2021 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship explained

Gender:women
2021 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship
Continent:Americas U-16
Year:2021
Size:270px
City:León
Dates:23–29 August
Teams:8
Confederations:1
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champions:USA
Title Number:6
Second:CAN
Third:MEX
Mvp: JuJu Watkins
Website:Official website
Prevseason:2019
Nextseason:2023

The 2021 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship was an international basketball competition held in León, Guanajuato, Mexico, from 23 to 29 August 2021.[1] It was the seventh edition of the FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship. The top four teams qualified for the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup in Hungary.

Qualification

Eight teams from three sub zones were qualified through the Nike Youth Ranking for each sub-zone.[2]

Sub-zone Vacancies Qualified
North area 2
Central America and the Caribbean area (CONCENCABA) 3

South American (CONSUBASQUET)3

Draw

The draw ceremony for the competition took place on 10 August at the FIBA Regional Office, in the city of Miami, Florida.[3]

Group A Group B






Group phase

All times are local (UTC−5).

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Final

Final ranking

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"Qualified for the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup.
width=50Rankwidth=175Teamwidth=50Record
6–0
5–1
3–3
42–4
54–2
62–4
72–4
80–6

Statistical leaders

Players

Points[4]
Pos. Name PPG
120.0
217.7
313.7
413.3
512.5
12.5
Rebounds
Pos. Name RPG
114.0
212.3
39.7
49.2
57.7
Assists
Pos. Name APG
15.2
23.7
3.7
43.5
3.5
Steals
Pos. Name SPG
15.2
23.0
32.8
42.7
2.7
2.7
Blocks
Pos. Name BPG
12.2
22.0
31.8
41.5
1.5
Other statistical leaders
Stat Name Avg.
Field goal percentage 62.3%
3-point FG percentage 52.4%
Free throw percentage 91.7%
Turnovers 5.7
Fouls 4.0

Awards

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Everything you need to know about the FIBA U16 Americas Women's Championship. 19 August 2021. FIBA.
  2. Web site: Everything you need to know about the FIBA U16 Americas Women's Championship . FIBA . 5 September 2021.
  3. Web site: Draw . FIBA . 5 September 2021.
  4. https://www.usab.com/basketball/media/pdfs/2021/wu16/cumulatives/21-wu16-individual-leaders.aspx Player statistics from USAB
  5. Web site: USA's Watkins takes home MVP honors from tournament’s All-Star Five . FIBA . 7 September 2021.