FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship

FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship

Current season, competition or edition:
Formerly	FIBA Americas Under-19 Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1990
Founder	FIBA Americas
Inaugural season	1990
No. of teams	8
Continent	Americas
Most recent champion(s)	United States (9th title)
Most titles	United States (9 titles)
Related competitions	FIBA Under-19 World Championship
Official website	FIBA.com

The FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship is the American basketball championships for players under 18 years that take place every two years among national teams of the continent. Before the 2006 edition the championship was played by under-19 teams.

Summary[]

Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
		Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
	Uruguay (Montevideo)	United States	105–73	Argentina	Brazil	69–61	Uruguay
	Argentina (Santa Rosa)	United States	77–72	Argentina	Puerto Rico	70–47	Venezuela
	Dominican Republic (Puerto Plata)	United States	91–66	Argentina	Brazil	74–70	Venezuela
	Venezuela (Margarita Island)	Puerto Rico	76–53	Venezuela	United States	71–65	Argentina
	United States (San Antonio)	United States	104–82	Argentina	Brazil	79–70	Canada
	Argentina (Formosa)	Argentina	77–64	United States	Canada	83–68	Puerto Rico
	United States (San Antonio)	United States	81–78	Brazil	Canada	86–83 (OT)	Argentina
	Brazil (São Sebastião do Paraíso)	United States	81–56	Brazil	Canada	68–66	Argentina
2014	United States (Colorado Springs)	United States	113–79	Canada	Dominican Republic	64–53	Argentina
2016	Chile (Valdivia)	United States	99–84	Canada	Brazil	59–58	Puerto Rico
2018	Canada (St. Catharines)	United States	113–74	Canada	Argentina	87–79	Puerto Rico
	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in North America and South America

Performances by nation[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	9	1	1	11
2	Argentina	1	4	1	6
3	Puerto Rico	1	0	1	2
4	Canada	0	3	3	6
5	Brazil	0	2	4	6
6	Venezuela	0	1	0	1
7	Dominican Republic	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		11	11	11	33

Participation details[]

Team									2014	2016	2018	Total
Argentina	2nd	2nd	2nd	4th	2nd	1st	4th	4th	4th	5th	3rd	11
Bahamas	–	–	–	–	7th	8th	–	–	–	–	–	2
Brazil	3rd	5th	3rd	6th	3rd	–	2nd	2nd	6th	3rd	–	9
Canada	9th	7th	6th	7th	4th	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	11
Chile	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6th	5th	2
Colombia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	–	–	–	1
	10th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Cuba	6th	–	7th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
Dominican Republic	–	6th	5th	5th	–	–	–	–	3rd	8th	6th	6
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	1
Mexico	–	9th	8th	8th	8th	7th	8th	5th	7th	–	–	8
	7th	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7th	3
Puerto Rico	5th	3rd	–	1st	5th	4th	6th	6th	5th	4th	4th	10
United States	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	11
Uruguay	4th	9th	–	–	6th	6th	5th	–	8th	–	–	6
Venezuela	8th	4th	4th	2nd	–	5th	–	–	–	–	–	5
	–	–	–	–	–	–	7th	7th	–	7th	–	3
Total	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

MVP Awards (since 2014)[]

Year	MVP Award Winner
2014	Stanley Johnson
2016	Markelle Fultz
2018	Quentin Grimes

See also[]

• FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship

External links[]

• USA history
• Brazil history (in Portuguese)