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

The women's tournament of basketball at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico began on October 21 and ended on October 25, when Puerto Rico defeated Mexico 85–67 for the gold medal. All games were held at the CODE Dome. The defending champions was the United States.

## Qualification

Three teams automatically qualified to compete in this tournament, the hosts Mexico, Canada and the United States. The rest qualified through two regional tournaments.
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | – | – | 1 | Mexico |
| Automatic Qualification | | | 2 | Canada United States |
| 2010 Centrobasket Women | 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 | |

## Format

* 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:
* Head to head results.
* Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams.
* Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group.

## Squads

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.
* Argentina
* Brazil
* Canada
* Colombia
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Puerto Rico
* United States

## Draw

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.
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. Mexico as host nation got to choose which team from the first pot it played, the United States.
Each team is listed with their world ranking before the draw. NR = Not ranked
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| United States (1)  Brazil (6) | Argentina (13)  Canada (12) | Puerto Rico (33)  Jamaica (49) | Mexico (27)  Colombia (NR) |

## Preliminary round

All times are local Central Daylight Time (UTC−5)

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 192 | 218 | −26 | 5 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 222 | 216 | +6 | 5 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 185 | 186 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 212 | 191 | +21 | 4 | |
* 1 2 Mexico 76–74 Puerto Rico
* 1 2 Argentina 58–55 United States
* October 21 13:00
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 280 | 140 | +140 | 6 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 2 | Colombia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 195 | 169 | +26 | 5 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 206 | 166 | +40 | 4 | |
| 4 | Jamaica | 3 | 0 | 3 | 89 | 295 | −206 | 3 | |
* October 21 10:30
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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

## Elimination stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 24 October – Guadalajara | 24 October – Guadalajara |
| Brazil | 68 |
| Brazil | 68 | 25 October – Guadalajara | 25 October – Guadalajara |
| Puerto Rico | 69 | 25 October – Guadalajara | 25 October – Guadalajara |
| Puerto Rico | 69 | Puerto Rico | 85 |
| 24 October – Guadalajara | 24 October – Guadalajara | | Puerto Rico | 85 |
| 24 October – Guadalajara | 24 October – Guadalajara | Mexico | 67 |
| Mexico | 64 | Mexico | 67 |
| Colombia | 58 | | |
| Colombia | 58 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 25 October – Guadalajara | 25 October – Guadalajara |
| | | Brazil | 87 |
| | | Colombia | 48 |

### Semifinals

* October 24 13:00
| Brazil | 68–69 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 23–22, 12–21, 16–13 |||
| Pts: Valente, 16 Rebs: Souza, 15 Asts: Marçal, 4 | | Pts: Sepulveda, 22 Rebs: Placido, 7 Asts: Cortijo, 4 |
* CODE Dome, Guadalajara
* October 24 20:00
| Mexico | 64–58 | Colombia |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 21–10, 10–18, 17–14 |||
| Pts: 2 players, 15 Rebs: 2 players, 8 Asts: Gómez, 6 | | Pts: Martinez, 15 Rebs: 2 players, 5 Asts: Martinez, 5 |
* CODE Dome, Guadalajara

### Seventh place match

* October 24 10:30
| United States | 87–41 | Jamaica |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–11, 28–6, 19–15, 16–9 |||
| Pts: James, 19 Rebs: 2 players, 10 Asts: 2 players, 5 | | Pts: Jackson, 19 Rebs: Jackson, 10 Asts: Dell, 2 |
* CODE Dome, Guadalajara

### Fifth place match

* October 24 17:30
| Argentina | 50–38 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–4, 6–9, 16–13, 11–12 |||
| Pts: Reggiardo, 17 Rebs: Burani, 8 Asts: Pavón, 2 | | Pts: Colley, 11 Rebs: Wolfram, 7 Asts: Colley, 3 |
* CODE Dome, Guadalajara

### Bronze medal match

* October 25 17:30
| Brazil | 87–48 | Colombia |
| Scoring by quarter: 24 – 11, 17 – 19, 28 – 11, 18 – 7 |||
| Pts: Marques, 20 Rebs: De Souza, 9 Asts: 4 players, 2 | | Pts: Sanchez, 12 Rebs: Palacio, 7 Asts: Mosquera, 4 |
* CODE Dome, Guadalajara

### Gold medal match

* October 25 20:00
| Puerto Rico | 85–67 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 14 – 11, 21 – 19, 25 – 19, 25 – 18 |||
| Pts: Cortijo, 29 Rebs: Cortijo, 6 Asts: Cortijo, 10 | | Pts: Gomez, 33 Rebs: Gomez, 16 Asts: 2 players, 5 |
* CODE Dome, Guadalajara
* 2011 Pan American Games winners
* Puerto Rico 1st title

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Puerto Rico | 4 — 1 |
| | Mexico | 3 — 2 |
| | Brazil | 4 — 1 |
| 4 | Colombia | 2 — 3 |
| 5 | Argentina | 2 — 2 |
| 6 | Canada | 1 — 3 |
| 7 | United States | 2 — 2 |
| 8 | Jamaica | 0 — 4 |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Women's tournament | Puerto Rico Angelica Bermudez Carla Cortijo Carla Escalera Michelle Gonzalez Yolanda Jones Angiely Morales Michelle Pacheco Mari Placido Pamela Rosado Jazmine Sepulveda Cynthia Valentin Esmary Vargas | Mexico Marie Bibbs Alexis Castro Azucena Loudres Abril Garcia Monica Garcia Sofia Garica Erika Gomez Fernanda Guitierrez Laura Nuñez Maylene Ornelas Sonia Ortega Brisa Silva | Brazil Tassia Carcavalli Damiris Dantas Izabela De Andrade Barbara De Queiroz Carina De Souza Erika De Souza Clarissa Dos Santos Gilmara Justino Palmira Marcal Iziane Marques Jaqueline Silvestre Silvia Valente |