1993 FIBA Americas Championship for Women

women Americas 1993 200 Brazil 26 June – 4 July 8 1 1 USA 1 1989 1995 The 1993 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, was the second FIBA Americas Championship for Women regional basketball championship held by FIBA Americas, which also served as Americas qualifier for the 1994 FIBA World Championship for Women, granting berths to the top four teams in the final standings. It was held in Brazil between 26 June and 4 July 1993. 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. The United States 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 1994 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 were cross-paired (3A vs. 3B, 4A vs. 4B) and played an extra game to define fifth through eighth place in the final standings. Qualification Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1993; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone. North America: CAN, USA Caribbean and Central America:CUB, MEX, PUR South America: ARG, BRA, CHI First round Advanced to the second round Group A USA 3 0 302 169 #ccffcc CAN 2 1 246 170 #ccffcc MEX 1 2 162 236 CHI 0 3 133 268 |} 26 June USA 84 CAN 74 26 June MEX 64 CHI 50 #eee 27 June CAN 89 MEX 44 #eee 27 June USA 121 CHI 61 61–21 60–20 28 June USA 97 MEX 54 28 June CAN 83 CHI 42 43–30 40–12 Group B BRA 3 0 287 237 #ccffcc CUB 2 1 291 219 #ccffcc PUR 1 2 196 267 ARG 0 3 222 273 |} 26 June CUB 101 PUR 64 26 June BRA 95 ARG 93 #eee 27 June BRA 94 PUR 56 44–29 50–27 #eee 27 June CUB 102 ARG 57 28 June BRA 98 CUB 88 59–53 29–33 28 June PUR 76 ARG 72 Classification stage Fifth place #eee 30 June MEX 64 PUR 61 Seventh place #eee 30 June ARG 84 CHI 46 Second stage BRA 3 0 270 238 USA 2 1 257 246 CUB 1 2 241 247 CAN 0 3 208 245 |} 30 June BRA 82 CAN 70 51–35 31–35 30 June USA 89 CUB 78 50–40 39–38 #eee 1 July 17:00 BRA 89 CUB 76 #eee 1 July USA 76 CAN 69 33–38 43–31 2 July CAN 69 CUB 87 2 July BRA 99 USA 92 yes Third place #eee 4 July CAN 61 CUB 54 Final #ffffd0 4 July USA 106 BRA 92 Final standings Qualified for the 1994 FIBA World Championship for Women Rank Team Record USA 6–1 BRA 6–1 CAN 3–4 4CUB 3–4 5MEX 2–2 6PUR 1–3 7ARG 1–3 8CHI 0–4 External links Women Basketball America World Qualification 1993, todor66.com. Retrieved January 22, 2015. Category:FIBA Women's AmeriCup Category:1993 in women's basketball Category:1993–94 in Brazilian basketball Category:Women's international basketball competitions hosted by Brazil Category:1993–94 in North American basketball Category:1993–94 in South American basketball Category:June 1993 sports events in South America Category:July 1993 sports events in South America