2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship

2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship
13th FIBA Women's American
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Canada
CityEdmonton
Dates8–16 August 2015
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Canada (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
MVPCanada Kia Nurse
Top scorerCuba Yamara Amargo (15.7)
Top reboundsBrazil Nadia Colhado (11.3)
Top assistsCuba Ineidis Casanova (7.7)
PPG (Team) Canada (92.5)
RPG (Team) Canada (48.5)
APG (Team) Canada (23.7)
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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.[1]

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

Main article: 2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship qualification

Note: 2014 FIBA Ranking in parentheses.

Venue

2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship is located in Canada
Edmonton
Edmonton
2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship (Canada)

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.[3]

Teams

Main article: 2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship Rosters

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
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
First match(es) will be played: 9 August. Source: FIBA Americas
Rules for classification: (1) Tournament points, (2) Head-to-head tournament points, (3) Head-to-head goal average, (4) Overall goal average, (5) Drawing of lots
(H) Hosts
9 August
13:00
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
9 August
18:30
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
10 August
18:30
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
10 August
20:45
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
11 August
13:00
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
11 August
18:30
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
12 August
13:00
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
12 August
15:15
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
13 August
15:15
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
13 August
18:30
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

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
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
First match(es) will be played: 9 August. Source: FIBA Americas
Rules for classification: (1) Tournament points, (2) Head-to-head tournament points, (3) Head-to-head goal average, (4) Overall goal average, (5) Drawing of lots
9 August
15:15
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
9 August
20:45
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
10 August
13:00
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
10 August
15:15
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
11 August
15:15
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
11 August
20:45
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
12 August
18:30
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
12 August
20:45
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
13 August
13:00
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
13 August
20:45
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

Final round

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 August
 
 
 Canada83
 
16 August
 
 Brazil66
 
 Canada82
 
15 August
 
 Cuba66
 
 Argentina 79
 
 
 Cuba (OT)89
 
Third place
 
 
16 August
 
 
 Brazil59
 
 
 Argentina66

Semifinals

15 August
15:30
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
15 August
18:00
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

Fifth place match

15 August
13:15
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

Third place match

16 August
15:30
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

Final

16 August
18:00
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

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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada 6–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Cuba 4–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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 – Argentina Melisa Gretter
G – Canada Kia Nurse (Tournament MVP)
F – Cuba Yamara Delgado
F – Cuba Clenia Noblet
F – Canada Tamara Tatham

References

  1. ^ "Brazil's national teams granted automatic places at 2016 Olympic Basketball Tournament". FIBA. 9 August 2015. Archived from the original on August 12, 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Ecuador hace historia en el básquet femenino" [Ecuador makes history in the women's basketball]. La Nación (in Spanish). 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
  3. ^ "Edmonton2015 - Canada Basketball awarded 2015 FIBA Americas Championship for Women". FIBAAmericas.com. 2014-08-11. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-04-19.