The 2013
FIBA Americas Championship for Women was the qualifying tournament for
FIBA Americas at the
2014 FIBA World Championship for Women
The 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women, the 17th edition of FIBA's premier international tournament for women's national basketball teams, was held in Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey from 27 September to 5 October 2014.
This tournament implemen ...
in
Turkey
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. The tournament was held at the
Gimnasio USBI in
Xalapa
Xalapa or Jalapa (, ), officially Xalapa-Enríquez (), is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In the 2005 census the city reported a population of 387,879 and the municipality of whi ...
,
Mexico
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from 21 to 28 September 2013.
Cuba
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won their fourth title after defeating
Canada
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77–71 in the final.
Qualification
Qualification was done via FIBA Americas' sub-zones.
USA Basketball
USA Basketball (USAB) is a non-profit organization and the governing body for basketball in the United States. The organization represents the United States in FIBA and the men's and women's national basketball teams in the United States Olymp ...
chose not to enter
its national team, because it had already qualified for the 2014 World Championships by winning the
2012 Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
. The qualified teams were:
*South American Sub-Zone (
FIBA South American Championship for Women 2013):
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*North America Sub-Zone:
** (qualified automatically)
*Central American and Caribbean Zone (
2012 Centrobasket Women):
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** (host)
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Draw
The draw was held in
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan (, , ; Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the 57th-largest city under the ...
on July 12, 2013.
Format
*The top two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals.
*The winners in the knockout semifinals advanced to the Final. The losers played for the third place.
Competition System
FIBA Americas
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:
#Head to head results
#Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
#Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group
Squads
Preliminary round
All times local ( UTC−5)
Group A
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Group B
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Final round
Semifinals
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Third place game
Final
Final ranking
References
External links
Official website
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FIBA Women's AmeriCup
2013 in women's basketball
2013 in Mexican sports
International women's basketball competitions hosted by Mexico
2013–14 in North American basketball
2013–14 in South American basketball