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.

FIBA Americas Cup for Women 2009
10th FIBA American Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Brazil
Dates	September 23 – September 27
Teams	8  (from 44 federations)
Venues	1  (in 1 host city)
Champions	Brazil (4th title)
MVP	Adrianinha Pinto
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Ofelia Villarroel (19)  Brazil (82) Rebounds Ofelia Villarroel (10)  Brazil (47) Assists Adrianinha Pinto (4.6)  Brazil (22.6)
Official website
FIBA Americas Championship for Women 2009
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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

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September 23 19:00

Puerto Rico	34–78	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 10–22, 8–21, 12–18, 4–17

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September 24 15:00

Canada	70–57	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 21–14, 15–13, 23–17

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September 24 19:30

Brazil	121–62	Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 36–22, 30–19, 30–16, 25–5

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September 25 15:00

Puerto Rico	83–44	Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 21–18, 23–10, 17–12

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September 25 19:30

Canada	45–61	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 10–17, 8–9, 16–19, 11–16

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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

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September 23 21:00

Venezuela	65–87	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 17–27, 9–21, 20–14

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September 24 17:15

Argentina	62–57	Chile
Scoring by quarter: 16–8, 12–23, 13–14, 18–12

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September 24 21:45

Cuba	95–55	Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 30–17, 16–10, 24–13, 25–15

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September 25 17:15

Chile	77–69	Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 16–19, 16–21, 25–14

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September 25 21:45

Argentina	85–81 (OT)	Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 18–19, 20–23, 15–13, Overtime: 13–9

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Knockout stage

Championship Bracket

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

5th place bracket

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	September 26
	Puerto Rico	74
					September 27
	Venezuela	53
					Puerto Rico	61
	September 26
					Chile	49
	Chile	72
	Dominican Republic	58
					Seventh place
					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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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