International basketball competition
FIBA Americas Cup
for Women 19891st FIBA American Women's Basketball Championship |
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Tournament details |
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Host country | Brazil |
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Dates | 6–13 August |
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Teams | 8 |
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Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
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Final positions |
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Champions | Cuba (1st title) |
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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.
- 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
Group B
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 |
Peru ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/23px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png) | 60–59 (OT) | Mexico |
Scoring by half: 29–22, 27–34 Overtime: 4–3 |
Classification stage
Second stage
Third place
Final
1989 Champions of the Americas |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png) Cuba First title |
Final standings
The United States already qualified for the World Championship by virtue of winning the 1988 Olympics.
External links
- Women Basketball I America World Qualification 1989, todor66.com. Retrieved January 22, 2015.