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2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women

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Host nation
  
Mexico

Teams
  
10

Champions
  
Cuba (4th title)

Dates
  
21–28 September

Venues
  
1 (in 1 host city)

MVP
  
Yamara Amargo

The 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women in Turkey. The tournament was held at the Gimnasio USBI in Xalapa, Mexico from 21–28 September 2013.

Contents

Cuba won their fourth title after defeating Canada 77–71 in the final.

Qualification

Qualification was done via FIBA Americas' sub-zones. USA Basketball chose not to enter its national team, because it had already qualified for the 2014 World Championships by winning the 2012 Olympics. The qualified teams were:

  • South American Sub-Zone (FIBA South American Championship for Women 2013):
  •  Argentina
  •  Brazil
  •  Chile
  •  Venezuela
  • North America Sub-Zone:
  •  Canada (qualified automatically)
  • Central American and Caribbean Zone (2012 Centrobasket Women):
  •  Cuba
  •  Dominican Republic
  •  Jamaica
  •  Mexico (host)
  •  Puerto Rico

    • Draw

    The draw was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico 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.

    • 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

    All times local (UTC−5)

    References

    2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women Wikipedia
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