# Basketball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

The women's basketball tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games was held in Santiago, Chile at the Multisport Complex 1 at the National Stadium Park cluster, from October 25 to 29, 2023. The eight participating teams were divided into two groups of four teams each, with the top two advancing to the knockout stage.
Brazil were the defending Pan American Games gold medalists, and they successfully defended their medal.

## Qualified teams

Eight teams qualified for the tournament. The top seven teams at the 2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup joined host team Chile to complete the eight berths. However, the United States and Canada, the teams that ended the Women's AmeriCup in second and third, respectively, decided not to participate. They were replaced by Mexico and Cuba.
| Event | Dates | Location | Quota(s) | Qualified |
| Host Nation | — | — | 1 | Chile |
| 2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup | July 1–9 | León | 7 | Brazil United States Canada Puerto Rico Colombia Venezuela Argentina Mexico Cuba |
| Total | | | 8 | |

## Draw

The draw was held in Santiago, Chile, on September 22, 2023.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Brazil  Puerto Rico | Colombia  Argentina | Cuba  Venezuela | Mexico  Chile |

## Rosters

The eight participating teams must name a roster up to 12 players each.
* Argentina (12)
* Brazil (12)
* Chile (12)
* Colombia (12)
* Cuba (12)
* Mexico (12)
* Puerto Rico (12)
* Venezuela (12)

## Competition format

In the first round of the competition, teams are divided into two pools of four teams, and play follows a round robin format with each of the teams playing all other teams in the pool once. Teams are awarded two points for a win, and one point for a loss.
Following the completion of the pool games, the top two teams from each pool advance to a single elimination round consisting of two semifinal games, and the bronze and gold medal matches. Losing teams compete in classification matches to determine their ranking in the tournament.

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−3).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cuba | 3 | 2 | 1 | 223 | 194 | +29 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 238 | 232 | +6 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Chile (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 205 | 215 | −10 | 4 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 207 | 232 | −25 | 4 | Seventh place game |
* 1 2 Cuba 86–74 Argentina
* 1 2 Chile 86–60 Puerto Rico
* 25 October 2023 17:30
* Boxscore
| Cuba | 86–74 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 26–16, 17–15, 19–28 |||
| Pts: Montero 17 Rebs: Despaigne 9 Asts: Galindo 7 | | Pts: Suárez 23 Rebs: D'Agostino 7 Asts: three players 3 |
* Multisport Complex 1, Santiago Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Fernando Cavalcante (BRA), Kelsey Kisilevich (CAN)
* 25 October 2023 20:00
* Boxscore
| Chile | 86–60 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 28–18, 24–9, 12–13 |||
| Pts: three players 13 Rebs: Cortés 8 Asts: Cousiño 7 | | Pts: Benítez 17 Rebs: Meléndez 7 Asts: Harris 4 |
* Multisport Complex 1, Santiago Referees: Andrés Bartel (URU), Alan Dos Santos (BRA), Kevin Lei (CAN)
* 26 October 2023 17:30
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 72–69 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–26, 17–16, 20–16, 25–12 |||
| Pts: Rosado 20 Rebs: Quiñones 9 Asts: Meléndez 7 | | Pts: Armentero 16 Rebs: Claro 9 Asts: three players 3 |
* Multisport Complex 1, Santiago Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Daniel García (VEN), Orlando Varela (HON)
* 26 October 2023 20:00
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 87–71 | Chile |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 25–20, 18–14, 29–17 |||
| Pts: Gentinetta 23 Rebs: Gentinetta 11 Asts: Suárez 7 | | Pts: Carrasco, Ovalle 13 Rebs: Ovalle 5 Asts: García 5 |
* Multisport Complex 1, Santiago Referees: Carlos Vélez (COL), Kristian Páez (ECU), Krishna Domínguez (MEX)
* 27 October 2023 17:30
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 75–77 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–30, 14–17, 16–14, 16–16 |||
| Pts: Benítez, Quiñones 21 Rebs: Quiñones 9 Asts: Hilaire 5 | | Pts: Suárez 22 Rebs: Gentinetta, Jourdheuil 7 Asts: Gentinetta 4 |
* Multisport Complex 1, Santiago Referees: Daniel García (VEN), Fernando Cavalcante (BRA), Kevin Lei (CAN)
* 27 October 2023 20:00
* Boxscore
| Cuba | 68–48 | Chile |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–11, 24–16, 10–7, 23–14 |||
| Pts: Contreras 22 Rebs: Galindo 10 Asts: Montero 7 | | Pts: Cousiño 10 Rebs: Cousiño, Gómez 6 Asts: Novión 4 |
* Multisport Complex 1, Santiago Referees: Alan dos Santos (BRA), Kelsey Kisilevich (CAN), Aline García (URU)

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 244 | 158 | +86 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Colombia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 196 | 189 | +7 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Venezuela | 3 | 1 | 2 | 175 | 232 | −57 | 4 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 3 | 173 | 209 | −36 | 3 | Seventh place game |
* 25 October 2023 10:30
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 72–54 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 19–16, 21–14, 16–12 |||
| Pts: Fausto, Lopes 12 Rebs: de Souza 13 Asts: de Oliveira 4 | | Pts: Ávila, Luna 9 Rebs: Luna 8 Asts: Ramírez 3 |
* Multisport Complex 1, Santiago Referees: Roberto Vásquez (PUR), Kristian Páez (ECU), Micaela Prado (ARG)
* 25 October 2023 13:00
* Boxscore
| Colombia | 73–57 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 12–17, 12–6, 26–19 |||
| Pts: Paz 27 Rebs: Paz 8 Asts: Muñoz 4 | | Pts: Corrales 12 Rebs: Corrales 7 Asts: Durán, Márquez 3 |
* Multisport Complex 1, Santiago Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Carmelo de la Rosa (PUR), Aline García (URU)
* 26 October 2023 10:30
* Boxscore
| Venezuela | 47–94 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 5–31, 5–28, 16–19 |||
| Pts: Durán 11 Rebs: Corrales 5 Asts: Rivera 3 | | Pts: de Souza 14 Rebs: de Souza 9 Asts: Zabani 7 |
* Multisport Complex 1, Santiago Referees: Micaela Prado (ARG), Aline García (URU), Kelsey Kisilevich (CAN)
* 26 October 2023 13:00
* Boxscore
| Mexico | 54–66 | Colombia |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 12–12, 16–18, 10–18 |||
| Pts: Luna 13 Rebs: Luna 9 Asts: Beltrán 4 | | Pts: Muñoz 26 Rebs: Paz 8 Asts: Ríos 5 |
* Multisport Complex 1, Santiago Referees: Andrés Bartel (URU), Carmelo de la Rosa (PUR), Felipe Ibarra (CHI)
* 27 October 2023 10:30
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 78–57 | Colombia |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 19–8, 11–16, 26–10 |||
| Pts: de Souza 14 Rebs: de Souza 8 Asts: dos Santos 8 | | Pts: Ríos 16 Rebs: Ríos 7 Asts: Muñoz, Ríos 3 |
* Multisport Complex 1, Santiago Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Kristian Páez (ECU), Orlando Varela (HON)
* 27 October 2023 13:00
* Boxscore
| Venezuela | 71–65 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 8–16, 14–17, 25–17 |||
| Pts: Durán 22 Rebs: Fajardo 16 Asts: Durán, Pérez 6 | | Pts: Ramírez 13 Rebs: Lara 7 Asts: Ramírez 5 |
* Multisport Complex 1, Santiago Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Felipe Ibarra (CHI), Carmelo de la Rosa (PUR)

## Classification games
### Seventh place game

* 28 October 2023 10:30
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 75–70 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 17–17, 22–19, 23–12 |||
| Pts: Rosado 21 Rebs: Roma 8 Asts: Rosado 4 | | Pts: Lara 17 Rebs: Ramos 7 Asts: Ramírez 4 |
* Multisport Complex 1, Santiago Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Tiago dos Santos (BRA), Orlando Varela (HON)

### Fifth place game

* 28 October 2023 13:00
* Boxscore
| Chile | 70–79 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 17–17, 18–20, 23–18 |||
| Pts: García, Ovalle 12 Rebs: Gómez 9 Asts: García 5 | | Pts: Durán 22 Rebs: Urbina 9 Asts: Urbina 6 |
* Multisport Complex 1, Santiago Referees: Carlos Vélez (COL), Micaela Prado (ARG), Fernando Cavalcante (BRA)

## Knockout round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal game | Gold medal game |
| October 28 | October 28 |
| Cuba | 48 |
| Cuba | 48 | October 29 | October 29 |
| Colombia | 73 | October 29 | October 29 |
| Colombia | 73 | Colombia | 40 |
| October 28 | October 28 | | Colombia | 40 |
| October 28 | October 28 | Brazil | 50 |
| Brazil | 77 | Brazil | 50 |
| Argentina | 57 | | |
| Argentina | 57 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | October 29 | October 29 |
| | | Cuba | 66 |
| | | Argentina | 75 |

### Semifinals

* 28 October 2023 17:30
* Boxscore
| Cuba | 48–73 | Colombia |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 12–28, 10–12, 10–16 |||
| Pts: Despaigne 11 Rebs: Despaigne 12 Asts: Montero 3 | | Pts: López 15 Rebs: Arias, Vente 6 Asts: Ríos 8 |
* Multisport Complex 1, Santiago Referees: Daniel García (VEN), Krishna Domínguez (MEX), Felipe Ibarra (CHI)
* 28 October 2023 20:00
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 77–57 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 15–18, 19–11, 16–11 |||
| Pts: Zabani 19 Rebs: Fausto 13 Asts: Darrigo, Zabani 4 | | Pts: Gauna 14 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Fernández, Suárez 3 |
* Multisport Complex 1, Santiago Referees: Luis Vázquez (PUR), Andrés Bartel (URU), Kevin Lei (CAN)

### Bronze medal game

* 29 October 2023 17:00
* Boxscore
| Cuba | 66–75 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–23, 18–16, 16–19, 20–17 |||
| Pts: Galindo 27 Rebs: Contreras 8 Asts: Armentero, Montero 3 | | Pts: Suárez 27 Rebs: Gauna, Gentinetta 11 Asts: Gauna 5 |
* Multisport Complex 1, Santiago Referees: Alan dos Santos (BRA), Carmelo de la Rosa (PUR), Aline García (URU)

### Gold medal game

* 29 October 2023 20:00
* Boxscore
| Colombia | 40–50 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 8–9, 6–6, 11–12 |||
| Pts: Delgado 15 Rebs: Paz 14 Asts: Ríos 5 | | Pts: de Souza 13 Rebs: de Souza 12 Asts: dos Santos 4 |
* Multisport Complex 1, Santiago Referees: Daniel García (VEN), Kelsey Kisilevich (CAN), Orlando Varela (HON)

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Brazil | 5–0 |
| | Colombia | 3–2 |
| | Argentina | 3–2 |
| 4 | Cuba | 2–3 |
| 5 | Venezuela | 2–2 |
| 6 | Chile | 1–3 |
| 7 | Puerto Rico | 2–2 |
| 8 | Mexico | 0–4 |