Peri Witny offers the following royalty-free article for you to publish online or in print. Feel free to use this article in your newsletter, website, ezine, blog, or forum. ----------- PUBLICATION GUIDELINES - You have permission to publish this article for free providing the "About the Author" box is included in its entirety. - Do not post/reprint this article in any site or publication that contains hate, violence, porn, warez, or supports illegal activity. - Do not use this article in violation of the US CAN-SPAM Act. If sent by email, this article must be delivered to opt-in subscribers only. - If you publish this article in a format that supports linking, please ensure that all URLs and email addresses are active links. - Please send a copy of the publication, or an email indicating the URL to [email protected] - Article Marketer (www.ArticleMarketer.com) has distributed this article on behalf of the author. Article Marketer does not own this article, please respect the author's copyright and publication guidelines. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use this article. ----------- Article Title: FIBA South Americans Championship For Women 2009 - Qualifying Tournament For The 2010 Winter Olympic Author: Peri Witny Category: Sports, Basketball Word Count: 438 Keywords: basketball articles. basketball live results, basketball players, basketball scores Author's Email Address: [email protected] Article Source: http://www.articlemarketer.com ------------------ ARTICLE START ------------------
They are played between the national teams of the continents which consist of Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania, and serves as the qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championship for Women's and the Olympic Games. This is why these basketball championships are called Pre-Olympics and both men and women championships are held under FIBA Americas. The South American Championship for women is scheduled to take place on 1 March 2009 this year. 2009 FIBA Americas Tournament for Women will be hosted by Brazil, in the city of Cuiaba, in the state Mato Grosso. This championship basketball tournament results will act as the qualifying round for the upcoming Winter Olympic Games to be held in 2010 at Vancouver, Canada. The 2007 FIBA Americas Championship for women was the qualifying tournament for the FIBA Americas at the women's basketball tournament and served as the pre-Olympic round for the 2008 Summer Olympics which were held at Beijing, China. The championship was the 9th FIBA American Women's Basketball Championship, which makes this year to be the 10th edition of this biennial event. 8 teams participated in the 2007 Americas Championship event, which was held in Valdivia, Chile from September 26 to September 30, with USA being the winners of the championship. The tournament started with 2 groups, Group A and Group B with 4 teams each. These consisted of Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Mexico in Group A and USA, Cuba, Canada and Jamaica in Group B. The final was held on 30 September between USA and Cuba, at the Antonio Azurmendi Coliseum, Valdivia, with USA beating Cuba by 101-71, winning the 2007 basketball championship for FIBA Americas Championship for Women. The final standings for the event in order were USA at Rank 1, followed by Cuba, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Chile, Mexico and Jamaica at Rank 8. The runners up and winners of the bronze gold medal get a chance through the FIBA Wildcard Tournament to compete in the 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Some of the earlier teams to win the title for FIBA Americas Championship for Women include Cuba in 1989, USA in 1993, Canada in 1995, Brazil in 1997, Cuba again in 1999, Brazil in 2001, Brazil again in 2003, Cuba again for a 3rd time in 2005, and USA for a 2nd time in 2007. 2009 will bring another exciting round of this exciting event where some of the top teams will be seen competing for this title to participate in the upcoming Olympics next year. 2008 Olympic basketball results for Women's basketball were Unites States as gold medalists, Australia as Silver medalists, Russia as Bronze medallists and China at the fourth place. View all basketball livescores with the click of your mouse at http://www.scorespro.com/basketball/ ------------------ ARTICLE END ------------------ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
