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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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]
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
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| Qualified automatically | — | — | 1 |  United States
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| 2014 South American Basketball Championship | July 23–28 |  Isla Margarita
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3 | Venezuela Argentina Brazil
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| 2014 Centrobasket | August 1–7 |  Tepic
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3 | Mexico Puerto Rico Dominican Republic
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| Total | 8 | |||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
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- Latest FIBA World Rankings (September 2014) per team is shown in brackets.
Rosters
At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 12 players on their rosters.[4]
Results
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
Preliminary round
Group A
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Group B
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Classification round
Seventh place match
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Fifth place match
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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
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Bronze medal match
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Gold medal match
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Final standings
| 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 |
References
- ^ "Pan Am Games Detailed Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "Basketball Schedule". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Butler, Nick (5 February 2015). "Schedule released for basketball competition at Toronto 2015 Pan American Games". insidethegames.biz/. Insidethegames. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Sport Technical Manual Basketball". scribd.com. TO2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.