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

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Qualified for the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup.

width=50	Rank	width=175	Team	width=50	Record
		6–0
		5–1
		3–3
4		2–4
5		4–2
6		2–4
7		2–4
8		0–6

Statistical leaders

Players

Points^[4]

Pos.	Name	PPG
1		20.0
2		17.7
3		13.7
4		13.3
5		12.5
		12.5

Rebounds

Pos.	Name	RPG
1		14.0
2		12.3
3		9.7
4		9.2
5		7.7

Assists

Pos.	Name	APG
1		5.2
2		3.7
		3.7
4		3.5
		3.5

Steals

Pos.	Name	SPG
1		5.2
2		3.0
3		2.8
4		2.7
		2.7
		2.7

Blocks

Pos.	Name	BPG
1		2.2
2		2.0
3		1.8
4		1.5
		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

• Most Valuable Player:
  • JuJu Watkins^[5]
• All-Star Five:
  • JuJu Watkins
  • Jada Williams
  • Cassandre Prosper
  • Loriette Maciel
  • Taissa Nascimento Queiroz

See also

• 2021 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship
• 2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup

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.