Argentina FIBA Americas Basketball
Venezuela's Windi Graterol, left, goes up for a shot over Panama's Danilo Pinnock during a FIBA Americas Championship basketball game in Mar del Plat...
Venezuela's Windi Graterol, left, goes up for a shot over Panama's Danilo Pinnock during a FIBA Americas Championship basketball game in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Wednesday Sept. 7, 2011. The top two finishers of the tournament get an automatic berth in the 2012 London Olympics and the next three advance to the last-chance Olympic qualifier to be held in July 2012.(AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Argentina FIBA Americas Basketball
Canada's Denham Brown, right, goes to the basket against Uruguay's Nicolas Borsellino during a FIBA Americas Championship basketball game in Mar del ...
Canada's Denham Brown, right, goes to the basket against Uruguay's Nicolas Borsellino during a FIBA Americas Championship basketball game in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. The top two finishers of the tournament get an automatic berth in the 2012 London Olympics and the next three advance to the last-chance Olympic qualifier to be held in July 2012. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Argentina FIBA Americas Basketball
Venezuela's Greivis Vasquez, left, goes up for a shot over Panama's Leonardo Pomare during a FIBA Americas Championship basketball game in Mar del P...
Venezuela's Greivis Vasquez, left, goes up for a shot over Panama's Leonardo Pomare during a FIBA Americas Championship basketball game in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Wednesday Sept. 7, 2011. The top two finishers of the tournament get an automatic berth in the 2012 London Olympics and the next three advance to the last-chance Olympic qualifier to be held in July 2012.(AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Argentina FIBA Americas Basketball
Venezuela's Greivis Vasquez, left, goes up for a shot over Panama's Leonardo Pomare during a FIBA Americas Championship basketball game in Mar del Pl...
Venezuela's Greivis Vasquez, left, goes up for a shot over Panama's Leonardo Pomare during a FIBA Americas Championship basketball game in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Wednesday Sept. 7, 2011. The top two finishers of the tournament get an automatic berth in the 2012 London Olympics and the next three advance to the last-chance Olympic qualifier to be held in July 2012.(AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Argentina FIBA Americas Basketball
Canada's Jermaine Anderson, left, goes up for a shot over Uruguay's Mathias Calfani during a FIBA Americas Championship basketball game in Mar del Pl...
Canada's Jermaine Anderson, left, goes up for a shot over Uruguay's Mathias Calfani during a FIBA Americas Championship basketball game in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Wednesday Sept. 7, 2011. The top two finishers of the tournament get an automatic berth in the 2012 London Olympics and the next three advance to the last-chance Olympic qualifier to be held in July 2012.(AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Argentina FIBA Americas Basketball
Canada's Carl English goes to the basket during a FIBA Americas Championship basketball game with Uruguay in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Wednesday, Sep...
Canada's Carl English goes to the basket during a FIBA Americas Championship basketball game with Uruguay in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. The top two finishers of the tournament get an automatic berth in the 2012 London Olympics and the next three advance to the last-chance Olympic qualifier to be held in July 2012. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Canada beat Uruguay 70-68 and Venezuela routed Panama 110-74 Wednesday in the second round of the Olympic basketball qualifying tournament for the Americas.
The games were essentially meaningless as the semifinal lineup had already been decided on Tuesday. Argentina, Puerto Rico, Brazil and the Dominican Republic have all clinched a spot in the final four, with the pairings to be determined on Thursday.
The semifinals are played Saturday, with the final scheduled for Sunday.
The two finalists qualify for next year's London Olympics. The United States has already qualified for the games after winning the world championship last year.
