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2007 FIBA Women's AmeriCup

9th FIBA Women's American Basketball Championship
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Tournament details
Host country	Chile
Dates	26 – 30 September 2007
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Yaquelín Plutín
Top scorer	Simone Edwards (18.8)
Top rebounds	Fernanda Gutiérrez (8)
Top assists	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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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

Brazil	72–62	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 23–16, 24–17, 10–17

Chile	85–54	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 22–8, 24–19, 18–11

Chile	60–104	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 11–34, 12–19, 22–24, 15–27

Mexico	52–90	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 5–26, 11–15, 22–23, 14–26

Brazil	119–44	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 31–9, 32–1, 26–16, 30–18

Argentina	66–63 (OT)	Chile
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 13–4, 15–21, 12–16, Overtime: 15–8

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

Canada	68–47	Jamaica
Scoring by quarter: 18–3, 19–21, 16–10, 15–13

United States	85–79	Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 16–17, 22–24, 30–21

Jamaica	47–115	United States
Scoring by quarter: 11–22, 17–26, 13–35, 6–32

Cuba	75–52	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 23–7, 16–7, 15–23, 21–15

Cuba	76–62	Jamaica
Scoring by quarter: 24–11, 14–19, 16–16, 22–16

United States	85–37	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 21–6, 24–9, 23–9

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

Canada	77–38	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 17–9, 21–11, 24–8, 15–10

Chile	75–67	Jamaica
Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 15–12, 16–14, 19–21

Jamaica	55–62	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 28–24, 0–0, 16–14, 11–24

Canada	86–68	Chile
Scoring by quarter: 22–10, 20–19, 19–17, 25–22

Semifinals

United States	104–53	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 28–9, 28–6, 22–16, 26–22

Brazil	67–69	Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 14–10, 15–31, 21–14

Third place game

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

Final

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.

External links

• Official website

• FIBA Women's AmeriCup
• 2007 in women's basketball
• 2007 in Chilean women's sport
• International women's basketball competitions hosted by Chile
• 2007–08 in North American basketball
• 2007–08 in South American basketball