2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women

FIBA Americas Cup
for Women 2013
12th FIBA American Women's
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Mexico
Dates 21–28 September
Teams 10
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  Cuba (4th title)
MVP Cuba Yamara Amargo
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Chile Morrison (23.3)  Brazil (83.0)
Rebounds Argentina Vega (11.5)
Assists Argentina Gretter (6.3)
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The 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women in Turkey. The tournament was held at the Gimnasio USBI in Xalapa, Mexico from 21–28 September 2013.[1]

Cuba won their fourth title after defeating Canada 77–71 in the final.[2]

Qualification

Qualification was done via FIBA Americas' sub-zones. USA Basketball chose not to enter its national team, because it had already qualified for the 2014 World Championships by winning the 2012 Olympics. The qualified teams were:

Draw

The draw was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico on July 12, 2013.[3]

Format

  • The top two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals.
  • The winners in the knockout semifinals advanced to the Final. The losers played for the third place.[4]

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

Qualified for the semifinals

All times local (UTC−5)

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Canada 4 4 0 310 173+137 8
 Cuba 4 3 1 282 235+47 7
 Chile 4 1 3 258 311−53 5
 Jamaica 4 1 3 225 285−60 5
 Venezuela 4 1 3 255 326−71 5
21 September 2013
14:00
Chile  74–77  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 21–15, 27–24, 15–25
Pts: Morrison 30
Rebs: Morrison 18
Asts: Morales 9		 Pts: Márquez 19
Rebs: Silva, Blanco 5
Asts: Silva 6
21 September 2013
16:15
Jamaica  51–75  Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 4–22, 16–16, 8–15
Pts: Smith 12
Rebs: Latouche 6
Asts: Smith 5		 Pts: Amargo 23
Rebs: Cepeda 11
Asts: Gelis 3
22 September 2013
14:00
Canada  75–37  Jamaica
Scoring by quarter: 21–7, 12–18, 21–4, 21–8
Pts: Smith 15
Rebs: Ayim 8
Asts: Pilypaitis 7		 Pts: Edwards 12
Rebs: Smith 5
Asts: Smith 3
22 September 2013
16:15
Cuba  85–59  Chile
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 20–11, 23–16, 19–17
Pts: Amargo 20
Rebs: Povea 8
Asts: Povea 5		 Pts: Morrison 24
Rebs: Morrison 11
Asts: Morales 6
23 September 2013
14:00
Venezuela  72–82  Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 12–25, 17–15, 18–24, 25–18
Pts: Blanco 19
Rebs: Blanco 10
Asts: Silva, Wallen 5		 Pts: Amargo 28
Rebs: Amargo 9
Asts: Casanova 6
23 September 2013
16:15
Chile  51–93  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 10–26, 9–23, 22–17, 10–27
Pts: Cousiño 18
Rebs: Morrison 6
Asts: Basáez 5		 Pts: Thorburn 15
Rebs: Smith 6
Asts: five players 4
24 September 2013
14:00
Jamaica  56–74  Chile
Scoring by quarter: 10–2, 13–28, 12–28, 21–16
Pts: Smith 14
Rebs: Ashmeade 8
Asts: Dixon 4		 Pts: Morrison 20
Rebs: Morrison 9
Asts: Basáez 5
24 September 2013
16:15
Canada  89–45  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 21–8, 16–11, 23–20, 29–6
Pts: Ross 16
Rebs: Tatham 8
Asts: Thorburn 4		 Pts: Pérez 13
Rebs: Blanco 6
Asts: Márquez, Pérez 3
25 September 2013
14:00
Venezuela  61–81  Jamaica
Scoring by quarter: 12–14, 18–23, 20–24, 11–20
Pts: Wallen 15
Rebs: Corrales, Wallen 5
Asts: Silva 5		 Pts: Edwards, Latouche 16
Rebs: Gidden 8
Asts: Gordon 7
25 September 2013
16:15
Cuba  40–53  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 17–9, 13–23, 2–8, 8–13
Pts: Gelis 11
Rebs: Cepeda 8
Asts: Casanova 6		 Pts: Tatham 17
Rebs: Tatham 9
Asts: Nurse, Achonwa 3

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Brazil 4 4 0 364 202+162 8
 Puerto Rico 4 3 1 301 289+12 7
 Argentina 4 2 2 273 251+22 6
 Dominican Republic 4 1 3 230 335−105 5
 Mexico 4 0 4 235 326−91 4
21 September 2013
18:30
Brazil  91–54  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 28–15, 20–12, 19–11
Pts: Santos 24
Rebs: Santos 8
Asts: Costa 9		 Pts: Cortijo 14
Rebs: Cortijo 6
Asts: Cortijo 6
21 September 2013
21:10
Argentina  67–53  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 15–11, 7–12, 17–18, 28–12
Pts: Vega 24
Rebs: Vega 20
Asts: Flores 5		 Pts: Silva 17
Rebs: A. García 6
Asts: Silva 5
22 September 2013
18:30
Puerto Rico  85–79  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 12–26, 16–14, 30–17
Pts: Sepúlveda, García 24
Rebs: Sepúlveda 16
Asts: Sepúlveda 8		 Pts: Santana 20
Rebs: Vega 8
Asts: Gretter 6
22 September 2013
20:45
Dominican Republic  43–107  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 11–27, 6–25, 12–25, 14–30
Pts: Mosquete 10
Rebs: Monsac 6
Asts: Morton, Evangelista 3		 Pts: Colhado 17
Rebs: Colhado 14
Asts: Pinto, Dantas 4
23 September 2013
18:30
Argentina  67–44  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 15–9, 22–17, 13–6
Pts: Vega 21
Rebs: Vega 11
Asts: Gretter 7		 Pts: Morton, Paniagua 9
Rebs: Paniagua 7
Asts: four players 2
23 September 2013
20:45
Mexico  60–78  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 17–22, 16–24, 12–16
Pts: Castro 22
Rebs: Castro 15
Asts: Silva 3		 Pts: Cortijo 15
Rebs: Sepúlveda 9
Asts: Cortijo 7
24 September 2013
18:30
Brazil  69–60  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 15–8, 21–18, 15–15
Pts: Dantas 14
Rebs: Dantas 13
Asts: Pinto 5		 Pts: Vega 23
Rebs: Vega 7
Asts: Gretter 8
24 September 2013
20:45
Dominican Republic  84–77  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 17–20, 27–19, 18–21
Pts: Paniagua 20
Rebs: Monsac 11
Asts: Monsac 6		 Pts: Castro 25
Rebs: Castro, Camacho 11
Asts: M. García 8
25 September 2013
18:30
Puerto Rico  84–59  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 33–12, 16–11, 23–17, 12–19
Pts: Cortijo 18
Rebs: Cortijo 9
Asts: Cortijo 6		 Pts: Paniagua 21
Rebs: Mosquete 13
Asts: Morton 6
25 September 2013
20:45
Mexico  45–97  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 18–25, 7–25, 6–24
Pts: Silva 12
Rebs: Morales 6
Asts: three players 3		 Pts: Ribeiro 15
Rebs: Santos 12
Asts: Ribeiro, Paixão 5

Final round

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
September 27
 
 
 Canada73
 
September 28
 
 Puerto Rico 48
 
 Canada71
 
September 27
 
 Cuba79
 
 Brazil68
 
 
 Cuba72
 
Third place
 
 
September 28
 
 
 Puerto Rico56
 
 
 Brazil66

Semifinals

27 September 2013
17:45
Canada  73–48  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 26–8, 13–18, 19–14, 15–8
Pts: Smith 14
Rebs: Smith 11
Asts: four players 3		 Pts: Cortijo 22
Rebs: Placido 7
Asts: Sepúlveda, Cortijo 4
27 September 2013
20:00
Brazil  68–72  Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 6–18, 28–15, 19–17
Pts: Pinto 15
Rebs: Colhado 12
Asts: Pinto 7		 Pts: Noblet 18
Rebs: Cepeda 15
Asts: Casanova, Romero 4

Third place game

28 September 2013
17:45
Puerto Rico  56–66  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 9–20, 16–15, 12–13
Pts: Sepúlveda 21
Rebs: Sepúlveda 8
Asts: Cortijo 4		 Pts: Nascimento 18
Rebs: Santos 13
Asts: Nascimento 5

Final

28 September 2013
20:00
Canada  71–79  Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 15–25, 17–13, 24–21
Pts: Tatham 25
Rebs: Tatham 9
Asts: Tatham 4		 Pts: Gelis 19
Rebs: Cepeda 12
Asts: Gelis 6


 2013 Women's Americas Winners 

Cuba
4th title

Final ranking

Rank Team Record
1st, gold medalist(s)  Cuba 5–1
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Canada 5–1
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Brazil 5–1
4  Puerto Rico 3–3
5  Argentina 2–2
6  Chile 1–3
7  Jamaica 1–3
8  Venezuela 1–3
9  Dominican Republic 1–3
10  Mexico 0–4

References

  1. ↑ 2011 Everything ready for Xalapa 2013, FIBA Americas
  2. ↑ "MEX2013 – Cuba is the Champion of America!". xalapa2013.com. 2013-09-28.
  3. ↑ The draw for the FIBA Americas Championship for Women will be on Monday, FIBA Americas
  4. ↑ Competition System, FIBA Americas
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