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2023 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship

8th FIBA Under-16 Women's American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
City	Mérida
Dates	13–19 June
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (7th title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
MVP	Jerzy Robinson
Official website
www.fiba.basketball/history
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The 2023 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship was an international basketball competition held in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, from 13 to 19 June 2023. It was the eighth edition of the FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship. The top four teams qualified for the 2024 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup in Mexico.

The United States won their seventh title, after defeating Canada in the final, 79–59.

Participating teams

• North America:

1.  United States
2.  Canada

• Central America and the Caribbean: (2022 FIBA U15 Women's Centrobasket in Gurabo, Puerto Rico, 26–30 June 2022)

1.  Mexico (Hosts)
2.  Puerto Rico
3.  Dominican Republic

• South America: (2022 FIBA U15 Women's South American Championship in Santiago, Chile, 23–27 November 2022)

1.  Argentina
2.  Colombia
3.  Brazil

Group phase

In this round, the teams were drawn into two groups of four. All teams advanced to the playoffs.

All times are local (Time in Mexico – UTC-6).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	United States	3	3	0	340	95	+245	6
2	Puerto Rico	3	2	1	184	262	−78	5
3	Colombia	3	1	2	158	219	−61	4
4	Mexico (H)	3	0	3	162	268	−106	3

United States	124–39	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 35–8, 33–10, 30–14, 26–7

Mexico	59–67	Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 13–21, 16–13, 13–9

Colombia	29–93	United States
Scoring by quarter: 8–22, 17–25, 2–25, 2–21

Puerto Rico	78–76	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 14–24, 23–19, 19–14

Puerto Rico	67–62	Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 12–19, 16–9, 19–14

Mexico	27–123	United States
Scoring by quarter: 10–30, 7–41, 7–31, 3–21

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Canada	3	3	0	251	122	+129	6
2	Argentina	3	2	1	187	213	−26	5
3	Brazil	3	1	2	167	201	−34	4
4	Dominican Republic	3	0	3	164	233	−69	3

Dominican Republic	62–72	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 19–13, 8–15, 23–25

Canada	69–37	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 13–12, 23–6, 13–6

Canada	90–40	Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 30–12, 23–11, 23–2, 14–15

Argentina	70–59	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 25–15, 18–16, 11–14

Argentina	45–92	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 11–23, 9–30, 6–18

Brazil	71–62	Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 19–21, 20–9, 7–19

Playoffs

Bracket

5th place match

5th–8th place semifinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

United States

106

B4

Dominican Republic

34

Dominican Republic

57

United States

112

Colombia

58

Argentina

48

B2

Argentina

55

A3

Colombia

54

Colombia

53

United States

79

Brazil

41

Canada

59

A2

Puerto Rico

57

B3

Brazil

49

7th place match

Brazil

66

Puerto Rico

49

3rd place match

Mexico

54

Canada

77

Dominican Republic

61

B1

Canada

71

Argentina

67

Mexico

90

A4

Mexico

44

Puerto Rico

58

Quarterfinals

Puerto Rico	57–49	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 5–17, 12–9, 23–12

Argentina	55–54	Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 13–15, 13–8, 14–14

United States	106–34	Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 26–8, 31–5, 24–8

Canada	71–44	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 20–8, 19–10, 21–14, 11–12

5th–8th place semifinals

Dominican Republic	57–58	Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 11–13, 20–18, 11–14

Brazil	66–54	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 21–10, 21–16, 10–14

7th place match

Dominican Republic	61–90	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 20–18, 15–33, 12–23

5th place match

Colombia	53–41	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 6–16, 10–6, 23–10, 14–9

Semifinals

United States	112–48	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 39–17, 26–13, 29–7, 18–11

Puerto Rico	49–77	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 24–27, 6–18, 2–13

3rd place match

Argentina	67–58	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 12–12, 19–19, 16–17, 20–10

Final

United States	79–59	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 22–8, 14–17, 24–22

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	United States	6–0
	Canada	5–1
	Argentina	4–2
4	Puerto Rico	3–3
5	Colombia	3–3
6	Brazil	2–4
7	Mexico	1–5
8	Dominican Republic	0–6

Awards

2023 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship champions
United States Seventh title

• Most Valuable Player:
  • Jerzy Robinson

• All-Star Five:
  • Jerzy Robinson
  • McKenna Woliczko
  • Milagros Morell
  • Desirek Nieves
  • Cearah Parchment

References

1. 2023 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship archive website, www.fiba.basketball
2. "USA win seventh gold medal at FIBA U16 Women's Americas Championship". FIBA. 20 June 2023.
3. 2022 FIBA U15 Centrobasket final standings
4. 2022 FIBA U15 Women's South American Championship final standings
5. ^ "Jerzy Robinson named MVP; Woliczko, Morell, Nieves, Parchment round out All-Star Five". FIBA. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

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