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]

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

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]

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	—	—	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

Draw

Pots one through three were based on each team's finish at their respective qualification tournament. Pot 1 consisted of the champions, pot 2 the runners-up and pot 3 contained the third placed teams. 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
Mexico (19)  Venezuela (29)	Puerto Rico (15)  Argentina (3)	Dominican Republic (20)  Brazil (9)	Canada (25)  United States (1)

• 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]

•  Argentina
•  Brazil
•  Canada
•  Dominican Republic
•  Mexico
•  Puerto Rico
•  United States
•  Venezuela

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	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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

21 July 2015 10:30

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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

Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto

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21 July 2015 21:00

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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

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22 July 2015 13:30

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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

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22 July 2015 21:00

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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

Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto

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23 July 2015 13:30

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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

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23 July 2015 21:00

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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	Pts	Qualification
Canada	3	3	0	289	247	+42	6	Qualified for the semifinals
Dominican Republic	3	1	2	253	255	−2	4[a][b]
Argentina	3	1	2	247	244	+3	4[a][b]
Mexico	3	1	2	232	275	−43	4[a][b]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. 1st tie-breaker: The bottom 3 teams had the exact same head-to-head record of 1–1
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

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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

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21 July 2015 18:00

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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

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22 July 2015 10:30

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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

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22 July 2015 18:00

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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

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23 July 2015 10:30

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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

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23 July 2015 18:00

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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

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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

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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

	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

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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

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24 July 2015 18:00

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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

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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

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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

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Awards

Topscorer

• Vítor Benite 91 pts (18.2 ppg)
• Andrew Nicholson 91 pts (18.2 ppg) ^[7]

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Brazil	5–0
	Canada	4–1
	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