1989 FIBA Americas Championship for Women

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.

FIBA Americas Cup
for Women 1989
1st FIBA American Women's
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates6–13 August
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Cuba (1st title)
1993

Format edit

  • 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 edit

Advanced to the second round

Group A edit

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Cuba 3 3 0 280 206 +74 6
  United States 3 2 1 277 204 +73 5
  Argentina 3 1 2 259 300 −41 4
  Dominican Republic 3 0 3 190 296 −106 3
6 August
15:00
Cuba   96–39   Dominican Republic
Scoring by half: 49–22, 47–17
6 August
21:00
United States   101–68   Argentina
7 August
18:00
United States   99–58   Dominican Republic
Scoring by half: 52–32, 47–36
7 August
22:00
Cuba   106–90   Argentina
8 August
18:00
Argentina   101–93   Dominican Republic
8 August
22:00
Cuba   78–77   United States

Group B edit

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Brazil 3 3 0 285 187 +98 6
  Canada 3 2 1 213 181 +32 5
  Peru 3 1 2 153 244 −91 4
  Mexico 3 0 3 196 235 −39 3
6 August
17:00
Canada   73–37   Peru
Scoring by half: 33–24, 40–13
6 August
19:00
Brazil   93–73   Mexico
Scoring by half: 52–39, 41–34
7 August
16:00
Canada   82–64   Mexico
Scoring by half: 44–30, 38–34
7 August
20:00
Brazil   112–55   Peru
Scoring by half: 48–33, 64–22
8 August
16:00
Peru   60–59 (OT)   Mexico
Scoring by half: 29–22, 27–34 Overtime: 4–3
8 August
20:00
Brazil   80–58   Canada
Scoring by half: 47–28, 33–30

Classification stage edit

 
Classification roundFifth place
 
      
 
10 August – 16:00
 
 
  Argentina78
 
11 August – 18:00
 
  Mexico72
 
  Argentina99
 
10 August – 18:00
 
  Dominican Republic86
 
  Dominican Republic76
 
 
  Peru67
 
Seventh place
 
 
11 August – 16:00
 
 
  Mexico71
 
 
  Peru59

Second stage edit

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Brazil 3 3 0 310 251 +59 6
  Cuba 3 2 1 248 255 −7 5
  United States 3 1 2 250 236 +14 4
  Canada 3 0 3 214 280 −66 3
10 August
20:00
Brazil   99–72   Canada
Scoring by half: 48–35, 51–37
10 August
22:00
Cuba   71–67   United States
11 August
20:00
Brazil   116–89   Cuba
Scoring by half: 61–65, 55–24
11 August
22:00
United States   93–70   Canada
12 August
16:00
Cuba   80–72   Canada
12 August
18:00
Brazil   95–90   United States
Scoring by half: 28–26, 77–74

Third place edit

13 August
13:30
Canada   71–63   United States
Scoring by half: 28–26, 43–37

Final edit

13 August
15:30
Cuba   87–84   Brazil
Scoring by half: 52–47, 35–37


 1989 Champions of the Americas 
 
Cuba
First title

Final standings edit

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
    Cuba 6–1
    Brazil 6–1
    Canada 3–4
4   United States 3–4
5   Argentina 3–2
6   Dominican Republic 1–4
7   Mexico 1–4
8   Peru 1–4

External links edit