scarborough, Ont.) Andrew Nicholson (Mississauga, Ont.) Dyshawn Pierre (Whitby, Ont.) Roy Rana – coach Craig Beaucamp – assistant Jack Sikma – assistant Michael Meeks – assistant Nathaniel Mitchell – assistant Jay Triano – SMNT program head coach Kelly Forbes – performance consultant David Grundman – manager Dipesh Mistry – video coordinator Phil Jevtovic – performance analysts Samuel Gibbs – therapist Jason Meehan – therapist Charlie Weingroff – strength & conditioning coach John Philpott – doctor |
| POOL A | MEX | PUR | BRZ | COL | Record |
| Mexico | —– | 69-66 | 99-76 | 82-70 | (3-0) |
| Puerto Rico | 66-69 | —– | 89-80 | 91-72 | (2-1) |
| Brazil | 76-99 | 80-89 | —– | 76-74 | (1-2) |
| Colombia | 70-82 | 72-91 | 74-76 | —– | (0-3) |
| POOL B | ARG | VGI | CAN | VEN | Record |
| Argentina | —– | 104-58 | 92-86 | 67-62 | (3-0) |
| Virgin Islands | 58-104 | —– | 83-71 | 84-86 | (1-2) |
| Canada | 86-92 | 71-83 | —– | 75-66 | (1-2) |
| Venezuela | 62-67 | 86-84 | 66-75 | —– | (1-2) |
| POOL C | USA | URU | DOM | PAN | Record |
| United States | —– | 74-66 | 72-56 | 97-56 | (3-0) |
| Uruguay | 66-74 | —– | 66-57 | 79-68 | (2-1) |
| Dominican Republic | 56-72 | 57-66 | —– | 86-64 | (1-2) |
| Panama | 56-97 | 68-79 | 64-86 | —– | (0-3) |
| Semi | United States 90 Virgin Islands 62 | |
| Semi | Argentina 84 Mexico 67 | |
| Bronze | Mexico 79 Virgin Islands 65 | |
| Final | United States 81 Argentina 76 | |
The tournament has no impact on FIBA qualifying for the 2019 World Cup. Medellín (Colombia), Bahía Blanca (Argentina) and Montevideo (Uruguay). Finals in Cordoba, Argentina.
In its opener, Canada was stunned 83-71 by the Virgin Islands. The Virgin Islands led 20-16, 35-30 and 63-49 at the quarters. Canadian coach Roy Rana said “tough first game for us at the AmeriCup. We look forward to building this group and the valuable international experience it’s providing our team.” Xavier Rathan-Mayes said “we didn’t play well and we have to do a better job of coming out with a lot of energy. We came out sluggish and didn’t execute the way we should have. We just have to go back and regroup, come back and win two.” Walter Hodge paced the Virgin Islands with 25 on 6-9 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc, 4-5 from the line, 4 boards and 8 assists. Justin Gray added 14 on 4-5 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 8 boards and 2 steals. Deon Edwin scored 12 on 3-4 from the floor, 2-2 from the arc and 4 boards. Khalid Hart added 12 on 0-4 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 6-6 from the line, 4 boards and 2 steals. Phillip Jones added 9 on 3-4 from the floor. Cuthbert Victor scored 7 on 3-5 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 7 boards, 3 assists and 5 blocks. Javier Martinez added 2, along with 2 boards, Stephaun Adams 1, along with 3 boards and Jahmia Simmons 1, while Angel Rivera, Johnathan Gray and Rashawn Fredericks were scoreless. The Virgin Islands (coach Sam Mitchell Jr., assistants Jareem Dowling and Micheal Leeroyal Evans) hit 28-65 (.431) overall, 17-39 (.436) from the floor, 11-26 (.423) from the arc and 16-21 (.762) from the line, while garnering 46 boards, including 8 on the offensive glass, 15 assists, 17 fouls, 13 turnovers, 5 steals and 6 blocks. Olivier Hanlan paced Canada with 10 on 1-3 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 3 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Brady Heslip added 9 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-7 from the arc, 4-4 from the line and 2 assists. Andrew Nicholson scored 9 on 3-7 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 8 boards, 2 assists and 2 blocks. Ammanuel Diressa scored 8 on 1-3 from the floor and 2-4 from the arc. Junior Cadougan scored 8 on 2-3 from the floor, 4-5 from the line and 3 boards. Richard Amardi scored 7 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 3 boards. Joel Anthony scored 6 on 2-7 from the floor, 2-3 from the line and 8 boards. Xavier Rathan-Mayes scored 5 on 2-4 from the floor, 0-6 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 10 boards and 6 assists. Murphy Burnatowski added 5 on 2-5 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 1-2 from the line. Jermaine Anderson added 2 on 1-2 from the floor. Dyshawn Pierre scored 2 on 1-2 from the floor and 2 boards, while Grandy Glaze was scoreless. Canada hit 24-76 (.316) overall, 17-44 (.386) from the floor, 7-32 (.219) from the arc and 16-19 (.842) from the line, while garnering 45 boards, including 16 on the offensive glass, 13 assists, 20 fouls, 8 turnovers, 5 steals and 5 blocks.
Canada fell to 0-2 after losing 92-86 to Argentina in overtime. Canada led 25-16 after one quarter and 42-40 at the half. Argentina led 55-53 after three quarters. The score was knotted at 69 after regulation. Facundo Campazzo paced Argentina with 23 on 2-6 from the floor, 4-8 from the arc, 7-8 from the line, 2 boards, 6 assists and 2 steals. Gabriel Deck added 20 on 8-11 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 4-7 from the line and 9 boards. Patricio Garino added 20 on 5-7 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 4-5 from the line, 2 boards and 3 assists. Lucio Redivo scored 17 on 1-2 from the floor, 5-11 from the arc and 2 boards. Javier Saiz added 7 on 2-2 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc and 4 boards. Marcos Delia scored 3 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 5 boards. Nicolas Laprovittola scored 2 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 0-2 from the line, 3 boards, 5 assists and 2 steals, while Luca Vildoza, Luis Scola, Nicolas Brussino, Tayavek Gallizzi and Maximo Fjellerup were scoreless. Argentina (coached by Sergio Hernandez, assisted by Diego Oscar Lifschitz and Miguel Santander) hit 32-74 (.432) overall, 20-36 (.556) from the floor, 12-38 (.316) from the arc and 16-24 (.667) from the line, while garnering 40 boards, including 8 on the offensive glass, 19 assists, 20 fouls, 8 turnovers, 10 steals and 1 block. Brady Heslip paced Canada with 24 on 5-7 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc, 5-6 from the line and 2 boards. Xavier Rathan-Mayes added 17 on 6-13 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 5-6 from the line, 2 boards and 5 assists. Olivier Hanlan added 16 on 3-5 from the floor, 3-5 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 2 boards and 2 steals. Andrew Nicholson added 12 on 4-9 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 18 boards and 2 blocks. Junior Cadougan scored 7 on 3-3 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 3 boards. Grandy Glaze scored 4 on 2-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 7 boards. Grandy Glaze added 4 on 2-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 7 boards. Ammanuel Diressa added 2 on 0-1 from the floor and 2-2 from the line. Dyshawn Pierre scored 2 on 1-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 9 boards. Joel Anthony scored 2 on 1-2 from the floor and 3 boards, while Jermaine Anderson, Richard Amardi and Murphy Burnatowski were scoreless. Anderson dished 2 assists. Canada hit 32-72 (.444) overall, 25-49 (.510) from the floor, 7-23 (.304) from the arc and 15-19 (.789) from the line, while garnering 48 boards, including 9 on the offensive glass, 9 assists, 24 fouls, 14 turnovers, 4 steals and 3 blocks.
Canada closed out pool play at 1-2 by defeating Venezuela 75-66. Despite eight points from Xavier Rathan-Mayes in the opening frame, Canada found themselves trailing Venezuela 23-18 at the end of the first quarter. A back-and-forth second saw Canada reclaim the lead with 2:49 to play in the half and enter the break up 29-27. The see-saw battle continued in the third as the lead changed hands several times before the quarter came to a close tied 48-48. Canadian coach Roy Rana said “a pretty talented group of teams here and there were no easy games. This is a very experienced and tough Venezuela team, so it was nice for us to get a chance to grow every game. I take tremendous pride in our growth and result from today. … Watching our young players get better every day and watching a group that really began to understand how much we have to fight in every game to win. These games are about passion as much as they are about tactics and strategy. I think we got better and better and it’s been nothing but a positive experience here. … With the new format, it’s going to take a lot of players. It’s going to take our NBA players like Andrew and it’s going to take some of our young players that have made their first appearances for our country. I think that’s the beauty of what we saw these past three days here is that we are really starting to show our depth as far as our players are concerned, as we have young players here. Hopefully that’s going to pay dividends going into November and February.” Andrew Nicholson said “we all got better collectively as a team from the start of training camp to the last game today. Great group of guys, always on the same page and fighting for the same goals. Great leadership from Coach Rana and the coaching staff. I think we did a good job this week showing how we played with pride and a lot of energy.” Xavier Rathan-Mayes paced Canada with 22 on 7-13 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 5-6 from the line, 5 boards and 8 assists. Andrew Nicholson added 12 on 3-5 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc and 4 boards. Olivier Hanlan scored 11 on 4-6 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 2 steals. Dyshaun Pierre added 9 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 11 boards. Brady Heslip scored 7 on 1-1 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 3 boards and 2 assists. Joel Anthony scored 7 on 3-4 from the floor, 1-3 from the line, 10 boards and 3 blocks. Ammanuel Diressa scored 3 on 0-1 from the floor and 1-3 from the arc. Jermaine Anderson added 2 on 1-2 from the floor. Junior Cadougan scored 2 on 1-2 from the floor, while Richard Amardi, Murphy Burnatowski and Grandy Glaze were scoreless. Canada hit 29-63 (.460) overall, 22-40 (.550) from the floor, 7-23 (.304) from the arc and 10-14 (.714) from the line, while garnering 39 boards, including 8 on the offensive glass, 14 assists, 16 fouls, 12 turnovers, 6 steals and 7 blocks. John Cox paced Venezuela with 22 on 7-12 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 2 boards and 2 steals. Windi Graterol added 16 on 3-7 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc, 4-6 from the line, 4 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Gregory Vargas scored 13 on 5-10 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 6 boards and 4 assists. Nestor Colmenares added 7 on 3-6 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 13 boards and 2 assists. Cesar Garcia scored 5 on 1-4 from the floor, 2-3 from the line and 2 boards. Heissler Guillent added 3 on 0-3 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 2 boards and 4 assists, while Pedro Chourio, Jose Vargas, Miguel Ruiz, Anthony Perez, Jose Bravo and Luis Carrillo were scoreless. Venezuela (coached by Nestor Garcia, assisted by Daniel Seonane and Nelson Solorzano) hit 25-66 (.379) overall, 18-40 (.450) from the floor, 7-26 (.269) from the arc and 9-14 (.643) from the line, while garnering 37 boards, including 12 on the offensive glass, 14 assists, 20 fouls, 11 turnovers, 7 steals and 3 blocks.
The all-tournament team included MVP Jameel Warney (United States); Facundo Campazzo (Argentina); Francisco “Paco” Cruz (Mexico); Nicolás Brussino (Argentina); and Darrum Hilliard (United States).