2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women

FIBA Americas Championship
for Women 2011
11th FIBA American Women's
Basketball Championship
Official website
Official Website
Tournament details
Host nation  Colombia
Dates September 24 – October 1
Teams 10 (from 44 federations)
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  Brazil (5th title)
MVP Érika de Souza
Tournament statistics
Players Teams
PPG Javiera Novión
Nicole Louden (18.8)		  Brazil (79)
Rebounds Vanessa Gidden
Erika Gómez (8.3)		  Brazil (39.8)
Assists Erika Valek (5.8)  Brazil (16.2)

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]

Contents

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

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		 Report Puerto Rico  50–67  Cuba    Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva, Neiva
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 12–7, 14–23, 9–18
Pts: Valentin 15
Rebs: Valentin, Sepúlveda 3
Asts: Vargas 2		 Pts: Gelis, Fernández 14
Rebs: Noblet 9
Asts: Gelis 6
September 24
21:15		 Report Chile  50–69  Colombia    Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva, Neiva
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 9–19, 11–20, 15–17
Pts: Novión 19
Rebs: Novión 10
Asts: three players 2		 Pts: Mosquera 19
Rebs: Mosquera 8
Asts: Valek 6
September 25
19:00		 Report Argentina  80–50  Chile    Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva, Neiva
Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 25–8, 27–15, 18–14
Pts: Sánchez 15
Rebs: Pavón 7
Asts: Santana, Pavón 3		 Pts: Novión 15
Rebs: Novión 5
Asts: Novión 4
September 25
21:15		 Report Colombia  46–68  Puerto Rico    Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva, Neiva
Scoring by quarter: 4–20, 22–16, 11–17, 9–15
Pts: Valek 13
Rebs: Torres 7
Asts: Valek 8		 Pts: Valentin 24
Rebs: Plácido 9
Asts: Cortijo 5
September 26
19:00		 Report Puerto Rico  61–66  Argentina    Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva, Neiva
Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 10–14, 19–20, 7–17
Pts: Sepúlveda 15
Rebs: Sepúlveda 6
Asts: Cortijo 4		 Pts: Sánchez 27
Rebs: Burani 9
Asts: Pavón 4
September 26
21:15		 Report Cuba  75–65  Colombia    Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva, Neiva
Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 16–16, 22–19, 22–15
Pts: Gelis 22
Rebs: Cepeda 10
Asts: Gelis 5		 Pts: Valek 22
Rebs: Valek 11
Asts: Valek 6
September 27
19:00		 Report Chile  49–64  Puerto Rico    Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva, Neiva
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 5–12, 16–22, 9–11
Pts: Novión 22
Rebs: Gamboa 6
Asts: Troncoso 2		 Pts: Plácido 13
Rebs: Sepúlveda 8
Asts: Rosado 5
September 27
21:15		 Report Argentina  65–59  Cuba    Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva, Neiva
Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 15–17, 11–17, 25–12
Pts: Cava 18
Rebs: Pavón 7
Asts: three players 2		 Pts: Gelis, Amargo 11
Rebs: Cepeda 10
Asts: Gelis 3
September 28
16:45		 Report Cuba  62–42  Chile    Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva, Neiva
Scoring by quarter: 19–6, 17–16, 15–7, 11–13
Pts: Fernández 13
Rebs: Cepeda 12
Asts: three players 2		 Pts: Novión 19
Rebs: Novión 5
Asts: Novión 5
September 28
21:15		 Report Colombia  45–66  Argentina    Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva, Neiva
Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 11–16, 8–20, 15–14
Pts: Valek 12
Rebs: Díaz 10
Asts: Valek, Martínez 3		 Pts: González 14
Rebs: Cabrera 8
Asts: González 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		 Report Brazil  117–34  Paraguay    Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva, Neiva
Scoring by quarter: 28–5, 27–9, 35–7, 27–13
Pts: de Souza 18
Rebs: de Souza 8
Asts: Dantas 5		 Pts: T. Insfrán 12
Rebs: Pérez 4
Asts: six players 1
September 24
19:00		 Report Mexico  45–72  Canada    Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva, Neiva
Scoring by quarter: 4–19, 5–16, 16–12, 20–25
Pts: Gómez 18
Rebs: Castro, Gómez 8
Asts: Silva, García 2		 Pts: Keane 15
Rebs: Gabriele 6
Asts: Thorburn, Aubry 3
September 25
14:30		 Report Jamaica  69–64  Mexico    Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva, Neiva
Scoring by quarter: 20–9, 17–26, 18–18, 14–11
Pts: Gidden 28
Rebs: Edwards 12
Asts: Edwards, Louden 3		 Pts: Gómez 21
Rebs: three players 7
Asts: Ramírez, Silva 3
September 25
16:45		 Report Canada  39–56  Brazil    Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva, Neiva
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: de Oliveira 3
September 26
14:30		 Report Paraguay  26–77  Canada    Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva, Neiva
Scoring by quarter: 6–22, 11–20, 5–19, 4–16
Pts: Peña 7
Rebs: R. Insfrán 7
Asts: Pérez 2		 Pts: Keane 15
Rebs: Tatham 8
Asts: Gabriele 5
September 26
16:45		 Report Brazil  73–50  Jamaica    Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva, Neiva
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		 Report Jamaica  69–71  Paraguay    Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva, Neiva
Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 20–15, 21–19, 18–16
Pts: Louden 24
Rebs: Gidden 9
Asts: Louden 3		 Pts: Caraves 21
Rebs: Peña, Fernández 5
Asts: Ghiringhelli 3
September 27
16:45		 Report Mexico  61–88  Brazil    Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva, Neiva
Scoring by quarter: 11–24, 13–21, 13–20, 24–23
Pts: Castro 17
Rebs: Castro 8
Asts: Castro 4		 Pts: de Souza 22
Rebs: three players 6
Asts: Pinto 4
September 28
14:30		 Report Paraguay  44–87  Mexico    Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva, Neiva
Scoring by quarter: 4–16, 13–24, 16–28, 11–19
Pts: T. Insfrán 12
Rebs: Fernández 10
Asts: Ghiringhelli 4		 Pts: Silva 21
Rebs: Gómez 12
Asts: Ramírez 6
September 28
19:00		 Report Canada  66–49  Jamaica    Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva, Neiva
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 18–12, 17–9, 16–15
Pts: Smith 13
Rebs: Gabriele 7
Asts: Gabriele 4		 Pts: Louden 22
Rebs: Gidden 5
Asts: Gidden 2

Final round

  Semi-finals Final
September 30
  Argentina  61  
  Canada  59  
 
October 1
      Argentina  33
    Brazil  74
Third place
September 30 October 1
  Brazil  66   Canada  59
  Cuba  53     Cuba  46

Semifinals

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

Third place game

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

Final

October 1
20:15		 Report Argentina  33–74  Brazil    Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva, Neiva
Scoring by quarter: 4–16, 7–17, 8–26, 14–15
Pts: Sánchez 12
Rebs: Sánchez 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

Points

Pos. Name PPG
1 Javiera Novión 18.8
1 Nicole Louden 18.8
3 Erika Gómez 18.5
4 Vanessa Gidden 18.3
5 Érika de Souza 16.2
6 Cynthia Valentín 14.8
7 Erika Valek 14.5
8 Erika Sánchez 14.3
9 Oyanaisis Gelis 12.0
10 Clenia Noblet 11.5

Rebounds

Pos. Name RPG
1 Vanessa Gidden 8.3
1 Erika Gómez 8.3
3 Érika de Souza 8.0
4 Alexis Castro 8.0
5 Marlen Cepeda 7.8
6 Simone Edwards 6.8
7 Clenia Noblet 6.5
8 Agostina Burani 6.0
9 Damiris Dantas 5.8
10 Sandra Pavón 5.3

Assists

Pos. Name APG
1 Erika Valek 5.8
2 Adriana Moisés Pinto 5.2
3 Shona Thorburn 3.3
4 Oyanaisis Gelis 3.0
5 Carla Cortijo 3.0
6 Taine Ramírez 2.8
7 Teresa Gabriele 2.7
8 Sandra Pavón 2.3
9 Patrícia de Oliveira 2.2
10 Débora González 2.0

Steals

Pos. Name SPG
1 Erika Valek 2.3
2 Patrícia de Oliveira 2.0
3 Courtnay Pilypaitis 1.8
4 Adriana Moisés Pinto 1.7
5 Ineidis Casanova 1.7
6 Sandra Pavón 1.7
7 Palmira Marçal 1.5
8 Yamara Amargo 1.3
9 Clenia Noblet 1.3
10 Micaela Jacintho 1.3

Blocks

Pos. Name BPG
1 Miranda Ayin 1.2
2 Tathiana Mosquera 1.0
3 Esmary Vargas 1.0
4 Érika de Souza 0.8
5 María Plácido 0.8
6 Lida Fernández 0.8
7 Levys Torres 0.8
8 Agostina Burani 0.7
9 Damiris Dantas 0.7
10 Oyanaisis Gelis 0.5

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Qualified for the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women.
Rank Team Record
 Brazil 6–0
 Argentina 5–1
 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
4th
 Brazil
Adriana Moisés Pinto
Palmira Marçal
Patrícia "Chuca" de Oliveira
Micaela Jacintho
Bárbara Generoso
Franciele Nascimento
Silvia Cristina Gustavo
Clarissa dos Santos
Damiris Dantas
Nádia Colhado
Érika de Souza
Gilmara Justino		  Argentina
Stephany Thomas
Ornella Santana
Paula Reggiardo
Diana Cabrera
Débora González
Marina Cava
Agostina Burani
Melisa Gretter
Sandra Pavón
Melani Soriani
Erica Sánchez
Melisa Pavicich		  Canada
Krista Phillips
Teresa Gabriele
Shona Thorburn
Courtnay Pilypaitis
Kim Smith
Kadie Riverin
Alisha Tathan
Kalisha Keane
Lizanne Murphy
Tamara Tathan
Chelsea Aubry
Miranda Ayim		  Cuba
Islen Carbonell
Ineidis Casanova
Lisdeyvis Martínez
Oyanaisis Gelis
Edith Thompson
Yamara Amargo
Lazara Moises
Marlen Cepeda
Clenia Noblet
Taimy Fernández
Leidys Oquendo
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

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