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2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women

Basketball competition

Basketball competition

FieldValue
genderwomen
continentAmericas
year2011
size200
hostColombia
datesSeptember 24 – October 1
teams10
federations44
venues1
cities1
championsBrazil
title_number5
mvpBRA Érika de Souza
ppg_pCHI Javiera Novión
JAM Nicole Louden (18.8)
ppg_t(79)
rpg_pJAM Vanessa Gidden
MEX Erika Gómez (8.3)
rpg_t(39.8)
apg_pCOL Erika Valek (5.8)
apg_t(16.2)
websiteOfficial Website
prevseason2009
nextseason2013

JAM Nicole Louden (18.8) MEX Erika Gómez (8.3) 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):

  • (Host)
  • North America Sub-Zone:
    • (qualified automatically)
  • Central American and Caribbean Zone (2010 Centrobasket for Women):
    • (qualified automatically)

    • 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:

    Group AGroup B

    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

    Eliminated in preliminary round
    TeamPtsPldWLPFPAPD
    8440277215+62
    7431263222+41
    6422243228+15
    5413225259–34
    4404191275–84

    All times local (UTC−5)

    Group B

    Eliminated in preliminary round
    TeamPtsPldWLPFPAPDTie
    8440334184+150
    7431254176+78
    5413257273–161–1, 1.336
    5413237274–371–1, 1.022
    5413175350–1751–1, 0.737

    All times local (UTC−5)

    Final round

    |September 30||61||59 |September 30||66||53 |October 1 ||33||74 |October 1 ||59||46

    Semifinals

    Third place game

    Final

    Awards

    Statistical Leaders

    Individual Tournament Highs

    Points

    Pos.NamePPG
    1CHI Javiera Novión18.8
    1JAM Nicole Louden18.8
    3MEX Erika Gómez18.5
    4JAM Vanessa Gidden18.3
    5BRA Érika de Souza16.2
    6PUR Cynthia Valentín14.8
    7COL Erika Valek14.5
    8ARG Erika Sánchez14.3
    9CUB Oyanaisis Gelis12.0
    10CUB Clenia Noblet11.5

    Rebounds

    Pos.NameRPG
    1JAM Vanessa Gidden8.3
    1MEX Erika Gómez8.3
    3BRA Érika de Souza8.0
    4MEX Alexis Castro8.0
    5CUB Marlen Cepeda7.8
    6JAM Simone Edwards6.8
    7CUB Clenia Noblet6.5
    8ARG Agostina Burani6.0
    9BRA Damiris Dantas5.8
    10ARG Sandra Pavón5.3

    Assists

    Pos.NameAPG
    1COL Erika Valek5.8
    2BRA Adriana Moisés Pinto5.2
    3CAN Shona Thorburn3.3
    4CUB Oyanaisis Gelis3.0
    5PUR Carla Cortijo3.0
    6MEX Taine Ramírez2.8
    7CAN Teresa Gabriele2.7
    8ARG Sandra Pavón2.3
    9BRA Patrícia de Oliveira2.2
    10ARG Débora González2.0

    Steals

    Pos.NameSPG
    1COL Erika Valek2.3
    2BRA Patrícia de Oliveira2.0
    3CAN Courtnay Pilypaitis1.8
    4BRA Adriana Moisés Pinto1.7
    5CUB Ineidis Casanova1.7
    6ARG Sandra Pavón1.7
    7BRA Palmira Marçal1.5
    8CUB Yamara Amargo1.3
    9CUB Clenia Noblet1.3
    10BRA Micaela Jacintho1.3

    Blocks

    Pos.NameBPG
    1CAN Miranda Ayin1.2
    2COL Tathiana Mosquera1.0
    3PUR Esmary Vargas1.0
    4BRA Érika de Souza0.8
    5PUR María Plácido0.8
    6PAR Lida Fernández0.8
    7COL Levys Torres0.8
    8ARG Agostina Burani0.7
    9BRA Damiris Dantas0.7
    10CUB Oyanaisis Gelis0.5
    Pos.NameMPG
    1''''''
    2
    3
    4
    5

    --

    Final ranking

    Qualified for the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women.
    RankTeamRecord
    6–0
    5–1
    4–2
    43–3
    52–2
    61–3
    71–3
    81–3
    91–3
    100–4
    • 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.
    ** 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**Stephany Thomas
    Ornella Santana
    Paula Reggiardo
    Diana Cabrera
    Débora González
    Marina Cava
    Agostina Burani
    Melisa Gretter
    Sandra Pavón
    Melani Soriani
    Erica Sánchez
    Melisa PavicichKrista Phillips
    Teresa Gabriele
    Shona Thorburn
    Courtnay Pilypaitis
    Kim Smith
    Kadie Riverin
    Alisha Tathan
    Kalisha Keane
    Lizanne Murphy
    Tamara Tathan
    Chelsea Aubry
    Miranda AyimIslen Carbonell
    Ineidis Casanova
    Lisdeyvis Martínez
    Oyanaisis Gelis
    Edith Thompson
    Yamara Amargo
    Lazara Moises
    Marlen Cepeda
    Clenia Noblet
    Taimy Fernández
    Leidys Oquendo
    Suchitel Ávila

    References

    References

    1. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110319041528/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/45008/arti.html 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women to be played in Neiva, Colombia]
    2. (September 2018)
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