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 country |  Canada |
| Dates | July 21 – 25 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| 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]
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 | — | — | 1 | Canada |
| Qualified automatically | — | — | 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 |
| Total | 8 | |||
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 |
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- Latest FIBA World Rankings (September 2014) per team is shown in brackets.
At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 12 players on their rosters.[4]
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
Preliminary round
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil |
3 | 3 | 0 | 264 | 206 | +58 | 6 | Qualified for the semifinals |
| United States |
3 | 2 | 1 | 270 | 225 | +45 | 5 | |
| Puerto Rico |
3 | 1 | 2 | 218 | 266 | −48 | 4 | |
| Venezuela |
3 | 0 | 3 | 198 | 253 | −55 | 3 |
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 Jesús 8 Rebs: Villafañe, Young, Collier 4 Asts: Young 3 | |
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 | |
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 | |
22 July 2015 21:00 |
| Puerto Rico |
70–102 | 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 |
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 | |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada |
3 | 3 | 0 | 289 | 247 | +42 | 6 | Qualified for the semifinals |
| Dominican Republic |
3 | 1 | 2 | 253 | 255 | −2 | 4[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] | |
| Argentina |
3 | 1 | 2 | 247 | 244 | +3 | 4[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] | |
| Mexico |
3 | 1 | 2 | 232 | 275 | −43 | 4[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] |
- 2nd tie-breaker:
Dominican Republic had a +15 head-to-head point differential, 
Argentina had a +8 head-to-head point differential, and 
Mexico had a −23 head-to-head point differential.
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
Classification round
Seventh place match
Fifth place match
Knockout round
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| July 24 — Toronto | ||||||
| Brazil | 68 | |||||
| July 25 — Toronto | ||||||
| Dominican Republic | 62 | |||||
| Brazil | 86 | |||||
| July 24 — Toronto | ||||||
| Canada | 71 | |||||
| Canada | 111 | |||||
| United States | 108 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| July 25 — Toronto | ||||||
| Dominican Republic | 82 | |||||
| United States | 87 | |||||
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 | |
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 | |
Gold medal match
| Rank | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|
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Brazil | 5–0 |
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Canada | 4–1 |
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United States | 3–2 |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 1–4 |
| 5 | Argentina | 2–2 |
| 6 | Puerto Rico | 1–3 |
| 7 | Venezuela | 1–3 |
| 8 | Mexico | 1–3 |
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