FIBA Americas Championship for Women 2007

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FIBA Americas Championship for Women 2007
9th FIBA American Women's Basketball Championship

Official website
2007 FIBA Americas Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host nation	Chile
Dates	September 26 - September 30
Teams	8 (from federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	USA (2nd title)

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. The tournament was held in Valdivia, Chile from September 26 to September 30.

1 Preliminary round
- 1.1 Group A
- 1.2 Group B
2 Knockout Stage
3 Final standings
4 Olympic Qualification
5 External links

[edit] Preliminary round

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

[edit] 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	Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
		Scoring by quarter: 15-12, 23-16, 24-17, 10-17

September 26 21:30		Chile	85 – 54	Mexico	Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
		Scoring by quarter: 21-16, 22-8, 24-19, 18-11

September 27 16:00		Chile	60 – 104	Brazil	Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
		Scoring by quarter: 11-34, 12-19, 22-24, 15-27

September 27 21:30		Mexico	52 – 90	Argentina	Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
		Scoring by quarter: 5-26, 11-15, 22-23, 14-26

September 28 19:00		Brazil	119 – 44	Mexico	Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
		Scoring by quarter: 31-9, 32-1, 26-16, 30-18

September 28 21:30		Argentina	66 – 63 (OT)	Chile	Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
		Scoring by quarter: 16-15, 13-4, 15-21, 12-16. Overtime/s: 15-8

	Qualified for Medal round
	Relegated to Classification round

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
USA	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	Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
		Scoring by quarter: 18-3, 19-21, 16-10, 15-13

September 26 19:00		USA	85 – 79	Cuba	Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
		Scoring by quarter: 17-17, 16-17, 22-24, 30-21

September 27 13:30		Jamaica	47 – 115	USA	Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
		Scoring by quarter: 11-22, 17-26, 13-35, 6-32

September 27 19:00		Cuba	75 – 52	Canada	Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
		Scoring by quarter: 23-7, 16-7, 15-23, 21-15

September 28 13:30		Cuba	76 – 62	Jamaica	Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
		Scoring by quarter: 24-11, 14-19, 16-16, 22-16

September 28 16:00		USA	85 – 37	Canada	Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
		Scoring by quarter: 17-13, 21-6, 24-9, 23-9

[edit] Knockout Stage

[edit] Championship Bracket

Semi finals			Final

September 29
USA	104
Argentina	53

			September 30
			USA	101
			Cuba	71


			Third place
September 29		September 30
Brazil	67	Brazil	73
Cuba	69		Argentina	41

[edit] 5th place bracket

Semi finals			Fifth place

September 29
Canada	77
Mexico	38

			September 30
			Canada	86
			Chile	68


			Seventh place
September 29		September 30
Chile	75	Mexico	62
Jamaica	67		Jamaica	55

[edit] Classification rounds

September 29 11:30	Classif. 5-8	Canada	77 – 38	Mexico	Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
		Scoring by quarter: 17-9, 21-11, 24-8, 15-10

September 29 14:00	Classif. 5-8	Chile	75 – 67	Jamaica	Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
		Scoring by quarter: 25-20, 15-12, 16-14, 19-21

September 30 08:30	7th place	Jamaica	55 – 62	Mexico	Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
		Scoring by quarter: 28-24, 0-0, 16-14, 11-24

September 30 11:00	5th place	Canada	86 – 68	Chile	Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
		Scoring by quarter: 22-10, 20-19, 19-17, 25-22

[edit] Semifinals

September 29 16:30		USA	104 – 53	Argentina	Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
		Scoring by quarter: 28-9, 28-6, 22-16, 26-22

September 29 20:00		Brazil	67 – 69	Cuba	Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
		Scoring by quarter: 17-14, 14-10, 15-31, 21-14

[edit] Third place game

September 30 13:30		Brazil	73 – 41	Argentina	Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
		Scoring by quarter: 13-15, 15-6, 26-13, 19-7

[edit] Final

September 30 16:00		USA	101 – 71	Cuba	Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
		Scoring by quarter: 29-13, 20-17, 29-14, 23-27

2007 Champions of the Americas:

USA

[edit] Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
1	USA	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

[edit] Olympic Qualification

As winner of the tournament the USA 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.

[edit] External links

Official Website

2008 Olympic basketball tournament

v • d • e

Men (Summary)		Women (Summary)
Africa \| Americas \| Asia \| Europe \| Oceania \| Wildcards \| World Championship	Tourneys	Africa \| Americas \| Asia \| Europe \| Oceania \| Wildcards \| World Championship
Angola \| Argentina \| Australia \| China \| Iran \| Lithuania \| Russia \| Spain \| USA	Teams	Australia \| China \| Korea \| Mali \| New Zealand \| Russia \| USA

International women's basketball

v • d • e

Africa: FIBA Africa – Africa Championship Americas: FIBA Americas – Americas Championship Asia: FIBA Asia – Asian Championship Europe: FIBA Europe – EuroBasket Oceania: FIBA Oceania – Oceania Championship

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