1989 FIBA Americas Championship for Women

women Americas 1989 200 Brazil 6–13 August 8 1 1 CUB 1 1993 The 1989 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, was the first FIBA Americas Championship for Women regional basketball championship held by FIBA Americas, which also served as Americas qualifier for the 1990 FIBA World Championship for Women, granting berths to the top four teams in the final standings. It was held in Brazil between 6 August and 13 August 1989. 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. Cuba won their first title after defeating hosts Brazil in the final. Format 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 1990 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 teams that did not advance to the second round played in a knockout bracket to define places fifth through eighth in the final standings. First round Advanced to the second round Group A CUB 3 0 280 206 #ccffcc USA 2 1 277 204 #ccffcc ARG 1 2 259 300 DOM 0 3 190 296 |} 6 August 15:00 CUB 96 DOM 39 49–22 47–17 6 August 21:00 USA 101 ARG 68 #eee 7 August 18:00 USA 99 DOM 58 52–32 47–36 #eee 7 August 22:00 CUB 106 ARG 90 8 August 18:00 ARG 101 DOM 93 8 August 22:00 CUB 78 USA 77 Group B BRA 3 0 285 187 #ccffcc CAN 2 1 213 181 #ccffcc PER 1 2 153 244 MEX 0 3 196 235 |} 6 August 17:00 CAN 73 PER 37 33–24 40–13 6 August 19:00 BRA 93 MEX 73 52–39 41–34 #eee 7 August 16:00 CAN 82 MEX 64 44–30 38–34 #eee 7 August 20:00 BRA 112 PER 55 48–33 64–22 8 August 16:00 PER 60 MEX 59 29–22 27–34 4–3 8 August 20:00 BRA 80 CAN 58 47–28 33–30 Classification stage Classification round Fifth place Seventh place 10 August – 16:00 ARG 78 MEX 72 10 August – 18:00 DOM 76 PER 67 11 August – 18:00 ARG 99 DOM 86 11 August – 16:00 MEX 71 PER 59 Second stage BRA 3 0 310 251 CUB 2 1 248 255 USA 1 2 250 236 CAN 0 3 214 280 |} 10 August 20:00 BRA 99 CAN 72 48–35 51–37 10 August 22:00 CUB 71 USA 67 #eee 11 August 20:00 BRA 116 CUB 89 61–65 55–24 #eee 11 August 22:00 USA 93 CAN 70 12 August 16:00 CUB 80 CAN 72 12 August 18:00 BRA 95 USA 90 28–26 77–74 Third place #eee 13 August 13:30 CAN 71 USA 63 28–26 43–37 Final #ffffd0 13 August 15:30 CUB 87 BRA 84 52–47 35–37 bkw 1989 Champions of the Americas CUB First Final standings The United States already qualified for the World Championship by virtue of winning the 1988 Olympics. Qualified for the 1990 FIBA World Championship for Women Qualified for the 1992 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament for Women Rank Team Record CUB 6–1 BRA 6–1 CAN 3–4 4USA 3–4 5ARG 3–2 6DOM 1–4 7MEX 1–4 8PER 1–4 External links Women Basketball I America World Qualification 1989, todor66.com. Retrieved January 22, 2015. Category:FIBA Women's AmeriCup Category:1989 in women's basketball Category:1989 in Brazilian sport Category:Women's international basketball competitions hosted by Brazil Category:International sports competitions in São Paulo Category:1989–90 in North American basketball Category:1989–90 in South American basketball Category:Women's sport in São Paulo Category:Basketball in São Paulo Category:August 1989 sports events in South America