The 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas at the women's basketball tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The tournament was held at Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva in Neiva, Colombia from September 24 to October 1. It was the first FIBA Americas Championship for Women to have 10 countries competing.2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women to be played in Neiva, Colombia

Qualification Qualification was done via FIBA Americas' sub-zones. USA Basketball chose not to enter its national team, which sat atop the FIBA World Rankings going into the tournament, because the team had already qualified for the 2012 Olympics by winning the 2010 World Championship. The qualified teams are: South American Sub-Zone (FIBA South American Championship for Women 2010):

(Host)

North America Sub-Zone: (qualified automatically) Central American and Caribbean Zone (2010 Centrobasket for Women): (qualified automatically)

Draw The draw ceremonies were held in Neiva on May 5, 2011 at the Auditorio Rodrigo Lara Bonilla de la Asamblea Departamental del Huila. The results, with the FIBA World Rankings prior to the draw, were:FIBA Americas - The 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women's Draw takes place in Neiva, Colombia Group A Group B25. 10. 13. 33. 72. 49. 6. 12. 27. 72.

Note: Colombia and Paraguay had 0 ranking points and was therefore ranked after the last ranked team.

Format The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals. The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final. The losers play for 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: 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

Preliminary round

Group A Qualified for the semifinals Eliminated in preliminary round

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Group B Qualified for the semifinals Eliminated in preliminary round

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Final round

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Awards

Statistical leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Points Pos. Name PPG 1 Javiera Novión 18.8 1 Nicole Louden 18.8 3 Erika Gómez 18.5 4 Vanessa Gidden 18.3 5 Érika de Souza 16.2 6 Cynthia Valentín 14.8 7 Erika Valek 14.5 8 Erika Sánchez 14.3 9 Oyanaisis Gelis 12.0 10 Clenia Noblet 11.5

Rebounds Pos. Name RPG 1 Vanessa Gidden 8.3 1 Erika Gómez 8.3 3 Érika de Souza 8.0 4 Alexis Castro 8.0 5 Marlen Cepeda 7.8 6 Simone Edwards 6.8 7 Clenia Noblet 6.5 8 Agostina Burani 6.0 9 Damiris Dantas 5.8 10 Sandra Pavón 5.3

Assists Pos. Name APG 1 Erika Valek 5.8 2 Adriana Moisés Pinto 5.2 3 Shona Thorburn 3.3 4 Oyanaisis Gelis 3.0 5 Carla Cortijo 3.0 6 Taine Ramírez 2.8 7 Teresa Gabriele 2.7 8 Sandra Pavón 2.3 9 Patrícia de Oliveira 2.2 10 Débora González 2.0

Steals Pos. Name SPG 1 Erika Valek 2.3 2 Patrícia de Oliveira 2.0 3 Courtnay Pilypaitis 1.8 4 Adriana Moisés Pinto 1.7 5 Ineidis Casanova 1.7 6 Sandra Pavón 1.7 7 Palmira Marçal 1.5 8 Yamara Amargo 1.3 9 Clenia Noblet 1.3 10 Micaela Jacintho 1.3

Blocks Pos. Name BPG 1 Miranda Ayin 1.2 2 Tathiana Mosquera 1.0 3 Esmary Vargas 1.0 4 Érika de Souza 0.8 5 María Plácido 0.8 6 Lida Fernández 0.8 7 Levys Torres 0.8 8 Agostina Burani 0.7 9 Damiris Dantas 0.7 10 Oyanaisis Gelis 0.5

Final ranking Qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Qualified for the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women. RankTeamRecord6–05–14–243–352–261–371–381–391–3100–4

Cuba renounced to compete in the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women. In these circumstances, the FIBA has chosen Puerto Rico, the best team in the Americas Championship after Cuba.

Adriana Moisés Pinto Palmira Marçal Patrícia "Chuca" de Oliveira Micaela Jacintho Bárbara Generoso Franciele Nascimento Silvia Cristina Gustavo Clarissa dos Santos Damiris Dantas Nádia Colhado Érika de Souza Gilmara Justino Stephany Thomas Ornella Santana Paula Reggiardo Diana Cabrera Débora González Marina Cava Agostina Burani Melisa Gretter Sandra Pavón Melani Soriani Erica Sánchez Melisa Pavicich Krista Phillips Teresa Gabriele Shona Thorburn Courtnay Pilypaitis Kim Smith Kadie Riverin Alisha Tathan Kalisha Keane Lizanne Murphy Tamara Tathan Chelsea Aubry Miranda Ayim Islen Carbonell Ineidis Casanova Lisdeyvis Martínez Oyanaisis Gelis Edith Thompson Yamara Amargo Lazara Moises Marlen Cepeda Clenia Noblet Taimy Fernández Leidys Oquendo Suchitel Ávila

See also 2011 FIBA Americas Championship

References

External links Official Website