FIBA Under-18 Women's Americas Championship

For the men's tournament, see FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship.

The FIBA Under-18 Women's Americas Championship is the Americas basketball championship for players under 18 years that take place every two years among national teams of the FIBA Americas zone. Before the 2006 edition the tournament was played by under-19 teams. The top four teams qualify for the FIBA Under-19 Women's World Cup.

FIBA Under-18 Women's Americas Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2022 FIBA Under-18 Women's Americas Championship
Formerly	FIBA Americas Under-19 Championship for Women
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1988 (1988)
No. of teams	8
Continent	FIBA Americas (Americas)
Most recent champion(s)	United States (11th title)
Most titles	United States (11 titles)
Qualification	FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup
Related competitions	FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship

Summary

Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
		Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1988	Brazil (São Paulo)	United States	70–68	Brazil	Cuba	–	Canada
1992	Mexico (Guanajuato)	Brazil	80–70	United States	Cuba	–	Puerto Rico
1996	Mexico (Cancún)	Brazil	82–78	United States	Argentina	69–61	Cuba
2000	Argentina (Mar del Plata)	United States	69–46	Cuba	Brazil	59–39	Argentina
2004	Puerto Rico (Mayagüez)	United States	121–56	Puerto Rico	Canada	47–43	Brazil
2006	United States (Colorado Springs)	United States	85–52	Canada	Argentina	73–69	Brazil
2008	Argentina (Buenos Aires)	United States	Round-robin group	Canada	Brazil	Round-robin group	Argentina
2010	United States (Colorado Springs)	United States	81–38	Brazil	Canada	81–42	Chile
2012	Puerto Rico (Gurabo)	United States	71–47	Brazil	Argentina	53–49	Canada
2014	United States (Colorado Springs)	United States	104–74	Canada	Argentina	69–67	Brazil
2016	Chile (Valdivia)	United States	109–62	Canada	Brazil	70–64	Puerto Rico
2018	Mexico (Mexico City)	United States	84–60	Canada	Argentina	62–52	Colombia
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in North America and South America
2022	Argentina (Buenos Aires)	United States	82–77	Canada	Argentina	55–50	Brazil
2024	Colombia (Bucaramanga)

Performances by nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	11	2	0	13
2	Brazil	2	3	3	8
3	Canada	0	5	2	7
4	Cuba	0	1	2	3
5	Puerto Rico	0	1	0	1
6	Argentina	0	0	5	5
Totals (6 entries)		13	12	12	37

Participation details

Team

1988

1992

1996

2000

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

2022

2024

Total

Argentina

5th

6th

3rd

4th

5th

3rd

4th

5th

3rd

3rd

–

3rd

3rd

Q

13

Bolivia

–

–

–

–

8th

–

–

–

–

–

-

–

–

–

1

Brazil

2nd

1st

1st

3rd

4th

4th

3rd

2nd

2nd

4th

3rd

–

4th

Q

13

Canada

4th

5th

5th

5th

3rd

2nd

2nd

3rd

4th

2nd

2nd

2nd

2nd

Q

14

Chile

7th

–

-

–

-

–

-

4th

–

6th

6th

6th

–

–

5

Colombia

–

8th

–

-

–

-

–

-

6th

–

-

4th

6th

Q

5

Costa Rica

–

-

7th

–

-

7th

–

8th

–

-

–

–

–

–

3

Cuba

3rd

3rd

4th

2nd

–

-

–

-

–

-

–

-

–

–

4

Dominican Republic

–

-

–

-

7th

–

-

–

8th

–

-

–

–

Q

3

Ecuador

–

-

8th

–

-

–

-

–

-

–

-

–

–

–

1

El Salvador

–

-

–

-

–

-

–

-

–

8th

–

8th

8th

–

3

Guatemala

8th

–

-

–

6th

–

-

–

-

–

8th

–

–

–

3

Mexico

–

7th

6th

7th

–

-

–

6th

7th

7th

5th

7th

5th

Q

10

Paraguay

–

-

–

-

–

5th

–

-

–

-

–

-

–

–

1

Puerto Rico

6th

4th

–

8th

2nd

6th

6th

7th

5th

5th

4th

5th

7th

Q

13

United States

1st

2nd

2nd

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

Q

14

Venezuela

–

-

–

6th

–

-

5th

–

-

–

7th

–

–

–

3

Under-19 Women's World Cup record

Team

1985

1989

1993

1997

2001

2005

2007

2009

2011

2013

2015

2017

2019

2021

2023

2025

Total

Argentina

–

–

–

9th

–

–

14th

3rd

13th

14th

15th

–

12th

15th

16th

9

Brazil

–

8th

5th

4th

7th

–

10th

9th

3rd

6th

10th

–

–

16th

14th

11

Canada

8th

–

–

–

–

9th

9th

4th

5th

7th

8th

3rd

6th

5th

3rd

11

Chile

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

12th

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

Colombia

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

11th

–

–

1

Cuba

9th

10th

–

11th

6th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

4

Mexico

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

12th

–

–

–

1

Puerto Rico

–

–

–

–

–

10th

–

–

–

–

–

14th

–

–

–

2

United States

5th

7th

7th

1st

3rd

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

2nd

1st

1st

1st

15

Total

3

3

2

4

3

3

4

4

5

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

59

See also

• FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship
• FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship