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

The women's basketball tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games was held in Toronto, Canada at the Ryerson Athletic Centre from July 16 to 20.[1]

Tournament details
Host nation Canada
DatesJuly 16 – 20
Teams8 
(from 8 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Canada
(1st title)
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For these Games, the women 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, 85–67 in the final.

The official detailed schedule for the tournament was announced on February 5, 2015.[3]

Canada won the tournament for the first time, becoming the first host nation to win the gold medal since the United States in 1987.

Qualification

A total of eight women'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 N/A N/A 1  Canada
Qualified automatically N/A N/A 1  United States
2014 Centrobasket Women July 22–26 Monterrey 3  Cuba
 Puerto Rico
 Dominican Republic
2014 South American Basketball Championship for Women August 14–18 Ambato 3  Brazil
 Argentina
 Venezuela
Total8

Medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women  Canada  United States  Cuba

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

Rosters
Main article: Basketball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's team rosters

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 12 players on their rosters.[4]


Results
The Ryerson Athletic Centre, was the venue for the basketball competitions

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Group A
Team
 PLD W L PF PA PD Points
 United States 330262201+616
 Brazil 321204186+185
 Puerto Rico 312210209+14
 Dominican Republic 303163243-803
Qualified for the Semifinals
16 July 2015
13:30
Puerto Rico  76–54  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 24–14, 13–19, 14–7
Pts: Cortijo Sanchez 15
Rebs: Cortijo Sanchez 8
Asts: Sepúlveda, Cortijo Sanchez 3		 Pts: Monsac 16
Rebs: Andujar 7
Asts: Monsac 3
Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto
Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG)
16 July 2015
21:00
United States  75–69  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 14–14, 18–19, 18–19
Pts: Stewart 26
Rebs: Stewart 12
Asts: Jefferson 3		 Pts: Teixeira 18
Rebs: Santos 11
Asts: Teixeira 2
17 July 2015
13:30
Puerto Rico  57–62  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 12–11, 14–15, 17–16
Pts: Cortijo Sanchez 20
Rebs: Bermudez 7
Asts: Cortijo Sanchez 2		 Pts: de Paula 13
Rebs: Jacob 10
Asts: Teixeira, Santos 2
17 July 2015
21:00
Dominican Republic  55–94  United States
Scoring by quarter: 6–32, 15–16, 16–27, 18–19
Pts: Guzman 14
Rebs: Martinez 7
Asts: Guzman, Martinez 3		 Pts: Stewart 16
Rebs: Reimer, Brunner 6
Asts: Plum 5
18 July 2015
13:30
Brazil  73–54  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 24–10, 19–12, 15–17, 15–15
Pts: de Paula, Justino 17
Rebs: Carcavalli, Justino, Macedo 5
Asts: Carcavalli 4		 Pts: Monsac 17
Rebs: Martinez, Andujar 6
Asts: Martinez 3
18 July 2015
21:00
United States  93–77  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 22–18, 21–23, 26–13
Pts: Stewart 24
Rebs: Coates 13
Asts: Jefferson 6		 Pts: Cortijo Sanchez 24
Rebs: Gibson, García, Martinez 3
Asts: Cortijo Sanchez 5

Group B
Team
 PLD W L PF PA PD Points
 Canada 330245164+816
 Cuba 321209188+215
 Argentina 312200209-94
 Venezuela 303168261-933
Qualified for the Semifinals
16 July 2015
10:30
Cuba  68–55  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 13–14, 14–17, 18–12
Pts: Amargo 17
Rebs: Noblet 9
Asts: Amargo 3		 Pts: González 15
Rebs: Vega 7
Asts: Boquete 6
16 July 2015
18:00
Canada  101–38  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 23–8, 25–11, 29–16, 24–3
Pts: Murphy 15
Rebs: Murphy 9
Asts: Langlois 6		 Pts: Silva Serrano 13
Rebs: Perez Abreu 5
Asts: Garate Martinez 2
17 July 2015
10:30
Venezuela  62–73  Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 16–13, 11–20, 17–19
Pts: Silva Serrano 22
Rebs: Blanco Piñango, Perez Abreu 9
Asts: Wallen Morillo 2		 Pts: Amargo 18
Rebs: Oquendo 12
Asts: Casanova 8
17 July 2015
18:00
Argentina  58–73  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 6–19, 15–9, 23–19, 14–26
Pts: Boquete, Gretter, Thomas Diaz 8
Rebs: Gretter, Pavón, Thomas Diaz 3
Asts: four players 1		 Pts: Ayim, Tatham 12
Rebs: Langlois 6
Asts: four players 2
18 July 2015
10:30
Argentina  87–68  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 16–13, 21–22, 27–18
Pts: Boquete 18
Rebs: Santana 9
Asts: Gretter 7		 Pts: Silva Serrano 20
Rebs: Perez Abreu 8
Asts: Marquez Agudo 3
18 July 2015
18:00
Canada  71–68  Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 20–17, 20–13, 11–20
Pts: Achonwa 15
Rebs: Achonwa 7
Asts: Langlois, Tatham 4		 Pts: Gelis 18
Rebs: Noblet 9
Asts: Casanova, Gelis 3

Seventh place match
19 July 2015
10:30
Dominican Republic  56–72  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 18–19, 7–20, 13–10
Pts: Monsac 13
Rebs: Monsac 13
Asts: Zapata 3		 Pts: Silva Serrano 31
Rebs: Corrales Gomez 9
Asts: Perez Abreu 13

Fifth place match
19 July 2015
21:00
Puerto Rico  56–77  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 10–19, 14–15, 19–22, 13–21
Pts: Delgado 19
Rebs: Bermudez, García 9
Asts: Delgado 2		 Pts: Vega 18
Rebs: Vega 9
Asts: Gretter 8

Knockout Round
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
July 19 — Toronto
 
 
  United States 65
 
July 20 — Toronto
 
  Cuba 64
 
  United States 73
 
July 19 — Toronto
 
  Canada 81
 
  Brazil 63
 
 
  Canada 91
 
Third place
 
 
July 20 — Toronto
 
 
  Cuba 66
 
 
  Brazil 62

Semifinals
19 July 2015
13:30
Cuba  64–65  United States
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 20–8, 11–20, 16–19
Pts: Casanova, Noblet 15
Rebs: Ochoa, Noblet 10
Asts: Gelis 3		 Pts: Harper 16
Rebs: Coates 15
Asts: Jefferson 5
19 July 2015
18:00
Brazil  63–91  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 9–22, 12–13, 18–33, 24–23
Pts: Macedo 16
Rebs: Macedo 11
Asts: Costa 4		 Pts: Fields 15
Rebs: K Plouffe 10
Asts: Thorburn 8

Bronze medal match
20 July 2015
16:00
Cuba  66–62  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 23–16, 12–16, 17–14
Pts: Casanova 18
Rebs: Noblet 14
Asts: Casanova 4		 Pts: Paixão 16
Rebs: Santos 7
Asts: Paixão 4

Gold medal match
20 July 2015
20:45
United States  73–81  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 13–23, 15–26, 22–19
Pts: Stewart 17
Rebs: Stewart 11
Asts: Jefferson 2		 Pts: Nurse 33
Rebs: Fields 7
Asts: Nurse, Tatham 3

Final standings
The women's podium
Rank Team Record
 Canada5–0
 United States4–1
 Cuba3–2
4  Brazil2–3
5  Argentina2–2
6  Puerto Rico1–3
7  Venezuela1–3
8  Dominican Republic0–4

References
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  2. "Basketball Schedule". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
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