The Palacio Peñarol Contador Gastón Guelfi , commonly known as Palacio Peñarol , is an indoor sporting arena that is located in Montevideo , Uruguay . With a seating capacity for basketball games is 4,700 spectators, it is mainly used to host basketball games.
7-497: It was one of the host arenas for the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup , the official Americas Basketball Championship. The arena also contains the club museum and club offices for Club Atlético Peñarol . Palacio Contador Gastón Guelfi was originally opened in 1955. In 1994 The Ramones performed there. The arena was renovated in 2010 and 2011. The arena was used as a host venue of the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup . All times are local ( UTC−3 ). 2017 FIBA AmeriCup The 2017 FIBA AmeriCup
14-632: A year-by-year basis, and individual provinces may opt out of the federal decision. At present, Argentina does not change clocks. The Argentine Hydrographic Service maintains the official national time. The first official standardization of time in Argentina took place on 31 October 1894, with establishment of UTC−04:00 as the nation's standard time . From 1920 to 1969, the official time switched biannually between UTC−04:00 as standard time in winter and UTC−03:00 as daylight saving time in summer. From 1974 to 1993, clocks advanced again, such that
21-622: The "main organiser" of the tournament. All times are local ( UTC−3 ). All times are local ( UTC−3 ). All times are local ( UTC−3 ). Time in Argentina Argentina is located at a longitude that would naturally put it in the UTC−04:00 or UTC−05:00 time zone ; however, it actually uses the UTC−03:00 time zone. Argentina determines whether to change clocks in observation of daylight saving time on
28-422: The official time switched biannually between UTC−03:00 as winter DST and UTC−02:00 as summer double DST. In 1993, the national time was fixed at UTC−03:00 , called Argentina Time (ART; Spanish : hora oficial argentina, HOA ). In 2007 and 2008, biannual switching between UTC–3:00 (winter DST) and UTC–2:00 (summer DDST) resumed; in 2009, this was replaced again with year-round UTC–3:00 (permanent DST). In
35-480: The top seven teams qualified to the 2019 Pan American Games . The United States , with a team of NBA G League players, won their seventh gold medal at the tournament, after defeating Argentina , by a score of 81–76, in the final, while Mexico took home the bronze , by beating the U.S. Virgin Islands , 79–65. The top five teams at the 2016 Centrobasket and 2016 South American Championship qualified to
42-1033: The tournament, plus Canada and United States as the only countries in their subregion. On 5 April 2017 FIBA Americas announced that Argentina , Colombia and Uruguay were chosen as the hosts of the AmeriCup. The draw was held in Buenos Aires , Argentina on 20 April 2017. [REDACTED] Argentina [REDACTED] Colombia [REDACTED] Uruguay [REDACTED] United States [REDACTED] Venezuela [REDACTED] Puerto Rico [REDACTED] Dominican Republic [REDACTED] Mexico [REDACTED] Canada [REDACTED] Panama [REDACTED] Virgin Islands [REDACTED] Brazil All times are local ( UTC−5 ). * Two qualifying spots were available from Group B as Argentina were guaranteed to progress, regardless of their performance, due to their status as
49-803: Was the 18th edition of the FIBA AmeriCup , which is the main tournament for senior men's basketball national teams of the FIBA Americas . The tournament was held in Medellín , Colombia , Montevideo , Uruguay , and Bahía Blanca and Córdoba , in Argentina , from 25 August, to 3 September 2017. Unlike previous editions, the tournament did not award spots for the FIBA World Cup or the Summer Olympic Games . However,
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