# Basketball at the 2019 Pan American Games

Basketball competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru began on July 27 and continue through August 10. The competitions are taking place at the Coliseo Eduardo Dibos.
This was the Pan American Games debut of 3x3 basketball for both men and women, bringing the total number of basketball events on the program to four. This was done after the International Olympic Committee added the events to the program of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. A total of eight men's and eight women's teams (each consisting of up to twelve athletes) competed in each five-a-side tournament respectively, and six teams competed in each 3x3 tournament (with four athletes per team). This means a total of 240 athletes are scheduled to compete.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Argentina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's tournament details | Argentina Agustín Caffaro Luca Vildoza Luis Scola Facundo Campazzo Nicolás Laprovíttola Nicolás Brussino Máximo Fjellerup Marcos Delía Gabriel Deck Lucio Redivo Patricio Garino Tayavek Gallizzi | Puerto Rico Christian Pizarro Joseph Soto Devon Collier Isaiah Manderson Iván Gandía Benito Santiago Jr. Justin Reyes Emmanuel Ándujar Isaac Sosa Gilberto Clavell Derek Reese Christopher Brady | United States Collin Gillespie Andre Reeves Ty-Shon Alexander Myles Cale David Duke Jr. Mustapha Heron Jermaine Samuels Jr. Myles Powell Alpha Diallo Tyler Wideman Junathaen Watson Geoffrey Groselle |
| Women's tournament details | Brazil Isabela Ramona Raphaella Monteiro Patrícia Teixeira Tainá Paixão Lays da Silva Tatiane Pacheco Clarissa dos Santos Aline Cezário Érika de Souza Débora Costa Stephanie Soares Izabella Sangalli | United States Kiana Williams Taylor Mikesell Tyasha Harris Kathleen Doyle Chennedy Carter Mikayla Pivec Lindsey Pulliam Peyton Williams Beatrice Mompremier Brittany Brewer Isabella Alarie Michaela Onyenwere | Puerto Rico Jennifer O'Neill Tayra Meléndez Anushka Maldonado Pamela Rosado Allison Gibson Sofía Roma Dayshalee Salamán Gileysa Penzo Deanna Kuzmanic Jazmon Gwathmey Isalys Quiñones India Pagan |
| Men's 3x3 tournament details | United States Sheldon Jeter Dominique Jones Kareem Maddox Jonathan Octeus | Puerto Rico Gilberto Clavell Josue Erazo Tjader Fernández Ángel Matías | Dominican Republic Reyson Beato Adonis Núñez Bryan Piantini Henry Valdez |
| Women's 3x3 tournament details | United States Ruth Hebard Sabrina Ionescu Olivia Nelson-Ododa Christyn Williams | Argentina Andrea Boquete Melisa Gretter Victoria Llorente Natacha Pérez | Dominican Republic Carolay Hernández Sugeiry Monsac Giocelis Reynoso Nelsy Sentil |

## Participating nations

A total of twelve countries qualified basketball teams. The number of athletes is in parentheses.
* Argentina (32 athletes)
* Brazil (20)
* Canada (12)
* Colombia (12)
* Dominican Republic (20)
* Mexico (12)
* Paraguay (12)
* Puerto Rico (28)
* United States (32)
* Uruguay (16)
* Venezuela (20)
* Virgin Islands (21)

## Qualification

A total of eight men's teams and eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games in the five-a-side tournaments. For the men's event, the top seven teams at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup, have qualified to compete. In the women's event, the Olympic Champions the United States, have qualified to compete as well as the top six nations at the 2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup. This is a new system of qualification implemented by FIBA Americas. For each 3x3 tournament, the top five teams in each gender in the world rankings as of November 1, 2018 qualified. Host nation Peru was barred from participating by FIBA, following sanctions imposed on the Peruvian Basketball Federation.

### Men's five-a-side

| 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 | |
* Both the defending gold and silver medallists (Brazil and Canada respectively) failed to qualify.
* Peru was banned from the competition and was replaced with Venezuela. Canada as the next best team, declined the reallocated spot.

### Women's five-a-side

Both Paraguay and the Virgin Islands qualified for the women's tournament for the first time.
| 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 | |
* Peru was barred from the competition and was replaced with the next best team not qualified, Colombia.

### Men's 3x3

| Event | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | — | 1 0 | Peru |
| FIBA Rankings | November 1, 2018 | 6 | United States Brazil Puerto Rico Argentina Dominican Republic Venezuela |
| Total | | 6 | |

### Women's 3x3

| Event | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | — | 1 0 | Peru |
| FIBA Rankings | November 1, 2018 | 6 | Brazil Venezuela United States Argentina Uruguay Dominican Republic |
| Total | | 6 | |