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

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Tournament details
Host nationFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
DatesJuly 21 – 25
Teams8 (from 1 federations)
Venues1 (in 1 host city)
ChampionsFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (6th title)
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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]

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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

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host Nation1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Qualified automatically1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2014 South American Basketball Championship July 23–28 Flag of Venezuela.svg Isla Margarita 3Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
2014 Centrobasket August 1–7 Flag of Mexico.svg Tepic 3Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

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 Basketballpanam2015.png
The Ryerson Athletic Centre, was the venue for the basketball competitions

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Preliminary round

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 330264206+586Qualified for the semifinals
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 321270225+455
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 312218266484
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 303198253553
Source: [ citation needed ]
21 July 2015
10:30
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg9259Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  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 Jesús 8
Rebs: Villafañe, Young, Collier 4
Asts: Young 3

21 July 2015
21:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg8562Flag of Venezuela.svg  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

22 July 2015
13:30
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela.svg6479Flag of Brazil.svg  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

22 July 2015
21:00
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg70102Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring by quarter: 19–29, 10–36, 23–20, 18–27
Pts: Mojica 15
Rebs: Villafañe 8
Asts: Barea 3
Pts: Brown 16
Rebs: Tarczewski 7
Asts: Brown 6

23 July 2015
13:30
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg8972Flag of Venezuela.svg  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

23 July 2015
21:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg8393Flag of Brazil.svg  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

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 330289247+426Qualified for the semifinals
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 31225325524 [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2]
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 312247244+34 [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2]
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 312232275434 [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2]
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 1st tie-breaker: The bottom 3 teams had the exact same head-to-head record of 11
  2. 1 2 3 2nd tie-breaker: Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic had a +15 head-to-head point differential, Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina had a +8 head-to-head point differential, and Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico had a 23 head-to-head point differential.
21 July 2015
13:30
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg8684 (OT)Flag of Argentina.svg  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

21 July 2015
18:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg10588Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  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

22 July 2015
10:30
Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg9570Flag of Mexico.svg  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

22 July 2015
18:00
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg8388Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  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

23 July 2015
10:30
Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg7080Flag of Argentina.svg  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

23 July 2015
18:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg9676Flag of Mexico.svg  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

Classification round

Seventh place match

24 July 2015
10:30
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela.svg8359Flag of Mexico.svg  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

Fifth place match

24 July 2015
21:00
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg85105Flag of Argentina.svg  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

Knockout round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
July 24 — Toronto
 
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 68
 
July 25 — Toronto
 
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 62
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 86
 
July 24 — Toronto
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 71
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 111
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 108
 
Third place
 
 
July 25 — Toronto
 
 
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 82
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 87

Semifinals

24 July 2015
13:30
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg6862Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  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

24 July 2015
18:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg108111 (OT)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  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

Bronze medal match

25 July 2015
11:00
Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg8287Flag of the United States.svg  United States Bronze medal icon.svg
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

Gold medal match

25 July 2015
16:30
Gold medal icon.svg Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg8671Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Silver medal icon.svg
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

Final standings

RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 5–0
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4–1
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States 3–2
4Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 1–4
5Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2–2
6Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1–3
7Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 1–3
8Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1–3

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