2001 FIBA Americas Championship for Women

The 2001 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, was the sixth FIBA Americas Championship for Women regional basketball championship held by FIBA Americas, which also served as Americas qualifier for the 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women, granting berths to the top three teams in the final standings. It was held in Brazil between 10 September and 15 September 2001. Six national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Americas, the sport's regional governing body. The city of São Luís hosted the tournament. Brazil won their second title after defeating Cuba in the final.

FIBA Americas Cup
for Women 2001
6th FIBA American Women's
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nationBrazil
Dates10–15 September
Teams6
Venues1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Brazil (2nd title)
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Format

  • Teams were split into two round-robin groups of three teams each. The top two teams from each group advanced to the second stage, which consisted of another round-robin group where the results between teams from the same group in the preliminary stage were carried over. The first two teams from the second stage group qualified directly to the 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women and played an extra game for the championship. Third and fourth places were defined by the standings in the second stage group.
  • The teams that did not get past the first round played an extra game to define fifth place.

Squads

First round

Advanced to the semifinals

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Brazil 2 2 0 202 102+100 4
 Argentina 2 1 1 132 15927 3
 Mexico 2 0 2 139 21273 2
10 September
15:00
Brazil  11963  Mexico
11 September
15:00
Argentina  9376  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 28–24, 20–14, 29–18
12 September
15:00
Brazil  8339  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 22–12, 14–7, 19–13, 28–7

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Cuba 2 2 0 170 96+74 4
 Canada 2 1 1 142 111+31 3
 Chile 2 0 2 74 179105 2
10 September
13:00
Chile  33100  Cuba
11 September
13:00
Canada  7941  Chile
Scoring by quarter: 23–4, 25–9, 21–21, 10–7
12 September
13:00
Cuba  7063 (OT)  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 13–15, 15–12, 11–7, Overtime: 12–5

Fifth place

13 September
13:00
Chile  6155  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 10–9, 20–12, 9–17, 22–17

Second round

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Cuba 4 4 0 319 231+88 8
 Brazil 4 3 1 349 239+110 7
 Argentina 4 2 2 240 27939 6
 Canada 4 1 3 250 231+19 5
13 September
15:00
Cuba  7057  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 17–13, 20–13, 21–11
13 September
17:00
Brazil  6958  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 12–18, 24–14, 14–9
14 September
15:00
Argentina  5150  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 9–8, 13–19, 12–13, 17–10
14 September
17:00
Brazil  7879  Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 16–22, 19–20, 19–22

Final

15 September
Cuba  8388  Brazil

Final standings

Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil 4–1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Cuba 4–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Argentina 2–2
4  Canada 1–3
5  Chile 1–2
6  Mexico 0–3
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