Basketball at the 2019 Pan American Games

Basketball at the XVIII Pan American Games
Basketball pictogram
Venue Coliseo Eduardo Dibos
Dates July 27 – August 10, 2019
Competitors 240
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Basketball competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru are scheduled to be held from July 27 to August 10. The competitions will take place at the Coliseo Eduardo Dibos.

This will be the first time a 3x3 basketball tournament will be contested, for men and women, bringing the total number of basketball events on the program to four. This was done after the International Olympic Committee added the events to the program of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[1][2] A total of eight men's and eight women's teams (each consisting of up to twelve athletes) will compete in each five-a-side tournament respectively, and there will be a total of six teams in each 3x3 tournament (with four athletes per team). This means a total of 240 athletes are scheduled to compete.[3]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
Women's tournament
Men's 3x3 tournament
Women's 3x3 tournament

Participating nations

A total of eleven countries have qualified basketball teams so far. The numbers in parenthesis represents the number of participants qualified.

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams and eight women's teams will qualify to compete at the games in the five-a-side tournaments. For the men's event, the host nation Peru, along with the top seven teams at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup, have qualified to compete. In the women's event, the hosts Peru, along with the Olympic Champions the United States, have qualified to compete as well as the top six nations at the 2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup.[3] This is a new system of qualification implemented by FIBA Americas.[4] For each 3x3 tournament, the hosts Peru and the top five teams in each gender in the world rankings as of November 1, 2018 will qualify.

Men's five-a-side

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Peru
2017 FIBA AmeriCup[5] August 25 – September 3 Various 7  United States
 Argentina
 Mexico
 Virgin Islands
 Puerto Rico
 Uruguay
 Dominican Republic
Total8
  • Both the defending gold and silver medallists (Brazil and Canada respectively) failed to qualify.

Women's five-a-side

Both Paraguay and the Virgin Islands qualified for the women's tournament for the first time.[6]

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Peru
Olympic Champions N/A N/A 1  United States
2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup August 6–13 Argentina Buenos Aires 6  Canada
 Argentina
 Puerto Rico
 Brazil
 Virgin Islands
 Paraguay
Total8

Men's 3x3

Event Date Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A 1  Peru
FIBA Rankings November 1, 2018 5
Total6

Women's 3x3

Event Date Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A 1  Peru
FIBA Rankings November 1, 2018 5
Total6

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tokyo 2020 event programme to see major boost for female, youth and urban appeal". www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee. June 9, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  2. ↑ Mather, Victor (June 9, 2017). "Olympics Adds 3-on-3 Basketball and Mixed Gender Relays". The New York Times. New York City, New York. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.acodepa.org/. Asociación de Confederaciones Deportivas Panamericanas (ACODEPA). September 14, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  4. ↑ "FIBA Americas Zone Board meets, sets new competition system as its main objective". www.fiba.basketball/. International Basketball Federation (FIBA). March 24, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  5. ↑ "USA qualifies, the Semi-Final picture is complete". www.fiba.basketball/. International Basketball Federation (FIBA). August 31, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Semi-Finals are set!". www.fiba.basketball/. International Basketball Federation (FIBA). August 11, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
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