# 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women

The 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women in Turkey. The tournament was held at the Gimnasio USBI in Xalapa, Mexico from 21 to 28 September 2013.
Cuba won their fourth title after defeating Canada 77–71 in the final.

## Qualification

Qualification was done via FIBA Americas' sub-zones. USA Basketball chose not to enter its national team, because it had already qualified for the 2014 World Championships by winning the 2012 Olympics. The qualified teams were:
* South American Sub-Zone (FIBA South American Championship for Women 2013):
** Argentina
** Brazil
** Chile
** Venezuela
* North America Sub-Zone:
** Canada (qualified automatically)
* Central American and Caribbean Zone (2012 Centrobasket Women):
** Cuba
** Dominican Republic
** Jamaica
** Mexico (host)
** Puerto Rico

## Draw

The draw was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico on July 12, 2013.

## Format

* The top two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals.
* The winners in the knockout semifinals advanced to the Final. The losers played for the third place.

### Tie-breaking criteria

Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:
* Head to head results
* Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
* Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

## Preliminary round

* Qualified for the semifinals
All times local (UTC−5)

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Canada | 4 | 4 | 0 | 310 | 173 | +137 | 8 |
| Cuba | 4 | 3 | 1 | 282 | 235 | +47 | 7 |
| Chile | 4 | 1 | 3 | 258 | 311 | −53 | 5 |
| Jamaica | 4 | 1 | 3 | 225 | 285 | −60 | 5 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1 | 3 | 255 | 326 | −71 | 5 |
* 21 September 2013 14:00
* Boxscore
| Chile | 74–77 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 21–15, 27–24, 15–25 |||
| Pts: Morrison 30 Rebs: Morrison 18 Asts: Morales 9 | | Pts: Márquez 19 Rebs: Silva, Blanco 5 Asts: Silva 6 |
* Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa
* 21 September 2013 16:15
* Boxscore
| Jamaica | 51–75 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 4–22, 16–16, 8–15 |||
| Pts: Smith 12 Rebs: Latouche 6 Asts: Smith 5 | | Pts: Amargo 23 Rebs: Cepeda 11 Asts: Gelis 3 |
* Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa
* 22 September 2013 14:00
* Boxscore
| Canada | 75–37 | Jamaica |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–7, 12–18, 21–4, 21–8 |||
| Pts: Smith 15 Rebs: Ayim 8 Asts: Pilypaitis 7 | | Pts: Edwards 12 Rebs: Smith 5 Asts: Smith 3 |
* Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa
* 22 September 2013 16:15
* Boxscore
| Cuba | 85–59 | Chile |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 20–11, 23–16, 19–17 |||
| Pts: Amargo 20 Rebs: Povea 8 Asts: Povea 5 | | Pts: Morrison 24 Rebs: Morrison 11 Asts: Morales 6 |
* Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa
* 23 September 2013 14:00
* Boxscore
| Venezuela | 72–82 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–25, 17–15, 18–24, 25–18 |||
| Pts: Blanco 19 Rebs: Blanco 10 Asts: Silva, Wallen 5 | | Pts: Amargo 28 Rebs: Amargo 9 Asts: Casanova 6 |
* Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa
* 23 September 2013 16:15
* Boxscore
| Chile | 51–93 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–26, 9–23, 22–17, 10–27 |||
| Pts: Cousiño 18 Rebs: Morrison 6 Asts: Basáez 5 | | Pts: Thorburn 15 Rebs: Smith 6 Asts: five players 4 |
* Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa
* 24 September 2013 14:00
* Boxscore
| Jamaica | 56–74 | Chile |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–2, 13–28, 12–28, 21–16 |||
| Pts: Smith 14 Rebs: Ashmeade 8 Asts: Dixon 4 | | Pts: Morrison 20 Rebs: Morrison 9 Asts: Basáez 5 |
* Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa
* 24 September 2013 16:15
* Boxscore
| Canada | 89–45 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–8, 16–11, 23–20, 29–6 |||
| Pts: Ross 16 Rebs: Tatham 8 Asts: Thorburn 4 | | Pts: Pérez 13 Rebs: Blanco 6 Asts: Márquez, Pérez 3 |
* Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa
* 25 September 2013 14:00
* Boxscore
| Venezuela | 61–81 | Jamaica |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–14, 18–23, 20–24, 11–20 |||
| Pts: Wallen 15 Rebs: Corrales, Wallen 5 Asts: Silva 5 | | Pts: Edwards, Latouche 16 Rebs: Gidden 8 Asts: Gordon 7 |
* Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa
* 25 September 2013 16:15
* Boxscore
| Cuba | 40–53 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–9, 13–23, 2–8, 8–13 |||
| Pts: Gelis 11 Rebs: Cepeda 8 Asts: Casanova 6 | | Pts: Tatham 17 Rebs: Tatham 9 Asts: Nurse, Achonwa 3 |
* Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Brazil | 4 | 4 | 0 | 364 | 202 | +162 | 8 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 3 | 1 | 301 | 289 | +12 | 7 |
| Argentina | 4 | 2 | 2 | 273 | 251 | +22 | 6 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1 | 3 | 230 | 335 | −105 | 5 |
| Mexico | 4 | 0 | 4 | 235 | 326 | −91 | 4 |
* 21 September 2013 18:30
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 91–54 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 28–15, 20–12, 19–11 |||
| Pts: Santos 24 Rebs: Santos 8 Asts: Costa 9 | | Pts: Cortijo 14 Rebs: Cortijo 6 Asts: Cortijo 6 |
* Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa
* 21 September 2013 21:10
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 67–53 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–11, 7–12, 17–18, 28–12 |||
| Pts: Vega 24 Rebs: Vega 20 Asts: Flores 5 | | Pts: Silva 17 Rebs: A. García 6 Asts: Silva 5 |
* Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa
* 22 September 2013 18:30
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 85–79 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 12–26, 16–14, 30–17 |||
| Pts: Sepúlveda, García 24 Rebs: Sepúlveda 16 Asts: Sepúlveda 8 | | Pts: Santana 20 Rebs: Vega 8 Asts: Gretter 6 |
* Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa
* 22 September 2013 20:45
* Boxscore
| Dominican Republic | 43–107 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–27, 6–25, 12–25, 14–30 |||
| Pts: Mosquete 10 Rebs: Monsac 6 Asts: Morton, Evangelista 3 | | Pts: Colhado 17 Rebs: Colhado 14 Asts: Pinto, Dantas 4 |
* Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa
* 23 September 2013 18:30
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 67–44 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 15–9, 22–17, 13–6 |||
| Pts: Vega 21 Rebs: Vega 11 Asts: Gretter 7 | | Pts: Morton, Paniagua 9 Rebs: Paniagua 7 Asts: four players 2 |
* Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa
* 23 September 2013 20:45
* Boxscore
| Mexico | 60–78 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 17–22, 16–24, 12–16 |||
| Pts: Castro 22 Rebs: Castro 15 Asts: Silva 3 | | Pts: Cortijo 15 Rebs: Sepúlveda 9 Asts: Cortijo 7 |
* Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa
* 24 September 2013 18:30
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 69–60 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 15–8, 21–18, 15–15 |||
| Pts: Dantas 14 Rebs: Dantas 13 Asts: Pinto 5 | | Pts: Vega 23 Rebs: Vega 7 Asts: Gretter 8 |
* Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa
* 24 September 2013 20:45
* Boxscore
| Dominican Republic | 84–77 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 17–20, 27–19, 18–21 |||
| Pts: Paniagua 20 Rebs: Monsac 11 Asts: Monsac 6 | | Pts: Castro 25 Rebs: Castro, Camacho 11 Asts: M. García 8 |
* Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa
* 25 September 2013 18:30
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 84–59 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 33–12, 16–11, 23–17, 12–19 |||
| Pts: Cortijo 18 Rebs: Cortijo 9 Asts: Cortijo 6 | | Pts: Paniagua 21 Rebs: Mosquete 13 Asts: Morton 6 |
* Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa
* 25 September 2013 20:45
* Boxscore
| Mexico | 45–97 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 18–25, 7–25, 6–24 |||
| Pts: Silva 12 Rebs: Morales 6 Asts: three players 3 | | Pts: Ribeiro 15 Rebs: Santos 12 Asts: Ribeiro, Paixão 5 |
* Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa

## Final round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| September 27 | September 27 |
| Canada | 73 |
| Canada | 73 | September 28 | September 28 |
| Puerto Rico | 48 | September 28 | September 28 |
| Puerto Rico | 48 | Canada | 71 |
| September 27 | September 27 | | Canada | 71 |
| September 27 | September 27 | Cuba | 79 |
| Brazil | 68 | Cuba | 79 |
| Cuba | 72 | | |
| Cuba | 72 | Third place | Third place |
| | | September 28 | September 28 |
| | | Puerto Rico | 56 |
| | | Brazil | 66 |

### Semifinals

* 27 September 2013 17:45
* Boxscore
| Canada | 73–48 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–8, 13–18, 19–14, 15–8 |||
| Pts: Smith 14 Rebs: Smith 11 Asts: four players 3 | | Pts: Cortijo 22 Rebs: Placido 7 Asts: Sepúlveda, Cortijo 4 |
* Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa
* 27 September 2013 20:00
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 68–72 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 6–18, 28–15, 19–17 |||
| Pts: Pinto 15 Rebs: Colhado 12 Asts: Pinto 7 | | Pts: Noblet 18 Rebs: Cepeda 15 Asts: Casanova, Romero 4 |
* Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa

### Third place game

* 28 September 2013 17:45
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 56–66 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 9–20, 16–15, 12–13 |||
| Pts: Sepúlveda 21 Rebs: Sepúlveda 8 Asts: Cortijo 4 | | Pts: Nascimento 18 Rebs: Santos 13 Asts: Nascimento 5 |
* Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa

### Final

* 28 September 2013 20:00
* Boxscore
| Canada | 71–79 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 15–25, 17–13, 24–21 |||
| Pts: Tatham 25 Rebs: Tatham 9 Asts: Tatham 4 | | Pts: Gelis 19 Rebs: Cepeda 12 Asts: Gelis 6 |
* Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa
* 2013 Women's Americas winners
* Cuba 4th title

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Cuba | 5–1 |
| | Canada | 5–1 |
| | Brazil | 5–1 |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 3–3 |
| 5 | Argentina | 2–2 |
| 6 | Chile | 1–3 |
| 7 | Jamaica | 1–3 |
| 8 | Venezuela | 1–3 |
| 9 | Dominican Republic | 1–3 |
| 10 | Mexico | 0–4 |