Basketball at the 2007 Pan American Games

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Basketball at the 2007 Pan American Games
VenueAutódromo de Jacarépagua
DatesJuly 25–29, 2007
Teams8
Medalists
Gold medal 
Silver medal 
Bronze medal 
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Basketball at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at the indoor arena in the Autódromo de Jacarépagua in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, an arena which was built specially for the Pan Am Games. Brazil was the reigning Pan American champion in the men's competition, while Cuba defended its title in the women's competition.

Each competition had eight teams divided in two groups. In each group, each team played against all others once and the two best advanced to the semifinals. The two latter in each group played in 5th to 8th classification matches. The women's competition started on July 20 with the final held on July 24. The men's competition began on July 25, with the finals on July 29.

Men's

Qualification

Three teams automatically qualified to compete in this tournament, the hosts Mexico, Canada and the United States. The rest qualified through two regional tournaments.

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1  Brazil
Automatic Qualification 2  Canada
 United States
2006 Centrobasket July 4–8, 2006 Panama Panama City 3  Panama
 Puerto Rico
 Virgin Islands
2006 South American Basketball Championship July 12–16, 2006 Venezuela Caracas 2  Argentina
 Uruguay
TOTAL 8

Group A

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
 Brazil 6 3 3 0 281 238 +43
 Puerto Rico 5 3 2 1 238 217 +21
 Virgin Islands 4 3 1 2 212 215 −3
 Canada 3 3 0 3 193 254 −61
July 25, 2007
13:15
Puerto Rico  82–63  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 42–30, 60–45, 82–63
Pts: Barea (21)
Rebs: Reyes (8)
Asts: Berdiel (3)
Pts: Rautins (13)
Rebs: Brempong (6)
Asts: Anderson (2)
Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 3.200
Referees: Argentina Alejandro Chiti
July 25, 2007
15:30
Brazil  86–81  Virgin Islands
Scoring by quarter: 32–21, 51–43, 67–62, 86–81
Pts: Murilo, João Paulo (17)
Rebs: Murilo (11)
Asts: Valtinho (8)
Pts: Elegar (21)
Rebs: Elegar (7)
Asts: Miller (3)
Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 9.500
Referees: Venezuela Daniel Delgado

July 26, 2007
13:15
Virgin Islands  57–62  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 30–32, 44–51, 57–62
Pts: Victor (13)
Rebs: Victor (13)
Asts: Sheppard, Edwin (2)
Pts: Carmona (23)
Rebs: Reyes (12)
Asts: Barea, Berdiel (4)
Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 770
Referees: Uruguay Isaac Glass
July 26, 2007
15:30
Canada  63–98  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 37–53, 48–75, 63–98
Pts: Rautins (16)
Rebs: Young, Doornekamp (3)
Asts: Anderson (4)
Pts: Murilo (24)
Rebs: Murilo (7)
Asts: Marcelinho (5)
Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8.300
Referees: Argentina Alejandro Chiti

July 27, 2007
12:45
Virgin Islands  74–67  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 30–34, 56–49, 74–67
Pts: Krauser (20)
Rebs: Victor, Elegar, Thomas (5)
Asts: Edwin, Rhymer (2)
Pts: Anderson (17)
Rebs: Doornekamp (10)
Asts: Rautins (3)
Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Uruguay Isaac Glass
July 27, 2007
15:00
Brazil  97–94  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 56–41, 75–71, 97–94
Pts: Marcelinho (25)
Rebs: Murilo, João Paulo, Caio (5)
Asts: Marcelinho, Valtinho (5)
Pts: Barea (18)
Rebs: Reyes (14)
Asts: Barea (10)
Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Argentina Alejandro Chiti

Group B

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
 Argentina 5 3 2 1 218 214 +4
 Uruguay 5 3 2 1 226 211 +15
 Panama 4 3 1 2 214 219 −5
 United States 4 3 1 2 213 227 −14
July 25, 2007
19:45
Panama  71–76  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 19–8, 29–25, 49–47, 71–76
Pts: Lloreda (23)
Rebs: Lloreda (18)
Asts: Gómez (4)
Pts: García (18)
Rebs: García, Cequeira, Sucatzky, Mikulas, Leiva (4)
Asts: Cequeira (5)
Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 870
Referees: Brazil Cristiano Maranhão
July 25, 2007
22:00
United States  72–81  Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 38–37, 58–63, 72–81
Pts: White Jr., Leunen (14)
Rebs: White Jr. (9)
Asts: Neitzel (5)
Pts: Batista (25)
Rebs: Batista (7)
Asts: Osimani (3)
Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 1.100
Referees: Brazil Sérgio Pacheco

July 26, 2007
19:45
Panama  75–67  United States
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 33–33, 57–44, 75–67
Pts: Pinnock (23)
Rebs: Gómez (9)
Asts: Pinnock (5)
Pts: Hibbert (19)
Rebs: Hibbert (9)
Asts: Neitzel (3)
Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Venezuela Daniel Delgado
July 26, 2007
22:00
Uruguay  69–71  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 35–27, 51–45, 69–71
Pts: García Morales (21)
Rebs: Batista (16)
Asts: Mazzarino, Taboada (3)
Pts: García (16)
Rebs: González (9)
Asts: Prato (3)
Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Puerto Rico Jorge Vásquez

July 27, 2007
19:45
Uruguay  76–68  Panama
Scoring by quarter: 15–10, 30–29, 54–48, 76–68
Pts: Mazzarino (27)
Rebs: Batista (11)
Asts: García Morales (4)
Pts: Lloreda (18)
Rebs: Lloreda (8)
Asts: Pinnock (6)
Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Brazil Cristiano Maranhão
July 27, 2007
22:00
Argentina  71–74  United States
Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 38–36, 57–59, 71–74
Pts: González (21)
Rebs: González (7)
Asts: Mikulas (5)
Pts: White Jr. (22)
Rebs: Hibbert (9)
Asts: Hibbert, Dorsey (3)
Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Brazil Sérgio Pacheco

Semifinals

July 28, 2007
10:45
Argentina  80–89  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 12–26, 28–42, 48–63, 80–89
Pts: González (23)
Rebs: González (10)
Asts: García, Cequeira (2)
Pts: Barea (25)
Rebs: Reyes (12)
Asts: Barea (9)
Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Canada John Hunt
July 28, 2007
15:00
Brazil  85–73  Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 27–14, 41–37, 60–55, 85–73
Pts: Valtinho (22)
Rebs: Murilo (8)
Asts: Valtinho (8)
Pts: Mazzarino (19)
Rebs: Batista (8)
Asts: Mazzarino (4)
Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: United States Winston Stich

Classification 5–8

July 28, 2007
8:00
Panama  68–67  Canada
July 28, 2007
17:15
Virgin Islands  58–84  United States

Finals

Classification 7–8

July 29, 2007
15:00
Canada  69–60  Virgin Islands

Classification 5–6

July 29, 2007
13:00
Panama  74–77  United States

Bronze-medal match

July 29, 2007
8:45
Argentina  93–99  Uruguay

Gold-medal match

July 29, 2007
11:00
Puerto Rico  65–86  Brazil

Final classification

Place Team Score
 Brazil 86–65
 Puerto Rico
 Uruguay 99–93
4  Argentina
5  United States 77–74
6  Panama
7  Canada 69–60
8  Virgin Islands

Awards

 2007 Pan American Games winners 

Brazil
Fifth title

Women's

Squads

Group A

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
 Brazil 6 3 3 0 246 176 +70
 Canada 5 3 2 1 195 186 +9
 Jamaica 4 3 1 2 184 185 −1
 Mexico 3 3 0 3 153 231 −78
July 20, 2007
15:30
Canada  74–63 (OT)  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 15–8, 15–17, 17–20, Overtime: 13–2
Pts: Gabriele – 22
Asts: Gabriele – 5
Pts: Silva – 20
Asts: Silva- 3
Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 600
Referees: Aluz (ARG)
July 20, 2007
22:00
Brazil  81–69  Jamaica

July 21, 2007
15:30
Mexico  44–88  Brazil
July 21, 2007
22:00
Jamaica  46–58  Canada

July 22, 2007
15:30
Mexico  46–69  Jamaica
July 22, 2007
22:00
Brazil  77–63  Canada

Group B

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
 United States 6 3 3 0 258 158 +100
 Cuba 5 3 2 1 225 210 +15
 Colombia 4 2 1 2 162 242 −80
 Argentina 3 3 0 3 199 234 −35
July 20, 2007
13:15
United States  95–41  Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 32–14, 31–9, 15–12, 17–6
Pts: Ajavon – 15
Rebs: Houston – 10
Asts: Hornbuckle – 4
Pts: Arias – 17
Rebs: Arias – 7
Asts: Arias, Pinilla – 2
July 20, 2007
19:45
Argentina  79–81  Cuba

July 21, 2007
13:15
Cuba  81–53  Colombia
July 21, 2007
19:45
United States  85–54  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 25–11, 20–4, 18–19, 22–20
Pts: Fox – 18
Asts: Coleman – 3
Pts: Cava – 13
Asts: Paoletta – 4

July 22, 2007
13:15
Colombia  68–66  Argentina
July 22, 2007
19:45
Cuba  63–78  United States
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 11–19, 23–22, 16–20
Pts: Boulet – 19
Asts: Romero – 4
Pts: Coleman – 19
Asts: Wiggins, Ajavon – 3
Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6500

Semifinals

July 23, 2007
15:30
Brazil  79–60  Cuba
July 23, 2007
19:45
United States  75–59  Canada

Classification 5–8

July 23, 2007
13:15
Jamaica  61–73  Argentina
July 23, 2007
22:00
Colombia  62–55  Mexico

Finals

Classification 7–8

July 24, 2007
21:00
Jamaica  56–63  Mexico

Classification 5–6

July 24, 2007
18:45
Colombia  59–58  Argentina

Bronze-medal match

July 24, 2007
13:15
Cuba  62–49  Canada

Gold-medal match

July 24, 2007
15:30
United States  79–66  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 15–15, 16–19, 30–13
Pts: Ajavon – 27
Asts: Anosike – 4
Pts: Jacinto – 21
Asts: Arcain – 3
Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 13,200

Final classification

Place Team Score
 United States 79–66
 Brazil
 Cuba 62–49
4  Canada
5  Colombia 59–58
6  Argentina
7  Mexico 63–56
8  Jamaica

Rosters

Men's competition

 Argentina

 Brazil

 Canada

 Panama

 Puerto Rico

 Uruguay

 United States

 Virgin Islands

Women's competition

 Argentina

 Brazil

 Canada

 Colombia

 Cuba

 Jamaica

 Mexico

 United States

References