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2011 FIBA Women's AmeriCup

11th FIBA Women's American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Colombia
Dates	September 24 – October 1
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (5th title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Érika de Souza
Top scorer	Javiera Novión Nicole Louden (18.8)
Top rebounds	Vanessa Gidden Erika Gómez (8.3)
Top assists	Erika Valek (5.8)
PPG (Team)	Brazil (79)
RPG (Team)	Brazil (39.8)
APG (Team)	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.

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:

• South American Sub-Zone (FIBA South American Championship for Women 2010):
  •  Argentina
  •  Brazil
  •  Chile
  •  Colombia (Host)
  •  Paraguay
• North America Sub-Zone:
  •  Canada (qualified automatically)
• Central American and Caribbean Zone (2010 Centrobasket for Women):
  •  Cuba (qualified automatically)
  •  Jamaica
  •  Mexico
  •  Puerto Rico

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:

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

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)

Puerto Rico	50–67	Cuba
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

Chile	50–69	Colombia
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

Argentina	80–50	Chile
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

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: Valentin 24 Rebs: Plácido 9 Asts: Cortijo 5

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: Sánchez 27 Rebs: Burani 9 Asts: Pavón 4

Cuba	75–65	Colombia
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

Chile	49–64	Puerto Rico
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

Argentina	65–59	Cuba
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

Cuba	62–42	Chile
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

Colombia	45–66	Argentina
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

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)

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: T. Insfrán 12 Rebs: Pérez 4 Asts: six players 1

Mexico	45–72	Canada
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

Jamaica	69–64	Mexico
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

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: de Oliveira 3

Paraguay	26–77	Canada
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

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

Jamaica	69–71	Paraguay
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

Mexico	61–88	Brazil
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

Paraguay	44–87	Mexico
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

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: Louden 22 Rebs: Gidden 5 Asts: Gidden 2

Final round

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

Semifinals

Argentina	61–59	Canada
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

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: Amargo 16 Rebs: Gelis, Cepeda 5 Asts: three players 2

Third place game

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: Noblet 12 Rebs: Noblet 5 Asts: three players 1

Final

Argentina	33–74	Brazil
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

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

• 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.

			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

• 2011 FIBA Americas Championship

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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