1997 FIBA Americas Championship for Women

International basketball competition

1997 FIBA Women's AmeriCup4th FIBA Women's Americas
Basketball Championship

Tournament details
Host country| Brazil
Dates| 5–10 August
Teams| 8
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Brazil (1st title)

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The 1997 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, was the fourth FIBA Americas Championship for Women regional basketball championship held by FIBA Americas, which also served as Americas qualifier for the 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women, granting berths to the top four teams in the final standings. It was held in Brazil between 5 August and 10 August 1997. Eight national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Americas, the sport's regional governing body. The city of São Paulo hosted the tournament. Brazil won their first title after defeating the United States in the final.

## Format

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* Teams were split into two round-robin groups of four teams each. The top two teams from each group advanced to the second stage and qualified directly to the 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women. The second stage consisted of another round-robin group of four teams, where the top two teams played an extra game for the championship, and the other two teams played for third place. The results between teams from the same group are carried over to the first round.
* The teams that did not advance to the second round were cross-paired (3A vs. 3B, 4A vs. 4B) and played an extra game to define fifth through eighth place in the final standings.

## First round

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| Advanced to the second round

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### Group A

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Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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Brazil | 3  | 3  | 0  | 365  | 233 | +132  | 6
Cuba | 3  | 2  | 1  | 307  | 250 | +57  | 5
Colombia | 3  | 1  | 2  | 198  | 277 | −79  | 4
Puerto Rico | 3  | 0  | 3  | 203  | 313 | −110  | 3

5 August

Cuba  | 103–66 |  Puerto Rico

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5 August

Brazil  | 114–55 |  Colombia

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6 August

Cuba  | 98–69 |  Colombia

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6 August

Brazil  | 136–72 |  Puerto Rico

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7 August

Colombia  | 74–65 |  Puerto Rico

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7 August

Brazil  | 115–106 |  Cuba

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### Group B

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Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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United States | 3  | 3  | 0  | 193  | 119 | +74  | 6
Argentina | 3  | 2  | 1  | 213  | 222 | −9  | 5
Canada | 3  | 1  | 2  | 260  | 239 | +21  | 4
Dominican Republic | 3  | 0  | 3  | 152  | 238 | −86  | 3

5 August

Argentina  | 70–66 |  Canada

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5 August

United States  | 20–0 |  Dominican Republic

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6 August

United States  | 88–53 |  Argentina

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6 August

Canada  | 128–84 |  Dominican Republic

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7 August

Argentina  | 90–68 |  Dominican Republic

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7 August

United States  | 85–66 |  Canada

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## Classification stage

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### Fifth place

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8 August

Canada  | 87–80 |  Colombia

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### Seventh place

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8 August

Puerto Rico  | 107–95 |  Dominican Republic

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## Second stage

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Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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Brazil | 3  | 3  | 0  | 311  | 250 | +61  | 6
United States | 3  | 2  | 1  | 265  | 230 | +35  | 5
Cuba | 3  | 1  | 2  | 286  | 291 | −5  | 4
Argentina | 3  | 0  | 3  | 196  | 287 | −91  | 3

8 August

Brazil  | 87–83 |  United States

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8 August

Cuba  | 90–82 |  Argentina

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9 August

Brazil  | 109–61 |  Argentina

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9 August

United States  | 94–90 |  Cuba

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### Third place

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10 August

Cuba  | 81–77 |  Argentina

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### Final

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10 August

Brazil  | 101–95 |  United States

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## Final standings

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| Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women

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Rank  | Team  | Record

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|  Brazil | 6–0
|  United States | 4–2
|  Cuba | 4–2
4  |  Argentina | 2–4
5  |  Canada | 2–4
6  |  Colombia | 1–3
7  |  Puerto Rico | 1–3
8  |  Dominican Republic | 0–4

## External links

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* 1997 Championship of the Americas for Women, FIBA.com. Retrieved January 22, 2015.

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Tournaments|

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Awards|

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* Oceania Championship (defunct)
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