Copa America: Brazilian men s basketball team revenges Argentina wins the 5th championship, Santos 14+5+3 three-pointer

On September 1, the 2025 Men's Basketball Team's Copa America final, the defending champion Argentina Men's Basketball Team played against the Brazilian Men's Basketball Team for two consecutive finals. The two sides started a low-score defensive battle. The Brazilian men's basketball team suppressed the Argentine men's basketball team with better defense, gradually expanded the 14-point lead in the final quarter, and blocked the Argentine men's basketball team's tenacious pursuit of points. In the end, the Brazilian men's basketball team defeated the Argentine men's basketball team 55-47 to win the championship. The Brazilian men's basketball team won the Copa America championship for the fifth time, and the Argentine men's basketball team missed the title and won the runner-up.

Statistics

Argentine men's basketball team: Brussino scored 7 points and 7 rebounds, Caffaro scored 11 points, Cobalan scored 7 points and 9 rebounds, and Vildosa scored 8 points.

Brazilian men's basketball team: Santos scored 3 three-pointers, 14 points and 5 assists, Capoclo scored 11 points and 7 rebounds, Deaudato scored 9 points, and Bennett scored 8 points.

Match Review

Defensive champion Argentine Men's Basketball Team defeated the Canadian Men's Basketball Team 83-73 in the semi-finals, and Brazil's Men's Basketball Team reversed the US Men's Basketball Team 92-77. In the last Copa America final, the Argentine men's basketball team narrowly defeated the host Brazil men's basketball team 75-73 away to win the championship. The two sides competed for the finals for two consecutive times. In the first quarter, Caffaro hit the first goal of the game 2+1, and the Brazilian men's basketball team took a 7-0 offensive and took the lead. Cobalan made a three-pointer and Brussino shot, DeOdato and Vildosa scored a three-pointer against each other, Fernandez scored a mid-range shot, and the Brazilian men's basketball team scored 6 points in a row. Caffaro hooked up and scored points. At the end of the first quarter, Argentina men's basketball team fell behind Brazil's men's basketball team 15-16. Both sides hit 2 three-pointers in the first quarter. In the second quarter, both sides continued to start the crazy iron-shot error mode, and only Capoclo scored 1 point in the first 4 minutes and 27 seconds of the second quarter. Capoclo scored his first goal in the sports game in the second quarter, Brussino and Bennett also scored a three-pointer against each other, Vildosa made a mid-range shot, and Santos made a three-pointer in a row to expand his advantage of 9 points. Argentina men's basketball team scored a little while in the inside, but Argentina men's basketball team lost 6 points 9-15 in a single quarter, and at the end of the first half, Argentina men's basketball team fell behind Brazil's men's basketball team 24-31. No player scored in double digits in the first two quarters, and the Argentine men's basketball team fell behind 3-6 in three-point shooting, and both teams only made one free goal in the first half.

The side changes again, the offensive efficiency of both sides is still low. The Argentine men's basketball team scored 4 points in a row and only 3 points were missing. Capoclo scored a mid-range shot, Paula and Santos each made a three-pointer. The Argentine men's basketball team complained that they gave Santos a free throw to expand the advantage of 12 points. Argentina men's basketball team made a continuous 8-2 attack to chase points. Argentina men's basketball team recovered 1 point 12-11 in the third quarter, and at the end of the third quarter, Argentina men's basketball team lagged behind Brazil's men's basketball team 36-42. In the first three quarters, the Argentine men's basketball team made 3 of 19 three-pointers, no player in the team scored double-digit points, the Brazilian men's basketball team made 8 of 27 three-pointers, Santos scored 14 points and Capocloque 11 points.

Entered the fourth quarter, and the Argentine men's basketball team continued to score a single point in the first 4 minutes. The Brazilian men's basketball team played an 8-0 offensive at multiple points, and the Argentine men's basketball team was already 36-50 behind the 14-point gap. Negret's mid-range shot broke the Argentine men's basketball scoring drought, Borges made a layup with Verdosa and stopped the Brazilian men's basketball team with three-pointers, and Negret made another layup and chased to 7 points. Bennett's key three-pointer continued to expand the 10-point gap, and Caffaro scored a goal in the inside, but the Brazilian men's basketball team continued to control the situation and laid the victory. In the end, the Argentine men's basketball team lost to the Brazilian men's basketball team and missed the defending title and won the runner-up. The Brazilian men's basketball team won the Copa America championship for the fifth time in history.

The starters of both sides

Brazil men's basketball team: Paula, Capoclo, Deaudato, Dias, Santos

Argentine men's basketball team: Brussino, Caffaro, Cobalan, Vildoza, Fernandez