# 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. The United States won their eighth consecutive gold in this event by beating Canada in the final, 109–62.

## Participating teams

* North America:
** United States
** Canada
* Central America:
** Mexico
** Puerto Rico
** Guatemala
* South America:
** Brazil
** Venezuela
** Chile (hosts)

## Preliminary round

The draw was held on 14 April 2016.
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 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 3 | Venezuela | 3 | 1 | 2 | 184 | 235 | −51 | 4 | Classification 5–8 |
| 4 | Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 3 | 132 | 308 | −176 | 3 | Classification 5–8 |
* 13 July 15:45
* Boxscore
| 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
* Boxscore
| 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
* Boxscore
| 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
* Boxscore
| 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
* Boxscore
| 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
* Boxscore
| 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 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 3 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 202 | 224 | −22 | 4 | Classification 5–8 |
| 4 | Chile | 3 | 0 | 3 | 178 | 251 | −73 | 3 | Classification 5–8 |
* 13 July 12:30
* Boxscore
| 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
* Boxscore
| 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
* Boxscore
| 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
* Boxscore
| 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
* Boxscore
| 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
* Boxscore
| 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–8th | 5th–8th | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 16 July | 16 July |
| Venezuela | 49 |
| Venezuela | 49 | 17 July | 17 July |
| Chile | 54 | 17 July | 17 July |
| Chile | 54 | Chile | 51 |
| 16 July | 16 July | | Chile | 51 |
| 16 July | 16 July | Mexico | 85 |
| Mexico | 65 | Mexico | 85 |
| Guatemala | 38 | | |
| Guatemala | 38 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 17 July | 17 July |
| | | Venezuela | 77 |
| | | Guatemala | 64 |

### Classification 5–8

* 16 July 13:30
* Boxscore
| 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
* Boxscore
| 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
* Boxscore
| 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
* Boxscore
| 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).
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 16 July | 16 July |
| United States | 104 |
| United States | 104 | 17 July | 17 July |
| Puerto Rico | 36 | 17 July | 17 July |
| Puerto Rico | 36 | United States | 109 |
| 16 July | 16 July | | United States | 109 |
| 16 July | 16 July | Canada | 62 |
| Canada | 58 | Canada | 62 |
| Brazil | 52 | | |
| Brazil | 52 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 17 July | 17 July |
| | | Puerto Rico | 64 |
| | | Brazil | 70 |

### Semifinals

* 16 July 18:00
* Boxscore
| 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
* Boxscore
| 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
* Boxscore
| 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
* Boxscore
| 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. On 12 May 2017, Mexico was chosen to replace Brazil.