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2023 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship

For the women's tournament, see 2023 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship.

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.

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
← 2021
2025 →

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

Participating teams

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

Group phase

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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

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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

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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

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Bracket

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Rank Team Record
    United States 6–0
    Canada 5–1
    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

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 2023 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship champions 
 
United States
Eighth title

References

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  1. ^ 2023 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship official 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.
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