The Brazilian team erased the Dominican team’s dream of going to the 2006 World Basketball Championship after beating them 80-72. According to El Caribe, the DR will have to wait another four years to try to make it to a World Championship it has not participated in since 1978. In other results, Panama beat Puerto Rico 74-55, US beat Uruguay 91-77, and Argentina beat Venezuela 78-60. Argentina is the only country in the Americas that has classified for the World Championship.