Basketball at the 2019 Pan American Games

Basketball at the 2019 Pan American Games
Basketball at the 2019 Pan American Games
	Basketball pictogram
Venue	Coliseo Eduardo Dibos
Dates	July 27 – August 10, 2019
Competitors	240 from 12 nations
	«2015 2023»

Last updated June 26, 2024

Basketball competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru began on July 27 and continue through August 10. The competitions are taking place at the Coliseo Eduardo Dibos.^[1]

This was the Pan American Games debut of 3x3 basketball for both 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.^[2]^[3] A total of eight men's and eight women's teams (each consisting of up to twelve athletes) competed in each five-a-side tournament respectively, and six teams competed in each 3x3 tournament (with four athletes per team). This means a total of 240 athletes are scheduled to compete.^[4]

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	2	1	1	4
2	Argentina	1	1	0	2
3	Brazil	1	0	0	1
4	Puerto Rico	0	2	1	3
5	Dominican Republic	0	0	2	2
Totals (5 entries)		4	4	4	12

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament details	Argentina Agustín Caffaro Luca Vildoza Luis Scola Facundo Campazzo Nicolás Laprovíttola Nicolás Brussino Máximo Fjellerup Marcos Delía Gabriel Deck Lucio Redivo Patricio Garino Tayavek Gallizzi	Puerto Rico Christian Pizarro Joseph Soto Devon Collier Isaiah Manderson Iván Gandía Benito Santiago Jr. Justin Reyes Emmanuel Ándujar Isaac Sosa Gilberto Clavell Derek Reese Christopher Brady	United States Collin Gillespie Andre Reeves Ty-Shon Alexander Myles Cale David Duke Jr. Mustapha Heron Jermaine Samuels Jr. Myles Powell Alpha Diallo Tyler Wideman Junathaen Watson Geoffrey Groselle
Women's tournament details	Brazil Isabela Ramona Raphaella Monteiro Patrícia Teixeira Tainá Paixão Lays da Silva Tatiane Pacheco Clarissa dos Santos Aline Cezário Érika de Souza Débora Costa Stephanie Soares Izabella Sangalli	United States Kiana Williams Taylor Mikesell Tyasha Harris Kathleen Doyle Chennedy Carter Mikayla Pivec Lindsey Pulliam Peyton Williams Beatrice Mompremier Brittany Brewer Isabella Alarie Michaela Onyenwere	Puerto Rico Jennifer O'Neill Tayra Meléndez Anushka Maldonado Pamela Rosado Allison Gibson Sofía Roma Dayshalee Salamán Gileysa Penzo Deanna Kuzmanic Jazmon Gwathmey Isalys Quiñones India Pagan

Men's 3x3 tournament details	United States Sheldon Jeter Dominique Jones Kareem Maddox Jonathan Octeus	Puerto Rico Gilberto Clavell Josue Erazo Tjader Fernández Ángel Matías	Dominican Republic Reyson Beato Adonis Núñez Bryan Piantini Henry Valdez
Women's 3x3 tournament details	United States Ruth Hebard Sabrina Ionescu Olivia Nelson-Ododa Christyn Williams	Argentina Andrea Boquete Melisa Gretter Victoria Llorente Natacha Pérez	Dominican Republic Carolay Hernández Sugeiry Monsac Giocelis Reynoso Nelsy Sentil

Participating nations

A total of twelve countries qualified basketball teams. The number of athletes is in parentheses.

Argentina (32 athletes)
Brazil (20)
Canada (12)
Colombia (12)
Dominican Republic (20)
Mexico (12)
Paraguay (12)
Puerto Rico (28)
United States (32)
Uruguay (16)
Venezuela (20)
Virgin Islands (21)

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams and eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games in the five-a-side tournaments. For the men's event, the top seven teams at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup, have qualified to compete. In the women's event, the Olympic Champions the United States, have qualified to compete as well as the top six nations at the 2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup.^[4] This is a new system of qualification implemented by FIBA Americas.^[5] For each 3x3 tournament, the top five teams in each gender in the world rankings as of November 1, 2018 qualified. Host nation Peru was barred from participating by FIBA, following sanctions imposed on the Peruvian Basketball Federation.^[6]

Men's five-a-side

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	—	—	1 0	~~Peru~~
2017 FIBA AmeriCup ^[7]	August 25 – September 3	Various	7 8	United States Argentina Mexico Virgin Islands Puerto Rico Uruguay Dominican Republic Venezuela
Total			8

Both the defending gold and silver medallists (Brazil and Canada respectively) failed to qualify.
Peru was banned from the competition and was replaced with Venezuela. Canada as the next best team, declined the reallocated spot.^{[ citation needed ]}

Women's five-a-side

Both Paraguay and the Virgin Islands qualified for the women's tournament for the first time.^[8]

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	—	—	1 0	~~Peru~~
Olympic Champions	—	—	1	United States
2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup	August 6–13	Buenos Aires	6 7	Canada Argentina Puerto Rico Brazil Virgin Islands Paraguay Colombia
Total			8

Peru was barred from the competition and was replaced with the next best team not qualified, Colombia.

Men's 3x3

Event	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	—	1 0	~~Peru~~
FIBA Rankings	November 1, 2018	6	United States Brazil Puerto Rico Argentina Dominican Republic Venezuela
Total		6

Women's 3x3

Event	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	—	1 0	~~Peru~~
FIBA Rankings	November 1, 2018	6	Brazil Venezuela United States Argentina Uruguay Dominican Republic
Total		6

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Basketball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 17 October. The events took place at the Parque Mujeres Argentinas in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As in previous Youth Olympic games, the 3x3 format is used along with the skill challenge.

Softball competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru are scheduled to be held from July 25 to August 10. The venue for the competition is the softball stadium located at the Villa María del Triunfo cluster. A total of six men's and six women's teams competed in each tournament. This means a total of 180 athletes are scheduled to compete.

Water polo competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru were held from July 28 to August 10. The venue for the competition was the water polo pool located at the Villa María del Triunfo cluster. A total of eight men's and eight women's teams competed in each tournament. This meant a total of 176 athletes were scheduled to compete.

Football competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru were held from July 25 to August 9. The venue for the competition was the Estadio Universidad San Marcos, which seats up to 32,000 spectators.

Field hockey competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru were scheduled to be held from July 30 to August 10. The venue for the competition is the Hockey field located at the Villa María del Triunfo cluster. A total of eight men's and eight women's teams competed in each tournament. This means a total of 256 athletes are scheduled to compete.

Handball competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, were held from July 24 to August 5. The venue for the competition is the Sports Centre Hall 1 located at the Videna cluster. The venue also hosted judo. A total of eight men's and eight women's teams competed in each tournament. This means a total of 224 athletes are competed.

Karate competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru were held between August 9 and 11, 2019 at the Polideportivo Villa El Salvador, which also hosted the gymnastics competitions.

Shooting competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru are scheduled to be held between August 8 and 10, 2019 at the Las Palmas Air Base.

Canada competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.

Venezuela competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.

Paraguay competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, from July 26 to August 11, 2019.

Volleyball competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru are scheduled to be held from August 2 to 11. The venue for the competition is the Sports Centre VRDC located at the Villa Deportiva Regional del Callao cluster. The venue will also host the taekwondo competitions. A total of eight men's and eight women's teams competed in each tournament. This means a total of 192 athletes are scheduled to compete.

The Virgin Islands competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.

Archery competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru were held between August 7 and 11, 2019 at the Archery field in the Villa María del Triunfo cluster.

Taekwondo competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru were held between July 26 to 29, 2019 at the Polideportivo Villa El Salvador, which also hosted the volleyball competitions.

The men's basketball tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games was held in Lima, Peru at the Coliseo Eduardo Dibos from 31 July to 4 August. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each group advanced to a single elimination bracket. Argentina won the gold medal, its second gold in Pan American basketball, after defeating Puerto Rico in the championship

The women's basketball tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games was held in Lima, Peru at the Coliseo Eduardo Dibos from 6 August to 10 August. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each group advanced to a single elimination bracket. Brazil won the gold medal, the first since 1991 in Havana, after defeating the United States in the final.

Venezuela is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This will be Venezuela's 19th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games since the inaugural edition in 1951.

Trinidad and Tobago is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This will be Trinidad and Tobago's 18th appearance at the Pan American Games, having missed only the 1959 edition.

References

↑ "Pan American Schedule" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). June 13, 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 16, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
↑ "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.
↑ 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.
1 2 "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.acodepa.org/. Asociación de Confederaciones Deportivas Panamericanas (ACODEPA). September 14, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
↑ "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.
↑ "Básquet en Lima 2019: ¿por qué Perú no tiene equipo y ha dejado en el olvido este deporte?". elcomercio.pe (in Spanish). Arturo Verón, El Comercio. July 31, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
↑ "USA qualifies, the Semi-Final picture is complete". www.fiba.basketball/. International Basketball Federation (FIBA). August 31, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
↑ "Semi-Finals are set!". www.fiba.basketball/. International Basketball Federation (FIBA). August 11, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.

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[1] "Pan American Schedule" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). June 13, 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 16, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2019.

[2] "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.

[3] 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.

[manual-4] 1 2 "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.acodepa.org/. Asociación de Confederaciones Deportivas Panamericanas (ACODEPA). September 14, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2017.

[5] "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.

[6] "Básquet en Lima 2019: ¿por qué Perú no tiene equipo y ha dejado en el olvido este deporte?". elcomercio.pe (in Spanish). Arturo Verón, El Comercio. July 31, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.

[7] "USA qualifies, the Semi-Final picture is complete". www.fiba.basketball/. International Basketball Federation (FIBA). August 31, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.

[8] "Semi-Finals are set!". www.fiba.basketball/. International Basketball Federation (FIBA). August 11, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.

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