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Qualifying for the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship the basketball championships for the Americas ( North America, Central America, the Caribbean and South America) began on August 12, 2007 at the FIBA CBC Championship for national teams from the Caribbean. Three teams qualified from that tournament to the 2008 Centrobasket, from which four automatic berths are available.

South American teams qualified via the 2008 South American Basketball Championship, held at Puerto Montt, Chile. North American teams (Canada and the United States) automatically qualify to the championship, which will be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The top four teams from the 2009 Championships qualify automatically to the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey, with FIBA handling out four more wild card entries to complete the 24-team tournament.

With the United States winning the gold medal at the 2008 men's Olympic basketball tournament, another slot was opened for a Centrobasket participant, when the United States decided to skip qualification since their gold medal provided them automatic qualification to the 2010 FIBA World Championship.

2007 CBC Championship

The 2007 CBC Championship was held from August 6 to 12, 2007, at Caguas, Puerto Rico. The top three teams at the end of the tournament qualify for the 2008 Centrobasket.

Qualified to the Final

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie*
Dominican Republic	3	3	0	286	208	+78	6
Bahamas	3	1	2	229	256	−27	4	3	1.025
Guyana	3	1	2	233	258	−25	4	3	0.987
Antigua	3	1	2	210	236	−26	4	3	0.986

*Points between games of tied teams, then goal averages between the games of tied teams.

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Puerto Rico	4	4	0	393	229	+164	8
Cuba	4	3	1	350	303	+47	7
British Virgin Islands	4	2	2	290	349	−59	6
Barbados	4	1	3	240	338	−98	5
Trinidad and Tobago	4	0	4	272	326	−54	4

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Italicized teams advanced to the 2008 Centrobasket.

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Dominican Republic	93
	B2	Cuba	82
						A1	Dominican Republic	72
						B1	Puerto Rico	82
	B1	Puerto Rico	77
	A2	Bahamas	64			Third place
						B2	Cuba (OT)	90
						A2	Bahamas	88

Classification

	Semifinals					Fifth-place
	A3	Guyana	66
	B4	Barbados	70
						B4	Barbados	73
						A4	Antigua	77
	B3	British Virgin Islands	64
	A4	Antigua	76			Third place
						A3	Guyana	81
						B3	British Virgin Islands	92

2008 Centrobasket

The 2008 Centrobasket was held from August 27 to 31, 2008, at Chetumal and Cancun, Mexico. The top four teams automatically go to the Tournament of the Americas. With the US not participating, the fifth-placed team also qualifies.

Italicized teams advanced to the FIBA Americas Championship 2009.

Qualified to the semifinals, and the Americas Championship

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie*
Virgin Islands	3	2	1	240	215	+25	5	3	1.034
Dominican Republic	3	2	1	258	194	+64	5	3	0.993
Mexico	3	2	1	237	185	+52	5	3	0.973
El Salvador	3	0	3	143	284	−141	3

*Points between games of tied teams, then goal averages between the games of tied teams.

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Puerto Rico	3	3	0	295	260	+25	6
Cuba	3	2	1	285	265	+64	5
Panama	3	1	2	278	269	+52	4
Costa Rica	3	0	3	206	270	−141	3

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

	Semifinals ( Cancun)					Final ( Cancun)
	A1	Virgin Islands	78
	B2	Cuba	61
						A1	Virgin Islands	70
						B1	Puerto Rico	87
	B1	Puerto Rico	76
	A2	Dominican Republic	74			Third place
						B2	Cuba	74
						A2	Dominican Republic	102

Classification

	Semifinals ( Chetumal)					Fifth-place ( Chetumal)
	A3	Mexico	90
	B4	Costa Rica	73
						A3	Mexico	104
						B3	Panama	67
	B3	Panama	100
	A4	El Salvador	59			Third place
						B4	Costa Rica	76
						A4	El Salvador	79

2008 South American Basketball Championship

The 2008 South American Basketball Championship was held from July 1 to 6, at Puerto Montt, Chile. The top four teams qualify to the Tournament of the Americas.

	Qualified to the Final
	Qualified to the 3rd-place game
Top 4 qualifies to the Americas Championship.

Preliminary round

Italicized teams advanced to the FIBA Americas Championship 2009.

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie*
Argentina	5	4	1	465	392	+73	9	3	1.147
Uruguay	5	4	1	436	393	+43	9	3	1.000
Brazil	5	4	1	401	407	−6	9	3	0.860
Venezuela	5	2	3	407	412	−5	7
Colombia	5	1	4	374	425	−51	6
Chile	5	0	5	349	403	−54	5

*Points between games of tied teams, then goal averages between the games of tied teams.

Finals

Did not enter

•   Cayman Islands
•   Turks and Caicos Islands
•   Haiti
•   Jamaica
•   Saint Kitts and Nevis
•   Montserrat
•   Dominica
•   Saint Lucia
•   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
•   Grenada
•   Aruba
•   Bermuda
•   Netherlands Antilles
•   Suriname
•   Guatemala
•   Belize
•   Nicaragua
•   Honduras
•   Paraguay
•   Peru
•   Ecuador
•   Bolivia