FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship

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continental basketball championship international youth basketball competition

The FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship is a continental basketball tournament that serves as the primary competition for under-18 national teams in the Americas and a qualifier for the FIBA Under-19 World Cup.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
FIBA U18 Americas Championship	3
FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship canonical	2
FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Men	2
FIBA Americas U18 Championship	1
FIBA Americas Under-18 Women's Championship	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1141800 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship
Context triple: [United States men's national under-19 basketball team, representsInCompetition, FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship]

A. FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship
The FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship is a continental basketball tournament for national teams of players under 16 from the Americas, serving as a qualifier for global youth competitions.
B. FIBA Americas Women’s Under-18 Championship
The FIBA Americas Women’s Under-18 Championship is a continental basketball tournament that serves as the primary competition and qualifier for national women’s under-18 teams from the Americas region.
C. FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup
The FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup is an international youth basketball championship featuring the world’s top under-17 national teams competing for a global title.
D. FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup
The FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup is an international youth basketball championship that brings together the world’s top under-19 national teams to compete for a global title.
E. FIBA Americas
FIBA Americas is the governing body for international basketball in the Americas, organizing regional competitions and overseeing national teams across North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship
Target entity description: The FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship is a continental basketball tournament that serves as the primary competition for under-18 national teams in the Americas and a qualifier for the FIBA Under-19 World Cup.

A. FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship
The FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship is a continental basketball tournament for national teams of players under 16 from the Americas, serving as a qualifier for global youth competitions.
B. FIBA Americas Women’s Under-18 Championship
The FIBA Americas Women’s Under-18 Championship is a continental basketball tournament that serves as the primary competition and qualifier for national women’s under-18 teams from the Americas region.
C. FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup
The FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup is an international youth basketball championship featuring the world’s top under-17 national teams competing for a global title.
D. FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup
The FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup is an international youth basketball championship that brings together the world’s top under-19 national teams to compete for a global title.
E. FIBA Americas
FIBA Americas is the governing body for international basketball in the Americas, organizing regional competitions and overseeing national teams across North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	continental basketball championship ⓘ international youth basketball competition ⓘ
ageCategory	junior national teams ⓘ
ageGroup	under-18 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	FIBA Americas U18 Championship ⓘ linked to: FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Men ⓘ linked to: FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship
category	FIBA youth competitions ⓘ youth basketball tournament ⓘ
competitionLevel	under-18 ⓘ
competitionType	national team competition ⓘ
confederation	FIBA Americas ⓘ
continent	Americas ⓘ
eligibility	players under 18 years of age at a specified cutoff date ⓘ
frequency	biennial ⓘ
genderCategory	men ⓘ
governedBy	FIBA rules ⓘ linked to: FIBA
governingBody	FIBA Americas ⓘ
governingConfederation	FIBA Americas ⓘ
governingRegion	Caribbean ⓘ Central America ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ
hierarchicalLevel	below senior continental championship ⓘ
organizer	FIBA Americas ⓘ
parentOrganization	FIBA ⓘ
participantAgeLimit	18 years ⓘ
participantType	national teams ⓘ
purpose	determine under-18 champion of the Americas ⓘ qualify teams from the Americas to the FIBA Under-19 World Cup ⓘ
qualificationRole	Americas qualifier for FIBA Under-19 World Cup ⓘ
qualifiesFor	FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup ⓘ linked to: FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup
region	Americas ⓘ
relatedCompetition	FIBA AmeriCup ⓘ FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship ⓘ FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup ⓘ linked to: FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup
scope	continental ⓘ
selectionMethod	players selected by national basketball federations ⓘ
sport	basketball ⓘ
sportDiscipline	5-on-5 basketball ⓘ
sportType	team sport ⓘ
teamRepresentation	countries of the Americas ⓘ
teamType	men's national under-18 teams ⓘ
tournamentFormat	round-robin and knockout stages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited