2021 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship

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2021 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship
7th FIBA Americas Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nationFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Dates23–29 August
Teams8
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
ChampionsFlag of the United States.svg  United States
(7th title)
MVP Flag of the United States.svg Robert Dillingham [1]
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Flag of the United States.svg Holland (19.0)Flag of the United States.svg  United States (116.8)
Rebounds Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Avilés (10.8)Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico (54.3)
Assists Flag of the United States.svg Dillingham (6.2)Flag of the United States.svg  United States (32.0)
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The 2021 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship was the men's international basketball competition that was held in Xalapa, Mexico, from 23 to 29 August 2021. The top four teams qualified for the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Spain. [2]

Contents

Qualification

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

Sub-zoneVacanciesQualified
North area2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Central America and the Caribbean area (CONCENCABA)3Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
South American (CONSUBASQUET)3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile

Draw

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

Group AGroup B
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic

Group phase

All times are local (UTC−5).

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 330250171+796 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 321247183+645
3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 312174249754
4Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 303157225683
Source: FIBA
23 August 2021
17:30
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg8170Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 20–23, 22–16, 24–14
Pts: Bocca 17
Rebs: Prome 10
Asts: Peral 5
Pts: Tyne 22
Rebs: Lioux 9
Asts: Tyne 6
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Jesús López (VEN), Orlando José Varela Díaz (HON), Aline García (URU)
23 August 2021
20:30
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg5969Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Scoring by quarter:20-12, 14–18, 13-22, 12-17
Pts: Soqui 21
Rebs: Verdugo 7
Asts: Cabral 3
Pts: Bianchi 22
Rebs: Vicentini Borio 15
Asts: Segantini Moreira 5
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Erick Endara Estevez (ECU), Yuliet Mendez Alvarez (CUB), Delquino Vizcaíno Vicente (DOM)
24 August 2021
17:30
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg5298Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 13–29, 16-26, 9-22
Pts: Farias Cardoso 11
Rebs: Nascimento Raymundo 9
Asts: Segantini Moreira 3
Pts: Bocca 22
Rebs: Bocca 9
Asts: Respaud 7
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Jesús López (VEN), Orlando José Varela Díaz (HON), Aline García (URU)
24 August 2021
20:30
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg8549Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Scoring by quarter:24-15, 22-10, 19-11, 20-13
Pts: Oliogu 15
Rebs: Lioux 15
Asts: Theodosiou 4
Pts: Georgelos 12
Rebs: Georgelos 10
Asts: Landavazo 2
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Erick Endara Estevez (ECU), Yuliet Mendez Alvarez (CUB), Delquino Vizcaíno Vicente (DOM)
25 August 2021
17:30
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg5392Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 13–24, 14-26, 14-18
Pts: Bianchi 13
Rebs: Farias Cardoso 8
Asts: De Jesus Andrade 2
Pts: Sharma 19
Rebs: Rioux 11
Asts: Tyne 6
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Jesús López (VEN), Erick Endara Estevez (ECU), Yuliet Mendez Alvarez (CUB)
25 August 2021
20:30
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg4971Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 12-14, 9-14, 13-28, 15-15
Pts: Escobedo 10
Rebs: Landavazo 8
Asts: Soqui 4
Pts: Respaud 11
Rebs: López 9
Asts: Peral 5
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Orlando José Varela Díaz (HON), Aline García (URU), Carol Sacramento Garcia Ferro (COL)

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 330389200+1896 Quarterfinals
2Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 321256254+25
3Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 312215230154
4Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 3031503261763
Source: FIBA
23 August 2021
11:30
Chile  Flag of Chile.svg54107Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 15–35, 10–23, 11-22, 18-27
Pts: Orrego 12
Rebs: Ríos 9
Asts: Pescetto 2
Pts: Ceballo 19
Rebs: Ceballo 10
Asts: Muñoz 7
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Micaela Prado (ARG), Wallace Pacífico Rosa (BRA), Jesus López Díaz (MEX)
23 August 2021
14:30
United States  Flag of the United States.svg11867Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter:42-18, 22-16, 34-17, 20-16
Pts: Holland 24
Rebs: Lewis 12
Asts: Boswell 7
Pts: Lee 18
Rebs: Avilés 9
Asts: Adorno 6
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Waseem Husainy (CAN), Franco Ronconi (ARG), Carol Sacramento Garcia Ferro (COL)
24 August 2021
11:30
Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg74133Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring by quarter: 22–32, 22–37, 18-29, 12-35
Pts: Díaz 16
Rebs: Díaz 12
Asts: Muñoz 5
Pts: Tucker 22
Rebs: McNeeley 10
Asts: Curry 9
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Micaela Prado (ARG), Jesus López Díaz (MEX), Carol Sacramento Garcia Ferro (COL)
24 August 2021
14:30
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg8137Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Scoring by quarter:21-10, 27-13, 19-9, 14-5
Pts: Avilés 18
Rebs: Martínez 8
Asts: Adorno 6
Pts: Cresp 11
Rebs: Ríos 8
Asts: Stuardo 2
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Franco Ronconi (ARG), Waseem Husainy (CAN), Alberto Achutegui López (MEX)
25 August 2021
11:30
Chile  Flag of Chile.svg59138Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring by quarter: 9–35, 17–32, 17-35, 16-36
Pts: Aguirre 15
Rebs: Orrego 7
Asts: Orrego 7
Pts: Jackson 30
Rebs: McNeeley 9
Asts: Dillingham 12
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Micaela Prado (ARG), Alberto Achutegui López (MEX), Delquino Vizcaíno Vicente (DOM)
25 August 2021
14:30
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg6775Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 8-18, 22-22, 20-16, 17-19
Pts: Avilés 17
Rebs: Avilés 12
Asts: Marín 7
Pts: Carbuccia 20
Rebs: Díaz 9
Asts: Carbuccia 8
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Franco Ronconi (ARG), Waseem Hisainy (CAN), Wallace Rosa Pacífico (BRA)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

27 August 2021
11:30
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg9038Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Scoring by quarter:22–16, 13-6, 36–5, 26–25
Pts: Peral 21
Rebs: Prome 9
Asts: Pérez 6
Pts: Cresp 15
Rebs: Ríos 8
Asts: Pescetto 2
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Waseem Husainy (CAN), Yuliet Alvarez Mendez (CUB), Jesus López Díaz (MEX)
27 August 2021
14:30
Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg7466Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 16-19, 20-17, 15–13, 23–17
Pts: Carbuccia 21
Rebs: Almonte 7
Asts: Muñoz 7
Pts: Bersch Klafke 12
Rebs: Vicentini Borio 12
Asts: Vicentini Borio 4
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Orlando José Varela Díaz (HON), Alberto Achutegui López (MEX), Aline García (URU)
27 August 2021
17:30
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg9365Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter:27–14, 25-17, 17-20, 24–14
Pts: Tyne 20
Rebs: Rioux 9
Asts: Tyne 7
Pts: Avilés 22
Rebs: Avilés 11
Asts: Martínez 3
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Jesús López (VEN), Micaela Prado (ARG), Wallace Pacífico Rosa (BRA)
27 August 2021
20:30
United States  Flag of the United States.svg12353Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Scoring by quarter:35-7, 29-17, 37–17, 22–12
Pts: Lewis 24
Rebs: Holland 10
Asts: Curry 10
Pts: Landavazo 11
Rebs: Landavazo 6
Asts: Escobedo 4
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Erick Endara Estevez (ECU), Fraco Ronconi (ARG), Carol Sacramento Garcia Ferro (COL)

5–8th place semifinals

28 August 2021
11:30
Chile  Flag of Chile.svg4173Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Scoring by quarter:20–15, 3-19, 6-17, 12-22
Pts: Ríos 17
Rebs: Araneda 6
Asts: Cresp 3
Pts: Farias Cardoso 15
Rebs: Nascimento Raymundo 10
Asts: De Souza Pacheco 8
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Jesús López (VEN), Micaela Prado (ARG), Yuliet Mendez Alvarez (CUB)
28 August 2021
14:30
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg7882Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 16-24, 16-18, 22-22, 22-18
Pts: Avilés 22
Rebs: Avilés 19
Asts: Cruz 5
Pts: Soqui 20
Rebs: Georgelos 7
Asts: Escobedo 6
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Waseem Husainy (CAN), Fraco Ronconi (ARG), Delquino Vizcaíno Vicente (DOM)

Semifinals

28 August 2021
17:30
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg7674Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 20-22, 23-15, 13-17, 20-20
Pts: Giovannetti 24
Rebs: Lomello 7
Asts: Pérez 4
Pts: Aybar 26
Rebs: Almonte 9
Asts: Liberato 4
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Orlando José Varela Díaz (HON), Wallace Racífico Rosa (BRA), Aline García (URU)
28 August 2021
20:30
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg8199Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring by quarter: 17-28, 30-19, 13-29, 21-23
Pts: Oliogu 17
Rebs: Rioux 12
Asts: Okojie 8
Pts: Boswell 20
Rebs: Holland 16
Asts: Dillingham 4
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Erick Endara Estevez (ECU), Jesus López Díaz (MEX), Carol Sacramento Garcia Ferro (COL)

Seventh place game

29 August 2021
11:30
Chile  Flag of Chile.svg4673Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 19-22, 13-21, 9-16, 5-14
Pts: Cresp 8
Rebs: Araneda 7
Asts: Ríos 4
Pts: Gali 16
Rebs: Martínez 10
Asts: Torres 6
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Alberto Achutegui López (MEX), Jesus López Díaz (MEX), Carol Sacramento Garcia Ferro (COL)

Fifth place game

29 August 2021
14:30
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg7360Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Scoring by quarter:19-11, 22-17, 18-21, 14-11
Pts: Bersch Klafke 31
Rebs: Da Silva 10
Asts: De Souza Pacheco 11
Pts: Escobedo 16
Rebs: Landavazo 7
Asts: Escobedo 7
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Franco Ronconi (ARG), Yuliet Mendez Alvarez (CUB), Aline García (URU)

Third place game


29 August 2021
17:30
Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg7692Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 21-22, 13-23, 20-27, 22-20
Pts: Liberato 17
Rebs: Díaz 12
Asts: Carbuccia 4
Pts: Theodosiou 15
Rebs: Yeiy 14
Asts: Okojie 7
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Micaela Prado (ARG), Erick Endara Estevez (ECU), Wallace Pacífico Rosa (BRA)

Final

29 August 2021
20:30
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg7590Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring by quarter:20-11, 11-19, 19-29, 25-31
Pts: Bocca 15
Rebs: Prome 6
Asts: Singoj 4
Pts: Dillingham 31
Rebs: Holland 12
Asts: Dillingham 4
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Waseem Husainy (CAN), Jesús López (VEN), Orlando José Varela Díaz (HON)

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup.
RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States [4] 6–0
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 5–1
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada [5] 4–2
4Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 3–3
5Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3–3
6Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1–5
7Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2–4
8Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 0-6

Statistical leaders

Players

Awards

 2021 Americas Under-16 champions 
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
Seventh title

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