2007 FIBA Americas Championship for Women

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  United States (2nd title)
MVP Yaquelín Plutín
Tournament statistics
Players Teams
PPG Simone Edwards (18.8)  United States (98)
Rebounds Fernanda Gutiérrez (8)  United States (38.4)
Assists Cappie Pondexter (4.8)  United States (25.4)

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.

Contents

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    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  Chile OT  Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 13–4, 15–21, 12–16, OT: 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    Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
Scoring by quarter: 18–3, 19–21, 16–10, 15–13
September 26
19:00		 United States  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  United States    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		 United States  85–37  Canada    Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 21–6, 24–9, 23–9

Knockout stage

Championship Bracket

  Semi-finals Final
September 29
  United States  104  
  Argentina  53  
 
September 30
      United States  101
    Cuba  71
Third place
September 29 September 30
  Brazil  67   Brazil  73
  Cuba  69     Argentina  41

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

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

Semifinals

September 29
16:30		 United States  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

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

Final

September 30
16:00		 United States  101–71  Cuba    Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
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

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Templates
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Gold medalists
Silver medalists
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Fourth place
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
Eliminated at the preliminary round
Qualifying tournaments: Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania | Wildcard | World Championship
International women's basketball
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Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.