FIBA Americas Championship for Women
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| FIBA Americas Championship for Women | |
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| Current season or competition: FIBA Americas Championship for Women 2007 |
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| Sport | Basketball |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Continent | Americas (FIBA Americas) |
| Most recent champion(s) |
 USA |
The FIBA Americas Championship for Women is the name commonly used to refer to the American basketball championships that take place every two years between national teams of the continents. The Americas Championship is also a qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championship for Womens and the Olympic Games.
Since FIBA organized the entire Western Hemisphere west of the Atlantic Ocean under one zone, countries from North America, Central America, the Caribbean and South America compete in this tournament.
[edit] Summaries
| Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
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| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1989 Details |
 Brazil (São Paulo) |
 Cuba |
 Brazil |
 Canada |
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| 1993 Details |
Brazil (São Paulo) |
 USA |
Brazil |
Canada |
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| 1995 Details |
Canada |
Cuba |
 Puerto Rico |
 Argentina |
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| 1997 Details |
Brazil (São Paulo) |
Brazil |
USA |
Cuba |
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| 1999 Details |
 Cuba (Havana) |
Cuba |
90-87 | Brazil |
Canada |
 Mexico |
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| 2001 Details |
Brazil (São Luís do Maranhão) |
Brazil |
Cuba |
Argentina |
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| 2003 Details |
 Mexico (Culiacan) |
Brazil |
90-81 [1] | Cuba |
Canada |
71-34 [2] | Mexico |
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| 2005 Details |
 Dom. Rep. (Santo Domingo) |
Cuba |
81-73 [3] | Brazil |
Canada |
Based on standings [4] | Argentina |
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| 2007 Details |
 Chile (Valdivia) |
USA |
101-71 | Cuba |
Brazil |
73-41 | Argentina |
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The competitions that worked as Olympic Games qualifying are shown in blue
[edit] Performances by nation
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Brazil |
3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 1 | Cuba |
3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | USA |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 |  Canada |
1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 |  Argentina |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 |  Puerto Rico |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
[edit] External links
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International women's basketball
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