The 2016 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Men was an international basketball competition that was held in

Valdivia Valdivia (; Mapuche: Ainil) is a city and commune in southern Chile, administered by the Municipality of Valdivia. The city is named after its founder, Pedro de Valdivia, and is located at the confluence of the Calle-Calle, Valdivia, and ...

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

from July 19–23, 2016. It was the tenth edition of the championship, and was the

FIBA Americas FIBA Americas (, ) is a continental federation of FIBA (International Basketball Federation). It is one of FIBA's five continental zones. FIBA Americas is responsible for the organization and governance of the major international basketball comp ...

qualifying tournament for the 2017 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. Eight national teams from across the

Americas The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.''Webster's New World College Dictionary'', 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. When viewed as a sing ...

, composed of men aged 19 and under, competed in the tournament. The

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

won their fourth consecutive gold medal, and eighth overall, in this event by beating

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

in the final, 99–84.

Participating teams

* North America: ** ** * Central America/Caribbean: ** ** ** * South America: ** ** ** (Hosts)

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 14 April 2016. ''All times are local ( UTC-4).''

Group A

Group B

Classification round

''All times are local ( UTC-4).''

Classification 5–8

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Final round

''All times are local ( UTC-4).''

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Awards

Final ranking

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

qualified for the tournament but was suspended by FIBA. A fourth team from FIBA Americas had to be named to take Brazil's place. The draw took place with the fourth FIBA Americas team's identity yet to be named. On 12 May 2017,

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

was chosen to replace

References

External links

FIBA
{{DEFAULTSORT:FIBA

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

International basketball competitions hosted by Chile Youth sport in Chile 2016–17 in South American basketball 2016–17 in North American basketball 2016 in Chilean sport July 2016 sports events in South America