Ko te 2015 FIBA Americas Championship mo nga Tangata, i muri mai ka mohiotia ko te FIBA AmeriCup, ko te whakataetae FIBA Americas tohu mo te 2016 Summer Olympics
, i Brazil. Ko tenei whakataetae FIBA AmeriCup i tu ki Mexico City, Mexico. Ko te whakataetae i wikitoria mo te wa tuatahi e te kapa poitūkohu a motu o Venezuela. Ko Venezuela me te tuarua, i tohu tika mo nga Orimipia 2016. I uru atu ratou ki te mema o te FIBA Americas,, i tohu mo nga Orimipia na te wikitoria i te 2014 FIBA World Cup, a ka kowhiri ratou kia kaua e uru atu ki tenei whakataetae; me te mema o te FIBA Americas,, i mutu i te 9th i te whakataetae, engari i tohu mo nga Orimipia hei whenua manaaki.,, me, nga roopu e toru e whai ake nei i te mutunga teitei, i tohu mo te 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament, engari kaore tetahi o ratou i wikitoria i a raatau whakataetae tohu, na reira ka whakakore i a raatau tumanakohanga mo te Orimipia 2016.