# Basketball at the 1991 Pan American Games

The men's basketball tournament at the 1991 Pan American Games was held from August 3 to 17, 1991 in Havana, Cuba. The women also competed in the Cuban capital, from August 3 to 12. Coliseo de la Ciudad Deportiva was the venue for the games.

## Men's competition
### Participating nations

| Group A | Group B |
| Argentina  Bahamas  Cuba  United States  Venezuela | Brazil  Canada  Mexico  Puerto Rico  Uruguay |

### Preliminary round

| Group A | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| United States | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 386 | 293 | +93 |
| Argentina | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 354 | 348 | +6 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 331 | 342 | –11 |
| Cuba | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 230 | 253 | –23 |
| Bahamas | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 243 | 308 | –65 |
* 1991-08-03
| United States | 92 – 88 | Cuba |
* 1991-08-04
| Bahamas | 104 – 96 | Argentina |
* 1991-08-05
| United States | 91 – 66 | Venezuela |
| Cuba | 99 – 90 | Bahamas |
* 1991-08-06
| United States | 87 – 81 | Argentina |
* 1991-08-07
| Venezuela | 84 – 70 | Cuba |
* 1991-08-08
| Venezuela | 96 – 81 | Bahamas |
* 1991-08-09
| United States | 116 – 58 | Bahamas |
| Argentina | 77 – 72 | Cuba |
* 1991-08-10
| Argentina | 100 – 85 | Venezuela |
| Group B | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| Brazil | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 339 | 247 | +92 |
| Puerto Rico | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 357 | 334 | +23 |
| Mexico | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 311 | 320 | –9 |
| Uruguay | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 283 | 327 | –44 |
| Canada | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 259 | 321 | –62 |
* 1991-08-04
| Brazil | 94 – 72 | Uruguay |
| Puerto Rico | 95 – 77 | Canada |
* 1991-08-05
| Brazil | 85 – 55 | Canada |
| Puerto Rico | 102 – 100 | Mexico |
* 1991-08-06
| Uruguay | 62 – 61 | Canada |
* 1991-08-07
| Brazil | 81 – 58 | Mexico |
* 1991-08-08
| Puerto Rico | 98 – 78 | Uruguay |
* 1991-08-09
| Mexico | 79 – 66 | Canada |
| Brazil | 79 – 62 | Puerto Rico |
* 1991-08-10
| Mexico | 74 – 71 | Uruguay |

### Quarterfinals

* 1991-08-12
| Puerto Rico | 111 – 104 | Venezuela |
| Mexico | 91 – 77 | Argentina |
| United States | 114 – 68 | Uruguay |
| Cuba | 96 – 92 [OT] | Brazil |

### Semifinals

* 1991-08-13 — 5th/8th place
| Brazil | 95 – 64 | Argentina |
| Venezuela | 85 – 79 | Uruguay |
* 1991-08-15 — 1st/4th place
| Puerto Rico | 73 – 68 | United States |
| Mexico | 93 – 87 | Cuba |

### Finals

* 1991-08-11 — 9th/10th place
| Bahamas | 75 – 62 | Canada |
* 1991-08-16 — 7th/8th place
| Argentina | 71 – 63 | Uruguay |
* 1991-08-16 — 5th/6th place
| Brazil | 90 – 88 | Venezuela |
* 1991-08-17 — Bronze Medal Match
| United States | 93 – 74 | Cuba |
* 1991-08-17 — Gold Medal Match
| Puerto Rico | 77 – 65 | Mexico |

### Final ranking

| RANK | TEAM |
| 1. | Puerto Rico |
| 2. | Mexico |
| 3. | United States |
| 4. | Cuba |
| 5. | Brazil |
| 6. | Argentina |
| 7. | Uruguay |
| 8. | Bahamas |
| 9. | Canada |
| 10. | Venezuela |

### Awards

* 1991 Pan American Games winners
* Puerto Rico First title

## Women's competition
### Participating nations

* Argentina
* Brazil
* Canada
* Cuba
* United States

### Preliminary round

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| Brazil | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 334 | 293 | +41 |
| United States | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 359 | 268 | +91 |
| Cuba | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 346 | 299 | +47 |
| Canada | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 288 | 317 | –29 |
| Argentina | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 204 | 354 | –150 |
* 1991-08-03
| United States | 87 – 70 | Canada |
| Cuba | 93 – 47 | Argentina |
* 1991-08-04
| Brazil | 87 – 84 | United States |
| Cuba | 95 – 71 | Canada |
* 1991-08-05
| United States | 97 – 40 | Argentina |
| Brazil | 74 – 66 | Canada |
* 1991-08-07
| Canada | 81 – 61 | Argentina |
| Brazil | 90 – 87 | Cuba |
* 1991-08-08
| United States | 91 – 71 | Cuba |
| Brazil | 83 – 56 | Argentina |

### Semifinals

* 1991-08-10
| Brazil | 87 – 78 | Canada |
| Cuba | 86 – 81 | United States |

### Finals

* 1991-08-12 — Bronze Medal Match
| United States | 92 – 61 | Canada |
* 1991-08-12 — Gold Medal Match
| Brazil | 97 – 76 | Cuba |

### Final ranking

| RANK | TEAM |
| 1. | Brazil |
| 2. | Cuba |
| 3. | United States |
| 4. | Canada |
| 5. | Argentina |

### Awards

* 1991 Pan American Games winners
* Brazil Third title