2021 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship

International basketball competition
2021 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship
7th FIBA Americas Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Mexico
Dates23–29 August
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (7th title)
Tournament statistics
MVPUnited States Robert Dillingham[1]
Top scorerUnited States Holland (19.0)
Top reboundsPuerto Rico Avilés (10.8)
Top assistsUnited States Dillingham (6.2)
PPG (Team) United States (116.8)
RPG (Team) Puerto Rico (54.3)
APG (Team) United States (32.0)
Official website
2021 FIBA U16 Americas Championship
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The 2021 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship was the men's international basketball competition that was held in Xalapa, Mexico, from 23 to 29 August 2021. The top four teams qualified for the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Spain.[2]

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  Canada
 United States
Central America and the Caribbean area (CONCENCABA) 3  Puerto Rico
 Dominican Republic
 Mexico
South American (CONSUBASQUET) 3  Argentina
 Brazil
 Chile

Draw

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

Group A Group B
 Argentina
 Mexico
 Brazil
 Canada 		 Chile
 United States
 Puerto Rico
 Dominican Republic

Group phase

All times are local (UTC−5).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 3 3 0 250 171 +79 6 Quarterfinals
2  Canada 3 2 1 247 183 +64 5
3  Brazil 3 1 2 174 249 −75 4
4  Mexico 3 0 3 157 225 −68 3
Source: FIBA
23 August 2021
17:30
Boxscore
Argentina  81–70  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 20–23, 22–16, 24–14
Pts: Bocca 17
Rebs: Prome 10
Asts: Peral 5		 Pts: Tyne 22
Rebs: Lioux 9
Asts: Tyne 6
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Jesús López (VEN), Orlando José Varela Díaz (HON), Aline García (URU)
23 August 2021
20:30
Boxscore
Mexico  59–69  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 20-12, 14–18, 13-22, 12-17
Pts: Soqui 21
Rebs: Verdugo 7
Asts: Cabral 3		 Pts: Bianchi 22
Rebs: Vicentini Borio 15
Asts: Segantini Moreira 5
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Erick Endara Estevez (ECU), Yuliet Mendez Alvarez (CUB), Delquino Vizcaíno Vicente (DOM)
24 August 2021
17:30
Boxscore
Brazil  52–98  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 13–29, 16-26, 9-22
Pts: Farias Cardoso 11
Rebs: Nascimento Raymundo 9
Asts: Segantini Moreira 3		 Pts: Bocca 22
Rebs: Bocca 9
Asts: Respaud 7
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Jesús López (VEN), Orlando José Varela Díaz (HON), Aline García (URU)
24 August 2021
20:30
Boxscore
Canada  85–49  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 24-15, 22-10, 19-11, 20-13
Pts: Oliogu 15
Rebs: Lioux 15
Asts: Theodosiou 4		 Pts: Georgelos 12
Rebs: Georgelos 10
Asts: Landavazo 2
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Erick Endara Estevez (ECU), Yuliet Mendez Alvarez (CUB), Delquino Vizcaíno Vicente (DOM)
25 August 2021
17:30
Boxscore
Brazil  53–92  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 13–24, 14-26, 14-18
Pts: Bianchi 13
Rebs: Farias Cardoso 8
Asts: De Jesus Andrade 2		 Pts: Sharma 19
Rebs: Rioux 11
Asts: Tyne 6
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Jesús López (VEN), Erick Endara Estevez (ECU), Yuliet Mendez Alvarez (CUB)
25 August 2021
20:30
Boxscore
Mexico  49–71  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 12-14, 9-14, 13-28, 15-15
Pts: Escobedo 10
Rebs: Landavazo 8
Asts: Soqui 4		 Pts: Respaud 11
Rebs: López 9
Asts: Peral 5
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Orlando José Varela Díaz (HON), Aline García (URU), Carol Sacramento Garcia Ferro (COL)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 389 200 +189 6 Quarterfinals
2  Dominican Republic 3 2 1 256 254 +2 5
3  Puerto Rico 3 1 2 215 230 −15 4
4  Chile 3 0 3 150 326 −176 3
Source: FIBA
23 August 2021
11:30
Boxscore
Chile  54–107  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 15–35, 10–23, 11-22, 18-27
Pts: Orrego 12
Rebs: Ríos 9
Asts: Pescetto 2		 Pts: Ceballo 19
Rebs: Ceballo 10
Asts: Muñoz 7
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Micaela Prado (ARG), Wallace Pacífico Rosa (BRA), Jesus López Díaz (MEX)
23 August 2021
14:30
Boxscore
United States  118–67  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 42-18, 22-16, 34-17, 20-16
Pts: Holland 24
Rebs: Lewis 12
Asts: Boswell 7		 Pts: Lee 18
Rebs: Avilés 9
Asts: Adorno 6
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Waseem Husainy (CAN), Franco Ronconi (ARG), Carol Sacramento Garcia Ferro (COL)
24 August 2021
11:30
Boxscore
Dominican Republic  74–133  United States
Scoring by quarter: 22–32, 22–37, 18-29, 12-35
Pts: Díaz 16
Rebs: Díaz 12
Asts: Muñoz 5		 Pts: Tucker 22
Rebs: McNeeley 10
Asts: Curry 9
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Micaela Prado (ARG), Jesus López Díaz (MEX), Carol Sacramento Garcia Ferro (COL)
24 August 2021
14:30
Boxscore
Puerto Rico  81–37  Chile
Scoring by quarter: 21-10, 27-13, 19-9, 14-5
Pts: Avilés 18
Rebs: Martínez 8
Asts: Adorno 6		 Pts: Cresp 11
Rebs: Ríos 8
Asts: Stuardo 2
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Franco Ronconi (ARG), Waseem Husainy (CAN), Alberto Achutegui López (MEX)
25 August 2021
11:30
Boxscore
Chile  59–138  United States
Scoring by quarter: 9–35, 17–32, 17-35, 16-36
Pts: Aguirre 15
Rebs: Orrego 7
Asts: Orrego 7		 Pts: Jackson 30
Rebs: McNeeley 9
Asts: Dillingham 12
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Micaela Prado (ARG), Alberto Achutegui López (MEX), Delquino Vizcaíno Vicente (DOM)
25 August 2021
14:30
Boxscore
Puerto Rico  67–75  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 8-18, 22-22, 20-16, 17-19
Pts: Avilés 17
Rebs: Avilés 12
Asts: Marín 7		 Pts: Carbuccia 20
Rebs: Díaz 9
Asts: Carbuccia 8
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Franco Ronconi (ARG), Waseem Hisainy (CAN), Wallace Rosa Pacífico (BRA)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

27 August 2021
11:30
Boxscore
Argentina  90–38  Chile
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 13-6, 36–5, 26–25
Pts: Peral 21
Rebs: Prome 9
Asts: Pérez 6		 Pts: Cresp 15
Rebs: Ríos 8
Asts: Pescetto 2
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Waseem Husainy (CAN), Yuliet Alvarez Mendez (CUB), Jesus López Díaz (MEX)
27 August 2021
14:30
Boxscore
Dominican Republic  74–66  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 16-19, 20-17, 15–13, 23–17
Pts: Carbuccia 21
Rebs: Almonte 7
Asts: Muñoz 7		 Pts: Bersch Klafke 12
Rebs: Vicentini Borio 12
Asts: Vicentini Borio 4
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Orlando José Varela Díaz (HON), Alberto Achutegui López (MEX), Aline García (URU)
27 August 2021
17:30
Boxscore
Canada  93–65  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 27–14, 25-17, 17-20, 24–14
Pts: Tyne 20
Rebs: Rioux 9
Asts: Tyne 7		 Pts: Avilés 22
Rebs: Avilés 11
Asts: Martínez 3
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Jesús López (VEN), Micaela Prado (ARG), Wallace Pacífico Rosa (BRA)
27 August 2021
20:30
Boxscore
United States  123–53  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 35-7, 29-17, 37–17, 22–12
Pts: Lewis 24
Rebs: Holland 10
Asts: Curry 10		 Pts: Landavazo 11
Rebs: Landavazo 6
Asts: Escobedo 4
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Erick Endara Estevez (ECU), Fraco Ronconi (ARG), Carol Sacramento Garcia Ferro (COL)

5–8th place semifinals

28 August 2021
11:30
Boxscore
Chile  41–73  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 3-19, 6-17, 12-22
Pts: Ríos 17
Rebs: Araneda 6
Asts: Cresp 3		 Pts: Farias Cardoso 15
Rebs: Nascimento Raymundo 10
Asts: De Souza Pacheco 8
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Jesús López (VEN), Micaela Prado (ARG), Yuliet Mendez Alvarez (CUB)
28 August 2021
14:30
Boxscore
Puerto Rico  78–82  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 16-24, 16-18, 22-22, 22-18
Pts: Avilés 22
Rebs: Avilés 19
Asts: Cruz 5		 Pts: Soqui 20
Rebs: Georgelos 7
Asts: Escobedo 6
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Waseem Husainy (CAN), Fraco Ronconi (ARG), Delquino Vizcaíno Vicente (DOM)

Semifinals

28 August 2021
17:30
Boxscore
Argentina  76–74  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 20-22, 23-15, 13-17, 20-20
Pts: Giovannetti 24
Rebs: Lomello 7
Asts: Pérez 4		 Pts: Aybar 26
Rebs: Almonte 9
Asts: Liberato 4
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Orlando José Varela Díaz (HON), Wallace Racífico Rosa (BRA), Aline García (URU)
28 August 2021
20:30
Boxscore
Canada  81–99  United States
Scoring by quarter: 17-28, 30-19, 13-29, 21-23
Pts: Oliogu 17
Rebs: Rioux 12
Asts: Okojie 8		 Pts: Boswell 20
Rebs: Holland 16
Asts: Dillingham 4
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Erick Endara Estevez (ECU), Jesus López Díaz (MEX), Carol Sacramento Garcia Ferro (COL)

Seventh place game

29 August 2021
11:30
Boxscore
Chile  46–73  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 19-22, 13-21, 9-16, 5-14
Pts: Cresp 8
Rebs: Araneda 7
Asts: Ríos 4		 Pts: Gali 16
Rebs: Martínez 10
Asts: Torres 6
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Alberto Achutegui López (MEX), Jesus López Díaz (MEX), Carol Sacramento Garcia Ferro (COL)

Fifth place game

29 August 2021
14:30
Boxscore
Brazil  73–60  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 19-11, 22-17, 18-21, 14-11
Pts: Bersch Klafke 31
Rebs: Da Silva 10
Asts: De Souza Pacheco 11		 Pts: Escobedo 16
Rebs: Landavazo 7
Asts: Escobedo 7
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Franco Ronconi (ARG), Yuliet Mendez Alvarez (CUB), Aline García (URU)

Third place game

29 August 2021
17:30
Boxscore
Dominican Republic  76–92  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 21-22, 13-23, 20-27, 22-20
Pts: Liberato 17
Rebs: Díaz 12
Asts: Carbuccia 4		 Pts: Theodosiou 15
Rebs: Yeiy 14
Asts: Okojie 7
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Micaela Prado (ARG), Erick Endara Estevez (ECU), Wallace Pacífico Rosa (BRA)

Final

29 August 2021
20:30
Boxscore
Argentina  75–90  United States
Scoring by quarter: 20-11, 11-19, 19-29, 25-31
Pts: Bocca 15
Rebs: Prome 6
Asts: Singoj 4		 Pts: Dillingham 31
Rebs: Holland 12
Asts: Dillingham 4
USBI Gymnasium, Xalapa
Referees: Waseem Husainy (CAN), Jesús López (VEN), Orlando José Varela Díaz (HON)

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup.
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States[4] 6–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Argentina 5–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada[5] 4–2
4  Dominican Republic 3–3
5  Brazil 3–3
6  Mexico 1–5
7  Puerto Rico 2–4
8  Chile 0-6

Statistical leaders

Players

Points[6]
Pos. Name PPG
1 United States Ronald Holland 19.0
2 Puerto Rico Alejandro Avilés 16.7
3 United States Robert Dillingham 15.7
4 Canada Mikkel Tyne 15.0
5 Brazil Eduardo Bersch Klafke 13.5
Rebounds
Pos. Name RPG
1 Puerto Rico Alejandro Avilés 10.8
2 Canada Olivier Rioux 10.3
3 United States Ronald Holland 10.2
4 Dominican Republic Luis Díaz 9.0
5 Brazil Enrico Vicentini Borio 7.5
Assists
Pos. Name APG
1 United States Robert Dillingham 6.2
2 Brazil Cauã De Souza Pacheco 5.8
3 United States Jaylen Curry 5.7
4 Canada Osezojie Baraka Okojie 5.5
5 Dominican Republic Danny Carbuccia 5.3

Steals
Pos. Name SPG
1 United States Jaylen Curry 3.8
2 United States Robert Dillingham 3.2
3 Dominican Republic Danny Carbuccia 2.8
4 United States Ronald Holland 2.5
Dominican Republic Yeison Liberato 2.5
Argentina Juan Peral 2.5
Blocks
Pos. Name BPG
1 Puerto Rico Alejandro Avilés 3.5
2 Canada Olivier Rioux 2.3
3 United States Justin McBride 1.8
4 United States Jalen Lewis 1.7
5 Dominican Republic Yeison Liberato 1.5
Other statistical leaders
Stat Name Avg.
Field goal percentage United States Ronald Holland 65.3%
3-point FG percentage United States Jalen Lewis 58.3%
Free throw percentage Mexico Charles Georgelos 85.0%
Turnovers Canada Mikkel Tyne 4.2
Fouls Dominican Republic Yeison Liberato 3.0

Awards

 2021 Americas Under-16 champions 

United States
Seventh title

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "USA's Dillingham wins U16 MVP, headlines All-Star Five". FIBA. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Everything you need to know about the FIBA U16 Americas Championship 2021". FIBA. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Draw".
  4. ^ Lawlor, Christopher (30 August 2021). "SEVENTH HEAVEN: USA U16 Men's National Team claims gold, winning FIBA Americas title; Robert Dillingham earns MVP, scores 31 points against Argentina in final". Bluestar Media. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  5. ^ "CANADA TAKES HOME A SILVER AND BRONZE MEDAL AT THE FIBA U16 AMERICAS TOURNAMENTS". Canada Basketball. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  6. ^ Player statistics

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