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2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship

13th FIBA Women's American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Canada
City	Edmonton
Dates	8–16 August 2015
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Kia Nurse
Top scorer	Yamara Amargo (15.7)
Top rebounds	Nadia Colhado (11.3)
Top assists	Ineidis Casanova (7.7)
PPG (Team)	Canada (92.5)
RPG (Team)	Canada (48.5)
APG (Team)	Canada (23.7)
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2015 FIBA Americas Championship
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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.

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.

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

• Host country
  •  Canada (10)
• Central American and Caribbean Sub-Zone: (2014 Centrobasket Women)
  •  Cuba (13)
  •  Puerto Rico (28)
  •  Dominican Republic (37)
  •  Virgin Islands (-)
• South American Sub-Zone: 2014 South American Basketball Championship for Women
  •  Brazil (7)
  •  Argentina (14)
  •  Chile (26)
  •  Venezuela (34)
• Repechage winner:
  •  Ecuador (-)

Note: 2014 FIBA Ranking in parentheses.

Venue

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.

Teams

Preliminary round

All times local (UTC−6)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada (H)	4	4	0	390	172	+218	8	Advance to the final round
2	Cuba	4	3	1	279	225	+54	7
3	Puerto Rico	4	2	2	271	281	−10	6	Fifth place match
4	Chile	4	1	3	251	329	−78	5
5	Dominican Republic	4	0	4	192	346	−154	4

Chile	88–56	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

Canada	94–57	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

Canada	93–36	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

Cuba	83–44	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

Puerto Rico	58–65	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

Dominican Republic	36–111	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

Chile	61–88	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

Dominican Republic	56–64	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

Puerto Rico	92–66	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

Cuba	43–92	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	4	4	0	289	210	+79	8	Advance to the final round
2	Brazil	4	3	1	303	247	+56	7
3	Venezuela	4	2	2	250	267	−17	6	Fifth place match
4	Ecuador	4	1	3	200	249	−49	5
5	Virgin Islands	4	0	4	219	288	−69	4

Ecuador	72–48	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

Brazil	86–71	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

Ecuador	35–70	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

Virgin Islands	62–69	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

Argentina	75–51	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

Brazil	76–45	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

Venezuela	55–71	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

Virgin Islands	58–72	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

Venezuela	55–48	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

Argentina	73–69	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-finals				Final
	15 August
	Canada	83
					16 August
	Brazil	66
					Canada	82
	15 August
					Cuba	66
	Argentina	79
	Cuba (OT)	89
					Third place
					16 August
					Brazil	59
					Argentina	66

Semifinals

Argentina	79–89 (OT)	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

Canada	83–66	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

Puerto Rico	56–65	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

Brazil	59–66	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

Canada	82–66	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

Rank	Team	Record
	Canada	6–0
	Cuba	4–2
	Argentina	5–1
4	Brazil	3–3
5	Venezuela	3–2
6	Puerto Rico	2–3
7	Ecuador	1–3
8	Chile	1–3
9	Virgin Islands	0–4
10	Dominican Republic	0–4

All-2015 FIBA Americas Women's Team

G – Melisa Gretter
G – Kia Nurse (Tournament MVP)
F – Yamara Delgado
F – Clenia Noblet
F – Tamara Tatham

References

1. "Brazil's national teams granted automatic places at 2016 Olympic Basketball Tournament". FIBA. 9 August 2015. Archived from the original on August 12, 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
2. "Ecuador hace historia en el básquet femenino" [Ecuador makes history in the women's basketball]. La Nación (in Spanish). 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
3. "Edmonton2015 - Canada Basketball awarded 2015 FIBA Americas Championship for Women". FIBAAmericas.com. 2014-08-11. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-04-19.

External links

• Official website

• FIBA Women's AmeriCup
• 2015 in women's basketball
• 2015–16 in Canadian basketball
• 2015 in sports in Alberta
• International women's basketball competitions hosted by Canada
• 2015–16 in North American basketball
• 2015–16 in South American basketball