| Gender: | women |
| Continent: | South America |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Size: | 250 |
| Host: | Barquisimeto, Venezuela |
| Dates: | 20 – 26 May |
| Teams: | 9 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champions: | BRA |
| Title Number: | 26 |
| Mvp: |  Izi Castro Marques |
| Website: | 2016 South American Championship for Women |
| Prevseason: | 2014 |
| Nextseason: | 2018 |
The 2016 South American Basketball Championship for Women was the 35th edition of the tournament. Nine teams featured the competition, held in Barquisimeto, Venezuela from May 20 – 26.
| width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc | Qualified for the semifinals |
| width=220 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | L | width=35 | PF | width=35 | PA | width=35 | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 423 | 186 | +237 | |||||||||
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 309 | 214 | +95 | |||||||||
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 238 | 345 | -107 | |||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 229 | 319 | –90 | |||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 193 | 328 | –135 |
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| width=220 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | L | width=35 | PF | width=35 | PA | width=35 | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 244 | 165 | +79 | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 227 | 121 | +106 | |||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 166 | 219 | -53 | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 124 | 256 | –132 |
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| Rank | width=170 | Team ! | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6–0 | |||
| 4–1 | |||
| 4–2 | |||
| 4 | 2–3 | ||
| 5 | 3–2 | ||
| 6 | 2–2 | ||
| 7 | 1–3 | ||
| 8 | 0–4 | ||
| 9 | 0–3 |