The 2015

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, held in

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, was the qualifying tournament for

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at the 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball Tournament in

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. The champion qualified directly for the Olympics. On the first day of the tournament, at coincident FIBA Central Board meetings in

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, Brazil's men's and

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teams were granted automatic entry to the Olympic Tournament as highly ranked host teams. After allowing for Brazil's and the tournament winner's direct qualification for the Olympics, the next highest three teams in this tournament went to the final 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball Qualifying Tournament, competing against the highest placed non-winners of the other regional Championships. As Brazil fell in the semifinals,

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and

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, as the third-placed teams in their groups, contested a fifth-place match. Venezuela eventually won that match and qualified for the Olympic qualifying tournament.

went on to win its second title - defeating

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- the first after 20 years, when the tournament was also held in Canada.

Qualification

*Host country ** (10) *Central American and Caribbean Sub-Zone: (

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) ** (13) ** (28) ** (37) ** (-) *South American Sub-Zone:

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** (7) ** (14) ** (26) ** (34) *Repechage winner: ** (-) Note: 2014

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in parentheses.

Venue

awarded the hosting rights of the championship to

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. All games were held at the

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at the

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's South Campus in Edmonton.

Teams

Preliminary round

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Group A

Group B

Final round

Semifinals

Fifth place match

Third place match

Final

Final ranking

All-2015 FIBA Americas Women's Team

G – Melisa Gretter
G –

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(Tournament

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)
F – Yamara Delgado
F –

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F – Tamara Tatham

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:FIBA FIBA Women's AmeriCup 2015 in women's basketball 2015–16 in Canadian basketball 2015 in Alberta International women's basketball competitions hosted by Canada 2015–16 in North American basketball 2015–16 in South American basketball