FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship

The FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship is an under-16 basketball championship in the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Americas zone. The event started in 2009 and is held bi-annually. The winners compete in the FIBA Under-17 World Championship.

Summary

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Game
Year	Host	Champion	Score	Second Place	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2009 Details	Argentina (Mendoza)	United States	101–87	Argentina	Canada	106–81	Venezuela
2011 Details	Mexico (Cancún)	United States	104–64	Argentina	Canada	86–65	Puerto Rico
2013 Details	Uruguay (Maldonado)	United States	94–48	Argentina	Canada	62–50	Puerto Rico
2015 Details	Argentina (Bahía Blanca)	United States	77–60	Canada	Argentina	74–59	Dominican Republic

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	4	0	0	4
2	Argentina	0	3	1	4
3	Canada	0	1	3	4
Total		4	4	4	12

Participation Details

Team	2009	2011	2013	2015	Total
Argentina	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	4
Bahamas	7th	-	7th	-	2
Brazil	5th	5th	-	5th	3
Canada	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	4
Chile	-	6th	5th	-	2
Costa Rica	-	8th	-	-	1
Dominican Republic	-	-	-	4th	1
Mexico	8th	7th	8th	8th	4
Puerto Rico	6th	4th	4th	6th	4
United States	1st	1st	1st	1st	4
Uruguay	-	-	6th	-	1
Venezuela	4th	-	-	7th	2

MVP Awards

Year	MVP Award Winner
2009	Bradley Beal
2011	Jabari Parker
2013	Malik Newman
2015	Gary Trent, Jr.

External links

International men's youth basketball

FIBA Youth Olympics World Rankings U21 World Championship U19 World Championship U17 World Championship

Africa	FIBA Africa U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16

Americas	FIBA Americas U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16

Asia	FIBA Asia U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16

Europe	FIBA Europe U-20 U-18 U-16

Oceania	FIBA Oceania U-20 U-18 U-16

Note: Under-20/21 tourneys except FIBA Europe's are no longer held.

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