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

The women's basketball tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games was held in Lima, Peru at the Coliseo Eduardo Dibos from 6 August to 10 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. Brazil won the gold medal, the first since 1991 in Havana, after defeating the United States in the final.

## Qualification

A total of eight teams qualified to compete at the games. The top seven teams at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup have qualified, plus Olympic Champions United States. The host nation Peru was barred from participating by FIBA, following sanctions imposed on the Peruvian Basketball Federation. Colombia took the vacated berth.

### Summary

| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | — | — | 1 0 | Peru |
| Olympic Champions | — | — | 1 | United States |
| 2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup | August 6–13 | Buenos Aires | 6 7 | Canada Argentina Puerto Rico Brazil Virgin Islands Paraguay Colombia |
| 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  Canada | Brazil  Argentina | Puerto Rico  Colombia | Virgin Islands  Paraguay |

## Rosters

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 12 players on their rosters.
* Argentina
* Brazil
* Canada
* Colombia
* Paraguay
* Puerto Rico
* United States
* 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 |
| Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 224 | 166 | +58 | 6 | Qualified for the Semifinals |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 221 | 200 | +21 | 5 | Qualified for the Semifinals |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 224 | 215 | +9 | 4 | |
| Paraguay | 3 | 0 | 3 | 174 | 262 | −88 | 3 | |
* 6 August 2019 10:30
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| Puerto Rico | 91–73 | Paraguay |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–14, 18–18, 24–21, 23–20 |||
| Pts: Gwathmey 21 Rebs: Rosado 11 Asts: O'Neill 6 | | Pts: Ferrari 18 Rebs: Ferrari 8 Asts: Ferrari 6 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Leandro Lezcano (ARG)
* 6 August 2019 13:30
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| Canada | 71–79 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 19–16, 12–19, 19–20 |||
| Pts: Pellington 21 Rebs: Hamblin 10 Asts: Pellington, Scott 3 | | Pts: Dos Santos 15 Rebs: Dos Santos 11 Asts: three players 3 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Steven Anderson (USA)
* 7 August 2019 10:30
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| Paraguay | 64–90 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 18–19, 13–23, 16–26 |||
| Pts: Ferrari 28 Rebs: Ferrari, Caraves 5 Asts: Peralta 3 | | Pts: Hill 14 Rebs: Hamblin 10 Asts: Pellington 3 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Steven Anderson (USA)
* 7 August 2019 21:00
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| Brazil | 64–58 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 19–17, 19–9, 13–18 |||
| Pts: Dos Santos, De Souza 12 Rebs: Dos Santos 4 Asts: Costa 5 | | Pts: O'Neill 23 Rebs: Pagan 7 Asts: Meléndez, Gwathmey 2 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Leandro Lezcano (ARG)
* 8 August 2019 18:00
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| Paraguay | 37–81 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 12–14, 5–21, 10–25 |||
| Pts: Ferrari 10 Rebs: Ferrari 7 Asts: Insfrán, Caraves 2 | | Pts: Soares 15 Rebs: Teixeira 8 Asts: Paixão 4 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Andrés Bartel (URU)
* 8 August 2019 21:00
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| Canada | 63–72 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 11–14, 17–12, 18–20 |||
| Pts: Scott 16 Rebs: Jerome 7 Asts: Pellington, Jerome 2 | | Pts: Gwathmey 22 Rebs: Gibson 7 Asts: O'Neill, Gwathmey 4 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG)

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 248 | 180 | +68 | 6 | Qualified for the Semifinals |
| Colombia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 152 | 141 | +11 | 5 | Qualified for the Semifinals |
| Argentina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 135 | 149 | −14 | 3 | |
| Virgin Islands | 3 | 0 | 3 | 180 | 245 | −65 | 3 | |
* ↑ Argentina did not receive a point for the forfeit loss to Colombia.
* 6 August 2019 18:00
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| Colombia | 69–66 | Virgin Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 16–14, 16–16, 20–15 |||
| Pts: Arias 21 Rebs: Mosquera 18 Asts: Palacio 5 | | Pts: Day 23 Rebs: Day 15 Asts: three players 2 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR)
* 6 August 2019 21:00
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| United States | 70–62 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 10–18, 18–13, 19–15 |||
| Pts: Carter 14 Rebs: Onyenwere 12 Asts: Harris, Carter 2 | | Pts: Boquete, González 14 Rebs: Burani 8 Asts: Gretter 8 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Michael Weiland (CAN)
* 7 August 2019 13:30
* Report
| Argentina | 0–20 (forfeit) | Colombia |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Daniel García (VEN)
* 7 August 2019 18:00
* Report
| Virgin Islands | 55–103 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–34, 11–21, 13–23, 21–25 |||
| Pts: Day 20 Rebs: George 6 Asts: Day 3 | | Pts: Mikesell 16 Rebs: P. Williams, Onyenwere 6 Asts: K. Williams 6 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Andrés Bartel (URU)
* 8 August 2019 10:30
* Report
| Argentina | 73–59 | Virgin Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 19–11, 17–18, 18–11 |||
| Pts: Llorente 19 Rebs: Llorente 8 Asts: Gretter 5 | | Pts: George 32 Rebs: George 14 Asts: Tate 3 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR)
* 8 August 2019 13:30
* Report
| United States | 75–63 | Colombia |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–13, 23–8, 12–18, 16–24 |||
| Pts: Mompremier 15 Rebs: Onyenwere 9 Asts: Harris, Pivec 3 | | Pts: Muñoz 11 Rebs: Mosquera 8 Asts: Ríos, Mosquera 2 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Attendance: Cristiano Maranho (BRA)

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

| 7th place | 7th place |
| 9 August | 9 August |
| Paraguay | 69 |
| Virgin Islands | 61 |
| 5th place | 5th place |
| 9 August | 9 August |
| Canada | 54 |
| Argentina | 59 |

#### Seventh place match

* 9 August 2019 10:30
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| Paraguay | 69–61 | Virgin Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–14, 12–15, 19–22, 15–10 |||
| Pts: Ferrari 28 Rebs: Ferrari 6 Asts: Ferrari 7 | | Pts: George 19 Rebs: George 13 Asts: Tate 5 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Andréia Silva (BRA)

#### Fifth place match

* 9 August 2019 13:30
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| Canada | 54–59 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–17, 14–8, 8–20, 23–14 |||
| Pts: Pellington 18 Rebs: Hamblin 12 Asts: Scott 2 | | Pts: Boquete 18 Rebs: Burani, Santana 9 Asts: Gretter 11 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA)

### Knockout round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 9 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos | 9 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos |
| Brazil | 62 |
| Brazil | 62 | 10 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos | 10 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos |
| Colombia | 48 | 10 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos | 10 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos |
| Colombia | 48 | Brazil | 79 |
| 9 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos | 9 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos | | Brazil | 79 |
| 9 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos | 9 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos | United States | 73 |
| United States | 62 | United States | 73 |
| Puerto Rico | 59 | | |
| Puerto Rico | 59 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 10 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos | 10 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos |
| | | Colombia | 55 |
| | | Puerto Rico | 66 |

#### Semifinals

* 9 August 2019 18:00
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| Brazil | 62–48 | Colombia |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 16–4, 20–14, 13–13 |||
| Pts: Dos Santos 18 Rebs: Dos Santos 13 Asts: De Souza 4 | | Pts: Muñoz 9 Rebs: Mosquera 7 Asts: Arias 2 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Luis Vázquez (PUR)
* 9 August 2019 21:00
* Report
| United States | 62–59 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 15–9, 17–16, 12–13 |||
| Pts: Carter, Mompremier 14 Rebs: Mompremier 12 Asts: K. Williams 4 | | Pts: O'Neill 19 Rebs: Meléndez 8 Asts: O'Neill, Rosado 3 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Leandro Lezcano (ARG)

#### Bronze medal match

* 10 August 2019 18:00
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| Colombia | 55–66 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–13, 6–23, 22–14, 18–16 |||
| Pts: Mosquera 13 Rebs: Mosquera 6 Asts: Ríos 3 | | Pts: Gwathmey 13 Rebs: Gwathmey 14 Asts: Rosado 6 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG)

#### Gold medal match

* 10 August 2019 21:00
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| Brazil | 79–73 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 19–16, 16–15, 24–20 |||
| Pts: Paixão 24 Rebs: Paixão 7 Asts: Paixão 3 | | Pts: Carter, Mompremier 16 Rebs: Mompremier 12 Asts: Harris 5 |
* Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Leandro Lezcano (ARG)

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Brazil | 5–0 |
| | United States | 4–1 |
| | Puerto Rico | 3–2 |
| 4 | Colombia | 2–3 |
| 5 | Argentina | 2–3 |
| 6 | Canada | 1–4 |
| 7 | Paraguay | 1–4 |
| 8 | Virgin Islands | 0–5 |