Basketball at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Tournament details
Host nation	Peru
Dates	31 July–4 August
Teams	8 (from 1 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Argentina (2nd title)
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The men's basketball tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games was held in Lima, Peru at the Coliseo Eduardo Dibos from 31 July to 4 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. Argentina won the gold medal, its second gold in Pan American basketball, after defeating Puerto Rico in the championship

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games. The top seven teams at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup have qualified. The host nation Peru was barred from participating by FIBA, following sanctions imposed on the Peruvian Basketball Federation. Venezuela took the vacated berth.

Summary

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	N/A	N/A	1 0	Peru
2017 FIBA AmeriCup	August 25 – September 3	Various	7 8	United States Argentina Mexico U.S. Virgin Islands Puerto Rico Uruguay Dominican Republic Venezuela
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 Argentina	Puerto Rico Mexico	Dominican Republic Venezuela	Uruguay U.S. Virgin Islands

Rosters

Main article: Basketball at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's team rosters

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 12 players on their rosters.

•  Argentina
•  Dominican Republic
•  Mexico
•  Puerto Rico
•  United States
•  Uruguay
•  Venezuela
•  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

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1 August 2019 13:30

Report

Dominican Republic	97–102 (OT)	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 19–22, 18–23, 32–21, Overtime: 10–15
Pts: De León 21 Rebs: Montero 8 Asts: Montero 3		Pts: Deck 24 Rebs: Campazzo, Deck 6 Asts: Campazzo 7

Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR)

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Group B

31 July 2019 10:30

Report

United States	119–84	U.S. Virgin Islands
Scoring by quarter: 39–23, 17–20, 35–19, 28–22
Pts: Diallo 20 Rebs: Diallo 11 Asts: Gillespie 3		Pts: Hodge 18 Rebs: Aska 8 Asts: Milligan 8

Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima Referees: Michael Weiland (CAN)

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Classification round

Placement stage (5th–8th place)

	7th place
	3 August
	U.S. Virgin Islands	81
	Mexico	92

	5th place
	3 August
	Venezuela	78
	Uruguay	68

Fifth place match

3 August 2019 13:30

A3

vs.

B3

Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima

Knockout round

	Semifinals				Final
	3 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos
	Puerto Rico	65
	Dominican Republic	63
					4 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos
					Puerto Rico	66
					Argentina	84
					Third place
	3 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos			4 August — Coliseo Eduardo Dibos
	Argentina	114		Dominican Republic	83
	United States	75			United States	92

Semifinals

3 August 2019 18:00

A1

vs.

B2

Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima

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3 August 2019 21:00

B1

vs.

A2

Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Argentina	4–1
	Puerto Rico	4–1
	United States	3–2
4	Dominican Republic	2–3
5	Venezuela	2–2
6	Uruguay	1–3
7	Mexico	2–2
8	U.S. Virgin Islands	0–4