# 2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup

The 2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup was the 17th edition of the FIBA Women's AmeriCup, which is the main tournament for senior women's basketball national teams of the FIBA Americas. It was held from 1 to 9 July 2023 in León, Mexico.
Brazil won their sixth title after a finals win over the United States.

## Format

The ten teams were split into two groups of five teams. The top four teams per group qualified to the quarterfinals. A first-placed teams faced off against the fourth-placed team and a second-placed team against a third-placed teams. A knockout-system was used after the preliminary round.

## Qualification

| Qualification | Host | Dates | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Automated entry | | | 2 | Canada United States |
| 2022 South American Championship | San Luis | 1–6 August 2022 | 4 | Brazil Argentina Colombia Venezuela |
| 2022 Centrobasket Women | Chihuahua | 23–27 November 2022 | 4 | Puerto Rico Mexico Cuba Dominican Republic |

## Draw

The draw took place on 10 May 2023 in Miami, United States.

### Seeding

The teams were seeded according to the FIBA Women's World Ranking.
| Pair 1 | Pair 2 | Pair 3 | Pair 4 | Pair 5 |
| United States Canada | Puerto Rico Brazil | Argentina Colombia | Dominican Republic Cuba | Venezuela Mexico |

## Squads

Each nation had to submit a list of 12 players.

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−6).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 4 | 4 | 0 | 305 | 238 | +67 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | United States | 4 | 3 | 1 | 305 | 221 | +84 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Venezuela | 4 | 1 | 3 | 292 | 313 | −21 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Argentina | 4 | 1 | 3 | 232 | 243 | −11 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Cuba | 4 | 1 | 3 | 248 | 367 | −119 | 5 | |
* 1 2 3 Venezuela 1–1, +19 PD; Argentina 1–1, –1 PD; Cuba 1–1, –18 PD
* 1 July 2023 12:10
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 92–53 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–14, 20–17, 19–16, 24–6 |||
| Pts: Gonçalves 16 Rebs: Cardoso 8 Asts: Gonçalo 7 | | Pts: Amargo 13 Rebs: Vargas 10 Asts: Armentero, Vargas 2 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: José Fernández (CRC), Carmelo de la Rosa (PUR), Kelsey Kisilevich (CAN)
* 1 July 2023 14:40
* Boxscore
| United States | 80–54 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–5, 26–11, 20–14, 14–24 |||
| Pts: Jackson, Reese 11 Rebs: Marshall 14 Asts: Kelly, Marshall 4 | | Pts: Wallen 14 Rebs: Pérez, Wallen 4 Asts: Pérez 7 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Felipe Ibarra (CHI), Norval Young (IVB), Juan Valenzuela (MEX)
* 2 July 2023 12:10
* Boxscore
| Venezuela | 76–90 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 18–23, 21–15, 19–29 |||
| Pts: Wallen 20 Rebs: Pérez 7 Asts: Durán 5 | | Pts: Dantas 17 Rebs: Cardoso 15 Asts: Paixão 5 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Alexis Mercado (PUR), Kelsey Kisilevich (CAN), Aline García (URU)
* 2 July 2023 14:40
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 56–65 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 11–14, 11–16, 16–16 |||
| Pts: Boquete 16 Rebs: Gretter 9 Asts: Gretter 9 | | Pts: Jackson 17 Rebs: Reese 15 Asts: Kelly 4 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Felipe Ibarra (CHI), José Fernández (CRC), Orlando Varela (HON)
* 3 July 2023 12:10
* Boxscore
| Cuba | 85–106 (OT) | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 21–14, 21–13, 13–26, Overtime: 9–30 |||
| Pts: Amargo 18 Rebs: Vargas 10 Asts: Armentero 9 | | Pts: Wallen 34 Rebs: Wallen 12 Asts: Pérez 12 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Kelsey Kisilevich (CAN), Norval Young (IVB), Aline García (URU)
* 3 July 2023 14:40
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 56–55 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–14, 20–12, 21–15, 6–14 |||
| Pts: Dantas 13 Rebs: De Souza 10 Asts: Paixão 4 | | Pts: Boquete 14 Rebs: Gentinetta, Gretter 7 Asts: Gretter 4 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Alexis Mercado (PUR), Orlando Varela (HON), Carmelo de la Rosa (PUR)
* 4 July 2023 12:10
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 63–66 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–17, 17–13, 17–16, 18–20 |||
| Pts: Boquete 21 Rebs: Gretter 9 Asts: Gretter 7 | | Pts: Amargo 25 Rebs: Vargas 10 Asts: Montero, Tanis 3 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Carmelo de la Rosa (PUR), Norval Young (IVB), Alexis Mercado (PUR)
* 4 July 2023 14:40
* Boxscore
| United States | 54–67 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 13–20, 14–14, 15–18 |||
| Pts: Betts 11 Rebs: Betts 15 Asts: Osborne 2 | | Pts: Paixão 23 Rebs: De Souza 7 Asts: three players 3 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Kelsey Kisilevich (CAN), José Fernández (CRC), Aline García (URU)
* 5 July 2023 12:10
* Boxscore
| Cuba | 44–106 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–27, 4–33, 10–23, 16–23 |||
| Pts: Tanis 10 Rebs: Vargas 7 Asts: Despaigne 2 | | Pts: Betts 17 Rebs: Betts, Reese 14 Asts: Kelly 7 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Orlando Varela (HON), Felipe Ibarra (CHI), José Fernández (CRC)
* 5 July 2023 17:40
* Boxscore
| Venezuela | 56–58 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 13–12, 16–9, 11–14 |||
| Pts: Pérez, Wallen 14 Rebs: Márquez, Wallen 7 Asts: Durán, Márquez 4 | | Pts: Chagas 16 Rebs: Gretter 9 Asts: Gretter 9 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Krishna Domínguez (MEX), Kelsey Kisilevich (CAN), Aline García (URU)

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 4 | 4 | 0 | 344 | 207 | +137 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 4 | 3 | 1 | 253 | 257 | −4 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Colombia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 246 | 250 | −4 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Mexico (H) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 232 | 274 | −42 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 4 | 0 | 4 | 213 | 300 | −87 | 4 | |
* 1 July 2023 17:40
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 63–62 | Colombia |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–19, 17–21, 22–11, 14–11 |||
| Pts: Gwathmey 20 Rebs: Gwathmey 8 Asts: Guirantes 5 | | Pts: Muñoz 14 Rebs: González 9 Asts: López, Martínez 7 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Orlando Varela (HON), Larissa Rodrigues (BRA)
* 1 July 2023 20:40
* Boxscore
| Mexico | 69–62 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 20–11, 14–17, 21–15 |||
| Pts: Payán 15 Rebs: Ramos 7 Asts: Beltrán 8 | | Pts: Martínez 18 Rebs: Martínez 9 Asts: Martínez 4 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Ashley Gloss (USA), Fernando Leite (BRA), Franco Anselmo (ARG)
* 2 July 2023 17:40
* Boxscore
| Dominican Republic | 47–73 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–22, 13–17, 15–14, 8–20 |||
| Pts: Capellán 12 Rebs: De los Santos 8 Asts: Jiménez 5 | | Pts: Guirantes 16 Rebs: Hollingshed 13 Asts: Guirantes 4 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Larissa Rodrigues (BRA), Franco Anselmo (ARG)
* 2 July 2023 20:10
* Boxscore
| Canada | 83–57 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–7, 11–14, 27–14, 22–22 |||
| Pts: Colley 19 Rebs: Alexander 18 Asts: Colley 4 | | Pts: Payán 10 Rebs: Luna, Ramos 6 Asts: Gallegos 3 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Ashley Gloss (USA), Fernando Leite (BRA), Micaela Prado (ARG)
* 3 July 2023 17:40
* Boxscore
| Colombia | 70–56 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–7, 25–13, 13–14, 18–22 |||
| Pts: Muñoz 23 Rebs: Paz 9 Asts: Martínez, Muñoz 4 | | Pts: Capellan 14 Rebs: A. Jiménez 8 Asts: Evangelista 4 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Ashley Gloss (USA), Larissa Rodrigues (BRA), Leydys Castellón (CUB)
* 3 July 2023 20:10
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 47–84 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 12–15, 14–25, 5–25 |||
| Pts: Hollingshed, O'Neill 10 Rebs: Hollingshed 8 Asts: San Antonio 5 | | Pts: Edwards 14 Rebs: Alexander 13 Asts: Colley, Edwards 5 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Fernando Leite (BRA), Franco Anselmo (ARG)
* 4 July 2023 17:40
* Boxscore
| Canada | 89–55 | Colombia |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 25–19, 23–9, 19–13 |||
| Pts: Fields 15 Rebs: Alexander 10 Asts: Edwards, Prosper 4 | | Pts: Delgado 22 Rebs: Paz 9 Asts: López 3 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Ashley Gloss (USA), Leydys Castellón (CUB)
* 4 July 2023 20:10
* Boxscore
| Mexico | 64–70 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 17–17, 23–17, 9–19 |||
| Pts: Ramos 18 Rebs: Luna 7 Asts: Beltrán 7 | | Pts: Guirantes 25 Rebs: Guirantes 10 Asts: Guirantes 5 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Orlando Varela (HON), Felipe Ibarra (CHI), Micaela Prado (ARG)
* 5 July 2023 14:40
* Boxscore
| Dominican Republic | 48–88 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–22, 18–19, 10–23, 13–24 |||
| Pts: Jiménez 13 Rebs: De los Santos 5 Asts: De los Santos 3 | | Pts: Prosper 13 Rebs: Alexander 11 Asts: three players 4 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Ashley Gloss (USA), Micaela Prado (ARG), Larissa Rodrigues (BRA)
* 5 July 2023 20:10
* Boxscore
| Colombia | 59–42 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–13, 17–13, 20–6, 13–10 |||
| Pts: Muñoz 17 Rebs: Muñoz 8 Asts: Rios 5 | | Pts: Beltrán 12 Rebs: Ramos 7 Asts: Ramos 5 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Fernando Leite (BRA), Franco Anselmo (ARG), Leydys Castellón (CUB)

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 7 July | 7 July | | | |
| Brazil | 83 | | | |
| Brazil | 83 | 8 July | 8 July | | |
| Mexico | 61 | 8 July | 8 July | |
| Mexico | 61 | Brazil | 85 | |
| 7 July | 7 July | | Brazil | 85 | |
| 7 July | 7 July | Puerto Rico | 74 | |
| Puerto Rico (OT) | 89 | Puerto Rico | 74 | |
| Puerto Rico (OT) | 89 | | | | 9 July | 9 July |
| Venezuela | 86 | | | | 9 July | 9 July |
| Venezuela | 86 | | | | Brazil | 69 |
| 7 July | 7 July | | | | | Brazil | 69 |
| 7 July | 7 July | | | | United States | 58 |
| Canada | 68 | | | | United States | 58 |
| Canada | 68 | 8 July | 8 July | | | |
| Argentina | 60 | 8 July | 8 July | | | |
| Argentina | 60 | Canada | 63 | | | |
| 7 July | 7 July | | Canada | 63 | | | |
| 7 July | 7 July | United States | 67 | | Third place | Third place |
| United States | 68 | United States | 67 | | Third place | Third place |
| United States | 68 | | | | 9 July | 9 July |
| Colombia | 49 | | | | 9 July | 9 July |
| Colombia | 49 | | | | Puerto Rico | 73 |
| | | | | | Canada | 80 |

### Quarterfinals

* 7 July 2023 12:10
* Boxscore
| United States | 68–49 | Colombia |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–11, 20–18, 10–12, 15–8 |||
| Pts: Betts 16 Rebs: Reese 18 Asts: Osborne 4 | | Pts: Rios 12 Rebs: Rios 8 Asts: Rios 6 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Fernando Leite (BRA), José Fernández (CRC), Aline García (URU)
* 7 July 2023 14:40
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 89–86 (OT) | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 22–18, 20–23, 15–21, Overtime: 10–7 |||
| Pts: Guirantes 29 Rebs: Guirantes 8 Asts: three players 3 | | Pts: Durán 24 Rebs: Wallen 10 Asts: Pérez 5 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Kristian Paez (ECU), Kelsey Kisilevich (CAN), Felipe Ibarra (CHI)
* 7 July 2023 17:40
* Boxscore
| Canada | 68–60 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 20–10, 16–21, 14–9 |||
| Pts: Fields 22 Rebs: Edwards 16 Asts: Colley 7 | | Pts: Mungo 12 Rebs: Chagas 6 Asts: Chagas 3 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Daniel García (VEN), Krishna Domínguez (MEX), Orlando Varela (HON)
* 7 July 2023 20:10
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 83–61 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 19–15, 23–8, 22–20 |||
| Pts: Monteiro 14 Rebs: Paixão 13 Asts: Paixão 4 | | Pts: Gallegos, Luna 12 Rebs: Ramos 8 Asts: Ramírez 6 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Micaela Prado (ARG), Leydys Castellón (CUB)

### Semifinals

* 8 July 2023 17:40
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 85–74 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 23–20, 23–18, 23–14 |||
| Pts: Dantas 24 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: three players 4 | | Pts: Guirantes 22 Rebs: Guirantes, O'Neill 5 Asts: Guirantes, O'Neill 4 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Daniel García (VEN), Krishna Domínguez (MEX), Orlando Varela (HON)
* 8 July 2023 20:10
* Boxscore
| Canada | 63–67 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 12–17, 21–15, 13–13 |||
| Pts: Alexander 17 Rebs: Edwards 11 Asts: Colley, Edwards 3 | | Pts: Betts 12 Rebs: Reese 13 Asts: Johnson 3 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Kristian Paez (ECU), Franco Anselmo (ARG)

### Third place game

* 9 July 2023 15:30
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 73–80 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 20–16, 21–26, 15–16 |||
| Pts: Guirantes 27 Rebs: Hollingshed 8 Asts: Guirantes 5 | | Pts: Fields 19 Rebs: Alexander 19 Asts: Hill 5 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Krishna Domínguez (MEX), Felipe Ibarra (CHI), Micaela Prado (ARG)

### Final

* 9 July 2023 18:30
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 69–58 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 21–21, 25–10, 9–11 |||
| Pts: Cardoso 20 Rebs: Cardoso 11 Asts: Paixão 5 | | Pts: Jackson 22 Rebs: Betts 11 Asts: Osborne 4 |
* Domo de la Feria, Leon Referees: Daniel García (VEN), Juan Fernández (ARG), Kelsey Kisilevich (CAN)

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Brazil | 7–0 |
| | United States | 5–2 |
| | Canada | 6–1 |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 4–3 |
| 5 | Colombia | 2–3 |
| 6 | Venezuela | 1–4 |
| 7 | Argentina | 1–4 |
| 8 | Mexico | 1–4 |
| 9 | Cuba | 1–3 |
| 10 | Dominican Republic | 0–4 |
* Qualified for the 2024 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments
* Qualified for the FIBA Americas Women's Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament

## Statistics and awards
### Statistical leaders
#### Players

| Name | PPG |
| Daniela Wallen | 21.0 |
| Arella Guirantes | 20.4 |
| Yamara Amargo | 15.3 |
| Rickea Jackson | 14.6 |
| Nirra Fields | 14.4 |
| Name | RPG |
| Kayla Alexander | 12.3 |
| Angel Reese | 11.1 |
| Lauren Betts | 10.9 |
| Nahomis Vargas | 9.3 |
| Kamilla Cardoso | 8.3 |
| Name | APG |
| Melisa Gretter | 6.0 |
| Waleska Pérez | 6.0 |
| Paola Beltrán | 4.8 |
| Manuela Rios | 4.2 |
| Tainá Paixão | 4.1 |
| Name | BPG |
| Yuliany Paz | 3.2 |
| Lauren Betts | 2.1 |
| Agostina Burani | 1.4 |
| Jacqueline Luna | 1.2 |
| Ivaney Marquez | 1.2 |
| Name | SPG |
| Daniela Wallen | 3.6 |
| Waleska Pérez | 2.8 |
| Mariana Durán | 2.4 |
| Nirra Fields | 2.3 |
| Manuela Rios | 2.2 |
| Name | EFFPG |
| Daniela Wallen | 24.8 |
| Arella Guirantes | 21.6 |
| Lauren Betts | 20.1 |
| Kayla Alexander | 18.7 |
| Kamilla Cardoso | 16.7 |

#### Teams

| Team | PPG |
| Canada | 79.3 |
| Brazil | 77.4 |
| Venezuela | 75.6 |
| United States | 71.1 |
| Puerto Rico | 69.9 |
| Team | RPG |
| United States | 57.0 |
| Canada | 52.1 |
| Cuba | 43.5 |
| Brazil | 43.3 |
| Mexico | 42.8 |
| Team | APG |
| Brazil | 19.6 |
| Canada | 19.6 |
| Venezuela | 19.6 |
| Mexico | 14.8 |
| Argentina | 14.6 |
| United States | 14.6 |
| Team | BPG |
| United States | 5.9 |
| Colombia | 4.8 |
| Canada | 4.3 |
| Mexico | 4.2 |
| Puerto Rico | 4.1 |
| Team | SPG |
| Venezuela | 13.2 |
| Colombia | 10.2 |
| Canada | 10.1 |
| Dominican Republic | 8.8 |
| Puerto Rico | 7.4 |
| Team | EFFPG |
| Canada | 95.3 |
| Brazil | 91.1 |
| United States | 81.9 |
| Venezuela | 77.4 |
| Puerto Rico | 67.7 |

### Awards

The awards were announced on 9 July 2023.
All-Tournament Team :
| Guards | Forwards | Center |
| Arella Guirantes | Damiris Dantas Rickea Jackson | Kamilla Cardoso Kayla Alexander |
| MVP: Kamilla Cardoso |||