2021 FIBA Women's AmeriCup

2021 FIBA Women's AmeriCup
Tournament details
Host countryPuerto Rico
CitySan Juan
Dates11–19 June
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (4th title)
Runners-up Puerto Rico
Third place Brazil
Fourth place Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played26
MVPUnited States Rhyne Howard
Top scorerPuerto Rico Jennifer O'Neill (16.8 ppg)
Official website
Website
2019
2023

The 2021 FIBA Women's AmeriCup was the 16th edition of the FIBA Women's AmeriCup, which is the main tournament for senior women's basketball national teams of the FIBA Americas. It was held from 11 to 19 June 2021.[1] On 20 March 2021, Puerto Rico was confirmed as the host.[2] The top four teams qualify for one of the qualifying tournaments for the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.[3]

The United States won their fourth title by defeating Puerto Rico in the final, 74–59.[4]

Qualification

Qualification Host Dates Vacancies Qualified
Automated entry[5] 2  Canada
 United States
2021 Centrobasket Women El Salvador San Salvador 24–28 March 2021 4  Dominican Republic
 El Salvador
 Puerto Rico
 Virgin Islands
2021 South American Championship Cancelled[6] 4  Argentina
 Brazil
 Colombia
 Venezuela

Draw

The draw took place on 22 May 2021.[7][8]

Seeding

Pair 1 Pair 2 Pair 3 Pair 4 Pair 5
 United States
 Canada
 Brazil
 Puerto Rico
 Argentina
 Colombia
 Virgin Islands
 Dominican Republic
 Venezuela
 El Salvador

Squads

Each team consisted of 12 players.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−4).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 4 4 0 344 189 +155 8 Quarterfinals
2  Brazil 4 3 1 341 226 +115 7
3  Colombia 4 2 2 260 280 −20 6
4  Virgin Islands 4 1 3 242 294 −52 5
5  El Salvador 4 0 4 195 393 −198 4
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
11 June 2021
12:10
Boxscore
Virgin Islands  60–72  Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 16–21, 13–21, 19–12
Pts: George 18
Rebs: Tate 14
Asts: Bough 6
Pts: Arias 19
Rebs: Arias, Mosquera 10
Asts: Ríos 6
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Virginia Peruchini (ARG), Johnny Batista (USA)
11 June 2021
18:10
Boxscore
Brazil  118–43  El Salvador
Scoring by quarter: 28–11, 27–7, 33–11, 30–14
Pts: T. Silva 22
Rebs: T. Silva 13
Asts: Gonçalo 7
Pts: Villalobos 11
Rebs: Noyola, Vega 6
Asts: Funes 2
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: Fabricio Vito (ARG), Alexis Mercado (PUR), Ashley Gilpin (USA)

12 June 2021
12:10
Boxscore
Canada  101–41  Virgin Islands
Scoring by quarter: 27–7, 21–6, 16–12, 37–16
Pts: Pellington 16
Rebs: Alexander 10
Asts: Konig 6
Pts: George 11
Rebs: Tate 7
Asts: Bough 3
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: Ashley Gilpin (USA), Alexis Mercado (PUR), Rebeca Davila (PUR)
12 June 2021
15:10
Boxscore
Colombia  56–79  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 8–16, 20–11, 12–25, 16–27
Pts: Ríos 18
Rebs: Paz, Ríos 5
Asts: Ríos 4
Pts: Paixão 17
Rebs: De Souza 11
Asts: Paixão 4
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Virginia Peruchini (ARG), Johnny Batista (USA)

13 June 2021
12:10
Boxscore
El Salvador  67–92  Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 22–28, 16–30, 9–18
Pts: Tévez 20
Rebs: Villalobos 11
Asts: Murcia 4
Pts: Arias 18
Rebs: Ríos 8
Asts: Arias 7
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: Alexis Mercado (PUR), Fabricio Vito (ARG), Aline García (URU)
13 June 2021
15:10
Boxscore
Brazil  67–71  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 16–24, 22–13, 8–13
Pts: Dos Santos 21
Rebs: De Souza 12
Asts: four players 2
Pts: Fields 17
Rebs: Alexander 7
Asts: Pellington 3
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: Ashley Gilpin (USA), Johnny Batista (USA), Yuliet Méndez (CUB)

14 June 2021
12:10
Boxscore
Canada  98–41  El Salvador
Scoring by quarter: 20–10, 22–2, 27–17, 29–12
Pts: Pellington 21
Rebs: Amihere 9
Asts: Hill 5
Pts: Funes 14
Rebs: Hernández, Funes 3
Asts: Funes, Méndez 3
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: Ashley Gilpin (USA), Yuliet Méndez (CUB), Aline García (URU)
14 June 2021
15:10
Boxscore
Virgin Islands  56–77  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 10–25, 15–16, 16–18, 15–18
Pts: Day 17
Rebs: Tate 8
Asts: Tate 9
Pts: K. Silva 17
Rebs: K. Silva 11
Asts: Carvalho, Gonçalo 4
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Fabricio Vito (ARG), Rebeca Davila (PUR)

15 June 2021
12:10
Boxscore
El Salvador  44–85  Virgin Islands
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 12–23, 6–20, 10–23
Pts: Tévez 14
Rebs: Tévez 7
Asts: Funes 4
Pts: George 22
Rebs: Day 16
Asts: Bough 7
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Fabricio Vito (ARG), Norval Young (IVB)
15 June 2021
15:10
Boxscore
Colombia  40–74  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 9–17, 12–17, 12–19, 7–21
Pts: Arias 9
Rebs: Mosquera 9
Asts: Mosquera 3
Pts: Alexander 14
Rebs: Alexander 9
Asts: Ayim, Scott 4
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: Ashley Gilpin (USA), Johnny Batista (USA), Aline García (URU)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 291 157 +134 6 Quarterfinals
2  Puerto Rico (H) 3 2 1 232 191 +41 5
3  Venezuela 3 1 2 159 258 −99 4
4  Dominican Republic 3 0 3 180 256 −76 3
5  Argentina[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disqualified
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ Argentina was disqualified after several members of the delegation were tested positive to COVID-19. Their remaining two games were abandoned and were lost by forfeit. All previous results of games played were nullified.[9]
11 June 2021
15:10
Boxscore
Dominican Republic  46–64  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 9–16, 12–15, 18–16, 7–17
Pts: Colomé 13
Rebs: Evangelista 10
Asts: Monsac 3
Pts: Rosset 14
Rebs: Cabrera 12
Asts: Rosset 6
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: Andreia Silva (BRA), José Fernández (CRC), Yuliet Méndez (CUB)
11 June 2021
21:10
Boxscore
Puerto Rico  88–50  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 23–9, 29–14, 22–7, 14–20
Pts: Gwathmey 14
Rebs: Gibson 9
Asts: Rosado 8
Pts: Marcano 13
Rebs: Wallen 8
Asts: Díaz 4
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Felipe Ibarra (CHI), Carol García (COL)

12 June 2021
18:10
Boxscore
United States  102–39  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 22–6, 20–2, 35–14
Pts: Henderson 17
Rebs: Boston 9
Asts: Henderson 5
Pts: Colomé 11
Rebs: Arias 5
Asts: Morton 2
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: Fabricio Vito (ARG), Julio Anaya (PAN), Norval Young (IVB)
12 June 2021
21:10
Boxscore
Argentina  56–79  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 8–23, 17–28, 20–18, 11–10
Pts: Gauna 13
Rebs: Castro 8
Asts: Rosset 3
Pts: O'Neill 20
Rebs: Quiñones 8
Asts: O'Neill, Rosado 5
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: Andreia Silva (BRA), Maria Comodaro (BRA), Aline García (URU)

13 June 2021
21:10
Boxscore
Puerto Rico  65–87  United States
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 10–25, 12–25, 20–19
Pts: O'Neill 20
Rebs: Quiñones 8
Asts: Salamán 4
Pts: Hillmon, Howard 17
Rebs: Hillmon 11
Asts: four players 3
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: José Fernández (CRC), Felipe Ibarra (CHI), Norval Young (IVB)

14 June 2021
18:10
Boxscore
United States  102–53  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 33–11, 25–16, 21–8
Pts: Prince 19
Rebs: Cunane 9
Asts: Burton 6
Pts: Wallen 18
Rebs: Pérez 6
Asts: Pérez 5
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: José Fernández (CRC), Maria Comodaro (BRA), Carol García (COL)
14 June 2021
21:10
Boxscore
Dominican Republic  54–79  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 12–29, 12–18, 18–16, 12–16
Pts: Morton 12
Rebs: Reynoso 10
Asts: Monsac, Morton 4
Pts: Meléndez 18
Rebs: Quiñones 10
Asts: Salamán 7
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: Andreia Silva (BRA), Felipe Ibarra (CHI), Norval Young (IVB)

15 June 2021
18:10
Boxscore
Venezuela  77–66  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 17–19, 20–11, 20–25
Pts: Corrales, Wallen 19
Rebs: Fajardo 12
Asts: Pérez 6
Pts: Morton 13
Rebs: Arias 11
Asts: Morton 6
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Maria Comodaro (BRA), Yuliet Méndez (CUB)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
17 June
 
 
 Canada90
 
18 June
 
 Dominican Republic53
 
 Canada61
 
17 June
 
 Puerto Rico65
 
 Puerto Rico77
 
19 June
 
 Colombia69
 
 United States74
 
17 June
 
 Puerto Rico59
 
 United States97
 
18 June
 
 Virgin Islands46
 
 United States71
 
17 June
 
 Brazil60 Third place
 
 Brazil90
 
19 June
 
 Venezuela59
 
 Canada82
 
 
 Brazil87
 

Quarterfinals

17 June 2021
12:10
Boxscore
United States  97–46  Virgin Islands
Scoring by quarter: 24–10, 22–15, 25–12, 26–9
Pts: Hillmon 17
Rebs: Jones 9
Asts: Henderson 8
Pts: Tate 18
Rebs: Tate 7
Asts: Bough, Richards 1
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: Alexis Mercado (PUR), Johnny Batista (PUR), Yuliet Méndez (CUB)

17 June 2021
15:10
Boxscore
Canada  90–53  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 28–20, 27–9, 13–9
Pts: Konig 23
Rebs: Amihere 11
Asts: Fields 5
Pts: Morton 18
Rebs: Evangelista, Monsac 4
Asts: Monsac, Soto 3
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Norval Young (IVB), Aline García (URU)

17 June 2021
18:10
Boxscore
Brazil  90–59  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 20–8, 29–10, 22–26, 19–15
Pts: T. Silva 15
Rebs: K. Silva 9
Asts: Gonçalo 4
Pts: Rivera 15
Rebs: Pérez 12
Asts: Pérez 7
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: Felipe Ibarra (CHI), Fabricio Vito (ARG), José Fernández (CRC)

17 June 2021
21:10
Boxscore
Puerto Rico  77–69  Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 12–23, 20–7, 25–22, 20–17
Pts: Gwathmey 29
Rebs: Rosado, Quiñones 8
Asts: Rosado 4
Pts: Mosquera 21
Rebs: Mosquera 15
Asts: Ríos 13
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: Andreia Silva (BRA), Virginia Peruchini (ARG), Maria Comodaro (BRA)

Semifinals

18 June 2021
18:10
Boxscore
United States  71–60  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 12–12, 25–10, 21–17
Pts: Cunane 19
Rebs: Cunane, Hillmon-Baker 8
Asts: Burton 6
Pts: T. Silva 14
Rebs: K. Silva 10
Asts: Gonçalo 3
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: Fabricio Vito (ARG), José Fernández (CRC), Norval Young (IVB)

18 June 2021
21:10
Boxscore
Canada  61–65  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 21–17, 14–16, 13–15
Pts: Fields 14
Rebs: Amihere 11
Asts: Colley, Konig 3
Pts: Gwathmey 17
Rebs: Rosado 7
Asts: three players 4
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: Felipe Ibarra (CHI), Julio Anaya (PAN), Virginia Peruchini (ARG)

Third place game

19 June 2021
18:10
Boxscore
Canada  82–87 (OT)  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 18–13, 9–29, 25–10, Overtime: 14–19
Pts: Amihere 22
Rebs: Amihere 11
Asts: Konig 8
Pts: Paixão, Dos Santos 19
Rebs: De Souza 10
Asts: Paixão 7
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Fabricio Vito (ARG), Ashley Gilpin (USA)

Final

19 June 2021
21:10
Boxscore
Puerto Rico  59–74  United States
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 15–17, 11–21, 12–19
Pts: O'Neill 18
Rebs: Rosado 8
Asts: O'Neill 5
Pts: Howard 22
Rebs: Boston 19
Asts: Burton, Howard 5
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Referees: Felipe Ibarra (CHI), Julio Anaya (PAN), Andreia Silva (BRA)

Final standing

Qualified for World Cup Qualifying Tournaments
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 6–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Puerto Rico 4–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Brazil 6–1
4  Canada 5–2
5  Colombia 2–3
6  Venezuela 1–3
7  Dominican Republic 0–4
8  Virgin Islands 1–4
9  El Salvador 0–4
DQ  Argentina 0–0

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

Players

Points

Name PPG[11]
Puerto Rico Jennifer O'Neill 16.8
Puerto Rico Jazmon Gwathmey 15.8
Colombia Yaneth Arias 15.0
Venezuela Daniela Wallen 14.8
United States Virgin Islands Anisha George 14.0

Rebounds

Name RPG
United States Aliyah Boston 9.3
Brazil Érika de Souza 8.9
Colombia Narlyn Mosquera 8.8
United States Virgin Islands Natalie Day 8.2
United States Virgin Islands Imani Tate

Assists

Name APG
Colombia Manuela Ríos 5.8
Venezuela Waleska Pérez 4.5
United States Virgin Islands Lanese Bough 4.4
Puerto Rico Dayshalee Salamán 4.0
United States Veronica Burton

Blocks

Name BPG
Puerto Rico Jazmon Gwathmey 2.0
United States Virgin Islands Anisha George
United States Aliyah Boston 1.8
Brazil Kamilla Silva 1.6
Dominican Republic Giocelis Reynoso 1.5

Steals

Name SPG
Venezuela Daniela Wallen 3.3
Brazil Thayná Silva 2.4
United States Virgin Islands Imani Tate
Dominican Republic Yohanna Morton 2.3
Colombia Manuela Ríos 1.8
El Salvador Kimberly Villalobos

Efficiency

Name EFF
United States Aliyah Boston 20.5
Colombia Yaneth Arias 17.4
Puerto Rico Jazmon Gwathmey 17.3
United States Elissa Cunane 16.3
Colombia Manuela Ríos 16.2

Teams

Points

Team PPG[12]
 United States 88.8
 Canada 86.0
 Brazil 82.6
 Puerto Rico 73.6
 Colombia 65.8

Rebounds

Team RPG
 United States 57.8
 Canada 48.0
 Brazil 46.9
 Virgin Islands 43.8
 Puerto Rico 42.2

Assists

Team APG
 United States 23.2
 Canada 21.2
 Brazil 21.1
 Puerto Rico 19.8
 Colombia 16.0

Blocks

Team BPG
 United States 5.5
 Puerto Rico 5.2
 Virgin Islands 4.4
 Dominican Republic 3.3
 Brazil 3.1

Steals

Team SPG
 Brazil 10.7
 United States 10.0
 Canada 9.7
 Venezuela 8.3
 Puerto Rico 7.8

Efficiency

Team EFF
 United States 119.0
 Canada 104.0
 Brazil 99.9
 Puerto Rico 88.2
 Colombia 68.8

Awards

The awards were announced on 20 June 2021.[13]

All-Star Team
Guard Forwards Centers
Colombia Manuela Ríos
Puerto Rico Jennifer O'Neill
United States Rhyne Howard
Brazil Clarissa dos Santos United States Elissa Cunane
MVP: United States Rhyne Howard

Notes

  1. ^ Due to inconclusive COVID-19 testing results by the Argentine delegation, the game was initially postponed. FIBA later announced this game was marked a forfeit.[10]

References

  1. ^ "FIBA's Executive Committee confirms global calendar update". FIBA. 9 April 2020.
  2. ^ "FIBA Americas Board confirms Puerto Rico as Women's AmeriCup 2021 host, reviews plans to implement FIBA strategy". FIBA. 20 March 2021.
  3. ^ "USA basketball trials camp for FIBA Women's AmeriCup featured NCAA stars". FIBA. 21 April 2021.
  4. ^ "USA win FIBA Women's AmeriCup 2021 Championship, taking back-to-back gold". FIBA. 20 June 2021.
  5. ^ "FIBA Women's AmeriCup returns to San Juan, Puerto Rico in June 2021". FIBA. 12 April 2021.
  6. ^ "FIBA Women's AmeriCup 2021 field is set for June". FIBA. 22 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Mariah Angeliq to perform at FIBA Women's AmeriCup 2021 draw". FIBA. 22 May 2021.
  8. ^ "FIBA Women's AmeriCup 2021 groups are solidified after draw". FIBA. 22 May 2021.
  9. ^ "FIBA statement about Argentina's games in the Women's AmeriCup 2021". FIBA. 15 June 2021.
  10. ^ "FIBA statement about the FIBA Women's AmeriCup game Argentina vs Venezuela". FIBA. 13 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Players statistical leaders". FIBA. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Teams statistical leaders". FIBA. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Howard wins MVP and is named All-Star Five along with Dos Santos, Cunane, Rios, O'Neill". FIBA. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.

External links

  • Official website