2016 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Women

The 2016 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Women was an international basketball competition that took place in Valdivia, Chile from July 13–17, 2016. It was the eleventh edition of the championship, and was the FIBA Americas qualifying tournament for the 2017 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women. Eight national teams from across the Americas, composed of women aged 19 and under, competed in the tournament.[1] The United States won their eighth consecutive gold in this event by beating Canada in the final, 109–62.[2]

FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship
for Women 2016
11th FIBA American Women's
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Chile
Dates13–17 July 2016
Teams8
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions United States
(9th title)
MVP Lauren Cox
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Da Silva (18.8) (104.0)
Rebounds Da Silva (10.4) (59.8)
Assists Leite (5.8) (25.6)
Official website
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Participating teams

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 14 April 2016.[3]

All times are local (UTC-4).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 307 143 +164 6 Advance to Semifinals
2  Brazil 3 2 1 236 173 +63 5
3  Venezuela 3 1 2 184 235 −51 4 Classification 5–8
4  Guatemala 3 0 3 132 308 −176 3
Source: Standings
13 July
15:45
Venezuela  50–68  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 6–17, 17–16, 10–28, 17–7
Pts: Fajardo 10
Rebs: Betancourt 6
Asts: Quero 4		 Pts: L. Da Silva, R. Da Silva 17
Rebs: R. Da Silva 10
Asts: Leite 7
Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Alexis Mercado (PUR), Felipe Ibarra (CHI), Andrés Laulhe (URU)
13 July
18:00
United States  117–32  Guatemala
Scoring by quarter: 32–9, 32–10, 20–8, 33–5
Pts: Carter 17
Rebs: Boothe 13
Asts: Harris 8		 Pts: Saucedo 8
Rebs: Rosales 5
Asts: Pinelo 2
Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Alejandra Gaytan (MEX), Pablo Mardones (CHI), Stephanie Nordlee (CAN)
14 July
13:30
Guatemala  57–82  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 15–26, 14–17, 17–21, 11–18
Pts: Rosales 14
Rebs: Rosales 6
Asts: Rosales 4		 Pts: Veliz 19
Rebs: Torres 6
Asts: Torres 8
Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Alejandra Gaytan (MEX), Felipe Ibarra (CHI), Stephanie Nordlee (CAN)
14 July
18:00
Brazil  59–80  United States
Scoring by quarter: 16–25, 14–17, 13–18, 16–20
Pts: R. Da Silva 25
Rebs: R. Da Silva 11
Asts: Leite 6		 Pts: Cox 13
Rebs: Cox 9
Asts: Evans 6
Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Jelena Smiljanic (SRB), Pablo Mardones (CHI), Alexis Mercado (PUR)
15 July
13:30
Venezuela  52–110  United States
Scoring by quarter: 17–36, 14–20, 9–23, 12–31
Pts: Quero 10
Rebs: Betancourt 8
Asts: Torres 6		 Pts: Boehm 20
Rebs: Cox 10
Asts: Ramirez 6
Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Alexis Mercado (PUR), Alejandra Gaytan (MEX), Pablo Ignacio Mardones (CHI)
15 July
15:45
Guatemala  43–109  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 13-24, 13-30, 10-31, 7-24
Pts: Cobar 9
Rebs: Saucedo 5
Asts: Zuleta 2		 Pts: R. Da Silva 28
Rebs: R. Da Silva 12
Asts: Leite 9
Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Stephanie Nordlee (CAN), Felipe Ibarra (CHI), Andres Laulhe (URU)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 244 142 +102 6 Advance to Semifinals
2  Puerto Rico 3 2 1 207 214 −7 5
3  Mexico 3 1 2 202 224 −22 4 Classification 5–8
4  Chile 3 0 3 178 251 −73 3
Source: Standings
13 July
12:30
Mexico  56–87  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 12–21, 12–26, 13–24
Pts: Tapia 14
Rebs: Rivera 5
Asts: González 2		 Pts: Konig 19
Rebs: Masikewich 13
Asts: Konig 5
Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Cheryl Flores (USA), Ambar Ramírez (VEN), Cristhian Riquiac (GUA)
13 July
20:15
Chile  74–88  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 10–21, 20–23, 26–18
Pts: Antero 25
Rebs: Cortés 15
Asts: Stevens 5		 Pts: Oppenheimer 23
Rebs: Roldán 10
Asts: Pérez 7
Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Máximo Cruz (DOM), María Comodaro (BRA), Jelena Smiljanić (SRB)
14 July
15:45
Puerto Rico  72–71  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 7–14, 27–25, 22–14, 16–18
Pts: Pagán 20
Rebs: Pagán 11
Asts: Pérez 9		 Pts: Rosales 19
Rebs: Tapia 7
Asts: Tapia 7
Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Cheryl Flores (USA), María Comodaro (BRA), Cristhian Riquiac (GUA)
14 July
20:15
Canada  88–39  Chile
Scoring by quarter: 26–9, 22–13, 23–8, 17–9
Pts: Brewer 22
Rebs: Brown, Masikewich 12
Asts: Dodig, Epoch 3		 Pts: Antero 7
Rebs: Cortés 7
Asts: Paegelow 4
Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Máximo Cruz (CHI), Andrés Laulhe (URU), Ambar Ramírez (VEN)
15 July
18:00
Puerto Rico  47–69  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 2–17, 16–13, 13–18, 16–21
Pts: Oppenheimer 14
Rebs: three players 6
Asts: Cancio 3		 Pts: Jerome 22
Rebs: Jerome 10
Asts: Konig 5
Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Maximo Cruz (DOM), Ambar Ramirez (VEN), Jelena Smiljanić (SRB)
15 July
20:15
Chile  65–75  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 14–20, 15–18, 14–18
Pts: Antero 32
Rebs: Cardenas 8
Asts: Colossi, Garcia 3		 Pts: Rivera 20
Rebs: Rivera 7
Asts: Tapia 4
Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Cheryl Flores (USA), Maria Comodaro (BRA), Cristhian Riquiac (GUA)

Classification round

All times are local (UTC-4).

 
5th–8thFifth place
 
      
 
16 July
 
 
 Venezuela49
 
17 July
 
 Chile54
 
 Chile51
 
16 July
 
 Mexico85
 
 Mexico65
 
 
 Guatemala38
 
Seventh place
 
 
17 July
 
 
 Venezuela77
 
 
 Guatemala64

Classification 5–8
16 July
13:30
Mexico  65–38  Guatemala
Scoring by quarter: 15–3, 8–17, 31–5, 11–13
Pts: Rivera, Rosales 10
Rebs: Rosales 9
Asts: Tapia 4		 Pts: Pinelo 12
Rebs: Gonzalez, A. Rosales 7
Asts: Pinelo 4
Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Stephanie Nordlee (CAN), Maria Comodaro (BRA), Ambar Ramirez (VEN)
16 July
15:45
Venezuela  49–54  Chile
Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 16–11, 12–9, 8–19
Pts: Diaz 9
Rebs: Zamaro 12
Asts: Torres 4		 Pts: Arcos 16
Rebs: Stevens 12
Asts: Garcia 5
Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Alexis Mercado (PUR), Cristhian Riquiac (GUA), Cheryl Flores (USA)

Seventh place game
17 July
13:30
Venezuela  77–64  Guatemala
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 14–17, 20–14, 20–16
Pts: Diaz 31
Rebs: Zamaro 13
Asts: Torres, Quero 5		 Pts: Pinelo 12
Rebs: Pinelo 6
Asts: Pinelo 10
Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Maximo Cruz (DOM), Andres Laulhe (URU), Alexis Pacheco (PUR)

Fifth place game
17 July
15:45
Chile  51–85  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 8–8, 12–19, 13–34, 18–24
Pts: Antero 13
Rebs: Cortes 8
Asts: García 5		 Pts: Villalobos 22
Rebs: Tapia 8
Asts: Tapia, Xicontencatl 6
Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Cheryl Flores (USA), Christian Riquiac (GUA), Ambar Ramirez (VEN)

Final round

All times are local (UTC-4).

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
16 July
 
 
 United States104
 
17 July
 
 Puerto Rico36
 
 United States109
 
16 July
 
 Canada62
 
 Canada58
 
 
 Brazil52
 
Third place
 
 
17 July
 
 
 Puerto Rico64
 
 
 Brazil70

Semifinals
16 July
18:00
United States  104–36  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 23–14, 25–3, 27–10, 29–9
Pts: Carter 17
Rebs: Cox 13
Asts: Harris 9		 Pts: Rodriguez 15
Rebs: Pagan 5
Asts: Perez 2
Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Maximo Cruz (DOM), Andres Laulhe (URU), Pablo Mardones (CHI)
16 July
20:15
Canada  58–52  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 12–18, 14–17, 22–5
Pts: Jerome 16
Rebs: Jerome 12
Asts: Epoch 3		 Pts: R. Da Silva 18
Rebs: R. Da Silva 14
Asts: L. Da Silva 4
Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Jelena Smiljanic (SRB), Alejandra Gaytan (MEX), Felipe Ibarra (CHI)

Third place game
17 July
18:00
Puerto Rico  64–70  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 12–6, 13–19, 27–28
Pts: Rodríguez 28
Rebs: Rodríguez 6
Asts: Pérez 7		 Pts: Bispo 20
Rebs: Bispo 9
Asts: Leite 5
Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Alejandra Gaytan (MEX), Pablo Mardones (CHI), Stephanie Nordlee (CAN)

Final
17 July
20:15
United States  109–62  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 28–14, 33–14, 25–14
Pts: Harris 18
Rebs: Cox 9
Asts: Carter 5		 Pts: Brewer 16
Rebs: Jerome 8
Asts: Konig 3
Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Jelena Smiljanic (SRB), Maria Comodaro (BRA), Felipe Ibarra (CHI)

Awards
 2016 FIBA Americas Under-18
Championship for Women Winners 

United States
9th title
Most Valuable Player
Lauren Cox

Final ranking
Qualified for the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup
Suspended from the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup
Rank Team Record
 United States 5–0
 Canada 4–1
 Brazil* 3–2
4  Puerto Rico 2–3
5  Mexico 3–2
6  Chile 1–4
7  Venezuela 2–3
8  Guatemala 0–5

* Brazil qualified for the tournament but was suspended by FIBA. A fourth team from FIBA Americas had to be named to take Brazil's place. The draw took place with the fourth FIBA Americas team's identity yet to be named.[4][5] On 12 May 2017, Mexico was chosen to replace Brazil.[6]

References
  1. "2016 FIBA Americas U-18 Championship for Women". FIBA. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  2. "USA win 2016 FIBA Americas U18 Women's Championship". FIBA.com. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  3. "Draw Results in for FIBA Americas U18 Championships". FIBA. April 14, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  4. "Tip-off to FIBA U19 Women's World Championship 2017 a step closer with Wednesday's draw". FIBA. January 31, 2017.
  5. "FIBA suspends Brazilian federation". FIBA. November 11, 2016.
  6. "Mexico handed a dream debut at FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup". FIBA. 12 May 2017.
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