Basketball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Three teams automatically qualified to compete in this tournament, the hosts Mexico, Canada and the United States. The rest qualified through two regional tournaments.[1]

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	–	–	1	Mexico
Automatic Qualification			2	Canada  United States
2010 Centrobasket Women [2]	July 12–16, 2010	Mayagüez	2	Puerto Rico  Jamaica
FIBA South American Championship for Women 2010	Aug 10 – Aug 14, 2010	Santiago	3	Brazil  Argentina  Colombia
TOTAL			8

• Eight teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
• The third and fourth placed teams will play the fifth to eight bracket.
• In the semifinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B2 and B1 vs. A2
• The winning teams from the semifinals will play for the gold medal. The losing teams compete for the bronze medal.

Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:

1. Head to head results.
2. Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams.
3. Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group.[1]

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had 12 players on their rosters. Final squads for the tournament were due on September 14, 2011, a month before the start of the 2011 Pan American Games.[1]

The draw for the tournament was held at the Weightlifting Forum, the venue for the Weightlifting at the games in Guadalajara on June 26 and was conducted by FIBA Americas Technical Director, Mr. Anibal García.[3]

The competing are drawn to each group by couples to secure a balance in the competition. The first team selected randomly in the draw goes to group A and the second to Group B.[3] Mexico as host nation got to choose which team from the first pot it played, the United States.[4]

Each team is listed with their world ranking before the draw. NR = Not ranked

All times are local Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)[5]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
Mexico	3	2	1	192	218	–26	5	1 — 0
Puerto Rico	3	2	1	222	216	+6	5	0 — 1
Argentina	3	1	2	185	186	–1	4	1 — 0
United States	3	1	2	212	191	+21	4	0 — 1

October 21 13:00

[6]

United States	55–58	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 19–5, 5–15, 13–22, 18–16
Pts: Stewart, 18 Rebs: Stewart, 21 Asts: James, 2		Pts: Gretter, 21 Rebs: Burani, 7 Asts: Gretter, 5

CODE Dome, Guadalajara

October 21 20:00

[7]

Mexico	76–74	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 17–13, 21–27, 15–17
Pts: Silva, 22 Rebs: 2 players, 10 Asts: M. Garcia, 5		Pts: Sepulveda, 20 Rebs: 3 players, 5 Asts: 3 players, 3

CODE Dome, Guadalajara

October 22 17:30

[8]

United States	70–75	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 8–19, 18–16, 19–26
Pts: Stewart, 14 Rebs: 2 players, 11 Asts: Redmon, 3		Pts: Sepulveda, 21 Rebs: 2 players, 6 Asts: Cortijo, 5

CODE Dome, Guadalajara

October 22 20:00

[9]

Argentina	57–58	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 19–10, 7–12, 13–17
Pts: Gretter, 14 Rebs: Burani, 11 Asts: Santana, 3		Pts: Gomez, 20 Rebs: A. Garcia, 13 Asts: Gomez, 4

CODE Dome, Guadalajara

October 23 13:00

[10]

Puerto Rico	73–70	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 21–22, 10–13, 26–18
Pts: Escalera, 18 Rebs: Sepulveda, 5 Asts: Cortijo, 4		Pts: Burani, 24 Rebs: 2 players, 7 Asts: Carbrera, 6

CODE Dome, Guadalajara

October 23 20:00

[11]

Mexico	58–87	United States
Scoring by quarter: 14–10, 16–17, 15–35, 13–25
Pts: Gomez, 17 Rebs: Gutierrez, 6 Asts: Garcia, 5		Pts: Stewart, 17 Rebs: Redmon, 10 Asts: 3 players, 3

CODE Dome, Guadalajara

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
Brazil	3	3	0	280	141	+139	6
Colombia	3	2	1	195	169	+26	4
Canada	3	1	2	206	166	+40	2
Jamaica	3	0	3	89	295	–206	0

October 21 10:30

[12]

Brazil	78–53	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 19–10, 14–22, 21–6
Pts: Marques, 16 Rebs: 2 players, 10 Asts: 3 players, 3		Pts: Colley, 14 Rebs: Colley, 7 Asts: 4 players, 2

CODE Dome, Guadalajara

October 21 17:30

[13]

Jamaica	26–83	Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 7–20, 5–14, 12–15, 2–34
Pts: Brown, 10 Rebs: Dixon, 8 Asts: 2 players, 2		Pts: Mosquera, 21 Rebs: 2 players, 6 Asts: Olarte, 5

CODE Dome, Guadalajara

October 22 10:30

[14]

Brazil	116–34	Jamaica
Scoring by quarter: 25–2, 27–9, 30–11, 34–12
Pts: De Souza, 22 Rebs: De Souza, 15 Asts: De Queiroz, 9		Pts: Jackson, 13 Rebs: Brown, 7 Asts: 2 players, 1

CODE Dome, Guadalajara

October 22 13:00

[15]

Canada	57–59	Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 9–9, 23–16, 9–15, 16–19
Pts: Tatham, 17 Rebs: Pinske, 11 Asts: 2 players, 4		Pts: Mosquera, 21 Rebs: Martinez, 7 Asts: 2 players, 3

CODE Dome, Guadalajara

October 23 10:30

[16]

Colombia	53–86	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 14–25, 18–22, 8–22
Pts: Leidy Sanchez, 13 Rebs: 2 players, 7 Asts: 2 players, 2		Pts: Marques, 25 Rebs: De Souza, 13 Asts: 2 players, 4

CODE Dome, Guadalajara

October 23 17:30

[17]

Canada	96–29	Jamaica
Scoring by quarter: 17–8, 32–6, 20–13, 27–2
Pts: Colley, 16 Rebs: Wolfram, 11 Asts: 6 players, 3		Pts: Dixon, 13 Rebs: Dixon, 7 Asts: 3 players, 1

CODE Dome, Guadalajara