2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup

The 2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 to 13 August 2017. It awarded three spots for FIBA Americas to the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in Spain.[1][2]

2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup
14th FIBA Women's American
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Argentina
CityBuenos Aires
Dates6–13 August
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Canada (3rd title)
Tournament statistics
MVPCanada Nirra Fields
Top scorerParaguay Ferrari (21.8)
Top reboundsUnited States Virgin Islands Day (10.5)
Top assistsCuba Casanova (7.8)
PPG (Team) Canada (76.3)
RPG (Team) Canada (50.8)
APG (Team) Canada (16.8)
Official website
Official website
2015
2019

Canada won their second straight title by defeating Argentina 67–65. Puerto Rico won their first ever medal after beating Brazil 75–68 in the third place game.[3]

Venue

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Buenos Aires
Estadio Obras Sanitarias
Capacity: 3,100

Qualification

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Draw

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The draw was held on 19 July 2017 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[4][5]

Squads

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Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Argentina (H) 4 4 0 297 203 +94 8 Semifinals
2   Brazil 4 2 2 248 245 +3 6[a]
3   Virgin Islands 4 2 2 257 263 −6 6[a]
4   Colombia 4 2 2 226 260 −34 6[a]
5   Venezuela 4 0 4 234 291 −57 4
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Brazil 3 Pts, +14 PD; Virgin Islands 3 Pts, 0 PD; Colombia 3 Pts, −14 PD
6 August 2017
13:35
Brazil   71–63   Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 16–11, 21–15, 17–24
Pts: Pacheco, Justino 12
Rebs: Justino 10
Asts: three players 3
Pts: Pérez 21
Rebs: Wallen 6
Asts: Márquez 4
Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires
Referees: Andrés Bartel (URU), Gina Cross (USA), Yuliet Méndez (CUB)
6 August 2017
21:05
Virgin Islands   48–80   Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 9–14, 7–34, 20–14
Pts: Tate 19
Rebs: Day 10
Asts: Tate 3
Pts: Boquete 17
Rebs: Fiorotto 7
Asts: González 4
Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Alejandra Gaytán (MEX) Maripier Malo (CAN)

7 August 2017
16:05
Venezuela   53–79   Virgin Islands
Scoring by quarter: 10–10, 14–22, 10–19, 19–28
Pts: Wallen, Renault 12
Rebs: Renault 9
Asts: Márquez 8
Pts: Tate 26
Rebs: Day 14
Asts: Bough 5
Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires
Referees: Maripier Malo (CAN), Andrés Bartel (URU), Felipe Ibarra (CHI)
7 August 2017
18:35
Colombia   47–68   Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 5–16, 9–14, 18–21
Pts: Muñoz, Mosquera 13
Rebs: Asprilla 7
Asts: Muñoz 4
Pts: L. Rodrigues 13
Rebs: L. Rodrigues 17
Asts: Honório, Teixeira 3
Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Alejandra Gaytán (MEX), Yuliet Méndez (CUB)

8 August 2017
13:35
Virgin Islands   63–70   Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 6–15, 13–23, 26–20, 18–12
Pts: Tate 16
Rebs: Tate 6
Asts: Barry 4
Pts: Mosquera 15
Rebs: Asprilla 8
Asts: Mosquera 5
Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Felipe Ibarra (CHI), Maripier Malo (CAN)
8 August 2017
21:05
Argentina   79–59   Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 19–11, 22–12, 17–24
Pts: Durso, Boquete 13
Rebs: Santana 11
Asts: Gretter, González 4
Pts: Corrales 19
Rebs: Wallen 12
Asts: Pérez 3
Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires
Referees: Gina Cross (USA), Alejandra Gaytán (MEX), Yuliet Méndez (CUB)

9 August 2017
16:05
Brazil   60–67 (OT)   Virgin Islands
Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 10–15, 19–15, 16–15, Overtime: 2–9
Pts: Monteiro da Silva 15
Rebs: Monteiro da Silva 9
Asts: Honório, L. Rodrigues 4
Pts: Day 20
Rebs: Day 13
Asts: Bough, Tate 5
Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires
Referees: Gina Cross (USA), Alejandra Gaytán (MEX), Yuliet Méndez (CUB)
9 August 2017
21:05
Colombia   47–70   Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 10–16, 7–20, 16–11, 14–23
Pts: Ríos 10
Rebs: Muñoz 8
Asts: six players 1
Pts: Rosset, Gretter 16
Rebs: Fiorotto 9
Asts: Durso, Gretter 4
Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires
Referees: Maripier Malo (CAN), Andrés Bartel (URU), Felipe Ibarra (CHI)

10 August 2017
18:35
Venezuela   59–62   Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 13–17, 14–21, 17–10
Pts: Márquez 17
Rebs: Durán 9
Asts: Márquez 6
Pts: Martínez 19
Rebs: Prens 11
Asts: Ríos, Martínez 3
Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires
Referees: Maripier Malo (CAN), Felipe Ibarra (CHI), Yuliet Méndez (CUB)
10 August 2017
21:05
Argentina   68–49   Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 20–9, 22–15, 8–11
Pts: González 18
Rebs: Burani 10
Asts: Gretter 7
Pts: Justino 18
Rebs: Justino 9
Asts: Macedo, J. Rodrigues 3
Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Andrés Bartel (URU), Alejandra Gaytán (MEX)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Canada 4 4 0 307 197 +110 8 Semifinals
2   Puerto Rico 4 3 1 279 258 +21 7
3   Paraguay 4 2 2 273 300 −27 6
4   Cuba 4 1 3 230 271 −41 5
5   Mexico 4 0 4 206 269 −63 4
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
6 August 2017
16:05
Puerto Rico   69–49   Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 19–7, 14–18, 12–10
Pts: Gibson 13
Rebs: Bermúdez 6
Asts: Rosado, Salaman 4
Pts: Luna 16
Rebs: Luna 11
Asts: Luna, Núñez 3
Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires
Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Rodrigo Mejía (COL), Virginia Peruchini (ARG)
6 August 2017
18:35
Cuba   35–81   Canada
Scoring by quarter: 8–28, 10–22, 6–14, 11–17
Pts: Galindo 12
Rebs: three players 7
Asts: Casanova, Martínez 1
Pts: Fields 18
Rebs: Hamblin 10
Asts: Colley 5
Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires
Referees: Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Felipe Ibarra (CHI), Andreia Silva (BRA)

7 August 2017
13:35
Paraguay   69–66   Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 13–18, 22–10, 14–16
Pts: Ferrari 27
Rebs: Caraves 11
Asts: Ferrari, Caraves 4
Pts: Casanova, Oquendo 14
Rebs: Ochoa, Oquendo 12
Asts: Casanova 13
Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires
Referees: Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Rodrigo Mejía (COL), Virginia Peruchini (ARG)
7 August 2017
21:05
Canada   75–59   Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 20–17, 19–12, 18–18
Pts: Nurse 17
Rebs: Nurse 8
Asts: Langlois, Fields 3
Pts: Gibson 16
Rebs: Rosado 6
Asts: Rosado 4
Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires
Referees: Gina Cross (USA), Andreia Silva (BRA), Leonardo Zalazar (ARG)

8 August 2017
16:05
Mexico   39–65   Canada
Scoring by quarter: 8–15, 12–13, 8–21, 11–16
Pts: Torre 8
Rebs: Núñez 7
Asts: Pardo 2
Pts: Fields 13
Rebs: Ayim 6
Asts: Langlois 6
Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires
Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Kendell Henry (ISV), Rodrigo Mejía (COL)
8 August 2017
18:35
Puerto Rico   81–67   Paraguay
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 19–12, 22–17, 22–19
Pts: Placido 14
Rebs: Rosado 7
Asts: Rosado 7
Pts: Ferrari 16
Rebs: Caraves 9
Asts: Ferrari 5
Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires
Referees: Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Andrés Bartel (URU), Andreia Silva (BRA)

9 August 2017
13:35
Paraguay   73–67 (OT)   Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 13–12, 11–14, 22–21, Overtime: 10–4
Pts: Ferrari 30
Rebs: Caraves 7
Asts: three players 4
Pts: Luna 25
Rebs: Núñez 18
Asts: Luna 4
Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires
Referees: Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Kendell Henry (ISV), Virginia Peruchini (ARG)
9 August 2017
18:35
Cuba   67–70   Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 12–26, 20–17, 20–10
Pts: Galindo 20
Rebs: three players 8
Asts: Casanova 8
Pts: Rosado 17
Rebs: Meléndez 8
Asts: four players 4
Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires
Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Rodrigo Mejía (COL), Andreia Silva (BRA)

10 August 2017
13:35
Canada   86–64   Paraguay
Scoring by quarter: 26–14, 15–23, 25–14, 20–13
Pts: Fields 25
Rebs: Plouffe 13
Asts: Nurse, Scott 3
Pts: Ferrari 14
Rebs: Mercado 5
Asts: Mercado, Peralta 3
Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires
Referees: Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Kendell Henry (ISV), Andreia Silva (BRA)
10 August 2017
16:05
Mexico   51–62   Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 11–12, 14–11, 9–22, 17–17
Pts: Luna, Saad 11
Rebs: Núñez 11
Asts: Luna 5
Pts: Casanova 16
Rebs: Ochoa, Galindo 7
Asts: Casanova 9
Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires
Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Rodrigo Mejía (COL), Virginia Peruchini (ARG)

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
12 August
 
 
  Argentina48
 
13 August
 
  Puerto Rico44
 
  Argentina65
 
12 August
 
  Canada67
 
  Canada84
 
 
  Brazil45
 
Third place
 
 
13 August
 
 
  Puerto Rico75
 
 
  Brazil68

Semifinals

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12 August 2017
18:35
Canada   84–45   Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 24–12, 17–10, 26–10, 17–13
Pts: Nurse, Fields 16
Rebs: Hamblin 9
Asts: Langlois 9
Pts: Macedo 14
Rebs: Santos, L. Rodrigues 6
Asts: J. Rodrigues 4
Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Alejandra Gaytán (MEX), Virginia Peruchini (ARG)

12 August 2017
21:05
Argentina   48–44   Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 13–4, 9–14, 13–9, 13–17
Pts: Burani 26
Rebs: Burani 12
Asts: Santana 4
Pts: Gibson 10
Rebs: Jones 12
Asts: Salaman 2
Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires
Referees: Gina Cross (USA), Andrés Bartel (URU), Yuliet Méndez (CUB)

Third place game

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13 August 2017
19:05
Puerto Rico   75–68   Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 15–10, 20–18, 25–20
Pts: Gibson 19
Rebs: Jones 6
Asts: González, Jones 4
Pts: Santos 20
Rebs: Santos 9
Asts: Macedo 6
Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires
Referees: Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Gina Cross (USA), Maripier Malo (CAN)

Final

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13 August 2017
21:35
Argentina   65–67   Canada
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 16–13, 13–29, 18–11
Pts: Gretter 23
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: Gretter 4
Pts: Nurse 12
Rebs: Plouffe 11
Asts: Langlois 4
Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Yuliet Méndez (CUB), Andreia Silva (BRA)

Final standing

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Qualified for 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
Rank Team Record
    Canada 6–0
    Argentina 5–1
    Puerto Rico 4–2
4   Brazil 2–4
5   Virgin Islands 2–2
6   Paraguay 2–2
7   Colombia 2–2
8   Cuba 1–3
9   Venezuela 0–4
10   Mexico 0–4

Statistics and awards

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Statistical leaders

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Awards

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Most Valuable Player[3]
All-Tournament Team

References

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  1. ^ "Buenos Aires will host the FIBA Women's AmeriCup 2017". FIBA. February 22, 2017. Archived from the original on February 23, 2017.
  2. ^ "FIBA Calendar". Archived from the original on June 21, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Canada capture second straight FIBA Women's AmeriCup title". fiba.com. 14 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Official Draw of FIBA Women's AmeriCup 2017 set for Wednesday". fiba.com. 19 July 2017. Archived from the original on September 18, 2021.
  5. ^ "Draw results in for FIBA Women's AmeriCup 2017". fiba.com. 19 July 2017. Archived from the original on September 18, 2021.
  6. ^ Statistics
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