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]
11th FIBA American Women's Basketball Championship | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Colombia |
Dates | September 24 – October 1 |
Teams | 10 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
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Official website | |
Official Website | |
Qualification
editQualification 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
editThe 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. Chile |
Note: Colombia and Paraguay had 0 ranking points and was therefore ranked after the last ranked team.
Format
edit- 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
editTies 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
editGroup A
editQualified for the semifinals | |
Eliminated in preliminary round |
Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
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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
editQualified for the semifinals | |
Eliminated in preliminary round |
Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Tie |
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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 |
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 |
Final round
editSemi-finals | Final | |||||
September 30 | ||||||
Argentina | 61 | |||||
October 1 | ||||||
Canada | 59 | |||||
Argentina | 33 | |||||
September 30 | ||||||
Brazil | 74 | |||||
Brazil | 66 | |||||
Cuba | 53 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
October 1 | ||||||
Canada | 59 | |||||
Cuba | 46 |
Semifinals
editSeptember 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
editOctober 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
editAwards
edit2011 Tournament of the Americas for Women winners |
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Brazil Fifth title |
Statistical Leaders
editIndividual Tournament Highs
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Final ranking
editQualified 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 | |
Argentina | 5–1 | |
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.