Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 2009 |
Founder | FIBA Americas |
No. of teams | 8 |
Continent | Americas |
Most recent champion(s) | United States (6th title) |
Most titles | United States (6 titles) |
Related competitions | FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup |
The FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship is the American basketball championship for players under 16 years that take place every two years among national teams of the FIBA Americas zone. The event started in 2009. The top four finishers qualify for the FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup.
Year | Host | Final | Third place game | ||||||
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Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||||
2009 Details | Argentina (Mendoza) | United States | 101–87 | Argentina | Canada | 106–81 | Venezuela | ||
2011 Details | Mexico (Cancún) | United States | 104–64 | Argentina | Canada | 86–65 | Puerto Rico | ||
2013 Details | Uruguay (Maldonado) | United States | 94–48 | Argentina | Canada | 62–50 | Puerto Rico | ||
2015 Details | Argentina (Bahía Blanca) | United States | 77–60 | Canada | Argentina | 74–59 | Dominican Republic | ||
2017 Details | Argentina (Formosa) | United States | 111–60 | Canada | Puerto Rico | 78–67 | Argentina | ||
2019 Details | Brazil (Belém) | United States | 94–77 | Canada | Dominican Republic | 80–77 | Argentina | ||
2021 Details | Mexico (Xalapa) | United States | 90–75 | Argentina | Canada | 92–76 | Dominican Republic |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
2 | Argentina | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
3 | Canada | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
4 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (5 nations) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Team | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | Total |
Argentina | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 7 |
Bahamas | 7th | – | 7th | – | – | – | - | 2 |
Brazil | 5th | 5th | – | 5th | – | 5th | 5th | 5 |
Canada | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 7 |
Chile | – | 6th | 5th | – | – | – | 8th | 3 |
Costa Rica | - | 8th | – | – | – | – | - | 1 |
Dominican Republic | – | – | – | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 4 |
Mexico | 8th | 7th | 8th | 8th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 7 |
Paraguay | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | - | 1 |
Puerto Rico | 6th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 6th | 7th | 7 |
United States | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 7 |
Uruguay | – | – | 6th | – | – | 8th | - | 2 |
Venezuela | 4th | – | – | 7th | 7th | – | - | 3 |
Year | MVP Award Winner |
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2009 | Bradley Beal |
2011 | Jabari Parker |
2013 | Malik Newman |
2015 | Gary Trent Jr. |
2017 | Vernon Carey Jr. |
2019 | Chris Livingston |
2021 | Robert Dillingham |
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