When the buzzer sounded Sunday at the end of regulation at in the bronze-medal match at the FIBA Americas championship in Cuiaba, Brazil, the Canadian women's basketball team felt they had qualified for the 2010 world championships.

Video replay postponed the celebration. A buzzer-beater by Cuba's Yulizeny Soria was ruled to be a three-pointer, levelling the score and forcing overtime in the elimination match. Canada regrouped, held Cuba to just one point in the extra session and won 59-49, earning a second trip to the worlds in as many tournaments. Teresa Gabriele played 42 minutes for Canada and led the attack with 15 points and 11 rebounds. The veteran from Mission was part of the Canadian team at the 2006 worlds and 2000 Olympic Games.