2023 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship

For the women's tournament, see 2023 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship.
2023 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship
8th FIBA Under-16 American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Mexico
CityMérida
Dates5–11 June 2023
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (8th title)
Runners-up Canada
Third place Puerto Rico
Tournament statistics
MVPUnited States Cameron Boozer
Official website
www.fiba.basketball/history
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The 2023 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship was the men's international basketball competition that was held in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, from 5 to 11 June 2023.[1] The top four teams qualified for the 2024 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Turkey.

The United States won their eighth straight title, after defeating Canada in the final, 118–36.[2]

Participating teams

  • North America:
  1.  United States
  2.  Canada
  1.  Puerto Rico
  2.  Dominican Republic
  3.  Mexico (Hosts)
  1.  Brazil
  2.  Argentina
  3.  Uruguay

Group phase

In this round, the teams were drawn into two groups of four. All teams advanced to the playoffs.

All times are local (Time in Mexico – UTC-6).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  United States 3 3 0 331 166 +165 6
2  Argentina 3 2 1 181 230 −49 5
3  Puerto Rico 3 1 2 179 216 −37 4
4  Mexico (H) 3 0 3 164 243 −79 3
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts
5 June 2023
17:30
Puerto Rico  61–96  United States
Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 18–21, 13–23, 15–27
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
5 June 2023
20:00
Argentina  61–59  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 12–12, 16–14, 20–18
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
6 June 2023
17:30
United States  113–52  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 32–10, 32–11, 29–18
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
6 June 2023
20:00
Mexico  52–60  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 8–19, 10–11, 15–12
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
7 June 2023
17:30
Puerto Rico  58–68  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 11–15, 21–16, 12–24
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
7 June 2023
20:00
Mexico  53–122  United States
Scoring by quarter: 14–33, 7–23, 20–32, 12–34
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Canada 3 3 0 212 178 +34 6
2  Brazil 3 2 1 207 195 +12 5
3  Dominican Republic 3 1 2 200 207 −7 4
4  Uruguay 3 0 3 196 235 −39 3
Source: FIBA
5 June 2023
12:30
Dominican Republic  57–63  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 16–15, 12–15, 14–17
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
5 June 2023
15:00
Uruguay  55–83  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 10–22, 15–20, 13–20
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
6 June 2023
12:30
Brazil  68–66  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 21–16, 19–23, 13–10
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
6 June 2023
15:00
Canada  75–65  Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 16–17, 13–16, 24–16
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
7 June 2023
12:30
Canada  74–56  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 17–14, 16–12, 23–18
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
7 June 2023
15:00
Uruguay  76–77  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 20–19, 19–24, 21–20
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida

Playoffs

Bracket

5th place match5th–8th place semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
A1 United States123
B4 Uruguay45
 Uruguay51 United States122
 Brazil73 Puerto Rico63
B2 Brazil72
A3 Puerto Rico83
 Brazil71 United States118
 Dominican Republic56 Canada36
A2 Argentina74
B3 Dominican Republic67
7th place match Dominican Republic78 Argentina583rd place match
 Mexico68 Canada65
 Uruguay61B1 Canada89 Puerto Rico86
 Mexico79A4 Mexico63 Argentina76

Quarterfinals

9 June 2023
12:30
Argentina  74–67  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 10–8, 26–20, 17–20
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
9 June 2023
15:00
Brazil  72–83 (OT)  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 19–8, 17–17, 14–15, 17–27, Overtime: 5–16
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
9 June 2023
17:30
United States  123–45  Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 35–16, 30–12, 25–9, 33–8
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
9 June 2023
20:00
Canada  89–63  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 23–17, 13–16, 32–14
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida

5th–8th place semifinals

10 June 2023
12:30
Uruguay  51–73  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 12–25, 16–18, 17–16, 6–14
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
10 June 2023
15:00
Dominican Republic  78–68  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 26–14, 13–18, 24–15
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida

7th place match

11 June 2023
12:30
Uruguay  61–79  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 8–25, 26–14, 13–18, 14–22
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida

5th place match

11 June 2023
15:00
Brazil  71–56  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 13–9, 24–13, 16–13, 18–21
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida

Semifinals

10 June 2023
17:30
United States  122–63  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 32–25, 30–17, 38–7, 22–14
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida
10 June 2023
20:00
Argentina  58–65  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 16–10, 12–21, 16–18
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida

3rd place match

11 June 2023
17:30
Puerto Rico  86–76 (OT)  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 19–14, 22–14, 13–24, Overtime: 15–5
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida

Final

11 June 2023
20:00
United States  118–36  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 45–13, 26–10, 27–4, 20–9
Poliforum Zamna, Mérida

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 6–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada 5–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Puerto Rico 3–3
4  Argentina 3–3
5  Brazil 2–4
6  Dominican Republic 2–4
7  Mexico 1–5
8  Uruguay 0–6
Qualified for the 2024 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup.

Awards

 2023 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship champions 

United States
Eighth title

References

  1. ^ FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship archive website, www.fiba.basketball
  2. ^ "USA win gold at FIBA U16 Americas Championship 2023". FIBA. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  3. ^ 2022 FIBA U15 Centrobasket final standings
  4. ^ 2022 FIBA U15 South American Championship final standings
  5. ^ a b "Cameron Boozer named MVP; Quiñones, Peterson, Osaruyi and Prato round out All-Tournament team". FIBA. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.