The 2017

FIBA Women's AmeriCup The FIBA Women's AmeriCup (formerly FIBA Americas Championship for Women) is the Americas Women's Basketball Championship that take place every two years between national teams of the continents. The Women's AmeriCup is also a qualifying tournam ...

was held in

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from 6 to 13 August 2017. It awarded three spots for

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to the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in

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. Canada won their second straight title by defeating Argentina 67–65. Puerto Rico won their first ever medal after beating Brazil 75–68 in the third place game.

Venue

Qualification

* Host nation ** * North America Subzone: ** (qualified automatically) * Central America and Caribbean Subzone: ** (qualified automatically) * Central America and Caribbean Subzone: 2017 Women's Centrobasket Championship ** ** ** * South America Subzone: 2016 South American Basketball Championship for Women ** ** ** **

Draw

The draw was held on 19 July 2017 in San Juan,

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Squads

Preliminary round

''All times are local ( UTC−3).''

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals

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Third place game

Final

Final standing

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

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Awards

;Most Valuable Player *

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;All-Tournament Team * Melisa Gretter *

* Allison Gibson * Paola Ferrari *

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References

External links

Official website
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