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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.

2007 FIBA Women's AmeriCup
9th FIBA Women's American
Basketball Championship
Official Logo
Tournament details
Host country Chile
Dates26 – 30 September 2007
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
MVPCuba Yaquelín Plutín
Top scorerJamaica Simone Edwards (18.8)
Top reboundsMexico Fernanda Gutiérrez (8)
Top assistsUnited States Cappie Pondexter (4.8)
PPG (Team) United States (98)
RPG (Team) United States (38.4)
APG (Team) United States (25.4)
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2007 FIBA Americas Championship for Women
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Preliminary round

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Times given below are in Atlantic Standard Time Zone (UTC-4).

Group A

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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
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

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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
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

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Championship Bracket

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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

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

Classification rounds

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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

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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

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

Final

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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

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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

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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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