The basketball team of Brazil Champion of the FIBA AmeriCup 2025, that was played in Nicaragua, after overcoming 55-47 to that of Argentina and for the fifth time he got the title of that continental tournament.
The base Yago dos Santosthe figure of the Brazilians, with 14 points and 5 assistswas the top scorer of the final of the FIBA AmeriCup 2025 which passed in the sports center Alexis Argüello, in Managua.
Dos Santoswhich was also the top scorer against the United States in the semifinal, with 25 goals, was again seconded by the former NBA player Bruno Caboclo, He signed 11 points and 7 rebounds.
The Amercup 2025 champions.
The quintet of Aleksandar Petrovic, that applied the maxim that the defense gains championships, was imposed by the minimum in the first period for 16-15 Thanks to 9 points of the eaves Guilherme Deodato5 of Caboclo and a strong defense.
In the second quarter, those led by the former NBA player Pablo prisons they sank into the inaccuracies before the pressure exerted by the Brazilian defense, which did not allow him to Argentina execute his collective game tactics and ended 9 points against 15 from Brazil, which expanded the advantage 31-24.
After intermediate, Francisco Caffaro y Gonzalo Corbalán They approached Argentina (28-31). But the champion responded with three in a row, including a triple of Saints (28-39) that forced Prisons To ask for time. The third partial ended in favor of Argentina 11-12, which recalled the advantage of 6 points (42-36).
Yago Dos Santos during the match against Argentina.
With the marker tight, Brazil imposed his class, speed and defense, and scored 10 points No answers (52-36), which defined the game in the absence of 5 minutes to the end.
The Argentine reaction was late in the last 5 minutes of the last period and could not revalidate the title they won in the 2022 edition Precisely in front of the Brazilians, who this time they took off and awarded the championship.
Before, USA obtained third place from the tournament by winning for 90-85 a Canada.
Technical file
55. Brazil (16+15+11+13): Yago dos Santos (14), Georginho de Paula (5), Guilherme Deodato (9), Lucas Dias (2), Bruno Caboclo (11) -Initial Clino-, Vitor Benite (8), Alexey Borges (4) Y Reynan Santos (2).
47. Argentina (15+9+12+11): Gonzalo Corbalán (7), Jose Vildoza (8), Nicolas Brussino (7), Francisco Caffaro (11) Juan Fernández (2) -Cinco initial-, Alex Negrete (6), Juampi Vaulet (4), Gonzalo Bressan (2).
Referees: Roberto Vazquez (Pur), Omar Bermudez (MEX) and Andrés Bartel (URU).
Incidents: Final of the FIBA Americanup 2025 Tournament played in the sports center Alexis Argüello of the Nicaraguan capital against 8,500 spectators.
