# 2021 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship

The 2021 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship was the men's international basketball competition that was held in Xalapa, Mexico, from 23 to 29 August 2021. The top four teams qualified for the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Spain.

## Qualification

Eight teams from three sub zones were qualified through the Nike Youth Ranking for each sub-zone.
| Sub-zone | Vacancies | Qualified |
| North area | 2 | Canada United States |
| Central America and the Caribbean area (CONCENCABA) | 3 | Puerto Rico Dominican Republic Mexico |
| South American (CONSUBASQUET) | 3 | Argentina Brazil Chile |

## Draw

The draw ceremony for the competition took place on August 10th at the FIBA Regional Office, in the city of Miami, Florida.
| Group A | Group B |
| Argentina Mexico Brazil Canada | Chile United States Puerto Rico Dominican Republic |

## Group phase

All times are local (UTC−5).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 250 | 171 | +79 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 1 | 247 | 183 | +64 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 2 | 174 | 249 | −75 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 3 | 157 | 225 | −68 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
* 23 August 2021 17:30
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 81–70 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 20–23, 22–16, 24–14 |||
| Pts: Bocca 17 Rebs: Prome 10 Asts: Peral 5 | | Pts: Tyne 22 Rebs: Lioux 9 Asts: Tyne 6 |
* USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa Referees: Jesús López (VEN), Orlando José Varela Díaz (HON), Aline García (URU)
* 23 August 2021 20:30
* Boxscore
| Mexico | 59–69 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 20-12, 14–18, 13-22, 12-17 |||
| Pts: Soqui 21 Rebs: Verdugo 7 Asts: Cabral 3 | | Pts: Bianchi 22 Rebs: Vicentini Borio 15 Asts: Segantini Moreira 5 |
* USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa Referees: Erick Endara Estevez (ECU), Yuliet Mendez Alvarez (CUB), Delquino Vizcaíno Vicente (DOM)
* 24 August 2021 17:30
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 52–98 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 13–29, 16-26, 9-22 |||
| Pts: Farias Cardoso 11 Rebs: Nascimento Raymundo 9 Asts: Segantini Moreira 3 | | Pts: Bocca 22 Rebs: Bocca 9 Asts: Respaud 7 |
* USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa Referees: Jesús López (VEN), Orlando José Varela Díaz (HON), Aline García (URU)
* 24 August 2021 20:30
* Boxscore
| Canada | 85–49 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 24-15, 22-10, 19-11, 20-13 |||
| Pts: Oliogu 15 Rebs: Lioux 15 Asts: Theodosiou 4 | | Pts: Georgelos 12 Rebs: Georgelos 10 Asts: Landavazo 2 |
* USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa Referees: Erick Endara Estevez (ECU), Yuliet Mendez Alvarez (CUB), Delquino Vizcaíno Vicente (DOM)
* 25 August 2021 17:30
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 53–92 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 13–24, 14-26, 14-18 |||
| Pts: Bianchi 13 Rebs: Farias Cardoso 8 Asts: De Jesus Andrade 2 | | Pts: Sharma 19 Rebs: Rioux 11 Asts: Tyne 6 |
* USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa Referees: Jesús López (VEN), Erick Endara Estevez (ECU), Yuliet Mendez Alvarez (CUB)
* 25 August 2021 20:30
* Boxscore
| Mexico | 49–71 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 12-14, 9-14, 13-28, 15-15 |||
| Pts: Escobedo 10 Rebs: Landavazo 8 Asts: Soqui 4 | | Pts: Respaud 11 Rebs: López 9 Asts: Peral 5 |
* USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa Referees: Orlando José Varela Díaz (HON), Aline García (URU), Carol Sacramento Garcia Ferro (COL)

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 389 | 200 | +189 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 256 | 254 | +2 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 215 | 230 | −15 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Chile | 3 | 0 | 3 | 150 | 326 | −176 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
* 23 August 2021 11:30
* Boxscore
| Chile | 54–107 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–35, 10–23, 11-22, 18-27 |||
| Pts: Orrego 12 Rebs: Ríos 9 Asts: Pescetto 2 | | Pts: Ceballo 19 Rebs: Ceballo 10 Asts: Muñoz 7 |
* USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa Referees: Micaela Prado (ARG), Wallace Pacífico Rosa (BRA), Jesus López Díaz (MEX)
* 23 August 2021 14:30
* Boxscore
| United States | 118–67 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 42-18, 22-16, 34-17, 20-16 |||
| Pts: Holland 24 Rebs: Lewis 12 Asts: Boswell 7 | | Pts: Lee 18 Rebs: Avilés 9 Asts: Adorno 6 |
* USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa Referees: Waseem Husainy (CAN), Franco Ronconi (ARG), Carol Sacramento Garcia Ferro (COL)
* 24 August 2021 11:30
* Boxscore
| Dominican Republic | 74–133 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–32, 22–37, 18-29, 12-35 |||
| Pts: Díaz 16 Rebs: Díaz 12 Asts: Muñoz 5 | | Pts: Tucker 22 Rebs: McNeeley 10 Asts: Curry 9 |
* USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa Referees: Micaela Prado (ARG), Jesus López Díaz (MEX), Carol Sacramento Garcia Ferro (COL)
* 24 August 2021 14:30
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 81–37 | Chile |
| Scoring by quarter: 21-10, 27-13, 19-9, 14-5 |||
| Pts: Avilés 18 Rebs: Martínez 8 Asts: Adorno 6 | | Pts: Cresp 11 Rebs: Ríos 8 Asts: Stuardo 2 |
* USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa Referees: Franco Ronconi (ARG), Waseem Husainy (CAN), Alberto Achutegui López (MEX)
* 25 August 2021 11:30
* Boxscore
| Chile | 59–138 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–35, 17–32, 17-35, 16-36 |||
| Pts: Aguirre 15 Rebs: Orrego 7 Asts: Orrego 7 | | Pts: Jackson 30 Rebs: McNeeley 9 Asts: Dillingham 12 |
* USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa Referees: Micaela Prado (ARG), Alberto Achutegui López (MEX), Delquino Vizcaíno Vicente (DOM)
* 25 August 2021 14:30
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 67–75 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 8-18, 22-22, 20-16, 17-19 |||
| Pts: Avilés 17 Rebs: Avilés 12 Asts: Marín 7 | | Pts: Carbuccia 20 Rebs: Díaz 9 Asts: Carbuccia 8 |
* USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa Referees: Franco Ronconi (ARG), Waseem Hisainy (CAN), Wallace Rosa Pacífico (BRA)

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Fifth place | Fifth place | Fifth place | 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | | 1A | Argentina | 90 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4B | Chile | 38 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Chile | Chile | 41 | | | | Argentina | Argentina | 76 | | |
| | | | Brazil | Brazil | 73 | | | | Dominican Republic | Dominican Republic | 74 | | |
| | | | | | | 2B | Dominican Republic | 74 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3A | Brazil | 66 | | | | | | |
| Brazil | Brazil | 73 | | | | | | | | | Argentina | Argentina | 75 |
| Mexico | Mexico | 60 | | | | | | | | | Argentina | | United States | United States | 90 |
| | | | | | | 2A | Canada | 93 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3B | Puerto Rico | 65 | | | | | | | |
| Seventh place | Seventh place | Seventh place | Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 78 | | | | Canada | Canada | 81 | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | Mexico | Mexico | 82 | | | | United States | United States | 99 | | | | |
| Chile | Chile | 46 | | | | 1B | | | United States | 123 | | | Dominican Republic | Dominican Republic | 76 |
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 73 | | | | 4A | Mexico | 53 | | | | | Canada | Canada | 92 |

### Quarterfinals

* 27 August 2021 11:30
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 90–38 | Chile |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 13-6, 36–5, 26–25 |||
| Pts: Peral 21 Rebs: Prome 9 Asts: Pérez 6 | | Pts: Cresp 15 Rebs: Ríos 8 Asts: Pescetto 2 |
* USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa Referees: Waseem Husainy (CAN), Yuliet Alvarez Mendez (CUB), Jesus López Díaz (MEX)
* 27 August 2021 14:30
* Boxscore
| Dominican Republic | 74–66 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 16-19, 20-17, 15–13, 23–17 |||
| Pts: Carbuccia 21 Rebs: Almonte 7 Asts: Muñoz 7 | | Pts: Bersch Klafke 12 Rebs: Vicentini Borio 12 Asts: Vicentini Borio 4 |
* USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa Referees: Orlando José Varela Díaz (HON), Alberto Achutegui López (MEX), Aline García (URU)
* 27 August 2021 17:30
* Boxscore
| Canada | 93–65 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–14, 25-17, 17-20, 24–14 |||
| Pts: Tyne 20 Rebs: Rioux 9 Asts: Tyne 7 | | Pts: Avilés 22 Rebs: Avilés 11 Asts: Martínez 3 |
* USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa Referees: Jesús López (VEN), Micaela Prado (ARG), Wallace Pacífico Rosa (BRA)
* 27 August 2021 20:30
* Boxscore
| United States | 123–53 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 35-7, 29-17, 37–17, 22–12 |||
| Pts: Lewis 24 Rebs: Holland 10 Asts: Curry 10 | | Pts: Landavazo 11 Rebs: Landavazo 6 Asts: Escobedo 4 |
* USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa Referees: Erick Endara Estevez (ECU), Fraco Ronconi (ARG), Carol Sacramento Garcia Ferro (COL)

### 5–8th place semifinals

* 28 August 2021 11:30
* Boxscore
| Chile | 41–73 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 3-19, 6-17, 12-22 |||
| Pts: Ríos 17 Rebs: Araneda 6 Asts: Cresp 3 | | Pts: Farias Cardoso 15 Rebs: Nascimento Raymundo 10 Asts: De Souza Pacheco 8 |
* USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa Referees: Jesús López (VEN), Micaela Prado (ARG), Yuliet Mendez Alvarez (CUB)
* 28 August 2021 14:30
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 78–82 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 16-24, 16-18, 22-22, 22-18 |||
| Pts: Avilés 22 Rebs: Avilés 19 Asts: Cruz 5 | | Pts: Soqui 20 Rebs: Georgelos 7 Asts: Escobedo 6 |
* USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa Referees: Waseem Husainy (CAN), Fraco Ronconi (ARG), Delquino Vizcaíno Vicente (DOM)

### Semifinals

* 28 August 2021 17:30
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 76–74 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 20-22, 23-15, 13-17, 20-20 |||
| Pts: Giovannetti 24 Rebs: Lomello 7 Asts: Pérez 4 | | Pts: Aybar 26 Rebs: Almonte 9 Asts: Liberato 4 |
* USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa Referees: Orlando José Varela Díaz (HON), Wallace Racífico Rosa (BRA), Aline García (URU)
* 28 August 2021 20:30
* Boxscore
| Canada | 81–99 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 17-28, 30-19, 13-29, 21-23 |||
| Pts: Oliogu 17 Rebs: Rioux 12 Asts: Okojie 8 | | Pts: Boswell 20 Rebs: Holland 16 Asts: Dillingham 4 |
* USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa Referees: Erick Endara Estevez (ECU), Jesus López Díaz (MEX), Carol Sacramento Garcia Ferro (COL)

### Seventh place game

* 29 August 2021 11:30
* Boxscore
| Chile | 46–73 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 19-22, 13-21, 9-16, 5-14 |||
| Pts: Cresp 8 Rebs: Araneda 7 Asts: Ríos 4 | | Pts: Gali 16 Rebs: Martínez 10 Asts: Torres 6 |
* USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa Referees: Alberto Achutegui López (MEX), Jesus López Díaz (MEX), Carol Sacramento Garcia Ferro (COL)

### Fifth place game

* 29 August 2021 14:30
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 73–60 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 19-11, 22-17, 18-21, 14-11 |||
| Pts: Bersch Klafke 31 Rebs: Da Silva 10 Asts: De Souza Pacheco 11 | | Pts: Escobedo 16 Rebs: Landavazo 7 Asts: Escobedo 7 |
* USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa Referees: Franco Ronconi (ARG), Yuliet Mendez Alvarez (CUB), Aline García (URU)

### Third place game

* 29 August 2021 17:30
* Boxscore
| Dominican Republic | 76–92 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 21-22, 13-23, 20-27, 22-20 |||
| Pts: Liberato 17 Rebs: Díaz 12 Asts: Carbuccia 4 | | Pts: Theodosiou 15 Rebs: Yeiy 14 Asts: Okojie 7 |
* USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa Referees: Micaela Prado (ARG), Erick Endara Estevez (ECU), Wallace Pacífico Rosa (BRA)

### Final

* 29 August 2021 20:30
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 75–90 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 20-11, 11-19, 19-29, 25-31 |||
| Pts: Bocca 15 Rebs: Prome 6 Asts: Singoj 4 | | Pts: Dillingham 31 Rebs: Holland 12 Asts: Dillingham 4 |
* USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa Referees: Waseem Husainy (CAN), Jesús López (VEN), Orlando José Varela Díaz (HON)

## Final ranking

* Qualified for the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup.
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | United States | 6–0 |
| | Argentina | 5–1 |
| | Canada | 4–2 |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 3–3 |
| 5 | Brazil | 3–3 |
| 6 | Mexico | 1–5 |
| 7 | Puerto Rico | 2–4 |
| 8 | Chile | 0-6 |

## Statistical leaders
### Players

| Pos. | Name | PPG |
| 1 | Ronald Holland | 19.0 |
| 2 | Alejandro Avilés | 16.7 |
| 3 | Robert Dillingham | 15.7 |
| 4 | Mikkel Tyne | 15.0 |
| 5 | Eduardo Bersch Klafke | 13.5 |
| Pos. | Name | RPG |
| 1 | Alejandro Avilés | 10.8 |
| 2 | Olivier Rioux | 10.3 |
| 3 | Ronald Holland | 10.2 |
| 4 | Luis Díaz | 9.0 |
| 5 | Enrico Vicentini Borio | 7.5 |
| Pos. | Name | APG |
| 1 | Robert Dillingham | 6.2 |
| 2 | Cauã De Souza Pacheco | 5.8 |
| 3 | Jaylen Curry | 5.7 |
| 4 | Osezojie Baraka Okojie | 5.5 |
| 5 | Danny Carbuccia | 5.3 |
| Pos. | Name | SPG |
| 1 | Jaylen Curry | 3.8 |
| 2 | Robert Dillingham | 3.2 |
| 3 | Danny Carbuccia | 2.8 |
| 4 | Ronald Holland | 2.5 |
| 4 | Yeison Liberato | 2.5 |
| 4 | Juan Peral | 2.5 |
| Pos. | Name | BPG |
| 1 | Alejandro Avilés | 3.5 |
| 2 | Olivier Rioux | 2.3 |
| 3 | Justin McBride | 1.8 |
| 4 | Jalen Lewis | 1.7 |
| 5 | Yeison Liberato | 1.5 |
| Stat | Name | Avg. |
| Field goal percentage | Ronald Holland | 65.3% |
| 3-point FG percentage | Jalen Lewis | 58.3% |
| Free throw percentage | Charles Georgelos | 85.0% |
| Turnovers | Mikkel Tyne | 4.2 |
| Fouls | Yeison Liberato | 3.0 |

## Awards

* 2021 Americas Under-16 champions
* United States Seventh title
* Most Valuable Player:
** Robert Dillingham
* All-Star Five:
** Guard Robert Dillingham
** Forward Ronald Holland
** PG Mikkel Tyne
** PG Danny Carbuccia
** PF Tiziano Prome