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was the qualifying tournament for

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at the women's basketball tournament at the

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. The tournament was held at Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva in

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from September 24 to October 1. It was the first

to have 10 countries competing.

Qualification

Qualification was done via FIBA Americas' sub-zones.

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chose not to enter its national team, which sat atop the

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going into the tournament, because the team had already qualified for the 2012 Olympics by winning the 2010 World Championship. The qualified teams are: *South American Sub-Zone ( FIBA South American Championship for Women 2010): ** ** ** ** (Host) ** *North America Sub-Zone: ** (qualified automatically) *Central American and Caribbean Zone ( 2010 Centrobasket for Women): ** (qualified automatically) ** ** **

Draw

The draw ceremonies were held in

on May 5, 2011 at the Auditorio Rodrigo Lara Bonilla de la Asamblea Departamental del Huila. The results, with the

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Format

*The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals. *The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final. The losers play for third place.

Tie-breaking criteria

Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option: #Head to head results #Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams #Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Preliminary round

Group A

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Final round

Semifinals

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Third place game

Final

Awards

Statistical Leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks

Final ranking

* ''Cuba renounced to compete in the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women. In these circumstances, the FIBA has chosen Puerto Rico, the best team in the Americas Championship after Cuba.''

References

External links

Official Website
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