# Basketball at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

The men's basketball tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games was held in Lima, Peru at the Coliseo Eduardo Dibos from 31 July to 4 August. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each group advanced to a single elimination bracket. Argentina won the gold medal, its second gold in Pan American basketball, after defeating Puerto Rico in the championship

## Qualification

A total of eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games. The top seven teams at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup have qualified. The host nation Peru was barred from participating by FIBA, following sanctions imposed on the Peruvian Basketball Federation. Venezuela took the vacated berth.

### Summary

| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | — | — | 1 0 | Peru |
| 2017 FIBA AmeriCup | August 25 – September 3 | Various | 7 8 | United States Argentina Mexico Virgin Islands Puerto Rico Uruguay Dominican Republic Venezuela |
| Total | | | 8 | |

## Draw

The draw was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico on 23 May 2019.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| United States  Argentina | Puerto Rico  Mexico | Dominican Republic  Venezuela | Uruguay  Virgin Islands |

## Rosters

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 12 players on their rosters.
* Argentina
* Dominican Republic
* Mexico
* Puerto Rico
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela
* Virgin Islands

## 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.

## Results

All times are local (UTC−5)

### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 268 | 234 | +34 | 5 | Qualified for the Semifinals |
| Dominican Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 245 | 220 | +25 | 5 | Qualified for the Semifinals |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 2 | 194 | 246 | −52 | 4 | |
| Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 194 | 201 | −7 | 4 | |
* 31 July 2019 18:00
* Report
| Argentina | 102–65 | Uruguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–2, 24–15, 22–27, 29–21 |||
| Pts: Deck 23 Rebs: Scola 8 Asts: Scola 4 | | Pts: Parodi 11 Rebs: Four players 3 Asts: Parodi, Rodríguez, Wachsmann 2 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Steven Anderson (USA)
* 31 July 2019 21:00
* Report
| Mexico | 61–65 (OT) | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 6–20, 13–13, 22–14, 14–8, Overtime: 6–10 |||
| Pts: Estrada 18 Rebs: Gutiérrez 9 Asts: Estrada 5 | | Pts: Rojas, Suero 13 Rebs: Santos, Vargas 6 Asts: Four players 1 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR)
* 1 August 2019 13:30
* Report
| Dominican Republic | 97–102 (OT) | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 19–22, 18–23, 32–21, Overtime: 10–15 |||
| Pts: De León 21 Rebs: Montero 8 Asts: Montero 3 | | Pts: Deck 24 Rebs: Campazzo, Deck 6 Asts: Campazzo 7 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR)
* 1 August 2019 18:00
* Report
| Mexico | 61–72 | Uruguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 12–11, 22–14, 15–28 |||
| Pts: Zesati 19 Rebs: Zesati 6 Asts: Estrada 2 | | Pts: Rojas 19 Rebs: Rojas 5 Asts: Parodi 4 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Michael Weiland (CAN)
* 2 August 2019 10:30
* Report
| Uruguay | 57–83 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 12–20, 12–19, 14–29 |||
| Pts: Four players 9 Rebs: Wachsmann 13 Asts: Parodi 5 | | Pts: Figueroa 16 Rebs: Rojas, Vargas 5 Asts: Solano 9 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Jorge Vazquez (PUR)
* 2 August 2019 13:30
* Report
| Mexico | 72–64 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–20, 17–15, 24–20, 21–9 |||
| Pts: Estrada 18 Rebs: Gutiérrez 8 Asts: Estrada, Machado, Velis 2 | | Pts: Deck 13 Rebs: Fjellerup 7 Asts: Brussino 3 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Luis Vazquez (PUR)

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 261 | 237 | +24 | 6 | Qualified for the Semifinals |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 273 | 224 | +49 | 5 | Qualified for the Semifinals |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1 | 2 | 204 | 227 | −23 | 4 | |
| Virgin Islands | 3 | 0 | 3 | 257 | 307 | −50 | 3 | |
* 31 July 2019 10:30
* Report
| United States | 119–84 | Virgin Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 39–23, 17–20, 35–19, 28–22 |||
| Pts: Diallo 20 Rebs: Diallo 11 Asts: Gillespie 3 | | Pts: Hodge 18 Rebs: Aska 8 Asts: Milligan 8 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Michael Weiland (CAN)
* 31 July 2019 13:30
* Report
| Puerto Rico | 73–64 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–12, 15–18, 23–14, 24–20 |||
| Pts: Collier 13 Rebs: Andujar 9 Asts: Collier 4 | | Pts: Colmenares, Zamora 12 Rebs: Colmenares 13 Asts: Vargas 8 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Leandro Lezcano (ARG)
* 1 August 2019 10:30
* Report
| Puerto Rico | 101–89 | Virgin Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 33–11, 26–16, 18–27, 24–35 |||
| Pts: Sosa 25 Rebs: Andujar 8 Asts: Collier 3 | | Pts: Hodge 27 Rebs: Aska 9 Asts: Hodge 5 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Andréia Silva (BRA)
* 1 August 2019 21:00
* Report
| Venezuela | 53–70 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 16–14, 8–16, 16–20 |||
| Pts: Colmenares 16 Rebs: Vargas 9 Asts: Colmenares, Vargas 2 | | Pts: Powell 30 Rebs: Gillespie 7 Asts: Diallo 3 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA)
* 2 August 2019 18:00
* Report
| Virgin Islands | 84–87 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 29–20, 15–24, 21–24 |||
| Pts: Milligan 22 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: Hodge 3 | | Pts: Zamora 19 Rebs: Carrera 11 Asts: Vargas 4 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Michael Weiland (CAN)
* 2 August 2019 21:00
* Report
| Puerto Rico | 87–84 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–38, 19–19, 18–15, 23–12 |||
| Pts: Collier 23 Rebs: Collier 10 Asts: Gandía 4 | | Pts: Samuels 17 Rebs: Cale 5 Asts: Gillespie, Powell 2 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA)

### Classification round
#### Placement stage (5th–8th place)

| 7th place | 7th place |
| 3 August | 3 August |
| Virgin Islands | 81 |
| Mexico | 92 |
| 5th place | 5th place |
| 3 August | 3 August |
| Venezuela | 78 |
| Uruguay | 68 |

#### Seventh place match

* 3 August 2019 10:30
* Report
| Virgin Islands | 81–92 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–26, 11–28, 31–12, 26–26 |||
| Pts: Hodge 25 Rebs: Perry-Murray 5 Asts: Aska 3 | | Pts: Camacho 18 Rebs: Gutiérrez 9 Asts: Five players 5 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Luis Vazquez (PUR)

#### Fifth place match

* 3 August 2019 13:30
* Report
| Venezuela | 78–68 | Uruguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 17–12, 23–22, 19–9 |||
| Pts: Zamora 15 Rebs: Graterol 7 Asts: Guillent 3 | | Pts: Rojas 17 Rebs: Wachsmann 7 Asts: Parodi 3 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Jorge Vazquez (PUR)

### Knockout round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 3 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos | 3 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos |
| Puerto Rico | 65 |
| Puerto Rico | 65 | 4 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos | 4 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos |
| Dominican Republic | 63 | 4 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos | 4 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos |
| Dominican Republic | 63 | Puerto Rico | 66 |
| 3 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos | 3 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos | | Puerto Rico | 66 |
| 3 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos | 3 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos | Argentina | 84 |
| Argentina | 114 | Argentina | 84 |
| United States | 75 | | |
| United States | 75 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 4 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos | 4 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos |
| | | Dominican Republic | 83 |
| | | United States | 92 |

#### Semifinals

* 3 August 2019 18:00
* Report
| Puerto Rico | 65–63 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 21–8, 15–14, 16–23 |||
| Pts: Sosa 13 Rebs: Andujar, Reese 7 Asts: Soto 3 | | Pts: Suero, Vargas 15 Rebs: Rojas, Vargas 7 Asts: Montero 2 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Leandro Lezcano (ARG)
* 3 August 2019 21:00
* Report
| Argentina | 114–75 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–18, 32–18, 30–20, 23–19 |||
| Pts: Deck 23 Rebs: Brussino 8 Asts: Campazzo 5 | | Pts: Duke 16 Rebs: Reeves 6 Asts: Gillespie 5 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA)

#### Bronze medal match

* 4 August 2019 18:00
* Report
| Dominican Republic | 83–92 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 18–16, 27–24, 18–32 |||
| Pts: Solano 26 Rebs: Montero 9 Asts: De León 4 | | Pts: Diallo 23 Rebs: Groselle 10 Asts: Diallo 3 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Leandro Lezcano (ARG)

#### Gold medal match

* 4 August 2019 21:00
* Report
| Puerto Rico | 66–84 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 12–13, 20–20, 16–24 |||
| Pts: Collier 19 Rebs: Collier 12 Asts: Soto 3 | | Pts: Scola 28 Rebs: Scola 9 Asts: Campazzo 12 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA)

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Argentina | 4–1 |
| | Puerto Rico | 4–1 |
| | United States | 3–2 |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 2–3 |
| 5 | Venezuela | 2–2 |
| 6 | Uruguay | 1–3 |
| 7 | Mexico | 2–2 |
| 8 | Virgin Islands | 0–4 |