2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship

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2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship
13th FIBA Women's American
Basketball Championship
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Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
City Edmonton
Dates8–16 August 2015
Teams 10  (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
MVP Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kia Nurse
Top scorer Flag of Cuba.svg Yamara Amargo (15.7)
Top rebounds Flag of Brazil.svg Nadia Colhado (11.3)
Top assists Flag of Cuba.svg Ineidis Casanova (7.7)
PPG (Team)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (92.5)
RPG (Team)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (48.5)
APG (Team)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  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.

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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

Note: 2014 FIBA Ranking in parentheses.

Venue

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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

Preliminary round

All times local (UTC−6)

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (H)440390172+2188Advance to the final round
2Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 431279225+547
3Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 422271281106Fifth place match
4Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 413251329785
5Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 4041923461544
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  Flag of Chile.svg8856Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  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  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg9457Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  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  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg9336Flag of Chile.svg  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  Flag of Cuba.svg8344Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  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  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg5865Flag of Cuba.svg  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  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg36111Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  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  Flag of Chile.svg6188Flag of Cuba.svg  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  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg5664Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  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  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg9266Flag of Chile.svg  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  Flag of Cuba.svg4392Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  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

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 440289210+798Advance to the final round
2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 431303247+567
3Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 422250267176Fifth place match
4Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 413200249495
5Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 404219288694
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  Flag of Ecuador.svg7248Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  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  Flag of Brazil.svg8671Flag of Venezuela.svg  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  Flag of Ecuador.svg3570Flag of Argentina.svg  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  Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg6269Flag of Venezuela.svg  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  Flag of Argentina.svg7551Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  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  Flag of Brazil.svg7645Flag of Ecuador.svg  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  Flag of Venezuela.svg5571Flag of Argentina.svg  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  Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg5872Flag of Brazil.svg  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  Flag of Venezuela.svg5548Flag of Ecuador.svg  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  Flag of Argentina.svg7369Flag of Brazil.svg  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
 
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 83
 
16 August
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 66
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 82
 
15 August
 
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 66
 
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 79
 
 
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba (OT)89
 
Third place
 
 
16 August
 
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 59
 
 
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 66

Semifinals

15 August
15:30
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg7989 (OT)Flag of Cuba.svg  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  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg8366Flag of Brazil.svg  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  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg5665Flag of Venezuela.svg  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  Flag of Brazil.svg5966Flag of Argentina.svg  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  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg8266Flag of Cuba.svg  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
RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6–0
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 4–2
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 5–1
4Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3–3
5Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 3–2
6Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2–3
7Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 1–3
8Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1–3
9Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 0–4
10Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 0–4

All-2015 FIBA Americas Women's Team

G – Flag of Argentina.svg Melisa Gretter
G – Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kia Nurse (Tournament MVP)
F – Flag of Cuba.svg Yamara Delgado
F – Flag of Cuba.svg Clenia Noblet
F – Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tamara Tatham

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