FIBA Americas Championship for Women
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Current season or competition: FIBA Americas Championship for Women 2011 |
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| Formerly | Tournament of the Americas for Women |
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| Sport | Basketball |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Inaugural season | 1989 |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Continent | FIBA Americas (Americas) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Brazil (5th title) |
| Most titles | Brazil (5 titles) |
| Official website | www.FIBAAmericas.com |
The FIBA Americas Championship for Women is the name commonly used to refer to the American Women's Basketball Championship that take place every two years between national teams of the continents. The Americas Championship is also a qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championship for Women and the Olympic Games.
Since FIBA organized the entire Western Hemisphere west of the Atlantic Ocean under one zone, countries from North America, Central America, the Caribbean and South America compete in this tournament.
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Summaries [edit]
| Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
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| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1989 Details |
 Brazil(São Paulo) |
 Cuba |
87–84 |  Brazil |
 Canada |
 United States |
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| 1993 Details |
Brazil (São Paulo) |
United States |
106–92 |  Brazil |
Canada |
Cuba |
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| 1995 Details |
 Canada(Hamilton) |
Canada |
80–73 | Cuba |
 Puerto Rico |
Based on standings |  Argentina |
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| 1997 Details |
Brazil (São Paulo) |
Brazil |
101–95 | United States |
Cuba |
81–77 | Argentina |
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| 1999 Details |
 Cuba(Havana) |
Cuba |
90–87 | Brazil |
Canada |
80–37 |  Mexico |
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| 2001 Details |
Brazil (São Luís) |
Brazil |
88–83 | Cuba |
Argentina |
Based on standings | Canada |
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| 2003 Details |
 Mexico(Culiacán) |
Brazil |
90–81 [1] | Cuba |
Canada |
71–34 [2] | Mexico |
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| 2005 Details |
 Dominican Republic(Hato Mayor) |
Cuba |
81–73 [3] | Brazil |
Canada |
Based on standings [4] | Argentina |
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| 2007 Details |
 Chile(Valdivia) |
United States |
101–71 | Cuba |
Brazil |
73–41 | Argentina |
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| 2009 Details |
Brazil (Cuiabá) |
Brazil |
71–48 | Argentina |
Canada |
59–49 Overtime |
Cuba |
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| 2011 Details |
 Colombia(Neiva) |
Brazil |
74–33 | Argentina |
Canada |
59–46 | Cuba |
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| 2013 Details |
Mexico (Xalapa) |
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The competitions that worked as Olympic Games qualifying are shown in blue
Performances by nation [edit]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Brazil |
5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Cuba |
3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 |  United States |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Canada |
1 | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 5 |  Argentina |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 |  Puerto Rico |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Participation details [edit]
| Team | 1989 |
1993 |
1995 |
1997 |
1999 |
2001 |
2003 |
2005 |
2007 |
2009 |
2011 |
2013 |
Total |
| Argentina |
5th | 7th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 11 | |
| Brazil |
2nd | 2nd | - | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 10 | |
| Canada |
3rd | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | Q | 12 |
| Chile |
- | 8th | 5th | - | - | 5th | 6th | - | 6th | 6th | 10th | 7 | |
| Colombia |
- | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | 2 | |
| Cuba |
1st | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 4th | Q | 12 |
| Dominican Republic |
6th | - | - | 8th | 6th | - | 7th | 6th | - | 8th | - | Q | 7 |
 Jamaica |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | - | 8th | Q | 3 |
| Mexico |
7th | 5th | - | - | 4th | 6th | 4th | - | 7th | - | 6th | Q | 8 |
 Paraguay |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9th | 1 | |
 Peru |
8th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Puerto Rico |
- | 6th | 3rd | 7th | 7th | - | - | 5th | - | 5th | 5th | Q | 8 |
| United States |
4th | 1st | - | 2nd | - | - | - | - | 1st | - | - | - | 4 |
 Venezuela |
- | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | 2 |
See also [edit]
External links [edit]
- Brazil's History for Pre-World Championship Tournaments
- Brazil's History for Pre-Olympic Championship Tournaments
- FIBA Americas official website
- WC Qualifiers medal list
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