FIBA Americas Championship for Women

The FIBA Americas Championship for Women is the name commonly used to refer to the American
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...

Women's Basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

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

FIBA World Championship for Women

The FIBA World Championship for Women is a world basketball tournament for women's national teams held quadrennially...

and the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

.

Since FIBA organized the entire Western Hemisphere west of the Atlantic Ocean under one zone, countries from North America

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

, Central America

Central America

Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...

, the Caribbean

Caribbean

The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

and South America

South America

South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...

compete in this tournament.

Summaries

Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
Year	Host	Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1989 Details	Brazil (São Paulo São Paulo São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among... )		87–84
1993 Details	Brazil (São Paulo São Paulo São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among... )		106–92
1995 Details	Canada (Hamilton Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe... )		80–73			Based on standings
1997 Details	Brazil (São Paulo São Paulo São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among... )		101–95			81–77
1999 Details	Cuba (Havana Havana Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous... )		90–87			80–37
2001 Details	Brazil (São Luís São Luís, Maranhão São Luís is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Maranhão. The city is located on Ilha de São Luís in the Baía de São Marcos , an extension of the Atlantic Ocean which forms the estuary of Pindaré, Mearim, Itapecuru and other rivers. Its coordinates are 2.53° south, 44.30° west... )		88–83			Based on standings
2003 Details	Mexico (Culiacán Culiacán Culiacán is a city in northwestern Mexico, the largest city in the state of Sinaloa as well as its capital and capital of the municipality of Culiacán. With 675,773 inhabitants in the city , and 858,638 in the municipality, it is the largest city in the state of Sinaloa... )		90–81 http://www.fibaamericas.com/noticiasread4.asp?r=23973XPNYM&t=PREOLIMPIW			71–34 http://www.fibaamericas.com/noticiasread4_us.asp?r=23958XPNYK&t=PREOLIMPIW
2005 Details	Dominican Republic (Hato Mayor Hato Mayor del Rey Hato Mayor del Rey is the capital of Hato Mayor province, Dominican Republic. It is bordered on the North by the municipalities of El Valle and Sabana de la Mar, on the South by the province San Pedro de Macoris, on the East by the province El Seibo and on the West by the municipality of Bayaguana,... )		81–73 http://www.fibaamericas.com/noticiasread4_us.asp?r=24848XPRC8&t=UQDECZMCMQ			Based on standings http://www.fibaamericas.com/torneos1_us.asp?t=UQDECZMCMQ
2007 Details FIBA Americas Championship for Women 2007 -Group B:-Championship Bracket:-5th place bracket:-Classification rounds:-Semifinals:-Third place game:-Final:-Final standings:-Olympic Qualification:...	Chile (Valdivia Valdivia, Chile Valdivia is a city and commune in southern Chile administered by the Municipality of Valdivia. The city is named after its founder Pedro de Valdivia and is located at the confluence of the Calle-Calle, Valdivia and Cau-Cau Rivers, approximately east of the coastal towns of Corral and Niebla... )		101–71			73–41
2009 Details FIBA Americas Championship for Women 2009 -Group B:---------------------Championship Bracket:5th place bracket-Classification 5–8:-----Semi finals:-----Seventh place game:-Fifth place game:-Third place game:-Final:-Final standings:-External links:*...	Brazil (Cuiabá Cuiabá Under the Koppen climate classification, Cuiaba features a tropical wet and dry climate. Cuiabá is famous for its searing heat, although temperatures in winter can arrive sporadically at 10 degrees, indeed atypical, caused by cold fronts coming from the south, and that may only last one or two... )		71–48			59–49 Overtime Overtime (sports) Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw. In most sports, this extra period is only played if the game is required to have a clear winner, as in single-elimination...
2011 Details 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women The 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas at the women's basketball tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The tournament was held at Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva in Neiva, Colombia from September 24 to October 1...	Colombia (Neiva Neiva Neiva is the Capital of the Department of Huila. It is located in the valley of the Magdalena River in south central Colombia with a population of about 378,857 inhabitants... )		74–33			59–46

The competitions that worked as Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

qualifying are shown in blue

Performances by nation

1	5	4	1	10
2	3	4	1	8
3	2	1	0	3
4	1	0	7	8
5	0	2	1	3
6	0	0	1	1

Participation details

Team	1989	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007 FIBA Americas Championship for Women 2007 -Group B:-Championship Bracket:-5th place bracket:-Classification rounds:-Semifinals:-Third place game:-Final:-Final standings:-Olympic Qualification:...	2009 FIBA Americas Championship for Women 2009 -Group B:---------------------Championship Bracket:5th place bracket-Classification 5–8:-----Semi finals:-----Seventh place game:-Fifth place game:-Third place game:-Final:-Final standings:-External links:*...	2011	Total
	5th	7th	4th	4th	5th	3rd	5th	4th	4th	2nd	2nd	11
	2nd	2nd	-	1st	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	10
	3rd	3rd	1st	5th	3rd	4th	3rd	3rd	5th	3rd	3rd	11
	-	8th	5th	-	-	5th	6th	-	6th	6th	10th	7
	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	2
	1st	4th	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	4th	4th	11
	6th	-	-	8th	6th	-	7th	6th	-	8th	-	6
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	-	8th	2
	7th	5th	-	-	4th	6th	4th	-	7th	-	6th	7
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9th	1
	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	-	6th	3rd	7th	7th	-	-	5th	-	5th	5th	7
	4th	1st	-	2nd	-	-	-	-	1st	-	-	4
	-	-	-	-	8th	-	-	-	-	7th	-	2

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