FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2022 FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship
FormerlyFIBA Americas Under-19 Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1990 (1990)
No. of teams8
ContinentFIBA Americas (Americas)
Most recent
champion(s)
 United States
(10th title)
Most titles United States
(10 titles)
QualificationFIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
Related
competitions
FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship

The FIBA Under-18 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 Basketball World Cup.

Summary

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1990  Uruguay
(Montevideo)

United States
105–73
Argentina

Brazil
69–61
Uruguay
1994  Argentina
(Santa Rosa)

United States
77–72
Argentina

Puerto Rico
70–47
Venezuela
1998  Dominican Republic
(Puerto Plata)

United States
91–66
Argentina

Brazil
74–70
Venezuela
2002  Venezuela
(Margarita Island)

Puerto Rico
76–53
Venezuela

United States
71–65
Argentina
2006  United States
(San Antonio)

United States
104–82
Argentina

Brazil
79–70
Canada
2008  Argentina
(Formosa)

Argentina
77–64
United States

Canada
83–68
Puerto Rico
2010  United States
(San Antonio)

United States
81–78
Brazil

Canada
86–83
(OT)

Argentina
2012  Brazil
(São Sebastião do Paraíso)

United States
81–56
Brazil

Canada
68–66
Argentina
2014  United States
(Colorado Springs)

United States
113–79
Canada

Dominican Republic
64–53
Argentina
2016  Chile
(Valdivia)

United States
99–84
Canada

Brazil
59–58
Puerto Rico
2018  Canada
(St. Catharines)

United States
113–74
Canada

Argentina
87–79
Puerto Rico
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North America and South America
2022  Mexico
(Tijuana)

United States
102–60
Brazil

Canada
81–57
Argentina

Performances by nation

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States101112
2 Argentina1416
3 Puerto Rico1012
4 Brazil0347
 Canada0347
6 Venezuela0101
7 Dominican Republic0011
Totals (7 entries)12121236

Participation details

Team Uruguay
1990
Argentina
1994
Dominican Republic
1998
Venezuela
2002
United States
2006
Argentina
2008
United States
2010
Brazil
2012
United States
2014
Chile
2016
Canada
2018
Mexico
2022
Total
 Argentina 2nd2nd2nd4th2nd1st4th4th4th5th3rd4th12
 Bahamas 7th8th2
 Brazil 3rd5th3rd6th3rd2nd2nd6th3rd2nd 10
 Canada 9th7th6th7th4th3rd3rd3rd2nd2nd2nd3rd12
 Chile 6th5th2
 Colombia 8th1
 Costa Rica 10th1
 Cuba 6th7th2
 Dominican Republic 6th5th5th3rd8th6th7th7
 Ecuador 8th8th2
 Mexico 9th8th8th8th7th8th5th7th6th9
 Panama 7th8th7th3
 Puerto Rico 5th3rd1st5th4th6th6th5th4th4th5th11
 United States 1st1st1st3rd1st2nd1st1st1st1st1st1st12
 Uruguay 4th9th6th6th5th8th6
 Venezuela 8th4th4th2nd5th5
 Virgin Islands 7th7th7th3
Total10108888888888

MVP Awards (since 2014)

Year MVP Award Winner
2014 United States Stanley Johnson
2016 United States Markelle Fultz
2018 United States Quentin Grimes
2022 United States Cam Whitmore

Under-19 World Cup record

Team Brazil
1979
Spain
1983
Italy
1987
Canada
1991
Greece
1995
Portugal
1999
Greece
2003
Serbia
2007
New Zealand
2009
Latvia
2011
Czech Republic
2013
Greece
2015
Egypt
2017
Greece
2019
Latvia
2021
Hungary
2023
Switzerland
2025
Czech Republic
2027
Total
 Argentina3rd7th3rd6th4th10th6th5th4th12th10th8th11th8th5th 15
 Brazil2nd3rd20th7th8th4th9th10th11th 9
 Canada7th14th6th8th10th7th11th6th5th1st8th3rd7th 13
 Dominican Republic9th5th13th 1
 Panama11th5th13th 2
 Puerto Rico8th10th6th16th6th9th6th14th 1
 United States1st1st2nd1st7th2nd5th2nd1st5th1st1st3rd1st1st4th16
 Uruguay8th12th14th 3
 Venezuela12th12th9th 3
Total33243344544444444467

See also

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