1989 FIBA Americas Championship for Women

FIBA Americas Cup
for Women 1989

1st FIBA American Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	6–13 August
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (1st title)
1993 →

The 1989 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, was the first FIBA Americas Championship for Women regional basketball championship held by FIBA Americas, which also served as Americas qualifier for the 1990 FIBA World Championship for Women, granting berths to the top four teams in the final standings. It was held in Brazil between 6 August and 13 August 1989. Eight national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Americas, the sport's regional governing body. The city of São Paulo hosted the tournament. Cuba won their first title after defeating hosts Brazil in the final.

Format

• Teams were split into two round-robin groups of four teams each. The top two teams from each group advanced to the second stage and qualified directly to the 1990 FIBA World Championship for Women. The second stage consisted of another round robin group of four teams, where the top two teams played an extra game for the championship, and the other two teams played for third place.
• The teams that did not advance to the second round played in a knockout bracket to define places fifth through eighth in the final standings.

First round

Advanced to the second round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Cuba	3	3	0	280	206	+74	6
United States	3	2	1	277	204	+73	5
Argentina	3	1	2	259	300	−41	4
Dominican Republic	3	0	3	190	296	−106	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	285	187	+98	6
Canada	3	2	1	213	181	+32	5
Peru	3	1	2	153	244	−91	4
Mexico	3	0	3	196	235	−39	3

Classification stage

	Classification round				Fifth place
	10 August – 16:00
	Argentina	78
					11 August – 18:00
	Mexico	72
					Argentina	99
	10 August – 18:00
					Dominican Republic	86
	Dominican Republic	76
	Peru	67
					Seventh place
					11 August – 16:00
					Mexico	71
					Peru	59

Second stage

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	310	251	+59	6
Cuba	3	2	1	248	255	−7	5
United States	3	1	2	250	236	+14	4
Canada	3	0	3	214	280	−66	3

Third place

Final

1989 Champions of the Americas
Cuba First title

Final standings

The United States already qualified for the World Championship by virtue of winning the 1988 Olympics.

	Qualified for the 1990 FIBA World Championship for Women
	Qualified for the 1992 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament for Women

Rank	Team	Record
	Cuba	6–1
	Brazil	6–1
	Canada	3–4
4	United States	3–4
5	Argentina	3–2
6	Dominican Republic	1–4
7	Mexico	1–4
8	Peru	1–4

External links

• Women Basketball I America World Qualification 1989, todor66.com. Retrieved January 22, 2015.