# Basketball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

The women's basketball tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games was held in Toronto, Canada at the Ryerson Athletic Centre from July 16 to 20.
For these Games, the women competed in an 8-team tournament. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each group will advance to a single elimination bracket.
Puerto Rico are the defending champions from the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, defeating Mexico, 85–67 in the final.
The official detailed schedule for the tournament was announced on February 5, 2015.
Canada won the tournament for the first time, becoming the first host nation to win the gold medal since the United States in 1987.

## Qualification

A total of eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games. The top three teams at the South American and Central American and Caribbean Championships will qualify for each respective tournament. The host nation (Canada) along with the United States automatically qualified a teams for the event.

### Summary

| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | — | — | 1 | Canada |
| Qualified automatically | — | — | 1 | United States |
| 2014 Centrobasket Women | July 22–26 | Monterrey | 3 | Cuba Puerto Rico Dominican Republic |
| 2014 South American Basketball Championship for Women | August 14–18 | Ambato | 3 | Brazil Argentina Venezuela |
| Total | | | 8 | |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Women | Canada | United States | Cuba |

## Draw

Pots one through three were based on each team's finish at their respective qualification tournament. Pot 1 consisted of the champions, pot 2 the runners-up and pot 3 contained the third placed teams. Pot 4 contained the host nation, Canada and the United States. Teams were placed into groups using a random draw (with each group receiving one team per pot). The draw was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico on December 16, 2014. Canada as host nation were able to select their group after the first three pots were drawn. This automatically placed the United States into the group Canada did not select.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Cuba (13)  Brazil (7) | Puerto Rico (28)  Argentina (14) | Venezuela (34)  Dominican Republic (37) | Canada (10)  United States (1) |
* Latest FIBA World Rankings (September 2014) per team is shown in brackets.

## Rosters

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

## Results

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 262 | 201 | +61 | 6 | Qualified for the semifinals |
| Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 204 | 186 | +18 | 5 | Qualified for the semifinals |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 210 | 209 | +1 | 4 | |
| Dominican Republic | 3 | 0 | 3 | 163 | 243 | −80 | 3 | |
* 16 July 2015 13:30
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| Puerto Rico | 76–54 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 24–14, 13–19, 14–7 |||
| Pts: Cortijo Sanchez 15 Rebs: Cortijo Sanchez 8 Asts: Sepúlveda, Cortijo Sanchez 3 | | Pts: Monsac 16 Rebs: Andujar 7 Asts: Monsac 3 |
* Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG)
* 16 July 2015 21:00
* Report
| United States | 75–69 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 14–14, 18–19, 18–19 |||
| Pts: Stewart 26 Rebs: Stewart 12 Asts: Jefferson 3 | | Pts: Teixeira 18 Rebs: Santos 11 Asts: Teixeira 2 |
* Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto
* 17 July 2015 13:30
* Report
| Puerto Rico | 57–62 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 12–11, 14–15, 17–16 |||
| Pts: Cortijo Sanchez 20 Rebs: Bermudez 7 Asts: Cortijo Sanchez 2 | | Pts: de Paula 13 Rebs: Jacob 10 Asts: Teixeira, Santos 2 |
* Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto
* 17 July 2015 21:00
* Report
| Dominican Republic | 55–94 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 6–32, 15–16, 16–27, 18–19 |||
| Pts: Guzman 14 Rebs: Martinez 7 Asts: Guzman, Martinez 3 | | Pts: Stewart 16 Rebs: Reimer, Brunner 6 Asts: Plum 5 |
* Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto
* 18 July 2015 13:30
* Report
| Brazil | 73–54 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–10, 19–12, 15–17, 15–15 |||
| Pts: de Paula, Justino 17 Rebs: Carcavalli, Justino, Macedo 5 Asts: Carcavalli 4 | | Pts: Monsac 17 Rebs: Martinez, Andujar 6 Asts: Martinez 3 |
* Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto
* 18 July 2015 21:00
* Report
| United States | 93–77 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 22–18, 21–23, 26–13 |||
| Pts: Stewart 24 Rebs: Coates 13 Asts: Jefferson 6 | | Pts: Cortijo Sanchez 24 Rebs: Gibson, García, Martinez 3 Asts: Cortijo Sanchez 5 |
* Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 245 | 164 | +81 | 6 | Qualified for the semifinals |
| Cuba | 3 | 2 | 1 | 209 | 188 | +21 | 5 | Qualified for the semifinals |
| Argentina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 200 | 209 | −9 | 4 | |
| Venezuela | 3 | 0 | 3 | 168 | 261 | −93 | 3 | |
* 16 July 2015 10:30
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| Cuba | 68–55 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 13–14, 14–17, 18–12 |||
| Pts: Amargo 17 Rebs: Noblet 9 Asts: Amargo 3 | | Pts: González 15 Rebs: Vega 7 Asts: Boquete 6 |
* Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto
* 16 July 2015 18:00
* Report
| Canada | 101–38 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–8, 25–11, 29–16, 24–3 |||
| Pts: Murphy 15 Rebs: Murphy 9 Asts: Langlois 6 | | Pts: Silva Serrano 13 Rebs: Perez Abreu 5 Asts: Garate Martinez 2 |
* Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto
* 17 July 2015 10:30
* Report
| Venezuela | 62–73 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 16–13, 11–20, 17–19 |||
| Pts: Silva Serrano 22 Rebs: Blanco Piñango, Perez Abreu 9 Asts: Wallen Morillo 2 | | Pts: Amargo 18 Rebs: Oquendo 12 Asts: Casanova 8 |
* Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto
* 17 July 2015 18:00
* Report
| Argentina | 58–73 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 6–19, 15–9, 23–19, 14–26 |||
| Pts: Boquete, Gretter, Thomas Diaz 8 Rebs: Gretter, Pavón, Thomas Diaz 3 Asts: four players 1 | | Pts: Ayim, Tatham 12 Rebs: Langlois 6 Asts: four players 2 |
* Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto
* 18 July 2015 10:30
* Report
| Argentina | 87–68 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 16–13, 21–22, 27–18 |||
| Pts: Boquete 18 Rebs: Santana 9 Asts: Gretter 7 | | Pts: Silva Serrano 20 Rebs: Perez Abreu 8 Asts: Marquez Agudo 3 |
* Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto
* 18 July 2015 18:00
* Report
| Canada | 71–68 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 20–17, 20–13, 11–20 |||
| Pts: Achonwa 15 Rebs: Achonwa 7 Asts: Langlois, Tatham 4 | | Pts: Gelis 18 Rebs: Noblet 9 Asts: Casanova, Gelis 3 |
* Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto

### Classification round
#### Seventh place match

* 19 July 2015 10:30
* Report
| Dominican Republic | 56–72 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 18–19, 7–20, 13–10 |||
| Pts: Monsac 13 Rebs: Monsac 13 Asts: Zapata 3 | | Pts: Silva Serrano 31 Rebs: Corrales Gomez 9 Asts: Perez Abreu 13 |
* Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto

#### Fifth place match

* 19 July 2015 21:00
* Report
| Puerto Rico | 56–77 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–19, 14–15, 19–22, 13–21 |||
| Pts: Delgado 19 Rebs: Bermudez, García 9 Asts: Delgado 2 | | Pts: Vega 18 Rebs: Vega 9 Asts: Gretter 8 |
* Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto

### Knockout round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| July 19 — Toronto | July 19 — Toronto |
| United States | 65 |
| United States | 65 | July 20 — Toronto | July 20 — Toronto |
| Cuba | 64 | July 20 — Toronto | July 20 — Toronto |
| Cuba | 64 | United States | 73 |
| July 19 — Toronto | July 19 — Toronto | | United States | 73 |
| July 19 — Toronto | July 19 — Toronto | Canada | 81 |
| Brazil | 63 | Canada | 81 |
| Canada | 91 | | |
| Canada | 91 | Third place | Third place |
| | | July 20 — Toronto | July 20 — Toronto |
| | | Cuba | 66 |
| | | Brazil | 62 |

#### Semifinals

* 19 July 2015 13:30
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| Cuba | 64–65 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 20–8, 11–20, 16–19 |||
| Pts: Casanova, Noblet 15 Rebs: Ochoa, Noblet 10 Asts: Gelis 3 | | Pts: Harper 16 Rebs: Coates 15 Asts: Jefferson 5 |
* Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto
* 19 July 2015 18:00
* Report
| Brazil | 63–91 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–22, 12–13, 18–33, 24–23 |||
| Pts: Macedo 16 Rebs: Macedo 11 Asts: Costa 4 | | Pts: Fields 15 Rebs: K Plouffe 10 Asts: Thorburn 8 |
* Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto

#### Bronze medal match

* 20 July 2015 16:00
* Report
| Cuba | 66–62 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 23–16, 12–16, 17–14 |||
| Pts: Casanova 18 Rebs: Noblet 14 Asts: Casanova 4 | | Pts: Paixão 16 Rebs: Santos 7 Asts: Paixão 4 |
* Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto

#### Gold medal match

* 20 July 2015 20:45
* Report
| United States | 73–81 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 13–23, 15–26, 22–19 |||
| Pts: Stewart 17 Rebs: Stewart 11 Asts: Jefferson 2 | | Pts: Nurse 33 Rebs: Fields 7 Asts: Nurse, Tatham 3 |
* Ryerson Athletic Centre, Toronto

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Canada | 5–0 |
| | United States | 4–1 |
| | Cuba | 3–2 |
| 4 | Brazil | 2–3 |
| 5 | Argentina | 2–2 |
| 6 | Puerto Rico | 1–3 |
| 7 | Venezuela | 1–3 |
| 8 | Dominican Republic | 0–4 |