Basketball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

The men's basketball tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games was held in Toronto, Canada at the Ryerson Athletic Centre from July 21 to 25.[1]

Tournament details
Host nation Canada
DatesJuly 21 – 25
Teams8 
(from 1 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Brazil
(6th title)
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For these Games, the men competed in an 8-team tournament. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each group will advance to a single elimination bracket.[2]

Puerto Rico are the defending champions from the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, defeating Mexico, 74–72 in the final.

The official detailed schedule for the tournament was announced on February 5, 2015.[3]

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games. The top three teams at the South American and Central American and Caribbean Championships will qualify for each respective tournament. The host nation (Canada) along with the United States automatically qualified a teams for the event.[4]

Summary
Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Canada
Qualified automatically N/A N/A 1  United States
2014 South American Basketball Championship July 23–28 Isla Margarita 3  Venezuela
 Argentina
 Brazil
2014 Centrobasket August 1–7 Tepic 3  Mexico
 Puerto Rico
 Dominican Republic
Total8


Draw

Pots one through three were based on the each teams finish at their respective qualification tournament. Pot 1 consisted of the champions, pot 2 the runners-up and pot 3 contained the third placed teas. Pot 4 contained the host nation, Canada and the United States. Teams were placed into groups using a random draw (with each group receiving one team per pot). The draw was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico on December 16, 2014.[5] Canada as host nation were able to select their group after the first three pots were drawn. This automatically placed the United States into the group Canada did not select.[6]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  • Latest FIBA World Rankings (September 2014) per team is shown in brackets.

Rosters
Main article: Basketball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's team rosters

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 12 players on their rosters.[4]


Results
The Ryerson Athletic Centre, was the venue for the basketball competitions

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Preliminary round

Group A
Team
 PLD W L PF PA PD Points
 Brazil 330264206+586
 United States 321270225+455
 Puerto Rico 312218266-484
 Venezuela 303198253-553
Qualified for the Semifinals
21 July 2015
10:30
Brazil  92–59  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 31–6, 29–11, 19–25, 13–17
Pts: Hettsheimeir 19
Rebs: Batista 11
Asts: Lima 6		 Pts: Clavell, de Jesus 8
Rebs: Villafañe, Young, Collien 4
Asts: Young 3
Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto
21 July 2015
21:00
United States  85–62  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 15–23, 26–12, 26–9
Pts: Wilkins 21
Rebs: Tarczewski 13
Asts: Brown 2		 Pts: Cox, Bethelmy 14
Rebs: Bethelmy, Colmenares 8
Asts: Guillén 3
Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto
22 July 2015
13:30
Venezuela  64–79  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 9–22, 14–15, 20–17, 21–25
Pts: Cox, Colmenares 16
Rebs: Vargas Diaz 4
Asts: Vargas 3		 Pts: Benite 14
Rebs: Lima 8
Asts: Luz 4
Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto
22 July 2015
21:00
Puerto Rico  70–102  United States
Scoring by quarter: 19–29, 10–36, 23–20, 18–27
Pts: Mujica 15
Rebs: Villafañe 8
Asts: Barea 3		 Pts: Brown 16
Rebs: Tarczewski 7
Asts: Brown 6
Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto
23 July 2015
13:30
Puerto Rico  89–72  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 23–25, 15–23, 28–11
Pts: Barea 27
Rebs: Clemente 7
Asts: Barea 6		 Pts: Lewis 19
Rebs: Colmenares 8
Asts: Vargas, Vargas Diaz 3
Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto
23 July 2015
21:00
United States  83–93  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 21–23, 19–28, 26–18
Pts: Langford 17
Rebs: Prince, Tarczewski 5
Asts: Brown 2		 Pts: Benite 34
Rebs: Lima 8
Asts: Batista, Luz, Meindl 3
Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto

Group B
Team
 PLD W L PF PA PD Points TB1
Head-to-Head		 TB2
Head-to-Head Point Differential
 Canada 330289247+426
 Dominican Republic 312253255-241-1+15
 Argentina 312247244+341-1+8
 Mexico 312232275-4341-1-23
Qualified for the Semifinals
21 July 2015
13:30
Mexico  86–84 (OT)  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 25–14, 27–22, 12–25, Overtime: 10–8
Pts: Hernández 19
Rebs: Gutiérrez 14
Asts: Cruz 2		 Pts: Laprovíttola 21
Rebs: Delía 10
Asts: Campazzo 5
Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto
21 July 2015
18:00
Canada  105–88  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 34–20, 22–25, 29–26
Pts: Heslip 24
Rebs: Bennett 10
Asts: Ejim, Doornekamp 4		 Pts: Suero 17
Rebs: Delgado 6
Asts: Feliz, Suero, Delgado 2
Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto
22 July 2015
10:30
Dominican Republic  95–70  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 27–20, 30–16, 14–14
Pts: Stokley 22
Rebs: Manuel Guzmán 6
Asts: Acosta, Suero 3		 Pts: Cruz 21
Rebs: Ramos, Gutiérrez 7
Asts: Girón 7
Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto
22 July 2015
18:00
Argentina  83–88  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 26–20, 16–15, 17–29
Pts: Campazzo 23
Rebs: Richotti, Delía 5
Asts: Laprovíttola 7		 Pts: Nicholson 24
Rebs: Nicholson 12
Asts: Cadougan 4
Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto
23 July 2015
10:30
Dominican Republic  70–80  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 14–26, 20–10, 18–26
Pts: Stokley 19
Rebs: Santana 9
Asts: Acosta 6		 Pts: Brussino 21
Rebs: Delía 8
Asts: Laprovíttola 6
Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto
23 July 2015
18:00
Canada  96–76  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 22–23, 22–18, 25–19
Pts: Heslip 20
Rebs: Nicholson 10
Asts: Cadougan, Murray 2		 Pts: Mendez 24
Rebs: Garibay 6
Asts: Giron 4
Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto

Classification round

Seventh place match
24 July 2015
10:30
Venezuela  83–59  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 16–6, 28–23, 19–15, 19–15
Pts: Cox 24
Rebs: Vargas 6
Asts: Vargas 4		 Pts: Gonzalez, Ramos 11
Rebs: Gonzalez, Gutiérrez 7
Asts: Cruz 4
Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto

Fifth place match
24 July 2015
21:00
Puerto Rico  85–105  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 18–20, 24–32, 22–31
Pts: de Jesus 12
Rebs: Clavell 7
Asts: Browne 5		 Pts: Campazzo 17
Rebs: Delía 12
Asts: Campazzo, Laprovíttola 4
Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto

Knockout Round
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
July 24 — Toronto
 
 
 Brazil68
 
July 25 — Toronto
 
 Dominican Republic62
 
 Brazil 86
 
July 24 — Toronto
 
 Canada71
 
 Canada111
 
 
 United States108
 
Third place
 
 
July 25 — Toronto
 
 
 Dominican Republic 82
 
 
 United States87

Semifinals
24 July 2015
13:30
Brazil  68–62  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 17–17, 15–21, 18–12
Pts: Benite 18
Rebs: Lima 11
Asts: Lima, Batista 2		 Pts: Stokley 15
Rebs: Santana 9
Asts: Feliz 3
Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto
24 July 2015
18:00
United States  108–111 (OT)  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 24–28, 33–22, 17–23, Overtime: 11–14
Pts: Brown 25
Rebs: Randolph 6
Asts: Brown 7		 Pts: Nicholson 31
Rebs: Bennett 14
Asts: Murray 6
Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto

Bronze medal match
25 July 2015
11:00
Dominican Republic  82–87  United States
Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 22–20, 20–24, 14–28
Pts: Stokley 16
Rebs: Santana 10
Asts: Dicent 8		 Pts: Brown 19
Rebs: Prince 7
Asts: Brown 5
Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto

Gold medal match
25 July 2015
16:30
Brazil  86–71  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 26–13, 22–16, 19–25, 19–17
Pts: Lima, Taylor, Hettsheimeir 13
Rebs: Luz 7
Asts: Luz, Benite 7		 Pts: Bennett 18
Rebs: Bennett 9
Asts: Doornekamp 4
Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto


Final standings
Rank Team Record
 Brazil5–0
 Canada4–1
 United States3–2
4  Dominican Republic1–4
5  Argentina2–2
6  Puerto Rico1–3
7  Venezuela1–3
8  Mexico1–3

References
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  2. "Basketball Schedule". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  3. Butler, Nick (5 February 2015). "Schedule released for basketball competition at Toronto 2015 Pan American Games". insidethegames.biz/. Insidethegames. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  4. "Sport Technical Manual Basketball". scribd.com. TO2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  5. "Toronto 2015 - The draws for the Basketball of the 2015 Pan American Games will be tomorrow". fibaamericas.com/. FIBA Americas. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  6. "Toronto 2015 – Results of the Draws for the Basketball of the Pan American Games". fibaamericas.com/. FIBA Americas. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
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