2016 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship

FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship 2016th FIBA American Basketball Championship

Tournament details
Host country|  Chile
Dates| 19–23 July
Teams| 8
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  United States (8th title)
Tournament statistics
MVP|  Markelle Fultz
Top scorer|  Alexander-Walker
(17.4)
Top rebounds|  Negrón
(13.6)
Top assists|  Gilgeous-Alexander
(5.4)
Official website
2016 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship

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The 2016 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Men was an international basketball competition that was held in Valdivia, Chile from July 19–23, 2016. It was the tenth edition of the championship, and was the FIBA Americas qualifying tournament for the 2017 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. Eight national teams from across the Americas, composed of men aged 19 and under, competed in the tournament.[1] The United States won their fourth consecutive gold medal, and eighth overall, in this event by beating Canada in the final, 99–84.[2]

## Participating teams[edit]

* North America:
* United States
* Canada
* Central America/Caribbean:
* Puerto Rico
* Virgin Islands
* Dominican Republic
* South America:
* Argentina
* Brazil
* Chile (Hosts)

## Preliminary round[edit]

The draw was held on 14 April 2016.[3]

All times are local (UTC-4).

### Group A[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Canada | 3  | 3  | 0  | 253  | 190  | +63  | 6  | Advance to Semifinals
2  |  Brazil | 3  | 2  | 1  | 186  | 183  | +3  | 5
3  |  Argentina | 3  | 1  | 2  | 188  | 221  | −33  | 4  | Classification 5-8
4  |  Dominican Republic | 3  | 0  | 3  | 207  | 240  | −33  | 3

Source: Standings
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

19 July
15:45

Boxscore

Argentina | 58-92 |  Canada

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Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 15–29, 10–29, 17–17
Pts: Berra 14
Rebs: Acosta 8
Asts: Lopez 3 |  | Pts: Wigginton 21
Rebs: Shephard 7
Asts: Gilgeous-Alexander 5

Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Jesed Diaz (PUR), Matthew Myers (USA), Karol Quinones (CHI)

19 July
18:00

Boxscore

Dominican Republic | 58-74 |  Brazil

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Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 11–20, 12–18, 22–17
Pts: Vitiello 14
Rebs: Perez 7
Asts: Pena 2 |  | Pts: Galvanini 25
Rebs: Pereira 9
Asts: Ruivo 9

Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Kendell Henry (ISV), Felipe Valenzuela (CHI)

20 July
13:30

Boxscore

Canada | 87-74 |  Dominican Republic

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Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 21–15, 28–28, 18–19
Pts: Brissett 23
Rebs: Brissett 12
Asts: Wigginton 5 |  | Pts: Figueroa 22
Rebs: Pena 9
Asts: Perez 3

Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Matthew Myers (USA), Kendell Henry (ISV), Karol Quinones (CHI)

20 July
18:00

Boxscore

Brazil | 54-51 |  Argentina

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Scoring by quarter: 11–12, 13–13, 18–9, 12–17
Pts: Santos 11
Rebs: Uchendu 20
Asts: Ruivo 3 |  | Pts: Solanas 12
Rebs: Andreatta 8
Asts: Corvalan 3

Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Jesed Diaz (PUR), Alejandra Gaytan (MEX), Felipe Valenzuela (CHI)

21 July
13:30

Boxscore

Brazil | 58-74 |  Canada

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Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 18–11, 15–29, 12–19
Pts: Uchendu 14
Rebs: Uchendu 12
Asts: Ruivo 4 |  | Pts: Brissett 19
Rebs: Wigginton 6
Asts: Gilgeous-Alexander 12

Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Jesed Diaz (PUR), Kendell Henry (ISV)

21 July
18:00

Boxscore

Argentina | 79-75 |  Dominican Republic

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Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 22–14, 19–32, 21–11
Pts: Corvalan 22
Rebs: Roitman 12
Asts: Corvalan 10 |  | Pts: Perez 21
Rebs: Waldron 12
Asts: Vitiello 5

Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Matthew Myers (USA), Karol Quinones (CHI), Felipe Valenzuela (CHI)

### Group B[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  United States | 3  | 3  | 0  | 280  | 183  | +97  | 6  | Advance to Semifinals
2  |  Puerto Rico | 3  | 2  | 1  | 225  | 224  | +1  | 5
3  |  Chile | 3  | 1  | 2  | 178  | 185  | −7  | 4  | Classification 5-8
4  |  Virgin Islands | 3  | 0  | 3  | 169  | 260  | −91  | 3

Source: Standings
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

19 July
13:30

Boxscore

Puerto Rico | 70-103 |  United States

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Scoring by quarter: 11–20, 15–26, 26–33, 18–24
Pts: Negrón 23
Rebs: Negrón 13
Asts: Jackson 5 |  | Pts: Porter Jr. 20
Rebs: Washington 10
Asts: Young 5

Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Leonardo Salazar (ARG), Andres Laulhe (URU), Bruno da Costa (BRA)

19 July
20:15

Boxscore

Chile | 68-45 |  Virgin Islands

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Scoring by quarter: 17–4, 12–14, 15–14, 24–13
Pts: Arroyo 16
Rebs: Torres 8
Asts: Aguirre 7 |  | Pts: Claxton 9
Rebs: Claxton 9
Asts: Stevens 5

Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Maximo Cruz (DOM), Alejandra Mota (MEX), Michael Scott (CAN)

20 July
15:45

Boxscore

Virgin Islands | 63-107 |  United States

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Scoring by quarter: 18–30, 17–28, 17–27, 11–22
Pts: Stevens 18
Rebs: Simmons 6
Asts: Stevens 4 |  | Pts: Porter Jr. 20
Rebs: Allen 10
Asts: Young 7

Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Maximo Cruz (DOM), Bruno Da Costa (BRA), Andres Laulhe (URU)

20 July
20:15

Boxscore

Puerto Rico | 70-60 |  Chile

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Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 14–17, 22–19, 20–9
Pts: Cruz 15
Rebs: C. Negron 10
Asts: Washington 3 |  | Pts: Aguirre 15
Rebs: Soulodre 10
Asts: Aguirre 4

Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Michael Scott (CAN), Leonardo Zalazar (ARG)

21 July
15:45

Boxscore

Virgin Islands | 61-85 |  Puerto Rico

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Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 12–21, 23–26, 7–24
Pts: Farrington 17
Rebs: Simmons 12
Asts: Stevens 4 |  | Pts: Thompson 24
Rebs: C. Negron 11
Asts: Cruz 3

Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Maximo Cruz (DOM), Bruno Da Costa (BRA), Alejandra Gaytan (MEX)

21 July
20:15

Boxscore

Chile | 50-70 |  United States

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Scoring by quarter: 14–9, 13–21, 13–20, 10–20
Pts: Arroyo 14
Rebs: Lorca 13
Asts: Aguirre 4 |  | Pts: Huerter 14
Rebs: Bamba 9
Asts: Coleman 6

Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Andres Laulhe (URU), Michael Scott (CAN)

## Classification round[edit]

All times are local (UTC-4).

| 5th–8th| | Fifth place

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| 22 July| |

|  Argentina| 91

| 23 July

|  Virgin Islands| 79 |

|  Argentina| 73

| 22 July

| |  Chile| 68

|  Chile| 72

|  Dominican Republic| 69 |

| Seventh place

| 23 July

|  Virgin Islands| 77

|  Dominican Republic| 63

### Classification 5–8[edit]

22 July
13:30

Boxscore

Argentina | 91-79 |  Virgin Islands

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Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 29–20, 26–25, 19–14
Pts: Corvalan 18
Rebs: Berra 6
Asts: Corvalan 8 |  | Pts: Simmons 22
Rebs: Simmons 16
Asts: Joseph 3

Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Michael Scott (CAN), Andres Laulhe (URU), Karol Quinones (CHI)

22 July
15:45

Boxscore

Chile | 72-69 |  Dominican Republic

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Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 19–17, 21–16, 16–22
Pts: Arroyo 22
Rebs: Arroyo 10
Asts: Aguirre 5 |  | Pts: Figueroa 25
Rebs: Figueroa 15
Asts: Vitiello 5

Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Matthew Myers (USA), Bruno Da Costa (BRA), Jesed Diaz (PUR)

### Seventh place game[edit]

23 July
13:30

Boxscore

Virgin Islands | 77-63 |  Dominican Republic

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Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 14–12, 25–9, 14–18
Pts: Claxton 17
Rebs: Simmons 16
Asts: Joseph 5 |  | Pts: Familia 15
Rebs: Familia 10
Asts: Rivera 3

Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Andres Laulhe (URU), Bruno Da Costa (BRA), Karol Quinones (CHI)

### Fifth place game[edit]

23 July
15:45

Boxscore

Argentina | 73-68 |  Chile

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Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 24–19, 17–19, 14–16
Pts: Lopez 13
Rebs: Andreatta 8
Asts: Lopez 5 |  | Pts: Haase 18
Rebs: Haase 6
Asts: Aguirre 5

Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Maximo Cruz (DOM), Michael Scott (CAN)

## Final round[edit]

All times are local (UTC-4).

| Semifinals| | Final

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| 22 July| |

|  Canada| 83

| 23 July

|  Puerto Rico| 66 |

|  Canada| 84

| 22 July

| |  United States| 99

|  United States| 88

|  Brazil| 48 |

| Third place

| 23 July

|  Puerto Rico| 58

|  Brazil| 59

### Semifinals[edit]

22 July
18:00

Boxscore

Canada | 83-66 |  Puerto Rico

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Scoring by quarter: 20–9, 25–19, 19–19, 19–19
Pts: Wigginton 22
Rebs: Brissett 8
Asts: Wigginton 5 |  | Pts: Jackson 15
Rebs: C. Negron 11
Asts: Pacheco 2

Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Maximo Cruz (DOM), Alejandra Gaytan (MEX)

22 July
20:15

Boxscore

United States | 88-48 |  Brazil

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Scoring by quarter: 23–14, 17–12, 33–12, 15–10
Pts: Porter Jr. 17
Rebs: Allen 10
Asts: Fultz 11 |  | Pts: Y. Dos Santos 7
Rebs: Y. Dos Santos 6
Asts: Y. Dos Santos 4

Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Kendell Henry (ISV), Felipe Valenzuela (CHI)

### Third place game[edit]

23 July
18:00

Boxscore

Puerto Rico | 58-59 |  Brazil

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Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 13–11, 18–17, 12–17
Pts: Allende 15
Rebs: C. Negron 23
Asts: Pacheco 4 |  | Pts: Pereira 16
Rebs: Pereira 16
Asts: Santos 5

Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Matthew Myers (USA), Alejandra Gaytan (MEX), Felipe Valenzuela (CHI)

### Final[edit]

23 July
20:15

Boxscore

Canada | 84-99 |  United States

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Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 21–24, 19–27, 21–24
Pts: Alexander-Walker 25
Rebs: Kigab 10
Asts: Henry 4 |  | Pts: Fultz 23
Rebs: Coleman 9
Asts: Fultz 5

Coliseo Municipal de Valdivia, Valdivia
Referees: Jesed Diaz (PUR), Kendell Henry (ISV), Leonardo Zalazar (ARG)

## Awards[edit]

2016 FIBA Americas Under-18
Championship winners

United States
8th title
Most Valuable Player

Markelle Fultz

## Final ranking[edit]

| Qualified for the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup

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| Suspended from the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
Rank  | Team  | Record

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|  United States | 5–0
|  Canada | 4–1
|  Brazil*  | 3–2
4  |  Puerto Rico | 2–3
5  |  Argentina | 3–2
6  |  Chile | 2–3
7  |  Virgin Islands | 1–4
8  |  Dominican Republic | 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] On 12 May 2017, Argentina was chosen to replace Brazil.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "2016 FIBA Americas U-18 Championship". FIBA. Archived from the original on September 20, 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
2. ^ "USA are the 2016 FIBA Americas U18 Champions". FIBA.com. July 24, 2016. Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
3. ^ "Draw Results in for FIBA Americas U18 Championships". FIBA. April 14, 2016. Archived from the original on August 1, 2022. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
4. ^ "FIBA suspends Brazilian federation". FIBA. November 11, 2016. Archived from the original on August 30, 2017.
5. ^ "Argentina replace suspended Brazil to complete FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2017 field". FIBA. 12 May 2017. Archived from the original on September 17, 2017.

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