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.

FIBA Americas Cup
for Women 2007
9th FIBA American Women's
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Chile
Dates26 – 30 September 2007
Teams8 (from 1 federations)
Venues1 (in 1 host city)
Champions United States (2nd title)
MVPCuba Yaquelín Plutín
Tournament leaders
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)
Official website
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Preliminary round
Times given below are in Atlantic Standard Time Zone (UTC-4).

Group A
TeamPts.WLPCTPFPADiff
 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
September 26
21:30
Chile  85–54  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 22–8, 24–19, 18–11
September 27
16:00
Chile  60–104  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 11–34, 12–19, 22–24, 15–27
September 27
21:30
Mexico  52–90  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 5–26, 11–15, 22–23, 14–26
September 28
19:00
Brazil  119–44  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 31–9, 32–1, 26–16, 30–18
September 28
21:30
Argentina  66–63 (OT)  Chile
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 13–4, 15–21, 12–16, Overtime: 15–8
Qualified for Medal round
Relegated to Classification round

Group B
TeamPts.WLPCTPFPADiff
 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
September 26
19:00
United States  85–79  Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 16–17, 22–24, 30–21
September 27
13:30
Jamaica  47–115  United States
Scoring by quarter: 11–22, 17–26, 13–35, 6–32
September 27
19:00
Cuba  75–52  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 23–7, 16–7, 15–23, 21–15
September 28
13:30
Cuba  76–62  Jamaica
Scoring by quarter: 24–11, 14–19, 16–16, 22–16
September 28
16:00
United States  85–37  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 21–6, 24–9, 23–9

Knockout stage

Championship Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
September 29
 
 
 United States104
 
September 30
 
 Argentina53
 
 United States101
 
September 29
 
 Cuba71
 
 Brazil67
 
 
 Cuba69
 
Third place
 
 
September 30
 
 
 Brazil73
 
 
 Argentina41

5th place bracket
 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
September 29
 
 
 Canada77
 
September 30
 
 Mexico38
 
 Canada86
 
September 29
 
 Chile68
 
 Chile75
 
 
 Jamaica67
 
Seventh place
 
 
September 30
 
 
 Mexico62
 
 
 Jamaica55

Classification rounds
September 29
11:30
Classif. 5–8
Canada  77–38  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 17–9, 21–11, 24–8, 15–10
September 29
14:00
Classif. 5–8
Chile  75–67  Jamaica
Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 15–12, 16–14, 19–21
September 30
08:30
7th place
Jamaica  55–62  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 28–24, 0–0, 16–14, 11–24
September 30
11:00
5th place
Canada  86–68  Chile
Scoring by quarter: 22–10, 20–19, 19–17, 25–22

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

Third place game
September 30
13:30
Brazil  73–41  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 15–6, 26–13, 19–7

Final
September 30
16:00
United States  101–71  Cuba
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.

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