2021 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship

For the men's tournament, see 2021 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship.
2021 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship
7th FIBA Under-16 Women's American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Mexico
CityLeón
Dates23–29 August
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (6th title)
Runners-up Canada
Third place Mexico
Tournament statistics
MVPUnited States JuJu Watkins
Top scorerUnited States JuJu Watkins: 20.0
Top reboundsBrazil Taissa Queiroz: 14.0
Top assistsUnited States Jada Williams: 7.5
PPG (Team)United States USA: 120.0
RPG (Team)Brazil Brazil: 69.3
APG (Team)United States USA: 26.2
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The 2021 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship was an international basketball competition held in León, Guanajuato, Mexico, from 23 to 29 August 2021.[1] It was the seventh edition of the FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship. The top four teams qualified for the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup in Hungary.

Qualification

Eight teams from three sub zones were qualified through the Nike Youth Ranking for each sub-zone.[2]

Sub-zone Vacancies Qualified
North area 2  Canada
 United States
Central America and the Caribbean area (CONCENCABA) 3  Puerto Rico
 Costa Rica
 Mexico
South American (CONSUBASQUET) 3  Argentina
 Brazil
 Chile

Draw

The draw ceremony for the competition took place on 10 August at the FIBA Regional Office, in the city of Miami, Florida.[3]

Group A Group B
 Puerto Rico
 Canada
 Brazil
 Costa Rica 		 Argentina
 United States
 Chile
 Mexico

Group phase

All times are local (UTC−5).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 296 131 +165 6 Quarterfinals
2  Puerto Rico 3 2 1 184 214 −30 5
3  Brazil 3 1 2 196 187 +9 4
4  Costa Rica 3 0 3 101 245 −144 3
Source: FIBA
23 August 2021
11:30
 Puerto Rico 60–45  Costa Rica
Scoring by quarter: 18-14, 16-7, 21–13, 5-11
Pts: García 13
Rebs: Rivera 8
Asts: Torres 4		 Pts: James 11
Rebs: Montero 7
Asts: 0
Fair Dome, León, Guanajuato
Referees: Claudio Andrés Osorio Vargas (CHI), Carla Cristel Peña Moreta (DOM), Alejandra Godoy Montero (URU)
23 August 2021
14:30
 Canada 82–56  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 33-13, 16-14, 18-18, 15-11
Pts: Prosper 24
Rebs: Prosper 9
Asts: Prosper 4		 Pts: Nascimento Queiroz 16
Rebs: Nascimento Queiroz 9
Asts: Prande Freitas 5
Fair Dome, León, Guanajuato
Referees: Leydys Castellon Baro (CUB), Romina Belén Morales Ibrra (ARG), Daniel Ronald Jimenez Choque (BOL)
24 August 2021
11:30
 Costa Rica 25–112  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 8-24, 7-25, 2-37, 8-26
Pts: McGuinness 5
Rebs: Montero 6
Asts: James 2		 Pts: Prosper 24
Rebs: Prosper 9
Asts: Sta. Maria 3
Fair Dome, León, Guanajuato
Referees: Claudio Andrés Osorio Vargas (CHI), JIMENEZ CHOQUE, Daniel Ronald Jimenez Choque (BOL), Nancy Yunuhen Romo Salinas (MEX)
24 August 2021
14:30
 Brazil 67–74  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 33-13, 16-14, 18-18, 15-11
Pts: Passos Alves Da Silva 23
Rebs: Passos Alves Da Silva 22
Asts: Nascimento Queiroz 4		 Pts: Torres 17
Rebs: Muñoz 7
Asts: Torres 5
Fair Dome, León, Guanajuato
Referees: Leydys Castellon Baro (CUB), Romina Belén Morales Ibarra (ARG), Carla Cristel Peña Moreta (DOM)
25 August 2021
11:30
 Puerto Rico 50–102  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 18-29, 7-27, 17-28, 8-18
Pts: De Pool 13
Rebs: Muñoz 8
Asts: García 5		 Pts: Gibb 23
Rebs: Gibb 11
Asts: Sta. Maria 6
Fair Dome, León, Guanajuato
Referees: José Antonio De María Gómez (PAN), Romina Belén Morales Ibarra (ARG), Alejandra Godoy Montero (URU)
25 August 2021
14:30
 Brazil 73–31  Costa Rica
Scoring by quarter: 10-12, 30-5, 17-11, 16-3
Pts: Guyton 18
Rebs: Passos Alves Da Silva 16
Asts: Guyton 4		 Pts: James 7
Rebs: James 8
Asts: Cordero 2
Fair Dome, León, Guanajuato
Referees: Claudio Andrés Osorio Vargas (CHI), Daniel Ronald Jimenez Choque (BOL), Samanta Fiallos Peralvo (ECU)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 358 102 +256 6 Quarterfinals
2  Argentina 3 1 2 163 234 −71 4
3  Mexico 3 1 2 169 246 −77 4
4  Chile 3 1 2 138 246 −108 4
Source: FIBA
23 August 2021
17:30
 United States 117–23  Chile
Scoring by quarter: 37-6, 22-4, 33-9, 25-4
Pts: Watkins 21
Rebs: Watkins 7
Asts: Williams 3		 Pts: Vega 8
Rebs: Poblete 4
Asts: Pizarro 2
Fair Dome, León, Guanajuato
Referees: José Antonio De María Gómez (PAN), Samanta Fiallos Peralvo (ECU), Mónica Mongelos (PAR)
23 August 2021
20:30
 Mexico 66–58  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 37-6, 22-4, 33-9, 25-4
Pts: Flores 20
Rebs: Guajardo 10
Asts: Navarro 5		 Pts: Giacone 12
Rebs: Cergneux 15
Asts: Espedale 4
Fair Dome, León, Guanajuato
Referees: Maria Claudia Comodaro Morales (BRA), Mauricio Chinchilla Picado (CRC), Rebeca Xiomaira Davila Aquino (PUR)
24 August 2021
17:30
 Chile 53–69  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 12-13, 12-22, 16-13, 13-21
Pts: Pizarro 15
Rebs: Poblete 11
Asts: Pizarro 4		 Pts: Espedale 12
Rebs: Giacone 9
Asts: Guglielmi 3
Fair Dome, León, Guanajuato
Referees: María Claudia Comodaro Morales (BRA), José Antonio De María Gómez (PAN), Mónica Mongelos (PAR)
24 August 2021
20:30
 Mexico 43–126  United States
Scoring by quarter: 37-6, 22-4, 33-9, 25-4
Pts: Maciel 12
Rebs: Guajardo 4
Asts: Navarro 2		 Pts: Watkins 21
Rebs: Thomas 8
Asts: Cambridge 4
Fair Dome, León, Guanajuato
Referees: Christine Vuong (CAN), Rebeca Xiomaira Davila Aquino (PUR), Alejandra Godoy Montero (URU)
25 August 2021
17:30
 Argentina 36–115  United States
Scoring by quarter: 4-32, 13-30, 5-26, 14-27
Pts: Maggi 6
Rebs: Lagowski 6
Asts: Amaya 2		 Pts: Watkins 17
Rebs: Thomas 10
Asts: Williams 9
Fair Dome, León, Guanajuato
Referees: Leydys Castellon Baro (CUB), Christine Vuong (CAN), Carla Cristel Peña Moreta (DOM)
25 August 2021
20:30
 Chile 62–60  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 37-6, 22-4, 33-9, 25-4
Pts: Vega 17
Rebs: Paredes 8
Asts: Pizarro 7		 Pts: Maciel 15
Rebs: Mendoza 9
Asts: Mendoza 3
Fair Dome, León, Guanajuato
Referees: María Claudia Comodaro Morales (BRA), Mauricio Chinchilla Picado (CRC), Rebeca Xiomaira Davila Aquino (PUR)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

27 August 2021
11:30
 United States 121–12  Costa Rica
Scoring by quarter: 36-7, 30-1, 28-0, 27-4
Pts: Mendelson 18
Rebs: Donovan 10
Asts: Watkins 7		 Pts: Cordero 5
Rebs: Murillo 5
Asts: McGuinness 1
Fair Dome, León, Guanajuato
Referees: Claudio Andrés Osorio Vargas (CHI), Christine Vuong (CAN), Samanta Fiallos Peralvo (ECU)
27 August 2021
14:30
 Canada 76–25  Chile
Scoring by quarter: 19-13, 17-8, 28-4, 12-0
Pts: Prosper 21
Rebs: Prosper 16
Asts: Sta. Maria 5		 Pts: Vega 8
Rebs: Rojas 6
Asts: Vega 3
Fair Dome, León, Guanajuato
Referees: Leydys Castellon Baro (CUB), Mauricio Chinchilla Picado (CRC), Alejandra Godoy Montero (URU)
27 August 2021
17:30
 Argentina 56–54  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 6-15, 22-7, 13-19, 15-13
Pts: Espedale 14
Rebs: Cergneux 9
Asts: Barrionuevo 3		 Pts: Nascimento Queiroz 19
Rebs: Nascimento Queiroz 20
Asts: Nascimento Queiroz 4
Fair Dome, León, Guanajuato
Referees: José Antonio De María Gómez (PAN), Rebeca Xiomaira Davila Aquino (PUR), Daniel Ronald Jimenez Choque (BOL)
27 August 2021
20:30
 Puerto Rico 66–67  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 12-17, 15-16, 20-19, 19-15
Pts: Crespo 18
Rebs: García 9
Asts: De Pool 3		 Pts: Mendoza 13
Rebs: Mora 10
Asts: Maciel 5
Fair Dome, León, Guanajuato
Referees: María Claudia Comodaro Morales (BRA), Romina Belén Morales Ibarra (ARG), Mónica Mongelos (PAR)

5-8th place seminfinals

28 August 2021
11:30
 Chile 44–75  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 12-17, 9-19, 12-20, 11-19
Pts: Vega 13
Rebs: Paredes 5
Asts: Pizarro 3		 Pts: Nascimento Queiroz 22
Rebs: Nascimento Queiroz 21
Asts: Prande Freitas 4
Fair Dome, León, Guanajuato
Referees: Leydys Castellon Baro (CUB), Christine Vuong (CAN), Romina Belén Morales Ibarra (ARG)
28 August 2021
14:30
 Puerto Rico 81–48  Costa Rica
Scoring by quarter: 22-15, '17-9, 25-15, 17-9
Pts: Carreno 18
Rebs: Torres 9
Asts: Martínez 4		 Pts: McGuinness 14
Rebs: Montero 10
Asts: Pérez 3
Fair Dome, León, Guanajuato
Referees: José Antonio De María Gómez (PAN), Daniel Ronald Jimenez Choque (BOL), Carla Cristel Peña Moreta (DOM)

Seminfinals

28 August 2021
17:30
 Canada 74–47  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 25-10, 11-6, 18-15, 20-16
Pts: Bediako 14
Rebs: Prosper 13
Asts: Sta. Maria 3		 Pts: Espedale 11
Rebs: Lagowski 6
Asts: Bourgarel 2
Fair Dome, León, Guanajuato
Referees: Claudio Andrés Osorio Vargas (CHI), Maria Claudia Comodaro Morales (BRA), Samanta Fiallos Peralvo (ECU)
28 August 2021
20:30
 Mexico 30–121  United States
Scoring by quarter: 14-40, 2-34, 9-22, 5-25
Pts: Navarro 9
Rebs: Mendoza 4
Asts: Mendoza 2		 Pts: Cunningham 18
Rebs: Watkins 7
Asts: Donovan 7
Fair Dome, León, Guanajuato
Referees: Mauricio Chinchilla Picado (CRC), Alejandra Godoy Montero (URU), Rebeca Xiomaira Davila Aquino (PUR)

Seventh place game

29 August 2021
11:30
 Chile 59–58  Costa Rica
Scoring by quarter: 9-13, 11-20, 11-11, 28-14
Pts: Vega 19
Rebs: Paredes 9
Asts: Pizarro 5		 Pts: Montero 22
Rebs: Montero 13
Asts: Cordero 4
Fair Dome, León, Guanajuato
Referees: José Antonio De María Gómez (PAN), Rebeca Xiomaira Davila Aquino (PUR), Mónica Mongelos (PAR)

Fifth place game

29 August 2021
17:30
 Brazil 49–68  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 12-17, 11-24, 11-14, 15-13
Pts: Francisco De Oliveira 10
Rebs: Nascimento Queiroz 12
Asts: Nascimento Queiroz 3		 Pts: Muñoz 30
Rebs: Crespo 9
Asts: García 9
Fair Dome, León, Guanajuato
Referees: Mauricio Chinchilla Picado (CRC), Samanta Fiallos Peralvo (ECU), Alejandra Godoy Montero (URU)

Third place game

29 August 2021
20:30
 Argentina 67–72  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 16-9, 14-22, 16-23, 21-18
Pts: Cergneux 17
Rebs: Giacone 7
Asts: Barrionuevo 4		 Pts: Maciel 23
Rebs: Rubio 7
Asts: Mendoza 4
Fair Dome, León, Guanajuato
Referees: María Claudia Comodaro Morales (BRA), Christine Vuong (CAN), Daniel Ronald Jimenez Choque (BOL)

Final

29 August 2021
20:30
 Canada 45–118  United States
Scoring by quarter: 13-25, 11-31, 10-31, 10-31
Pts: Prosper 13
Rebs: Gibb 8
Asts: Gibb 6		 Pts: Watkins 28
Rebs: Donovan 9
Asts: Williams 8
Fair Dome, León, Guanajuato
Referees: Claudio Andrés Osorio Vargas (CHI), Leydys Castellon Baro (CUB), Romina Belén Morales Ibarra (ARG)

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup.
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 6–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada 5–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Mexico 3–3
4  Argentina 2–4
5  Puerto Rico 4–2
6  Brazil 2–4
7  Chile 2–4
8  Costa Rica 0–6

Statistical leaders

Players

Awards

 2021 Americas Under-16 champions 

United States
Sixth title

See also

References

  1. ^ "Everything you need to know about the FIBA U16 Americas Women's Championship". FIBA. 19 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Everything you need to know about the FIBA U16 Americas Women's Championship". FIBA. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Draw". FIBA. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  4. ^ Player statistics from USAB[dead link‍]
  5. ^ "USA's Watkins takes home MVP honors from tournament's All-Star Five". FIBA. Retrieved 7 September 2021.