2001 FIBA Americas Championship for Women

The 2001 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, was the sixth FIBA Americas Championship for Women regional basketball championship held by FIBA Americas, which also served as Americas qualifier for the 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women, granting berths to the top three teams in the final standings. It was held in Brazil between 10 September and 15 September 2001. Six national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Americas, the sport's regional governing body. The city of São Luís hosted the tournament. Brazil won their second title after defeating Cuba in the final.

FIBA Americas Cup
for Women 2001
6th FIBA American Women's
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nationBrazil
Dates10–15 September
Teams6
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Brazil
(2nd title)
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Format
  • Teams were split into two round-robin groups of three teams each. The top two teams from each group advanced to the second stage, which consisted of another round-robin group where the results between teams from the same group in the preliminary stage were carried over. The first two teams from the second stage group qualified directly to the 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women and played an extra game for the championship. Third and fourth places were defined by the standings in the second stage group.
  • The teams that did not get past the first round played an extra game to define fifth place.

First round
Advanced to the semifinals

Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Brazil 2 2 0 202 102+100 4
 Argentina 2 1 1 132 159−27 3
 Mexico 2 0 2 139 212−73 2
10 September
15:00
Brazil  119–63  Mexico
11 September
15:00
Argentina  93–76  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 28–24, 20–14, 29–18
12 September
15:00
Brazil  83–39  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 22–12, 14–7, 19–13, 28–7

Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Cuba 2 2 0 170 96+74 4
 Canada 2 1 1 142 111+31 3
 Chile 2 0 2 74 179−105 2
10 September
13:00
Chile  33–100  Cuba
11 September
13:00
Canada  79–41  Chile
Scoring by quarter: 23–4, 25–9, 21–21, 10–7
12 September
13:00
Cuba  70–63 (OT)  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 13–15, 15–12, 11–7, Overtime: 12–5

Fifth place
13 September
13:00
Chile  61–55  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 10–9, 20–12, 9–17, 22–17

Second round
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Cuba 4 4 0 319 231+88 8
 Brazil 4 3 1 349 239+110 7
 Argentina 4 2 2 240 279−39 6
 Canada 4 1 3 250 231+19 5
13 September
15:00
Cuba  70–57  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 17–13, 20–13, 21–11
13 September
17:00
Brazil  69–58  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 12–18, 24–14, 14–9
14 September
15:00
Argentina  51–50  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 9–8, 13–19, 12–13, 17–10
14 September
17:00
Brazil  78–79  Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 16–22, 19–20, 19–22

Final
15 September
Cuba  83–88  Brazil

Final standings
Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women
Rank Team Record
 Brazil 4–1
 Cuba 4–1
 Argentina 2–2
4  Canada 1–3
5  Chile 1–2
6  Mexico 0–3
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