Basketball at the 2015 Pan American Games

Basketball
at the XVII Pan American Games
VenuesRyerson Athletic Centre
DatesJuly 16–25, 2015
Competitors192 from 9 nations
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Basketball competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto will be held from July 16 to 25 at the Ryerson Athletic Centre.[1][2] A total of eight men's and women's teams will compete in each tournament respectively.[3]

Competition schedule

The Ryerson Athletic Centre, was the venue for the basketball competitions.

The following is the competition schedule for the basketball competitions:[4]

PPreliminaries ½Semifinals B3rd place play-off FFinal
Event↓/Date → Thu 16 Fri 17 Sat 18 Sun 19 Mon 20 Tue 21 Wed 22 Thu 23 Fri 24 Sat 25
Men P P P ½ B F
WomenP P P ½ B F

Medal table

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
Women's tournament

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.[5]

Men

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

Women

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

Participating nations

A total of nine countries have qualified basketball teams. The numbers in parenthesis represents the number of participants entered.

See also

References

  1. "Ryerson Athletic Centre Named Home of Basketball at Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games". http://www.toronto2015.org/''. TO2015. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  2. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). http://www.toronto2015.org''. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  3. "Basketball". http://www.toronto2015.org/''. TO2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). http://www.toronto2015.org''. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  5. "Sistema de Clasificación Básquetbol" [Qualification System Basketball] (PDF). http://www.cog.org.gt/'' (in Spanish). TO2015. December 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2014.