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. EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation – –1Automatic Qualification 2 2006 Centrobasket July 4–8, 2006 Panama City3 2006 South American Basketball Championship July 12–16, 2006 Caracas2 TOTAL 8
Group A Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff 6 3 3 0 281 238 +43 5 3 2 1 238 217 +21 4 3 1 2 212 215 −3 3 3 0 3 193 254 −61
Group B Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff 5 3 2 1 218 214 +4 5 3 2 1 226 211 +15 4 3 1 2 214 219 −5 4 3 1 2 213 227 −14
Semifinals
Classification 5–8
Finals
Classification 7–8
Classification 5–6
Bronze-medal match
Gold-medal match
Final classification Place Team Score 86–65 99–93 4 5 77–74 6 7 69–60 8
Awards Topscorer Esteban Batista 91 pts (18.2 ppg)
Women's
Squads
Group A Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff 6 3 3 0 246 176 +70 5 3 2 1 195 186 +9 4 3 1 2 184 185 −1 3 3 0 3 153 231 −78
Group B
Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff 6 3 3 0 258 158 +100 5 3 2 1 225 210 +15 4 2 1 2 162 242 −80 3 3 0 3 199 234 −35
Semifinals
Classification 5–8
Finals
Classification 7–8
Classification 5–6
Bronze-medal match
Gold-medal match
Final classification Place Team Score 79–66 62–49 4 5 59–58 6 7 63–56 8
Rosters Men's competition
Facundo Sucatzky Diego García Gabriel Mikulas Diego Logrippo Luis Cequeira
Matías Sandes Román González Martin Leiva Patricio Prato Javier Bulfoni
Leonardo Mainoldi Mariano Byró Head coach:Gonzalo García
Marcelo Machado Welington dos Santos Murilo da Rosa Marcus Reis Marcelinho Huertas
Valter da Silva Alex Garcia Guilherme Teichmann Caio Torres J. P. Batista
Marcus Vinicius Paulão Prestes Head coach:Aluisio Ferrerira
Osvaldo Jeanty Jermaine Anderson Ryan Bell Paul Larmand
Rans Brempong Andy Rautins Aaron Doornekamp Jesse Wade Young Jermaine Bucknor
Sean Denison Vlad Kuljanin Head coach:Leo Rautins
Joel Muñoz Jair Jamel Peralta Danilo Pinnock Maximiliano Gómez Torres Jamaal Levy
Jorsua Chambers Reyjavick Degracia Eduardo Isaac Dionisio Gomez Joel Isaac Tesis
José Lloreda Desmond Smith Head coach:Vincente Duncan
Peter John Ramos José Juan Barea Ansel Guzmán Miguel Berdiel Joel Martin Jones
Alejandro Carmona Gabriel Colon Ricardo Sanchez Angelo Reyes Héctor Velenzuela
Carmelo Lee Manuel Narvaez Head coach:Manuel Cintron Vega
Fernando Martínez Emilio Taboada Mauricio Aguiar Panchi Barrera Nicolás Mazzarino
Claudio Charquero Leandro García Martín Osimani Gastón Paez Juan Pablo Silveira
Sebastián Izaguirre Esteban Batista Head coach:Alberto Espasandin
Joey Dorsey Wayne Ellington Shan Foster James Gist Roy Hibbert
Maarty Leunen Derrick Low Eric Maynor Drew Neitzel Scottie Reynolds
Kyle Weaver D.J. White Head coach:Jay Wright (Villanova University)
Steven Hodge Kevin Sheppard Carl Krauser Cuthbert Victor Jameel Heywood
Jason Edwin Darnell Miller Kaylen Gregory Akeem Francis Carl Thomas
Kitwana Rhymer Frank Elegar Head coach:Tevester Anderson
Women's competition
Constanza Landra Marina Cava Paula Gatti Marcela Paoletta Celeste Cabañez
Florencia Fernández Alejandra Fernández Anastasia Saenz Sandra Pavón Laura Nicolini
Valentina Maggi Alejandra Chesta Head coach:—
Janeth Arcain Graziane Coelho Tatiana Conceição Jucimara Dantas Patricia Ferreira
Micaela Jacinto Palmira Marçal Isis Nascimento Adriana Moisés Pinto Karen Rocha
Kelly Santos Soeli Zakrzeski Head coach:—
Jordan Adams Kelsey Adrian Uzoma Asagawara Chelsea Aubry Amanda Brown
Devon Campbell Sarah Crooks Gabriele Kleindienst Lizanne Murphy Tamara Tatham
Sheila Townsend Carrie Watson Head coach:Alison McNeill
Yaneth Arias Luisa Atehortua Elena Díaz Laura Estrada Mabel Martínez
Nancy Mesa Glency Mosquera Tathiana Mosquera Monica Palacios Yenny Pinilla
Heissy Robledo Levis Torres Head coach:—
Yamara Amargo Suchitel Avila Yayma Boulet Cariola Echevarría Oyanaisis Gelis
Yamilé Martínez Clenia Noblet Leidys Oquendo Yaquelín Plutín Arlenys Romero
Yolyseny Soria Taimara Suero Head coach:Alberto Zabala
Rashida Aikens Kimberly Bennett Latoya Byfield Simone Edwards Vanessa Gidden
Simone Jackson Nicole Louden Antoinette Messam Oberon Pitterson Rebecca Richman
Sharon Wiles Demoya Williams Head coach:—
Jennifer Arriola Veronica Carmona Alejandra Delgado Abril Selene García Erika Gomez
Fernanda Gutierrez Lourdes Machuca Taine Ramírez Sandra Ramos Zazil Salman
Brisa Silva Melendez Villavicencio Head coach:—
Mattee Ajavon Nicky Anosike Jayne Appel Marissa Coleman Emily Fox
Alexis Hornbuckle Charde Houston Natasha Humphrey Erlana Larkins Angel McCoughtry
Melanie Thomas Candice Wiggins Head coach:Dawn Staley
References Official Results
External links Men Basketball XV Panamerican Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro (BRA) - 20-24.07 Brazil