2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women
| FIBA Americas Cup for Women 2011 | |||||||||||||
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11th FIBA American Women's Basketball Championship | |||||||||||||
| Tournament details | |||||||||||||
| Host nation | Colombia | ||||||||||||
| Dates | September 24 – October 1 | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 10 (from 44 federations) | ||||||||||||
| Venues | 1 (in 1 host city) | ||||||||||||
| Champions |
 Brazil (5th title) | ||||||||||||
| MVP |
Érika de Souza | ||||||||||||
| Tournament leaders | |||||||||||||
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| Official website | |||||||||||||
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The 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas at the women's basketball tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The tournament was held at Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva in Neiva, Colombia from September 24 to October 1. It was the first FIBA Americas Championship for Women to have 10 countries competing.[1]
Qualification
Qualification was done via FIBA Americas' sub-zones. USA Basketball chose not to enter its national team, which sat atop the FIBA World Rankings going into the tournament, because the team had already qualified for the 2012 Olympics by winning the 2010 World Championship. The qualified teams are:
- South American Sub-Zone (FIBA South American Championship for Women 2010):
- North America Sub-Zone:
Canada (qualified automatically)
- Central American and Caribbean Zone (2010 Centrobasket for Women):
Cuba (qualified automatically)
Jamaica
Mexico
Puerto Rico
Draw
The draw ceremonies were held in Neiva on May 5, 2011 at the Auditorio Rodrigo Lara Bonilla de la Asamblea Departamental del Huila. The results, with the FIBA World Rankings prior to the draw, were:[2]
| Group A | Group B |
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25. |
Note: Colombia and Paraguay had 0 ranking points and was therefore ranked after the last ranked team.
Format
- The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals.
- The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final. The losers play for third place.
Tie-breaking criteria
Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:
- Head to head results
- Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
- Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group
Preliminary round
Group A
| Qualified for the semifinals | |
| Eliminated in Preliminary Round |
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina |
8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 277 | 215 | +62 |
| Cuba |
7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 263 | 222 | +41 |
| Puerto Rico |
6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 243 | 228 | +15 |
 Colombia |
5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 225 | 259 | –34 |
 Chile |
4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 191 | 275 | –84 |
All times local (UTC−5)
September 24 14:30 |
| Puerto Rico |
50–67 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 12–7, 14–23, 9–18 | ||
| Pts: Valentin 15 Rebs: Valentin, Sepúlveda 3 Asts: Vargas 2 |
Pts: Gelis, Fernández 14 Rebs: Noblet 9 Asts: Gelis 6 | |
September 24 21:15 |
| Chile |
50–69 | Colombia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 9–19, 11–20, 15–17 | ||
| Pts: Novión 19 Rebs: Novión 10 Asts: three players 2 |
Pts: Mosquera 19 Rebs: Mosquera 8 Asts: Valek 6 | |
September 25 19:00 |
| Argentina |
80–50 | Chile |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 25–8, 27–15, 18–14 | ||
| Pts: Sánchez 15 Rebs: Pavón 7 Asts: Santana, Pavón 3 |
Pts: Novión 15 Rebs: Novión 5 Asts: Novión 4 | |
September 25 21:15 |
| Colombia |
46–68 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 4–20, 22–16, 11–17, 9–15 | ||
| Pts: Valek 13 Rebs: Torres 7 Asts: Valek 8 |
Pts: Valentin 24 Rebs: Plácido 9 Asts: Cortijo 5 | |
September 26 19:00 |
| Puerto Rico |
61–66 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 10–14, 19–20, 7–17 | ||
| Pts: Sepúlveda 15 Rebs: Sepúlveda 6 Asts: Cortijo 4 |
Pts: Sánchez 27 Rebs: Burani 9 Asts: Pavón 4 | |
September 26 21:15 |
| Cuba |
75–65 | Colombia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 16–16, 22–19, 22–15 | ||
| Pts: Gelis 22 Rebs: Cepeda 10 Asts: Gelis 5 |
Pts: Valek 22 Rebs: Valek 11 Asts: Valek 6 | |
September 27 19:00 |
| Chile |
49–64 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 5–12, 16–22, 9–11 | ||
| Pts: Novión 22 Rebs: Gamboa 6 Asts: Troncoso 2 |
Pts: Plácido 13 Rebs: Sepúlveda 8 Asts: Rosado 5 | |
September 27 21:15 |
| Argentina |
65–59 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 15–17, 11–17, 25–12 | ||
| Pts: Cava 18 Rebs: Pavón 7 Asts: three players 2 |
Pts: Gelis, Amargo 11 Rebs: Cepeda 10 Asts: Gelis 3 | |
September 28 16:45 |
| Cuba |
62–42 | Chile |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–6, 17–16, 15–7, 11–13 | ||
| Pts: Fernández 13 Rebs: Cepeda 12 Asts: three players 2 |
Pts: Novión 19 Rebs: Novión 5 Asts: Novión 5 | |
September 28 21:15 |
| Colombia |
45–66 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 11–16, 8–20, 15–14 | ||
| Pts: Valek 12 Rebs: Díaz 10 Asts: Valek, Martínez 3 |
Pts: González 14 Rebs: Cabrera 8 Asts: González 4 | |
Group B
| Qualified for the semifinals | |
| Eliminated in Preliminary Round |
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Tie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil |
8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 334 | 184 | +150 | |
| Canada |
7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 254 | 176 | +78 | |
| Mexico |
5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 257 | 273 | –16 | 1–1, 1.336 |
| Jamaica |
5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 237 | 274 | –37 | 1–1, 1.022 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Paraguay |
5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 175 | 350 | –175 | 1–1, 0.737 |
All times local (UTC−5)
September 24 16:45 |
| Brazil |
117–34 | Paraguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–5, 27–9, 35–7, 27–13 | ||
| Pts: de Souza 18 Rebs: de Souza 8 Asts: Dantas 5 |
Pts: T. Insfrán 12 Rebs: Pérez 4 Asts: six players 1 | |
September 24 19:00 |
| Mexico |
45–72 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 4–19, 5–16, 16–12, 20–25 | ||
| Pts: Gómez 18 Rebs: Castro, Gómez 8 Asts: Silva, García 2 |
Pts: Keane 15 Rebs: Gabriele 6 Asts: Thorburn, Aubry 3 | |
September 25 14:30 |
| Jamaica |
69–64 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–9, 17–26, 18–18, 14–11 | ||
| Pts: Gidden 28 Rebs: Edwards 12 Asts: Edwards, Louden 3 |
Pts: Gómez 21 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: Ramírez, Silva 3 | |
September 25 16:45 |
| Canada |
39–56 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–8, 12–15, 9–23, 10–10 | ||
| Pts: Ayim 10 Rebs: Tatham 5 Asts: Gabriele 3 |
Pts: Dantas 13 Rebs: Dantas 11 Asts: de Oliveira 3 | |
September 26 14:30 |
| Paraguay |
26–77 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 6–22, 11–20, 5–19, 4–16 | ||
| Pts: Peña 7 Rebs: R. Insfrán 7 Asts: Pérez 2 |
Pts: Keane 15 Rebs: Tatham 8 Asts: Gabriele 5 | |
September 26 16:45 |
| Brazil |
73–50 | Jamaica |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 16–12, 18–9, 17–16 | ||
| Pts: de Souza 19 Rebs: de Souza 7 Asts: Pinto 7 |
Pts: Gidden 23 Rebs: Gidden 10 Asts: Gidden 2 | |
September 27 14:30 |
| Jamaica |
69–71 | Paraguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 20–15, 21–19, 18–16 | ||
| Pts: Louden 24 Rebs: Gidden 9 Asts: Louden 3 |
Pts: Caraves 21 Rebs: Peña, Fernández 5 Asts: Ghiringhelli 3 | |
September 27 16:45 |
| Mexico |
61–88 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–24, 13–21, 13–20, 24–23 | ||
| Pts: Castro 17 Rebs: Castro 8 Asts: Castro 4 |
Pts: de Souza 22 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Pinto 4 | |
September 28 14:30 |
| Paraguay |
44–87 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 4–16, 13–24, 16–28, 11–19 | ||
| Pts: T. Insfrán 12 Rebs: Fernández 10 Asts: Ghiringhelli 4 |
Pts: Silva 21 Rebs: Gómez 12 Asts: Ramírez 6 | |
September 28 19:00 |
| Canada |
66–49 | Jamaica |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 18–12, 17–9, 16–15 | ||
| Pts: Smith 13 Rebs: Gabriele 7 Asts: Gabriele 4 |
Pts: Louden 22 Rebs: Gidden 5 Asts: Gidden 2 | |
Final round
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| September 30 | |||||||
| Argentina |
61 | ||||||
| Canada |
59 | ||||||
| October 1 | |||||||
| Argentina |
33 | ||||||
| Brazil |
74 | ||||||
| Third place | |||||||
| September 30 | October 1 | ||||||
| Brazil |
66 | Canada |
59 | ||||
| Cuba |
53 | Cuba |
46 | ||||
Semifinals
September 30 18:00 |
| Argentina |
61–59 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 13–18, 7–12, 18–19 | ||
| Pts: Reggiardo 18 Rebs: Sánchez 10 Asts: Pavón 3 |
Pts: Aubry 14 Rebs: Murphy 7 Asts: Thorburn 6 | |
September 30 20:15 |
| Brazil |
66–53 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 14–10, 14–15, 14–12 | ||
| Pts: de Souza 20 Rebs: Pinto 13 Asts: Pinto 12 |
Pts: Amargo 16 Rebs: Gelis, Cepeda 5 Asts: three players 2 | |
Third place game
October 1 18:00 |
| Canada |
59–46 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–8, 11–11, 19–11, 16–16 | ||
| Pts: Gabriele, Smith 13 Rebs: Aubry 7 Asts: Thorburn 4 |
Pts: Noblet 12 Rebs: Noblet 5 Asts: three players 1 | |
Final
October 1 20:15 |
| Argentina |
33–74 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 4–16, 7–17, 8–26, 14–15 | ||
| Pts: Sánchez 12 Rebs: Sánchez 11 Asts: four players 1 |
Pts: de Souza 13 Rebs: de Souza 16 Asts: Pinto, de Souza 3 | |
Awards
| 2011 Tournament of the Americas for Women Winners |
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Brazil Fifth title |
Statistical Leaders
Individual Tournament Highs
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Points
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Rebounds
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Assists
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Steals
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Blocks
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Final ranking
| Qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics. | |
| Qualified for the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women. |
| Rank | Team | Record |
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Brazil |
6–0 |
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Argentina |
5–1 |
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Canada |
4–2 |
| 4 | Cuba |
3–3 |
| 5 | Puerto Rico |
2–2 |
| 6 | Mexico |
1–3 |
| 7 | Colombia |
1–3 |
| 8 | Jamaica |
1–3 |
| 9 | Paraguay |
1–3 |
| 10 | Chile |
0–4 |
- Cuba renounced to compete in the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women. In these circumstances, the FIBA has chosen Puerto Rico, the best team in the Americas Championship after Cuba.
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| Brazil Adriana Moisés Pinto Palmira Marçal Patrícia "Chuca" de Oliveira Micaela Jacintho Bárbara Generoso Franciele Nascimento Silvia Cristina Gustavo Clarissa dos Santos Damiris Dantas Nádia Colhado Érika de Souza Gilmara Justino |
Argentina Stephany Thomas Ornella Santana Paula Reggiardo Diana Cabrera Débora González Marina Cava Agostina Burani Melisa Gretter Sandra Pavón Melani Soriani Erica Sánchez Melisa Pavicich |
Canada Krista Phillips Teresa Gabriele Shona Thorburn Courtnay Pilypaitis Kim Smith Kadie Riverin Alisha Tathan Kalisha Keane Lizanne Murphy Tamara Tathan Chelsea Aubry Miranda Ayim |
Cuba Islen Carbonell Ineidis Casanova Lisdeyvis Martínez Oyanaisis Gelis Edith Thompson Yamara Amargo Lazara Moises Marlen Cepeda Clenia Noblet Taimy Fernández Leidys Oquendo Suchitel Ávila |
See also
References
External links
International women's basketball | ||
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| Africa |  | |
| Americas | ||
| Asia | ||
| Europe | ||
| Oceania | ||
Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held. | ||
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