2007 FIBA Americas Championship for Women

FIBA Americas Cup 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	Yaquelín Plutín
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Simone Edwards (18.8)  United States (98) Rebounds Fernanda Gutiérrez (8)  United States (38.4) Assists Cappie Pondexter (4.8)  United States (25.4)
Official website
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

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, Overtime: 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	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

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
					September 30
	Argentina	53
					United States	101
	September 29
					Cuba	71
	Brazil	67
	Cuba	69
					Third place
					September 30
					Brazil	73
					Argentina	41

5th place bracket

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	September 29
	Canada	77
					September 30
	Mexico	38
					Canada	86
	September 29
					Chile	68
	Chile	75
	Jamaica	67
					Seventh place
					September 30
					Mexico	62
					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.

External links

• Official website