2022 FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship

For the women's tournament, see 2022 FIBA Under-18 Women's Americas Championship.
2022 FIBA Under-18 AmeriCup
12th FIBA Under-18 American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Mexico
CityTijuana
Dates6–12 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (10th title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Canada
Tournament statistics
MVPUnited States Cam Whitmore
Top scorerCanada Vasean Allette
(18.8)
Top reboundsPuerto Rico Alejandro Aviles
(8.7)
Top assistsEcuador Janer Arcila
(6.7)
PPG (Team) United States
(105.2)
RPG (Team) United States
(57.2)
APG (Team) United States
(24.3)
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The 2022 FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship was an international under-18 basketball tournament that was held from 6 to 12 June 2022 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.[1] The twelfth edition of the biennial competition, this is also the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas in the 2023 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Hungary.

Hosts selection

On 9 May 2022, FIBA Americas has decided to grant Mexico the hosting rights for the FIBA U18 Americas Men's Championship. The city of Tijuana will host the event which will take place from June 6 to 12.[2] The tournament will be played again after the last edition held in 2018, since the 2020 event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This will be the first time that Mexico will host the continental under-18 tournament.

Participating teams

  • North America:
  1.  United States
  2.  Canada
  • Central America/Caribbean: (2021 Centrobasket U17 Championship in Mexicali, Mexico, 8–12 December 2021)[3]
  1.  Puerto Rico
  2.  Mexico (Hosts)
  3.  Dominican Republic
  1.  Brazil
  2.  Argentina
  3.  Ecuador

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 16 May 2022 in FIBA Americas Regional Office in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[5]

All times are local (UTC-7).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 2 1 203 182 +21 5 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Argentina 3 2 1 227 209 +18 5
3  Canada 3 2 1 245 240 +5 5
4  Mexico (H) 3 0 3 189 233 −44 3
Source: FIBA Americas
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
6 June 2022
18:00
Argentina  55–60  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 11–18, 11–16, 20–9
Pts: Stenta 14
Rebs: Giovannetti 8
Asts: Bordon 6		 Pts: Dos Santos, Klafle 14
Rebs: Dos Santos, Carvalho 6
Asts: Oliveira 6
Auditorio Zonkeys, Tijuana
Referees: Julio César Anaya Freile (PAN), Kristian Páez Arteaga (ECU), Orlando José Varela Díaz (HON)
6 June 2022
20:30
Mexico  75–83  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 11–20, 24–26, 26–22
Pts: Camacho, Valdés 16
Rebs: Valdés 8
Asts: Ochoa 5		 Pts: Allette 19
Rebs: Benjamin 8
Asts: Allette 4
Auditorio Zonkeys, Tijuana
Referees: Claudio Andrés Osorio Vargas (CHI), Carmelo de la Rosa Alvarez (PUR), Samuel Hidalgo (DOM)
7 June 2022
18:00
Canada  92–97  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 20–31, 21–15, 26–27
Pts: Allette 23
Rebs: Nwoko 9
Asts: three players 2		 Pts: Aaliya, Bordon 17
Rebs: Lomello, Trouet 5
Asts: Bordon 8
Auditorio Zonkeys, Tijuana
Referees: Yezid Valentine Carreno Pinzon (COL), Claudio Andrés Osorio Vargas (CHI), Carmelo de la Rosa Alvarez (PUR)
7 June 2022
20:30
Brazil  75–57  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 23–9, 16–12, 16–16, 20–20
Pts: Klafke 19
Rebs: Dos Santos 8
Asts: Oliveira 8		 Pts: Ochoa 16
Rebs: Valdés 9
Asts: Ochoa 2
Auditorio Zonkeys, Tijuana
Referees: Kristian Páez Arteaga (ECU), Orlando José Varela Díaz (HON), Samuel Hidalgo (DOM)
8 June 2022
18:00
Brazil  68–70  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 20–23, 20–18, 15–13
Pts: Dos Santos 28
Rebs: Landeira 8
Asts: Landeira 3		 Pts: Allette 18
Rebs: Allette 10
Asts: Allette 5
Auditorio Zonkeys, Tijuana
Referees: Carmelo de la Rosa Alvarez (PUR), Kristian Páez Arteaga (ECU), Orlando José Varela Díaz (HON)
8 June 2022
20:30
Mexico  57–75  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 8–20, 16–10, 18–22
Pts: Ochoa 18
Rebs: Valdés 8
Asts: Guerrero, Valdés 2		 Pts: Giovannetti 17
Rebs: Collomb 6
Asts: Bordon 6
Auditorio Zonkeys, Tijuana
Referees: Julio César Anaya Freile (PAN), Claudio Andrés Osorio Vargas (CHI), Samuel Hidalgo (DOM)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 339 144 +195 6 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Puerto Rico 3 2 1 205 225 −20 5
3  Ecuador 3 1 2 178 279 −101 4
4  Dominican Republic 3 0 3 180 254 −74 3
Source: FIBA Americas
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
6 June 2022
13:00
Ecuador  64–85  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 14–25, 20–19, 18–21
Pts: Arcila 22
Rebs: Caicedo 14
Asts: Recalde 5		 Pts: Rivera 24
Rebs: Avilés 11
Asts: Peguero, Rivera 3
Auditorio Zonkeys, Tijuana
Referees: Yezid Valentine Carreno Pinzon (COL), Franco Ronconi (ARG), Juan Fabián Valenzuela Estrada (MEX)
6 June 2022
15:30
Dominican Republic  48–116  United States
Scoring by quarter: 12–30, 8–29, 13–30, 15–27
Pts: Osorio 11
Rebs: Hichez, Núñez 8
Asts: Gutiérrez 3		 Pts: Ware 17
Rebs: Dailey Jr. 10
Asts: Trimble 5
Auditorio Zonkeys, Tijuana
Referees: Waseem Husainy (CAN), Fernando Aparecido Cavalcante Leite (BRA), Jesús López Díaz (MEX)
7 June 2022
13:00
Puerto Rico  65–61 (OT)  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 7–16, 26–13, 14–19, Overtime: 6–2
Pts: Avilés 13
Rebs: Ortiz 12
Asts: Rodríguez 3		 Pts: Suárez 12
Rebs: Daniel 16
Asts: Daniel 4
Auditorio Zonkeys, Tijuana
Referees: Julio César Anaya Freile (PAN), Franco Ronconi (ARG), Juan Fabián Valenzuela Estrada (MEX)
7 June 2022
15:30
United States  123–41  Ecuador
Scoring by quarter: 26–9, 29–8, 34–10, 34–14
Pts: McCain 22
Rebs: Jackson 12
Asts: Rodgers, Black 6		 Pts: Caicedo 17
Rebs: Arcila 12
Asts: Arcila 3
Auditorio Zonkeys, Tijuana
Referees: Fernando Aparecido Cavalcante Leite (BRA), Waseem Husainy (CAN), Jesús López Díaz (MEX)
8 June 2022
13:00
Ecuador  73–71  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 16–8, 21–20, 19–22
Pts: Caicedo 27
Rebs: Noboa 10
Asts: Arcila, Recalde 7		 Pts: Muhammad 19
Rebs: Suárez 18
Asts: Suárez 3
Auditorio Zonkeys, Tijuana
Referees: Waseem Husainy (CAN), Yezid Valentine Carreno Pinzon (COL), Jesús López Díaz (MEX)
8 June 2022
15:30
United States  100–55  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 28–14, 24–13, 26–13
Pts: Whitmore 24
Rebs: Black 11
Asts: Armstrong 8		 Pts: Ortiz 17
Rebs: Ortiz 9
Asts: Ortiz, Rivera 3
Auditorio Zonkeys, Tijuana
Referees: Fernando Aparecido Cavalcante Leite (BRA), Franco Ronconi (ARG), Juan Fabián Valenzuela Estrada (MEX)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

10 June 2022
11:30
Brazil  66–52  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 13–12, 19–10, 22–13, 12–17
Pts: Tesch 23
Rebs: Tesch 2
Asts: Landeira 4		 Pts: Daniel 11
Rebs: Suárez 9
Asts: three players 1
Auditorio Zonkeys, Tijuana
Referees: Julio César Anaya Freile (PAN), Franco Ronconi (ARG), Juan Fabián Valenzuela Estrada (MEX)
10 June 2022
14:00
Puerto Rico  78–86  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 9–13, 21–27, 24–26, 24–20
Pts: Rivera 18
Rebs: Avilés, Rodriguez Jr. 11
Asts: Avilés 3		 Pts: Dumont 16
Rebs: Nwoko 12
Asts: five players 2
Auditorio Zonkeys, Tijuana
Referees: Kristian Páez Arteaga (ECU), Claudio Andrés Osorio Vargas (CHI), Jesús López Díaz (MEX)
10 June 2022
16:30
Argentina  92–47  Ecuador
Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 20–19, 27–13, 23–4
Pts: Marchiaro 18
Rebs: Collomb 8
Asts: Bordon 5		 Pts: Arcila 13
Rebs: Caicedo 8
Asts: Recalde 5
Auditorio Zonkeys, Tijuana
Referees: Waseem Husainy (CAN), Carmelo de La Rosa Alvarez (PUR), Samuel Hidalgo (DOM)

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10 June 2022
19:00
United States  92–64  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 33–16, 25–16, 24–14
Pts: Whitmore 27
Rebs: Black 11
Asts: Carlyle 5		 Pts: Ochoa, Valdés 13
Rebs: Guerrero, Valdés 7
Asts: Valdés 6
Auditorio Zonkeys, Tijuana
Referees: Fernando Leite (BRA), Orlando Varela Díaz (HON), Yezid Carreno Pinzon (COL)

5–8th place semifinals

11 June 2022
09:30
Dominican Republic  71–74  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 7–20, 26–14, 18–19, 20–18
Pts: Suárez 18
Rebs: Osorio 8
Asts: Daniel 4		 Pts: Avilés 18
Rebs: Avilés, Ortiz 8
Asts: Delgado 3
Auditorio Zonkeys, Tijuana
Referees: Waseem Husainy (CAN), Yezid Carreno Pinzon (COL), Jesús López Díaz (MEX)
11 June 2022
12:00
Ecuador  62–73  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 15–27, 14–17, 22–11
Pts: Alvarez 16
Rebs: Noboa 9
Asts: Arcila 10		 Pts: Ochoa 16
Rebs: Valdés 11
Asts: Valdés 4
Auditorio Zonkeys, Tijuana
Referees: Fernando Leite (BRA), Franco Ronconi (ARG), Claudio Andrés Osorio Vargas (CHI)

Semifinals

11 June 2022
14:30
Brazil  78–77  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 17–30, 13–18, 30–13, 18–16
Pts: Santos 22
Rebs: Bersch Klafke, Farias Cardoso 8
Asts: Santos 5		 Pts: Allette 22
Rebs: Nwoko 13
Asts: Allette 5
Auditorio Zonkeys, Tijuana
Referees: Julio César Anaya Freile (PAN), Carmelo de La Rosa Alvarez (PUR), Juan Fabián Valenzuela Estrada (MEX)
11 June 2022
17:00
Argentina  60–98  United States
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 8–28, 15–31, 22–19
Pts: Bordon 16
Rebs: Marchiaro, Giralt 6
Asts: Giralt 3		 Pts: Ware 17
Rebs: Dailey Jr. 9
Asts: Dailey Jr., Armstrong 3
Auditorio Zonkeys, Tijuana
Referees: Orlando Varela Díaz (HON), Kristian Páez Arteaga (ECU), Samuel Hidalgo (DOM)

Seventh place game

12 June 2022
09:30
Dominican Republic  96–75  Ecuador
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 25–21, 26–20, 27–13
Pts: Osorio 23
Rebs: Hichez, Suero 11
Asts: Suárez 4		 Pts: Caicedo 29
Rebs: Caicedo 7
Asts: Arcila 12
Auditorio Zonkeys, Tijuana
Referees: Claudio Andrés Osorio Vargas (CHI), Juan Fabián Valenzuela Estrada (MEX), Orlando José Varela Díaz (HON)

Fifth place game

12 June 2022
12:00
Puerto Rico  86–82  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 21–23, 23–14, 17–23
Pts: Avilés 23
Rebs: Ortiz 8
Asts: Delgado 7		 Pts: Ochoa, Valdés 23
Rebs: Ochoa 7
Asts: Ochoa, Guerrero 5
Auditorio Zonkeys, Tijuana
Referees: Yezid Valentine Carreno Pinzon (COL), Kristian Páez Arteaga (ECU), Samuel Hidalgo (DOM)

Third place game

12 June 2022
14:30
Canada  81–57  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 13–10, 20–21, 25–17, 23–9
Pts: Allette, Nwoko 20
Rebs: Fisher 12
Asts: Fisher 8		 Pts: Trouet 12
Rebs: Trouet 12
Asts: Rodríguez, Giovannetti 3
Auditorio Zonkeys, Tijuana
Referees: Carmelo de La Rosa Alvarez (PUR), Fernando Aparecido Cavalcante Leite (BRA), Jesús López Díaz (MEX)

Final

12 June 2022
17:00
Brazil  60–102  United States
Scoring by quarter: 9–28, 13–29, 17–27, 21–18
Pts: Santos 15
Rebs: Carvalho 8
Asts: four players 2		 Pts: Whitmore 30
Rebs: Whitmore 12
Asts: Trimble 4
Auditorio Zonkeys, Tijuana
Referees: Julio César Anaya Freile (PAN), Waseem Husainy (CAN), Franco Ronconi (ARG)

Statistics and awards

Awards

 2022 FIBA Americas Under-18
Championship winners 

United States
10th title
Most Valuable Player
United States Cam Whitmore
All Tournament Team

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2023 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 6–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Brazil 4–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada 4–2
4  Argentina 3–3
5  Puerto Rico 4–2
6  Mexico 1-5
7  Dominican Republic 1–5
8  Ecuador 1-5

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Calendar". Archived from the original on June 21, 2017.
  2. ^ "Mexico to host the FIBA U18 Americas Championship". FIBA Americas. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  3. ^ 2021 FIBA U17 Centrobasket final standings
  4. ^ 2022 FIBA U18 South American Championship final standings
  5. ^ "FIBA U18 Americas Championship groups are set after Draw". FIBA Americas. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.