2007 FIBA Americas Championship for Women

FIBA Americas Championship
for Women 2007
9th FIBA American Women's
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Chile
Dates 26 – 30 September 2007
Teams 8 (from 1 federations)
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  United States (2nd title)
MVP Cuba Yaquelín Plutín
Tournament statistics
PlayersTeams
Points Jamaica Simone Edwards (18.8)  United States (98)
Rebounds Mexico Fernanda Gutiérrez (8)  United States (38.4)
Assists United States Cappie Pondexter (4.8)  United States (25.4)
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2007 FIBA Americas Championship for Women

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 6301.000295166 +129
 Argentina 5210.666218187 +31
 Chile 4120.333208224 −16
 Mexico 3030.000150219 −144
September 26
16:00
Brazil  72–62  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 23–16, 24–17, 10–17
Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
September 26
21:30
Chile  85–54  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 22–8, 24–19, 18–11
Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
September 27
16:00
Chile  60–104  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 11–34, 12–19, 22–24, 15–27
Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
September 27
21:30
Mexico  52–90  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 5–26, 11–15, 22–23, 14–26
Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
September 28
19:00
Brazil  119–44  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 31–9, 32–1, 26–16, 30–18
Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
September 28
21:30
Argentina  66–63 OT  Chile
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 13–4, 15–21, 12–16, OT: 15–8
Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
Qualified for Medal round
Relegated to Classification round

Group B

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
 United States 6301.000285163 +122
 Cuba 5210.666230199 +31
 Canada 4120.333157207 −50
 Jamaica 3030.000156259 −103
September 26
13:30
Canada  68–47  Jamaica
Scoring by quarter: 18–3, 19–21, 16–10, 15–13
Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
September 26
19:00
United States  85–79  Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 16–17, 22–24, 30–21
Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
September 27
13:30
Jamaica  47–115  United States
Scoring by quarter: 11–22, 17–26, 13–35, 6–32
Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
September 27
19:00
Cuba  75–52  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 23–7, 16–7, 15–23, 21–15
Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
September 28
13:30
Cuba  76–62  Jamaica
Scoring by quarter: 24–11, 14–19, 16–16, 22–16
Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia
September 28
16:00
United States  85–37  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 21–6, 24–9, 23–9
Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia

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

Semifinals

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

Third place game

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

Final

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


 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.

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