OFFICIAL EVENT TITLE: 2007 Pan American Games For Women.
EVENT SITE: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
DATE: Women's basketball will be contested
July 20-24, 2007.
TOURNAMENT DRAW: TBD.
TICKET INFORMATION: TBD.
USA TEAM TRIALS: May 17-20 in Colorado
Springs, Colorado.
EVENT DESCRIPTION: Started in 1951
for men and 1955 for women, the Pan American Games are held every four
years (2007, 2011, etc.) in the year preceding the Olympics. Only countries
from FIBA Americas are eligible to compete.
EVENT HISTORY: Most recently, the USA
secured the silver hardware and a 5-2 record at the 2003 Pan American
Games with a U.S. team that began training just two weeks prior to the
event.
Overall, the USA women have won six of 12 gold medals and rolled up a
67-12 overall record.
WOMEN'S PAN AM GAMES PLAYERS OF NOTE:
Jennifer Azzi (1991); Cynthia Cooper (1987); Anne Donovan (1987 and 1983);
Teresa Edwards (1991 and 1987); Pat Head (1975); Nancy Lieberman (1979
and 1975); Janel McCarville (2003); Katrina McClain (1991 and 1987); Carla
McGhee (1995); Ann Meyers (1979 and 1975); Cheryl Miller (1983); Dawn
Staley (1995); and Sheryl Swoopes (1995).
ALL-TIME WOMEN'S PAN AM GAMES RESULTS:
| YEAR |
SITE |
FINAL STANDINGS |
| 2003 |
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
1st-Cuba; 2nd-USA; 3rd-Brazil; 4th-Canada; 5th-Argentina;
6th-Dominican Republic. |
| 1999 |
| Winnipeg, Canada |
1st-Cuba; 2nd-Canada; 3rd-USA; 4th-Brazil;
5th-Argentina; 6th-Dominican Republic. |
| 1995 |
Mar del Plata, Argentina |
Competion Cancelled. |
| 1991 |
| Havana, Cuba |
1st-Brazil; 2nd-Cuba; 3rd-USA; 4th-Canada;
5th-Argentina. |
| 1987 |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
1st-USA; 2nd-Brazil; 3rd-Canada; 4th-Cuba; 5th-Mexico;
6th-Peru; 7th-Columbia. |
| 1983 |
| Caracas, Venezuala |
1st-USA; 2nd-Cuba; 3rd-Brazil; 4th-Canada;
5th-Venezuela; 6th-Puerto Rico. |
| 1979 |
San Juan, Puerto Rico |
1st-Cuba; 2nd-USA; 3rd-Canada; 4th-Brazil; 5th-Mexico;
6th-Puerto Rico; 7th-Bolivia. |
| 1975 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
1st-USA; 2nd-Mexico; 3rd-Cuba; 4th-Brazil; 5th-Canada;
6th-Colombia; 7th-Dominican Republic; 8th-El Salvador. |
| 1971 |
Cali, Colombia |
1st-Brazil; 2nd-USA; 3rd-Cuba; 4th-Mexico; 5th-Canada;
6th-Ecuador; 7th-Colombia. |
| 1967 |
Winnipeg, Canada |
1st-Brazil; 2nd-USA; 3rd-Canada; 4th-Mexico; 5th-Cuba. |
| 1963 |
Sao Paulo, Brazil |
1st-USA; 2nd-Brazil; 3rd-Chile; 4th-Canada. |
| 1959 |
Chicago, Illinois |
1st-USA; 2nd-Brazil; 3rd-Chile; 4th-Canada; 5th-Mexico. |
| 1955 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
1st-USA; 2nd-Chile; 3rd-Brazil; 4th-Mexico; 5th-Canada. |
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