1999 FIBA Americas Championship for Women

FIBA Americas Cup
for Women 1999

5th FIBA American Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Cuba
Dates	12–17 May
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (2nd title)
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The 1999 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, was the fifth FIBA Americas Championship for Women regional basketball championship held by FIBA Americas, which also served as Americas qualifier for the 2000 Summer Olympics, granting berths to the top three teams in the final standings. It was held in Cuba between 12 May and 17 August 1999. Eight national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Americas, the sport's regional governing body. The city of Havana hosted the tournament. Cuba won their second title after defeating 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 knockout semifinals. The winners from the semifinals competed for the championship and qualified directly to the 2000 Summer Olympics. The losing teams from the semifinals played a game for third place and the final berth to the Olympic Tournament.
• The teams that did not get past the first round competed in a separate bracket to define places fifth through eighth in the final standings.

First round

Advanced to the semifinals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Cuba	3	3	0	283	148	+135	6
Mexico	3	2	1	187	205	−18	5
Argentina	3	1	2	172	197	−25	4
Dominican Republic	3	0	3	173	265	−92	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	257	170	+87	6
Canada	3	2	1	227	161	+66	5
Puerto Rico	3	1	2	179	221	−42	4
Venezuela	3	0	3	147	258	−111	3

Classification stage

	Classification round				Fifth place
	16 May
	Argentina	59
					17 May
	Venezuela	49
					Argentina	2
	16 May
					Dominican Republic	0
	Dominican Republic	75
	Puerto Rico	71
					Seventh place
					17 May
					Venezuela	61
					Puerto Rico	75

Championship bracket

	Championship round				Final
	16 May
	Cuba	80
					17 May
	Canada	60
					Cuba	90
	16 May
					Brazil	87
	Mexico	43
	Brazil	76
					Third Place
					17 May
					Canada	80
					Mexico	37

Seventh Place

Fifth Place

Third place game

Final

2003 Champions of the Americas
Cuba First title

Final standings

Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics

Rank	Team	Record
	Cuba	5–0
	Brazil	4–1
	Canada	3–2
4	Mexico	2–3
5	Argentina	2–2
6	Dominican Republic	1–3
7	Puerto Rico	2–3
8	Venezuela	0–5

External links

• 1999 Panamerican Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women, FIBA.com. Retrieved January 22, 2015.