# 2009 FIBA Americas Championship for Women

The FIBA Americas Championship for Women 2009 is the continental championships held by FIBA Americas for North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. The championship will serve as a qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women in the Czech Republic. The tournament will be held on Ginásio Aecim Tocantins in Cuiabá, Brazil from September 23 to September 27.

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Team | Pts. | W | L | PCT | PF | PA | Diff |
| Brazil | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 260 | 141 | +119 |
| Canada | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 218 | 155 | +63 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 174 | 192 | −18 |
| Dominican Republic | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 143 | 307 | −164 |
* September 23 17:00
| Dominican Republic | 37–103 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–25, 7–30, 8–22, 9–26 |||
* Ginásio Aecim Tocantins, Cuiabá
* September 23 19:00
| Puerto Rico | 34–78 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–22, 8–21, 12–18, 4–17 |||
* Ginásio Aecim Tocantins, Cuiabá
* September 24 15:00
| Canada | 70–57 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 21–14, 15–13, 23–17 |||
* Ginásio Aecim Tocantins, Cuiabá
* September 24 19:30
| Brazil | 121–62 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 36–22, 30–19, 30–16, 25–5 |||
* Ginásio Aecim Tocantins, Cuiabá
* September 25 15:00
| Puerto Rico | 83–44 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 21–18, 23–10, 17–12 |||
* Ginásio Aecim Tocantins, Cuiabá
* September 25 19:30
| Canada | 45–61 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–17, 8–9, 16–19, 11–16 |||
* Ginásio Aecim Tocantins, Cuiabá

### Group B

| Team | Pts. | W | L | PCT | PF | PA | Diff |
| Argentina | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 234 | 203 | +31 |
| Cuba | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 270 | 200 | +70 |
| Chile | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 194 | 225 | −31 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 189 | 259 | −70 |
* September 23 15:00
| Chile | 60–94 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–28, 10–13, 16–29, 17–24 |||
* Ginásio Aecim Tocantins, Cuiabá
* September 23 21:00
| Venezuela | 65–87 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 17–27, 9–21, 20–14 |||
* Ginásio Aecim Tocantins, Cuiabá
* September 24 17:15
| Argentina | 62–57 | Chile |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–8, 12–23, 13–14, 18–12 |||
* Ginásio Aecim Tocantins, Cuiabá
* September 24 21:45
| Cuba | 95–55 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–17, 16–10, 24–13, 25–15 |||
* Ginásio Aecim Tocantins, Cuiabá
* September 25 17:15
| Chile | 77–69 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 16–19, 16–21, 25–14 |||
* Ginásio Aecim Tocantins, Cuiabá
* September 25 21:45
| Argentina | 85–81 (OT) | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 18–19, 20–23, 15–13, Overtime: 13–9 |||
* Ginásio Aecim Tocantins, Cuiabá

## Knockout stage
### Championship Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| September 26 | September 26 |
| Brazil | 79 |
| Brazil | 79 | September 27 | September 27 |
| Cuba | 59 | September 27 | September 27 |
| Cuba | 59 | Brazil | 71 |
| September 26 | September 26 | | Brazil | 71 |
| September 26 | September 26 | Argentina | 48 |
| Argentina | 63 | Argentina | 48 |
| Canada | 53 | | |
| Canada | 53 | Third place | Third place |
| | | September 27 | September 27 |
| | | Cuba | 49 |
| | | Canada | 59 (OT) |

#### 5th place bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| September 26 | September 26 |
| Puerto Rico | 74 |
| Puerto Rico | 74 | September 27 | September 27 |
| Venezuela | 53 | September 27 | September 27 |
| Venezuela | 53 | Puerto Rico | 61 |
| September 26 | September 26 | | Puerto Rico | 61 |
| September 26 | September 26 | Chile | 49 |
| Chile | 72 | Chile | 49 |
| Dominican Republic | 58 | | |
| Dominican Republic | 58 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | September 27 | September 27 |
| | | Venezuela | 87 (OT) |
| | | Dominican Republic | 82 |

### Classification 5–8

* September 26 15:00
* Report
| Puerto Rico | 74–53 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–20, 25–12, 23–13, 15–8 |||
| Pts: M. Martinez 24 Rebs: M. Martinez 8 Asts: L. Gonzalez 4 | | Pts: C. Blanco 11 Rebs: O. Villarroel 10 Asts: O. Villarroel 3 |
* Ginásio Aecim Tocantins, Cuiabá
* September 26 17:15
* Report
| Chile | 72–58 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 17–12, 12–8, 23–21 |||
| Pts: Z. Morrison 19 Rebs: T. Gomez 10 Asts: J. Novion 9 | | Pts: A. Paniagua 15 Rebs: S. Monsac 14 Asts: S. Monsac 5 |
* Ginásio Aecim Tocantins, Cuiabá

### Semi finals

* September 26 19:30
* Report
| Brazil | 79–59 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 15–17, 27–16, 16–13 |||
| Pts: H. Luz 24 Rebs: A. Santos 8 Asts: A. Pinto 5 | | Pts: O. Gelis 11 Rebs: M. Cepeda 7 Asts: Romero and Fernández 3 each |
* Ginásio Aecim Tocantins, Cuiabá Attendance: 9.270
* September 26 21:45
* Report
| Argentina | 63–53 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 9–12, 14–15, 21–16 |||
| Pts: M. Paoletta 15 Rebs: E. Sanchez 9 Asts: P. Gatti 4 | | Pts: T. Gabriele 13 Rebs: K. Smith 7 Asts: Achonwa and Chapdelaine 2 each |
* Ginásio Aecim Tocantins, Cuiabá

### Seventh place game

* September 27 14:30
* Report
| Venezuela | 87–82 (OT) | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 11–17, 30–22, 18–15, Overtime: 13–8 |||
| Pts: O. Villarroel 28 Rebs: O. Villarroel 10 Asts: M. Requeña 4 | | Pts: S. Monsac 28 Rebs: S. Monsac 13 Asts: Monsac, Frias and Paniagua 4 each |
* Ginásio Aecim Tocantins, Cuiabá

### Fifth place game

* September 27 16:30
* Report
| Puerto Rico | 61–49 | Chile |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 13–20, 16–6, 13–11 |||
| Pts: M. Martinez 21 Rebs: E. Vargas 11 Asts: C. Valentin 4 | | Pts: T. Gomez 20 Rebs: T. Gomez 14 Asts: Quintana, Novion and Moya 2 each |
* Ginásio Aecim Tocantins, Cuiabá

### Third place game

* September 27 18:30
* Report
| Cuba | 49–59 (OT) | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 8–12, 19–6, 8–14, Overtime: 1–11 |||
| Pts: S. Avila 13 Rebs: M. Cepeda 11 Asts: Gelis and Soria 2 each | | Pts: T. Gabriele 15 Rebs: T. Gabriele 11 Asts: T. Gabriele 3 |
* Ginásio Aecim Tocantins, Cuiabá

### Final

* September 27 20:30
* Report
| Brazil | 71–48 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–13, 18–8, 25–14, 21–13 |||
| Pts: S. Rocha 18 Rebs: A. Santos 16 Asts: S. Rocha 4 | | Pts: E. Sanchez 13 Rebs: Sanchez and Pavon 5 each Asts: S. Pavon 1 |
* Ginásio Aecim Tocantins, Cuiabá Attendance: 13.000
* 2009 Women's Americas winners
* Brazil 4th title

## Final standings

* Qualified for 2010 FIBA World Championships
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Brazil | 5–0 |
| | Argentina | 4–1 |
| | Canada | 3–2 |
| 4 | Cuba | 2–3 |
| 5 | Puerto Rico | 3–2 |
| 6 | Chile | 2–3 |
| 7 | Venezuela | 1–4 |
| 8 | Dominican Republic | 0–5 |