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

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	July 16 – 20
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (1st title)
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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.

• 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
Puerto Rico	3	1	2	210	209	+1	4
Dominican Republic	3	0	3	163	243	−80	3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
Argentina	3	1	2	200	209	−9	4
Venezuela	3	0	3	168	261	−93	3

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

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

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

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

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

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

Classification round

Seventh place match

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

Fifth place match

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

Knockout round

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

Semifinals

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

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

Bronze medal match

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

Gold medal match

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

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

References

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2. "Basketball Schedule". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
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6. "Toronto 2015 – Results of the Draws for the Basketball of the Pan American Games". fibaamericas.com/. FIBA Americas. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2015.

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