| Gender: | women |
| Continent: | Americas U-18 |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Size: | 270px |
| Dates: | 13–17 July 2016 |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champions: | USA |
| Title Number: | 9 |
| Mvp: |  Lauren Cox |
| Ppg P: |  Da Silva (18.8) |
| Ppg T: | (104.0) |
| Rpg P: | Da Silva (10.4) |
| Rpg T: | (59.8) |
| Apg P: | Leite (5.8) |
| Apg T: | (25.6) |
| Website: | 2016 FIBA Americas U-18 Championship for Women |
| Prevseason: | 2014 |
| Nextseason: | 2018 |
The 2016 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Women was an international basketball competition that took place in Valdivia, Chile from July 13–17, 2016. It was the eleventh edition of the championship, and was the FIBA Americas qualifying tournament for the 2017 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women. Eight national teams from across the Americas, composed of women aged 19 and under, competed in the tournament.[1] The United States won their eighth consecutive gold in this event by beating Canada in the final, 109–62.[2]
The draw was held on 14 April 2016.[3]
All times are local (UTC-4).
All times are local (UTC-4).
All times are local (UTC-4).
| width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Qualified for the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup | ||
| width=10px bgcolor=yellow | Suspended from the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup |
| width=50 | Rank | width=175 | Team | width=50 | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5–0 | |||||
| 4–1 | |||||
| 3–2 | |||||
| 4 | 2–3 | ||||
| 5 | 3–2 | ||||
| 6 | 1–4 | ||||
| 7 | 2–3 | ||||
| 8 | 0–5 |
* Brazil qualified for the tournament but was suspended by FIBA. A fourth team from FIBA Americas had to be named to take Brazil's place. The draw took place with the fourth FIBA Americas team's identity yet to be named.[4] [5] On 12 May 2017, Mexico was chosen to replace Brazil.[6]