Editing Allen Iverson (section)

===2003 FIBA Americas championship===
Iverson was selected to be part of Team USA for the 2003 [[FIBA]] Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Puerto Rico in August of that year. USA had a perfect 10–0 record, and won the gold medal as well as qualifying for a berth in the 2004 Olympics. Iverson started all eight games that he played in, and was second on the team with 14.3 points per game, while also posting 3.8 assists per game, 2.5 rebounds per game, 1.6 steals per game, and shooting 56.2 percent (41–73 FGs) from the field, 53.6 percent (15–28 3pt FGs) from 3-point and 81.0 percent (17–21 FTs) from the [[Free throw|foul line]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usabasketball.com/mens/worlduniversity/mwug_1995.html |title=USAB: EIGHTEENTH WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES – 1995 |publisher=Usabasketball.com |date=September 2, 1995 |access-date=August 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205121218/http://www.usabasketball.com/mens/worlduniversity/mwug_1995.html |archive-date=December 5, 2010 }}</ref>

In the USA's 111–71 victory over Canada on August 25, he accounted for a USA Olympic Qualifying single-game record 28 points and made a single-game record seven 3-pointers. Playing just 23 minutes, he shot 10-for-13 overall, 7-for-8 from the 3-point line, 1-for-1 from the foul line and added three assists, three steals, and one rebound. All seven of his 3-point field goals were made during the final 7:41 of the third quarter.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-08/26/content_258435.htm |title=Iverson stars as US beats Canada 111–71 |publisher=Chinadaily.com.cn |access-date=August 4, 2012 |archive-date=August 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825202141/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-08/26/content_258435.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

He finished the tournament ranked overall tied for 10th in scoring, tied for fourth in steals, fifth in 3-point percentage, tied for seventh in assists, and ninth in field goal percentage (.562). Iverson also missed the USA's final two games because of a sprained right thumb which was suffered in the first half of the August 28 Puerto Rico game. In a game against Puerto Rico, he recorded 9 points on 4-for-6 shooting from the field overall, and added five assists and three rebounds in 26 minutes of action in the USA's 101–74 exhibition game victory on August 17 in New York. He was also named to the 2003 USA Senior National Team on April 29, 2003.