2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship

FIBA Americas Cup
for Women 2015

13th FIBA American Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	8–16 August 2015
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Kia Nurse
Top scorer	Yamara Amargo (15.7)
Top rebounds	Nadia Colhado (11.3)
Top assists	Ineidis Casanova (7.7)
PPG (Team)	Canada (92.5)
RPG (Team)	Canada (48.5)
APG (Team)	Canada (23.7)
Official website
2015 FIBA Americas Championship
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The 2015 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas at the 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball Tournament in Brazil. The champion qualified directly for the Olympics.

On the first day of the tournament, at coincident FIBA Central Board meetings in Tokyo, Brazil's men's and women's teams were granted automatic entry to the Olympic Tournament as highly ranked host teams.^[1]

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, Puerto Rico and Venezuela, 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.

Canada went on to win its second title - defeating Cuba - the first after 20 years, when the tournament was also held in Canada.