2007 FIBA Americas Championship for Women

FIBA Americas Cup
for Women 2007
9th FIBA American Women's
Basketball Championship
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Tournament details
Host country Chile
Dates26 – 30 September 2007
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
MVPCuba Yaquelín Plutín
Top scorerJamaica Simone Edwards (18.8)
Top reboundsMexico Fernanda Gutiérrez (8)
Top assistsUnited States Cappie Pondexter (4.8)
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2007 FIBA Americas Championship for Women
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The 2007 FIBA Americas Championship for Women was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas at the women's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The tournament was held in Valdivia, Chile from 26 – 30 September 2007.

Preliminary round

Times given below are in Atlantic Standard Time Zone (UTC-4).

Group A

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
 Brazil 6 3 0 1.000 295 166 +129
 Argentina 5 2 1 0.666 218 187 +31
 Chile 4 1 2 0.333 208 224 −16
 Mexico 3 0 3 0.000 150 219 −144
September 26
16:00
Brazil  72–62  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 23–16, 24–17, 10–17
September 26
21:30
Chile  85–54  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 22–8, 24–19, 18–11
September 27
16:00
Chile  60–104  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 11–34, 12–19, 22–24, 15–27
September 27
21:30
Mexico  52–90  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 5–26, 11–15, 22–23, 14–26
September 28
19:00
Brazil  119–44  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 31–9, 32–1, 26–16, 30–18
September 28
21:30
Argentina  66–63 (OT)  Chile
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 13–4, 15–21, 12–16, Overtime: 15–8
Qualified for Medal round
Relegated to Classification round

Group B

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
 United States 6 3 0 1.000 285 163 +122
 Cuba 5 2 1 0.666 230 199 +31
 Canada 4 1 2 0.333 157 207 −50
 Jamaica 3 0 3 0.000 156 259 −103
September 26
13:30
Canada  68–47  Jamaica
Scoring by quarter: 18–3, 19–21, 16–10, 15–13
September 26
19:00
United States  85–79  Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 16–17, 22–24, 30–21
September 27
13:30
Jamaica  47–115  United States
Scoring by quarter: 11–22, 17–26, 13–35, 6–32
September 27
19:00
Cuba  75–52  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 23–7, 16–7, 15–23, 21–15
September 28
13:30
Cuba  76–62  Jamaica
Scoring by quarter: 24–11, 14–19, 16–16, 22–16
September 28
16:00
United States  85–37  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 21–6, 24–9, 23–9

Knockout stage

Championship Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
September 29
 
 
 United States104
 
September 30
 
 Argentina53
 
 United States101
 
September 29
 
 Cuba71
 
 Brazil67
 
 
 Cuba69
 
Third place
 
 
September 30
 
 
 Brazil73
 
 
 Argentina41

5th place bracket

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
September 29
 
 
 Canada77
 
September 30
 
 Mexico38
 
 Canada86
 
September 29
 
 Chile68
 
 Chile75
 
 
 Jamaica67
 
Seventh place
 
 
September 30
 
 
 Mexico62
 
 
 Jamaica55

Classification rounds

September 29
11:30
Classif. 5–8
Canada  77–38  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 17–9, 21–11, 24–8, 15–10
September 29
14:00
Classif. 5–8
Chile  75–67  Jamaica
Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 15–12, 16–14, 19–21
September 30
08:30
7th place
Jamaica  55–62  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 28–24, 0–0, 16–14, 11–24
September 30
11:00
5th place
Canada  86–68  Chile
Scoring by quarter: 22–10, 20–19, 19–17, 25–22

Semifinals

September 29
16:30
United States  104–53  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 28–9, 28–6, 22–16, 26–22
September 29
20:00
Brazil  67–69  Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 14–10, 15–31, 21–14

Third place game

September 30
13:30
Brazil  73–41  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 15–6, 26–13, 19–7

Final

September 30
16:00
United States  101–71  Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 29–13, 20–17, 29–14, 23–27


 2007 Champions of the Americas 

United States
Second title

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1  United States 5–0
2  Cuba 3–2
3  Brazil 4–1
4  Argentina 2–3
5  Canada 3–2
6  Chile 2–3
7  Mexico 1–4
8  Jamaica 0–5

Olympic Qualification

As winner of the tournament the  United States gets direct entry into the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The runner up  Cuba and the two teams that competed in the bronze medal game,  Brazil and  Argentina will get another chance through the FIBA Wildcard Tournament.

External links

  • Official website