The 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup was the 18th edition of the FIBA Women's AmeriCup, which is the main tournament for senior women's basketball national teams of the FIBA Americas. It was held from 28 June to 6 July 2025 in Santiago, Chile.
The winner qualified for the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup and the top six teams (including the winner) will qualify for one of the qualifying tournaments for the 2026 World Cup.
The United States won its fifth title and qualified for the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, after defeating Brazil 92–84 in the finals. Alongside the US, Brazil, Canada, Argentina, Colombia and Puerto Rico qualified for the qualifying tournaments for the World Cup.
Host selection On 22 May 2024, two weeks after receiving the 2024 South American Women's Championship, Chile was awarded the hosting rights for the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup. This will be Chile's second time hosting the event after 2007 in Valdivia.
Qualification
Qualifying took place between August and November 2024, consisting of two tournaments: the 2024 South American Championship for South American teams and the 2024 Centrobasket for teams from Central America and the Caribbean. In total, 17 countries took part in both competitions. Canada and United States were given automatic tickets to the tournament.
Overall, eight of the ten teams that participated in 2023 are present. As hosts, Chile qualified for the first time since 2015, while El Salvador qualified for their second appearance after missing out on 2023. Dominican Republic qualified for their fourth consecutive time for the first time ever. Cuba and Venezuela miss out having taken part in 2023. Qualification Host Dates Vacancies QualifiedHost Miami 22 May 2024 1 Automatic entry 2 2024 South American Championship Santiago 31 August – 7 September 2024 3 2024 Centrobasket Women Irapuato 5–10 November 2024 4
Summary of qualified teams TeamQualification methodDate of qualificationAppearance(s)Previous best performance WR Host nation 10th 1993 2015 1 Automatic entry 18th 1989 2023 18 8th 4 Top three at 2024 South American Championship 17th 15 18th 18 7th 1997 5 Top four at 2024 Centrobasket Women 14th 1993 9 12th 1989 4 12th 2 2nd 2021 1
Format The ten teams were split into two groups of five teams. The top four teams per group qualified to the quarterfinals. A first-placed team faced off against the fourth-placed team and a second-placed team battled against a third-placed team of the other group. A knockout-system was used after the preliminary round.
Venue The venue for the entire competition was the Centro de Deportes Colectivos in Chile's capital, Santiago. It is located in the National Sports Park, built for the 2023 Pan American Games. The venue inaugurated in 2023 and hosted Gymnastics at the 2023 Pan American Games and Wheelchair rugby at the 2023 Parapan American Games. SantiagoCentro de Deportes ColectivosCapacity: 2,400
Final draw The final draw took place at 17:00 ET on 26 March 2025 at the FIBA Americas headquarters in Miami, United States. The guests for the draw were former players Carla Cortijo, Iziane Castro, and Sylvia Fowles. The draw started with, in order, pots 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 being drawn, with each team selected then allocated into the first available group alphabetically. The position for the team within the group would then be drawn (for the purpose of the schedule). Before the draw, hosts Chile had been pre-determined to be placed into position B4.
Seeding The seeding was revealed on 7 March 2025. The seeding was based on the FIBA Women's World Ranking as of 14 February 2025.
+ Pot 1 Team 56 (hosts) 70+ Pot 2 Team 1 7+ Pot 3 Team 10 12+ Pot 4 Team 30 31+ Pot 5 Team 34 38
Draw + Group A TeamA1 A2 A3 A4 A5 + Group B TeamB1 B2 B3 B4 B5
Referees The following 17 referees were selected for the tournament.
Franco Anselmo Juan Fernández Diego Chiconato Larissa Sales Xiang Fei Claudio Osorio Yezid Carreño Roberto Fernández Samuel Hidalgo Krishna Domínguez Samuel Hidalgo Carmelo de la Rosa Julirys Guzmán Lauren Niemiera Andrés Bartel Gvidas Gedvilas Daniel García
Squads
Each nation had to submit a list of 12 players.
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC−4).
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Bracket
5–8th place bracket
Quarter-finals
5–8th classification
Semi-finals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final standings Rank Team Record 7–0 6–1 5–2 4 3–4 5 3–3 6 3–3 7 2–4 8 1–5 9 0–4 10 0–4 Qualified for the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualified for the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournaments
Statistics and awards Statistical leaders Players
Points Name PPG Damiris Dantas 21.4 Arella Guirantes 17.0 Cesarina Capellan 15.1 Bella Nascimento 15.0 Kamilla Cardoso 14.9
Rebounds Name RPG Yvonne Ejim 9.9 Kamilla Cardoso Kayla Alexander 9.6 Kimberly Villalobos 9.3 Yuliany Paz 8.6
Assists Name APG Olivia Miles 7.1 Melisa Gretter 5.1 Cacá Martins 4.6 Hannah Hidalgo Shayeann Day-Wilson 4.3
Blocks Name BPG Kamilla Cardoso 2.0 Kayla Alexander 1.9 Yuliany Paz 1.6 Constanza Cardenas 1.3 Madelyn Batista
Steals Name SPG Hannah Hidalgo 3.1 Mya Hollingshed 2.4 Valentina Ojeda 2.3 Mikayla Blakes 2.0 Kennedy Smith
Efficiency Name EFFPG Kamilla Cardoso 24.3 Damiris Dantas 21.0 Kayla Alexander 16.1 Olivia Miles 15.3 Yvonne Ejim 14.6
Teams
Points Team PPG 91.3 85.7 74.3 67.1 65.1
Rebounds Team RPG 54.9 51.3 49.1 44.3
Assists Team APG 24.9 23.0 17.3 15.9 15.4
Blocks Team BPG 5.3 4.4 4.1 3.4
Steals Team SPG 17.6 9.4 8.3 8.1
Efficiency Team EFFPG 120.0 110.9 87.4 73.3 66.9
Awards The awards were announced on 7 July 2025.
All-Tournament TeamGuardsForwardCenter Mikayla Blakes Hannah Hidalgo Syla Swords Damiris Dantas Kamilla CardosoMVP: Mikayla Blakes All-Second TeamGuardsForward Melisa Gretter Arella Guirantes Bella Nascimento Olivia Miles Kayla AlexanderRising Star: Gabriela Jaquez
Notes
References
External links
Tournament summary