# 2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship

The 2015 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas at the 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball Tournament in Brazil. The champion qualified directly for the Olympics.
On the first day of the tournament, at coincident FIBA Central Board meetings in Tokyo, Brazil's men's and women's teams were granted automatic entry to the Olympic Tournament as highly ranked host teams.
After allowing for Brazil's and the tournament winner's direct qualification for the Olympics, the next highest three teams in this tournament went to the final 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball Qualifying Tournament, competing against the highest placed non-winners of the other regional Championships. As Brazil fell in the semifinals, Puerto Rico and Venezuela, as the third-placed teams in their groups, contested a fifth-place match. Venezuela eventually won that match and qualified for the Olympic qualifying tournament.
Canada went on to win its second title - defeating Cuba - the first after 20 years, when the tournament was also held in Canada.

## Qualification

* Host country
** Canada (10)
* Central American and Caribbean Sub-Zone: (2014 Centrobasket Women)
** Cuba (13)
** Puerto Rico (28)
** Dominican Republic (37)
** Virgin Islands (-)
* South American Sub-Zone: 2014 South American Basketball Championship for Women
** Brazil (7)
** Argentina (14)
** Chile (26)
** Venezuela (34)
* Repechage winner:
** Ecuador (-)
Note: 2014 FIBA Ranking in parentheses.

## Venue

FIBA Americas awarded the hosting rights of the championship to Canada Basketball. All games were held at the Saville Community Sports Centre at the University of Alberta's South Campus in Edmonton.

## Preliminary round

All times local (UTC−6)

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 390 | 172 | +218 | 8 | Advance to the final round |
| 2 | Cuba | 4 | 3 | 1 | 279 | 225 | +54 | 7 | Advance to the final round |
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 4 | 2 | 2 | 271 | 281 | −10 | 6 | Fifth place match |
| 4 | Chile | 4 | 1 | 3 | 251 | 329 | −78 | 5 | |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 4 | 0 | 4 | 192 | 346 | −154 | 4 | |
* 9 August 13:00
* Boxscore
| Chile | 88–56 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 25–19, 18–17, 24–8 |||
| Pts: Morrison 28 Rebs: Morrison 14 Asts: Basáez 6 | | Pts: Estrella 12 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Monsac 3 |
* Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton
* 9 August 18:30
* Boxscore
| Canada | 94–57 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–22, 26–7, 23–12, 15–16 |||
| Pts: three players 11 Rebs: Langlois 8 Asts: Thorburn 4 | | Pts: Placido 12 Rebs: Placido 5 Asts: Bermúdez 2 |
* Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton
* 10 August 18:30
* Boxscore
| Canada | 93–36 | Chile |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–10, 17–10, 22–6, 27–10 |||
| Pts: three players 14 Rebs: K. Plouffe 8 Asts: Langlois 10 | | Pts: Abuyeres 11 Rebs: Fuentes, Abuyeres 5 Asts: Gamboa 2 |
* Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton
* 10 August 20:45
* Boxscore
| Cuba | 83–44 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–10, 15–10, 27–8, 21–16 |||
| Pts: Amargo 25 Rebs: Oquendo 8 Asts: Casanova 12 | | Pts: Evangelista, Hernández 14 Rebs: Beltré 7 Asts: Abreu 3 |
* Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton
* 11 August 13:00
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 58–65 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 11–15, 20–14, 13–19 |||
| Pts: Delgado 14 Rebs: Sepúlveda 6 Asts: four players 1 | | Pts: Amargo 26 Rebs: Noblet 12 Asts: Casanova 7 |
* Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton
* 11 August 18:30
* Boxscore
| Dominican Republic | 36–111 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–23, 12–35, 8–27, 9–26 |||
| Pts: Evangelista 15 Rebs: Monsac 5 Asts: Monsac 3 | | Pts: Ayim 15 Rebs: Gaucher 7 Asts: Langlois, Thorburn 7 |
* Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton
* 12 August 13:00
* Boxscore
| Chile | 61–88 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 13–19, 17–26, 14–25 |||
| Pts: Cousiño 16 Rebs: Basáez, Fuentes 7 Asts: Basáez 7 | | Pts: Noblet 16 Rebs: Noblet 8 Asts: Casanova 7 |
* Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton
* 12 August 15:15
* Boxscore
| Dominican Republic | 56–64 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 14–19, 15–11, 13–22 |||
| Pts: Evangelista, Hernández 16 Rebs: Monsac 12 Asts: Evangelista, Monsac 3 | | Pts: García 16 Rebs: Placido 12 Asts: Delgado 8 |
* Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton
* 13 August 15:15
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 92–66 | Chile |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 19–17, 31–19, 23–14 |||
| Pts: Martínez 22 Rebs: Bermúdez 8 Asts: Delgado 7 | | Pts: Leeper 18 Rebs: Basáez, Leeper 5 Asts: Cousiño 4 |
* Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton
* 13 August 18:30
* Boxscore
| Cuba | 43–92 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 6–21, 11–21, 13–29 |||
| Pts: Galindo 12 Rebs: Galindo 6 Asts: Casanova 2 | | Pts: Nurse 14 Rebs: Ayim 7 Asts: Fields 4 |
* Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 4 | 4 | 0 | 289 | 210 | +79 | 8 | Advance to the final round |
| 2 | Brazil | 4 | 3 | 1 | 303 | 247 | +56 | 7 | Advance to the final round |
| 3 | Venezuela | 4 | 2 | 2 | 250 | 267 | −17 | 6 | Fifth place match |
| 4 | Ecuador | 4 | 1 | 3 | 200 | 249 | −49 | 5 | |
| 5 | Virgin Islands | 4 | 0 | 4 | 219 | 288 | −69 | 4 | |
* 9 August 15:15
* Boxscore
| Ecuador | 72–48 | Virgin Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–7, 14–6, 13–18, 24–17 |||
| Pts: Mora 16 Rebs: Salcedo 9 Asts: Noblecilla 7 | | Pts: Day 11 Rebs: Day, Hamilton 11 Asts: Bough 4 |
* Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton
* 9 August 20:45
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 86–71 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 19–22, 17–13, 26–18 |||
| Pts: Ramona 16 Rebs: Colhado 14 Asts: Paixão, Ramona 4 | | Pts: Corrales 17 Rebs: Corrales 6 Asts: Márquez, Durán 3 |
* Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton
* 10 August 13:00
* Boxscore
| Ecuador | 35–70 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 5–16, 6–17, 10–18, 14–19 |||
| Pts: Salcedo 8 Rebs: Preciado 5 Asts: three players 2 | | Pts: Burani 14 Rebs: three players 8 Asts: González 5 |
* Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton
* 10 August 15:15
* Boxscore
| Virgin Islands | 62–69 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–10, 14–22, 15–18, 16–19 |||
| Pts: Matthew, Hamilton 20 Rebs: Hamilton 14 Asts: Bough 7 | | Pts: Silva 31 Rebs: Corrales 7 Asts: Márquez, Durán 4 |
* Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton
* 11 August 15:15
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 75–51 | Virgin Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 15–8, 25–17, 18–14 |||
| Pts: Vega 15 Rebs: Vega 7 Asts: González 6 | | Pts: Day 21 Rebs: Day 14 Asts: Matthew 3 |
* Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton
* 11 August 20:45
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 76–45 | Ecuador |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 17–5, 26–18, 16–8 |||
| Pts: Castro Marques 19 Rebs: Colhado 22 Asts: Paixão, Santos 5 | | Pts: Caicedo 14 Rebs: Caicedo 7 Asts: Caicedo 6 |
* Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton
* 12 August 18:30
* Boxscore
| Venezuela | 55–71 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–22, 17–11, 18–26, 11–12 |||
| Pts: Silva 13 Rebs: Silva 4 Asts: three players 3 | | Pts: Vega 16 Rebs: Vega 8 Asts: Rosset 5 |
* Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton
* 12 August 20:45
* Boxscore
| Virgin Islands | 58–72 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 14–19, 11–22, 16–11 |||
| Pts: Day, Hamilton 16 Rebs: Hamilton 11 Asts: Frettt, Hamilton 4 | | Pts: Colhado 15 Rebs: Colhado 9 Asts: Paixão, Castro Marques 6 |
* Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton
* 13 August 13:00
* Boxscore
| Venezuela | 55–48 | Ecuador |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–11, 13–10, 12–13, 15–14 |||
| Pts: Márquez 15 Rebs: Corrales 11 Asts: Silva 3 | | Pts: Barahona 14 Rebs: Barahona 6 Asts: Noblecilla 4 |
* Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton
* 13 August 20:45
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 73–69 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 17–12, 17–25, 18–20 |||
| Pts: Boquete, González 12 Rebs: Santana 7 Asts: Gretter 4 | | Pts: Castro Marques 25 Rebs: Colhado 9 Asts: Paixão 4 |
* Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton

## Final round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 15 August | 15 August |
| Canada | 83 |
| Canada | 83 | 16 August | 16 August |
| Brazil | 66 | 16 August | 16 August |
| Brazil | 66 | Canada | 82 |
| 15 August | 15 August | | Canada | 82 |
| 15 August | 15 August | Cuba | 66 |
| Argentina | 79 | Cuba | 66 |
| Cuba (OT) | 89 | | |
| Cuba (OT) | 89 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 16 August | 16 August |
| | | Brazil | 59 |
| | | Argentina | 66 |

### Semifinals

* 15 August 15:30
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 79–89 (OT) | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 12–20, 27–13, 13–15, Overtime: 6–16 |||
| Pts: Santana 18 Rebs: Gretter 9 Asts: Gretter 9 | | Pts: Noblet 29 Rebs: Noblet 14 Asts: Casanova 9 |
* Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton
* 15 August 18:00
* Boxscore
| Canada | 83–66 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 18–17, 25–16, 13–11 |||
| Pts: Raincock-Ekunwe 18 Rebs: Raincock-Ekunwe, Murphy 5 Asts: Langlois 7 | | Pts: Castro Marques 15 Rebs: Colhado 8 Asts: Castro Marques 3 |
* Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton

### Fifth place match

* 15 August 13:15
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 56–65 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–9, 10–20, 6–18, 16–18 |||
| Pts: Delgado, Placido 11 Rebs: Bermúdez 7 Asts: Delgado 7 | | Pts: Wallen 18 Rebs: Wallen 11 Asts: Márquez 7 |
* Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton

### Third place match

* 16 August 15:30
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 59–66 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 11–12, 17–19, 18–17 |||
| Pts: Justino 19 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: three players 2 | | Pts: Fiorotto 13 Rebs: Fiorotto, Vega 5 Asts: Gretter 4 |
* Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton

### Final

* 16 August 18:00
* Boxscore
| Canada | 82–66 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 25–13, 21–19, 17–12 |||
| Pts: Nurse 20 Rebs: K. Plouffe 8 Asts: Langlois 8 | | Pts: Oquendo 25 Rebs: Noblet 10 Asts: Casanova 9 |
* Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton

## Final ranking

* Qualified for the basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
* Qualified as host nation for the basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
* Qualified for the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Canada | 6–0 |
| | Cuba | 4–2 |
| | Argentina | 5–1 |
| 4 | Brazil | 3–3 |
| 5 | Venezuela | 3–2 |
| 6 | Puerto Rico | 2–3 |
| 7 | Ecuador | 1–3 |
| 8 | Chile | 1–3 |
| 9 | Virgin Islands | 0–4 |
| 10 | Dominican Republic | 0–4 |

## All-2015 FIBA Americas Women's Team

G – Melisa Gretter G – Kia Nurse (Tournament MVP)
F – Yamara Delgado F – Clenia Noblet
F – Tamara Tatham