2023 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship

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.

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
2021
2025

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

Participating teams

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

Group phase

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

All times are local (Time in MexicoUTC-6).

Group A

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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

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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

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Bracket

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Semifinals

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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

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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

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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

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Rank Team Record
    United States 6–0
    Canada 5–1
    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

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 2023 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship champions 
 
United States
Seventh title

References

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  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 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.