2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women explained

Gender:women
Continent:Americas
Year:2013
Size:200
Host:Mexico
Dates:21–28 September
Teams:10
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champions:CUB
Title Number:4
Mvp: Yamara Amargo
Ppg P: Morrison (23.3)
Ppg T: (83.0)
Rpg P: Vega (11.5)
Apg P: Gretter (6.3)
Website:Official website
Prevseason:2011
Nextseason:2015

The 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women in Turkey. The tournament was held at the Gimnasio USBI in Xalapa, Mexico from 21 to 28 September 2013.[1]

Cuba won their fourth title after defeating Canada 77–71 in the final.[2]

Qualification

Qualification was done via FIBA Americas' sub-zones. USA Basketball chose not to enter its national team, because it had already qualified for the 2014 World Championships by winning the 2012 Olympics. The qualified teams were:

Draw

The draw was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico on July 12, 2013.[3]

Format

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:

  1. Head to head results
  2. Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
  3. Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Preliminary round

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"Qualified for the semifinals

All times local (UTC−5)

Group A

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Group B

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Final round

Semifinals

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Final


Final ranking

width=50Rankwidth=175Teamwidth=50Record
5–1
5–1
5–1
43–3
52–2
61–3
71–3
81–3
91–3
100–4

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.xalapa2013.com/en/noticiasread4.asp?r=31B20BC9CE384968ACA965064AE1C2DD 2011 Everything ready for Xalapa 2013
  2. Web site: MEX2013 – Cuba is the Champion of America!. 2013-09-28. xalapa2013.com.
  3. http://www.xalapa2013.com/en/noticiasread4.asp?r=7FEFD21490D042A4AE37C28716A8F7AC The draw for the FIBA Americas Championship for Women will be on Monday
  4. http://www.xalapa2013.com/en/evento.asp?pag=05&mtab=020&r=MSICTZQXEE Competition System