FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Women

The FIBA Americas Women's Championship Under-18 is the pan-American basketball championships for women players under 18 years that take every two years among national teams of the continents. Before the 2006 edition the championship was played by under-19 teams.

FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Women

Current season, competition or edition: 2018 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Women
Formerly	FIBA Americas Under-19 Championship for Women
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1988
Founder	FIBA Americas
Inaugural season	1988
No. of teams	8
Continent	Americas
Most recent champion(s)	United States (10th title)
Most titles	United States (10 titles)
Related competitions	FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women
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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

Performances by nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	10	2	0	12
2	Brazil (BRA)	2	3	3	8
3	Canada (CAN)	0	5	2	7
4	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	2	3
5	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	1	0	1
6	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	5	5
Totals (6 nations)		12	12	12	36

Participation details

Team

1988

1992

1996

2000

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

Total

Argentina

5th

6th

3rd

4th

5th

3rd

4th

5th

3rd

3rd

–

3rd

11

Bolivia

–

–

–

–

8th

–

–

–

–

–

-

–

1

Brazil

2nd

1st

1st

3rd

4th

4th

3rd

2nd

2nd

4th

3rd

–

11

Canada

4th

5th

5th

5th

3rd

2nd

2nd

3rd

4th

2nd

2nd

2nd

12

Chile

7th

–

-

–

-

–

-

4th

–

6th

6th

6th

5

Colombia

–

8th

–

-

–

-

–

-

6th

–

-

4th

3

Costa Rica

–

-

7th

–

-

7th

–

8th

–

-

–

-

3

Cuba

3rd

3rd

4th

2nd

–

-

–

-

–

-

–

-

4

Dominican Republic

–

-

–

-

7th

–

-

–

8th

–

-

–

2

Ecuador

–

-

8th

–

-

–

-

–

-

–

-

–

1

El Salvador

–

-

–

-

–

-

–

-

–

8th

–

8th

2

Guatemala

8th

–

-

–

6th

–

-

–

-

–

8th

–

3

Mexico

–

7th

6th

7th

–

-

–

6th

7th

7th

5th

7th

8

Paraguay

–

-

–

-

–

5th

–

-

–

-

–

-

1

Puerto Rico

6th

4th

–

8th

2nd

6th

6th

7th

5th

5th

4th

5th

11

United States

1st

2nd

2nd

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

12

Venezuela

–

-

–

6th

–

-

5th

–

-

–

7th

–

3

See also

• FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship for Women
• USA Women's U18 and U19 teams