2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women

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FIBA Americas Cup
for Women 2011
11th FIBA American Women's
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nationColombia
DatesSeptember 24 – October 1
Teams10 
(from 44 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Brazil
(5th title)
MVPBrazil Érika de Souza
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Chile
Jamaica (18.8)		  Brazil (79)
Rebounds Jamaica Vanessa Gidden
Mexico (8.3)		  Brazil (39.8)
Assists Colombia Erika Valek (5.8)  Brazil (16.2)
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The 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas at the women's basketball tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The tournament was held at Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva in Neiva, Colombia from September 24 to October 1. It was the first FIBA Americas Championship for Women to have 10 countries competing.[1]

Qualification[]

Qualification was done via FIBA Americas' sub-zones. USA Basketball chose not to enter its national team, which sat atop the FIBA World Rankings going into the tournament, because the team had already qualified for the 2012 Olympics by winning the 2010 World Championship. The qualified teams are:

Draw[]

The draw ceremonies were held in Neiva on May 5, 2011 at the Auditorio Rodrigo Lara Bonilla de la Asamblea Departamental del Huila. The results, with the FIBA World Rankings prior to the draw, were:[2]

Group A Group B

25.  Chile
10.  Cuba
13.  Argentina
33.  Puerto Rico
72.  Colombia

49.  Jamaica
6.  Brazil
12.  Canada
27.  Mexico
72.  Paraguay

Note: Colombia and Paraguay had 0 ranking points and was therefore ranked after the last ranked team.

Format[]

  • The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals.
  • The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final. The losers play for third place.

Tie-breaking criteria[]

Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:

  1. Head to head results
  2. Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
  3. Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Qualified for the semifinals
Eliminated in Preliminary Round
Team Pts Pld W L PF PA PD
 Argentina 8 4 4 0 277 215 +62
 Cuba 7 4 3 1 263 222 +41
 Puerto Rico 6 4 2 2 243 228 +15
 Colombia 5 4 1 3 225 259 –34
 Chile 4 4 0 4 191 275 –84

All times local (UTC−5)

September 24
14:30
Puerto Rico  50–67  Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 12–7, 14–23, 9–18
Pts: 15
Rebs: , Sepúlveda 3
Asts: 2		 Pts: Gelis, 14
Rebs: 9
Asts: Gelis 6
September 24
21:15
Chile  50–69  Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 9–19, 11–20, 15–17
Pts: 19
Rebs: 10
Asts: three players 2		 Pts: 19
Rebs: 8
Asts: Valek 6
September 25
19:00
Argentina  80–50  Chile
Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 25–8, 27–15, 18–14
Pts: 15
Rebs: 7
Asts: Santana, 3		 Pts: 15
Rebs: 5
Asts: 4
September 25
21:15
Colombia  46–68  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 4–20, 22–16, 11–17, 9–15
Pts: Valek 13
Rebs: Torres 7
Asts: Valek 8		 Pts: 24
Rebs: Plácido 9
Asts: Cortijo 5
September 26
19:00
Puerto Rico  61–66  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 10–14, 19–20, 7–17
Pts: Sepúlveda 15
Rebs: Sepúlveda 6
Asts: Cortijo 4		 Pts: 27
Rebs: Burani 9
Asts: 4
September 26
21:15
Cuba  75–65  Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 16–16, 22–19, 22–15
Pts: Gelis 22
Rebs: 10
Asts: Gelis 5		 Pts: Valek 22
Rebs: Valek 11
Asts: Valek 6
September 27
19:00
Chile  49–64  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 5–12, 16–22, 9–11
Pts: 22
Rebs: 6
Asts: 2		 Pts: Plácido 13
Rebs: Sepúlveda 8
Asts: Rosado 5
September 27
21:15
Argentina  65–59  Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 15–17, 11–17, 25–12
Pts: 18
Rebs: 7
Asts: three players 2		 Pts: Gelis, 11
Rebs: 10
Asts: Gelis 3
September 28
16:45
Cuba  62–42  Chile
Scoring by quarter: 19–6, 17–16, 15–7, 11–13
Pts: 13
Rebs: 12
Asts: three players 2		 Pts: 19
Rebs: 5
Asts: 5
September 28
21:15
Colombia  45–66  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 11–16, 8–20, 15–14
Pts: Valek 12
Rebs: 10
Asts: Valek, 3		 Pts: 14
Rebs: Cabrera 8
Asts: 4

Group B[]

Qualified for the semifinals
Eliminated in Preliminary Round
Team Pts Pld W L PF PA PD Tie
 Brazil 8 4 4 0 334 184 +150
 Canada 7 4 3 1 254 176 +78
 Mexico 5 4 1 3 257 273 –16 1–1, 1.336
 Jamaica 5 4 1 3 237 274 –37 1–1, 1.022
 Paraguay 5 4 1 3 175 350 –175 1–1, 0.737

All times local (UTC−5)

September 24
16:45
Brazil  117–34  Paraguay
Scoring by quarter: 28–5, 27–9, 35–7, 27–13
Pts: de Souza 18
Rebs: de Souza 8
Asts: Dantas 5		 Pts: 12
Rebs: 4
Asts: six players 1
September 24
19:00
Mexico  45–72  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 4–19, 5–16, 16–12, 20–25
Pts: 18
Rebs: , 8
Asts: , 2		 Pts: Keane 15
Rebs: Gabriele 6
Asts: Thorburn, Aubry 3
September 25
14:30
Jamaica  69–64  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 20–9, 17–26, 18–18, 14–11
Pts: Gidden 28
Rebs: Edwards 12
Asts: Edwards, 3		 Pts: 21
Rebs: three players 7
Asts: , 3
September 25
16:45
Canada  39–56  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 8–8, 12–15, 9–23, 10–10
Pts: Ayim 10
Rebs: Tatham 5
Asts: Gabriele 3		 Pts: Dantas 13
Rebs: Dantas 11
Asts: 3
September 26
14:30
Paraguay  26–77  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 6–22, 11–20, 5–19, 4–16
Pts: 7
Rebs: 7
Asts: 2		 Pts: Keane 15
Rebs: Tatham 8
Asts: Gabriele 5
September 26
16:45
Brazil  73–50  Jamaica
Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 16–12, 18–9, 17–16
Pts: de Souza 19
Rebs: de Souza 7
Asts: Pinto 7		 Pts: Gidden 23
Rebs: Gidden 10
Asts: Gidden 2
September 27
14:30
Jamaica  69–71  Paraguay
Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 20–15, 21–19, 18–16
Pts: 24
Rebs: Gidden 9
Asts: 3		 Pts: 21
Rebs: , 5
Asts: 3
September 27
16:45
Mexico  61–88  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 11–24, 13–21, 13–20, 24–23
Pts: 17
Rebs: 8
Asts: 4		 Pts: de Souza 22
Rebs: three players 6
Asts: Pinto 4
September 28
14:30
Paraguay  44–87  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 4–16, 13–24, 16–28, 11–19
Pts: 12
Rebs: 10
Asts: 4		 Pts: 21
Rebs: 12
Asts: 6
September 28
19:00
Canada  66–49  Jamaica
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 18–12, 17–9, 16–15
Pts: Smith 13
Rebs: Gabriele 7
Asts: Gabriele 4		 Pts: 22
Rebs: Gidden 5
Asts: Gidden 2

Final round[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
September 30
 
 
 Argentina61
 
October 1
 
 Canada59
 
 Argentina33
 
September 30
 
 Brazil74
 
 Brazil66
 
 
 Cuba53
 
Third place
 
 
October 1
 
 
 Canada59
 
 
 Cuba46

Semifinals[]

September 30
18:00
Argentina  61–59  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 13–18, 7–12, 18–19
Pts: 18
Rebs: 10
Asts: 3		 Pts: Aubry 14
Rebs: Murphy 7
Asts: Thorburn 6
September 30
20:15
Brazil  66–53  Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 14–10, 14–15, 14–12
Pts: de Souza 20
Rebs: Pinto 13
Asts: Pinto 12		 Pts: 16
Rebs: Gelis, 5
Asts: three players 2

Third place game[]

October 1
18:00
Canada  59–46  Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 13–8, 11–11, 19–11, 16–16
Pts: Gabriele, Smith 13
Rebs: Aubry 7
Asts: Thorburn 4		 Pts: 12
Rebs: 5
Asts: three players 1

Final[]

October 1
20:15
Argentina  33–74  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 4–16, 7–17, 8–26, 14–15
Pts: 12
Rebs: 11
Asts: four players 1		 Pts: de Souza 13
Rebs: de Souza 16
Asts: Pinto, de Souza 3

Awards[]

 2011 Tournament of the Americas for Women Winners 

Brazil
Fifth title

Statistical Leaders[]

Individual Tournament Highs[]

Final ranking[]

Qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Qualified for the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women.
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil 6–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Argentina 5–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada 4–2
4  Cuba 3–3
5  Puerto Rico 2–2
6  Mexico 1–3
7  Colombia 1–3
8  Jamaica 1–3
9  Paraguay 1–3
10  Chile 0–4
  • Cuba renounced to compete in the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women. In these circumstances, the FIBA has chosen Puerto Rico, the best team in the Americas Championship after Cuba.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
 Brazil
Adriana Moisés Pinto
Palmira Marçal



Franciele Nascimento

Clarissa dos Santos
Damiris Dantas
Nádia Colhado
Érika de Souza
 Argentina

Ornella Santana

Diana Cabrera


Agostina Burani
Melisa Gretter



 Canada
Krista Phillips
Teresa Gabriele
Shona Thorburn
Courtnay Pilypaitis
Kim Smith


Kalisha Keane
Lizanne Murphy

Chelsea Aubry
Miranda Ayim 		 Cuba

Ineidis Casanova

Oyanaisis Gelis







Suchitel Ávila

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women to be played in Neiva, Colombia
  2. ^ FIBA Americas - The 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women's Draw takes place in Neiva, Colombia[permanent dead link]

External links[]

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