2023 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship

For the men's tournament, see 2023 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship.
2023 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship
8th FIBA Under-16 Women's American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Mexico
CityMérida
Dates13–19 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (7th title)
Runners-up Canada
Third place Argentina
Tournament statistics
MVPUnited States Jerzy Robinson
Official website
www.fiba.basketball/history
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The 2023 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship was an international basketball competition held in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, from 13 to 19 June 2023.[1] It was the eighth edition of the FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship. The top four teams qualified for the 2024 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup in Mexico.

The United States won their seventh title, after defeating Canada in the final, 79–59.[2]

Participating teams

  • North America:
  1.  United States
  2.  Canada
  1.  Mexico (Hosts)
  2.  Puerto Rico
  3.  Dominican Republic
  1.  Argentina
  2.  Colombia
  3.  Brazil

Group phase

In this round, the teams were drawn into two groups of four. All teams advanced to the playoffs.

All times are local (Time in Mexico – UTC-6).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  United States 3 3 0 340 95 +245 6
2  Puerto Rico 3 2 1 184 262 −78 5
3  Colombia 3 1 2 158 219 −61 4
4  Mexico (H) 3 0 3 162 268 −106 3
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts
13 June 2023
17:30
United States  124–39  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 35–8, 33–10, 30–14, 26–7
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
13 June 2023
20:00
Mexico  59–67  Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 13–21, 16–13, 13–9
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
14 June 2023
17:30
Colombia  29–93  United States
Scoring by quarter: 8–22, 17–25, 2–25, 2–21
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
14 June 2023
20:00
Puerto Rico  78–76  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 14–24, 23–19, 19–14
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
15 June 2023
17:30
Puerto Rico  67–62  Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 12–19, 16–9, 19–14
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
15 June 2023
20:00
Mexico  27–123  United States
Scoring by quarter: 10–30, 7–41, 7–31, 3–21
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Canada 3 3 0 251 122 +129 6
2  Argentina 3 2 1 187 213 −26 5
3  Brazil 3 1 2 167 201 −34 4
4  Dominican Republic 3 0 3 164 233 −69 3
Source: FIBA
13 June 2023
12:30
Dominican Republic  62–72  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 19–13, 8–15, 23–25
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
13 June 2023
15:00
Canada  69–37  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 13–12, 23–6, 13–6
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
14 June 2023
12:30
Canada  90–40  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 30–12, 23–11, 23–2, 14–15
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
14 June 2023
15:00
Argentina  70–59  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 25–15, 18–16, 11–14
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
15 June 2023
12:30
Argentina  45–92  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 11–23, 9–30, 6–18
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
15 June 2023
15:00
Brazil  71–62  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 19–21, 20–9, 7–19
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida

Playoffs

Bracket

5th place match5th–8th place semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
A1 United States106
B4 Dominican Republic34
 Dominican Republic57 United States112
 Colombia58 Argentina48
B2 Argentina55
A3 Colombia54
 Colombia53 United States79
 Brazil41 Canada59
A2 Puerto Rico57
B3 Brazil49
7th place match Brazil66 Puerto Rico493rd place match
 Mexico54 Canada77
 Dominican Republic61B1 Canada71 Argentina67
 Mexico90A4 Mexico44 Puerto Rico58

Quarterfinals

17 June 2023
12:30
Puerto Rico  57–49  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 5–17, 12–9, 23–12
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
17 June 2023
15:00
Argentina  55–54  Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 13–15, 13–8, 14–14
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
17 June 2023
17:30
United States  106–34  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 26–8, 31–5, 24–8
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
17 June 2023
20:00
Canada  71–44  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 20–8, 19–10, 21–14, 11–12
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida

5th–8th place semifinals

18 June 2023
12:30
Dominican Republic  57–58  Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 11–13, 20–18, 11–14
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
18 June 2023
15:00
Brazil  66–54  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 21–10, 21–16, 10–14
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida

7th place match

19 June 2023
12:30
Dominican Republic  61–90  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 20–18, 15–33, 12–23
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida

5th place match

19 June 2023
15:00
Colombia  53–41  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 6–16, 10–6, 23–10, 14–9
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida

Semifinals

18 June 2023
17:30
United States  112–48  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 39–17, 26–13, 29–7, 18–11
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
18 June 2023
20:00
Puerto Rico  49–77  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 24–27, 6–18, 2–13
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida

3rd place match

19 June 2023
17:30
Argentina  67–58  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 12–12, 19–19, 16–17, 20–10
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida

Final

19 June 2023
20:00
United States  79–59  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 22–8, 14–17, 24–22
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 6–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada 5–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Argentina 4–2
4  Puerto Rico 3–3
5  Colombia 3–3
6  Brazil 2–4
7  Mexico 1–5
8  Dominican Republic 0–6
Qualified for the 2024 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup
Qualified for the 2024 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup as hosts

Awards

 2023 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship champions 

United States
Seventh title
  • All-Star Five:[5]
    • United States Jerzy Robinson
    • United States McKenna Woliczko
    • Argentina Milagros Morell
    • Puerto Rico Desirek Nieves
    • Canada Cearah Parchment

References

  1. ^ 2023 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship archive website, www.fiba.basketball
  2. ^ "USA win seventh gold medal at FIBA U16 Women's Americas Championship". FIBA. 20 June 2023.
  3. ^ 2022 FIBA U15 Women's Centrobasket final standings
  4. ^ 2022 FIBA U15 Women's South American Championship final standings
  5. ^ a b "Jerzy Robinson named MVP; Woliczko, Morell, Nieves, Parchment round out All-Star Five". FIBA. Retrieved 20 June 2023.