# Basketball at the 2015 Pan American Games

Basketball competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto were held from July 16 to 25 at the Ryerson Athletic Centre. A total of eight men's and women's teams competed in each tournament respectively.

## Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the basketball competitions:
| P | Preliminaries | ½ | Semifinals | B | 3rd place play-off | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Thu 16 | Fri 17 | Sat 18 | Sun 19 | Mon 20 | Mon 20 | Tue 21 | Wed 22 | Thu 23 | Fri 24 | Sat 25 | Sat 25 |
| Men | | | | | | | P | P | P | ½ | B | F |
| Women | P | P | P | ½ | B | F | | | | | | |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Canada)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Canada* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | United States | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's tournament details | Brazil Ricardo Fischer Rafael Luz Augusto César Lima Larry Taylor Vítor Benite Carlos Olivinha Rafael Hettsheimeir Rafael Mineiro João Paulo Batista Léonardo Meindl Marcus Vinicius Toledo | Canada Anthony Bennett Sim Bhullar Dillon Brooks Junior Cadougan Aaron Doornekamp Melvin Ejim Carl English Brady Heslip Daniel Mullings Jamal Murray Andrew Nicholson Kyle Wiltjer | United States Ron Baker Malcolm Brogdon Bobby Brown Ryan Hollins Keith Langford Shawn Long Taurean Prince Anthony Randolph Kaleb Tarczewski Romelo Trimble Denzel Valentine Damien Wilkins |
| Women's tournament details | Canada Natalie Achonwa Miranda Ayim Nirra Fields Kim Gaucher Miah-Marie Langlois Lizanne Murphy Kia Nurse Katherine Plouffe Michelle Plouffe Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe Tamara Tatham Shona Thorburn | United States Sophie Brunner Alaina Coates Caroline Coyer Linnae Harper Moriah Jefferson Stephanie Mavunga Tiffany Mitchell Kelsey Plum Taya Reimer Breanna Stewart Shatori Walker-Kimbrough Courtney Williams | Cuba Fransy Ochoa Ineidis Casanova Anisleidy Galindo Oyanaisy Gelis Arlenys Romero Yamara Amargo Arlety Povea Marlene Cepeda Clenia Noblet Zuleira Aties Leidys Oquendo Suchitel Avila |

## Qualification

A total of eight men's teams and eight women's team will qualify 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 qualifies teams in both events. Each nation may enter one team in each tournament (12 athletes per team) for a maximum total of 24 athletes.

### Men

| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | — | — | 1 | Canada |
| Qualified automatically | — | — | 1 | United States |
| 2014 South American Basketball Championship | July 23–28 | Isla Margarita | 3 | Venezuela Argentina Brazil |
| 2014 Centrobasket | August 1–7 | Tepic | 3 | Mexico Puerto Rico Dominican Republic |
| Total | | | 8 | |

### Women

| 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 | |

## Participating nations

A total of nine countries have qualified basketball teams.
* Argentina (24 athletes)
* Brazil (23)
* Canada (24)
* Cuba (12)
* Dominican Republic (24)
* Mexico (12)
* Puerto Rico (24)
* United States (24)
* Venezuela (24)