# 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.

## 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 | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| September 29 | September 29 |
| United States | 104 |
| United States | 104 | September 30 | September 30 |
| Argentina | 53 | September 30 | September 30 |
| Argentina | 53 | United States | 101 |
| September 29 | September 29 | | United States | 101 |
| September 29 | September 29 | Cuba | 71 |
| Brazil | 67 | Cuba | 71 |
| Cuba | 69 | | |
| Cuba | 69 | Third place | Third place |
| | | September 30 | September 30 |
| | | Brazil | 73 |
| | | Argentina | 41 |

### 5th place bracket

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