Basketball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Men's basketball at the 2023
Pan American Games
Tournament details

Host country	Chile
City	Santiago
Dates	October 31 – November 4, 2023
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (3rd title)
Runners-up	Venezuela
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Mexico
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The men's basketball tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games was held in Santiago, Chile at the Multisport Complex 1 at the National Stadium Park cluster, from October 31 to November 4, 2023.^[1] The eight participating teams were divided into two groups of four teams each, with the top two advancing to the knockout stage.

Argentina were the defending Pan American Games gold medalists, and they successfully defended their medal.

Qualified teams

Eight teams qualified for the tournament. The top seven teams at the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup joined host team Chile to complete the eight berths. However, the United States and Canada, the teams that ended the AmeriCup in third and fourth, respectively, decided not to participate.^[2] They were replaced by the Dominican Republic and Panama.^[3]

Event	Dates	Location	Quota(s)	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Chile
2022 FIBA AmeriCup	September 2–11	Recife	7	Argentina Brazil ~~United States~~ ~~Canada~~ Mexico Puerto Rico Venezuela Dominican Republic Panama
Total			8

Draw

The draw was held in Santiago, Chile, on September 22, 2023.^[3]^[4]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Argentina Brazil	Venezuela Puerto Rico	Dominican Republic Mexico	Panama Chile

Rosters

The eight participating teams must name a roster up to 12 players each.

Argentina (12)
Brazil (12)
Chile (12)
Dominican Republic (12)
Mexico (12)
Panama (12)
Puerto Rico (12)
Venezuela (12)

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.^[4]

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.^[4]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	262	246	+16	6	Semifinals
2	Venezuela	3	2	1	257	253	+4	5	Semifinals
3	Dominican Republic	3	1	2	252	227	+25	4	Fifth place game
4	Panama	3	0	3	198	243	−45	3	Seventh place game

Source: Santiago 2023

31 October 2023
10:30

Argentina	95–88 (OT)	Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 22–11, 17–17, 14–30, Overtime: 18–11
Pts: Scala 23 Rebs: Saiz 10 Asts: Scala 6		Pts: Sojo 22 Rebs: Graterol 10 Asts: Mijares 6

Multisport Complex 1, Santiago
Referees: Jorge Vásquez (PUR), Johnny Batista (PUR), Alan dos Santos (BRA)

31 October 2023
13:00

Dominican Republic	81–53	Panama
Scoring by quarter: 17–10, 13–24, 28–8, 23–11
Pts: Guerrero 16 Rebs: Araújo 8 Asts: Suero 7		Pts: Romero 13 Rebs: Romero 13 Asts: Hall 7

Multisport Complex 1, Santiago
Referees: Luis Vásquez (PUR), Krishna Domínguez (MEX), Carmelo de la Rosa (PUR)

1 November 2023
10:30

Panama	77–85	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 17–21, 28–25, 17–17
Pts: Sánchez 21 Rebs: Romero 8 Asts: Hall 5		Pts: Cuello 23 Rebs: Ramírez 8 Asts: Baralle, Cuello 5

Multisport Complex 1, Santiago
Referees: Johnny Batista (PUR), Felipe Ibarra (CHI), Fernando Cavalcante (BRA)

1 November 2023
13:00

Venezuela	92–90 (OT)	Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 14–19, 30–29, 19–17, Overtime: 11–9
Pts: Colmenares, Sojo 21 Rebs: Sojo 10 Asts: Pirela, Sojo 4		Pts: Pérez 22 Rebs: Guerrero 8 Asts: Dicent, Suero 3

Multisport Complex 1, Santiago
Referees: Luis Vásquez (PUR), Alan dos Santos (BRA), Kevin Lei (CAN)

2 November 2023
10:30

Argentina	82–81 (OT)	Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 19–4, 23–25, 15–24, 17–21, Overtime: 8–7
Pts: Saiz 19 Rebs: Lugarini 9 Asts: Baralle, Scala 6		Pts: Solano 30 Rebs: Guerrero 14 Asts: Suero 4

Multisport Complex 1, Santiago
Referees: Johnny Batista (PUR), Kristian Páez (ECU), Alan dos Santos (BRA)

2 November 2023
13:00

Panama	68–77	Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 12–16, 29–23, 16–21, 11–17
Pts: Sánchez 23 Rebs: Romero 13 Asts: Hall 4		Pts: Sojo 22 Rebs: Colmenares 18 Asts: Ascanio, Sifontes 3

Multisport Complex 1, Santiago
Referees: Krishna Domínguez (MEX), Carmelo de la Rosa (PUR), Fernando Cavalcante (BRA)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	240	166	+74	6	Semifinals
2	Mexico	3	1	2	195	209	−14	4^[a]	Semifinals
3	Chile (H)	3	1	2	172	223	−51	4^[a]	Fifth place game
4	Puerto Rico	3	1	2	211	220	−9	4^[a]	Seventh place game

Source: Santiago 2023
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head to head record: Mexico 1−1 (+6), Chile 1−1 (0), Puerto Rico 1−1 (−6)

31 October 2023
17:30

Mexico	54–74	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 10–19, 13–23, 13–18, 18–14
Pts: Valdés, Jaimes 9 Rebs: Camacho 5 Asts: Andriassi 3		Pts: Crepaldi 14 Rebs: Louzada, Crepaldi 6 Asts: Corazza 4

Multisport Complex 1, Santiago
Referees: Gastón Maina (URU), Daniel Nieves (VEN), Kevin Lei (CAN)

31 October 2023
20:00

Chile	66–70	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 24–17, 15–20, 9–19
Pts: Carvacho 16 Rebs: Carvacho 11 Asts: Morales 6		Pts: Vaughn 14 Rebs: four players 5 Asts: Ortiz 5

Multisport Complex 1, Santiago
Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Michael Scott (CAN), Franco Anselmo (ARG)

1 November 2023
17:30

Puerto Rico	72–82	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 12–25, 24–20, 21–13, 15–24
Pts: Cruz 23 Rebs: Medina 7 Asts: Boyd 5		Pts: Montano 24 Rebs: Ávalos 8 Asts: Ávalos 5

Multisport Complex 1, Santiago
Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Kristian Páez (ECU), Michael Scott (CAN)

1 November 2023
20:00

Brazil	94–43	Chile
Scoring by quarter: 33–7, 20–8, 21–10, 20–18
Pts: Dias 21 Rebs: Crepaldi 7 Asts: Corazza 6		Pts: Jones 9 Rebs: Carrión 4 Asts: Morales 5

Multisport Complex 1, Santiago
Referees: Daniel García (VEN), Carlos Vélez (COL), Orlando Varela (HON)

2 November 2023
17:30

Brazil	72–69	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 13–21, 21–17, 19–16
Pts: Dias 17 Rebs: Fuzaro 6 Asts: Corazza 6		Pts: Boyd 18 Rebs: Cintron 9 Asts: three players 3

Multisport Complex 1, Santiago
Referees: Andrés Maina (URU), Carlos Londono (COL), Kevin Lei (CAN)

2 November 2023
20:00

Chile	63–59	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 16–17, 21–22, 12–9
Pts: Carvacho 16 Rebs: Carvacho 12 Asts: Morales 8		Pts: Gutiérrez 19 Rebs: Gutiérrez 13 Asts: de Haro 4

Multisport Complex 1, Santiago
Referees: Michael Scott (CAN), Orlando Varela (HON), Franco Anselmo (ARG)

Classification games

Seventh place game

3 November 2023
10:30

Panama	49–89	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 9–21, 8–19, 17–24, 15–25
Pts: Quintero 17 Rebs: Romero 9 Asts: Hall 4		Pts: Ocasio 25 Rebs: Cintron 10 Asts: Cintron 5

Multisport Complex 1, Santiago
Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Daniel García (VEN), Franco Anselmo (ARG)

Fifth place game

3 November 2023
13:00

Dominican Republic	75–83	Chile
Scoring by quarter: 15–29, 19–9, 12–20, 29–25
Pts: Suero 15 Rebs: Solano 7 Asts: three players 4		Pts: Carvacho 24 Rebs: Morales 11 Asts: Morales 12

Multisport Complex 1, Santiago
Referees: Andrés Maina (URU), Krishna Domínguez (MEX), Fernando Cavalcante (BRA)

Knockout round

	Semifinals				Gold medal game

	November 3

	Argentina	108
					November 4
	Mexico	73
					Argentina	79
	November 3
					Venezuela	65
	Brazil	77

	Venezuela	84
					Bronze medal game

					November 4

					Mexico	61

					Brazil	73

Semifinals

3 November 2023
17:30

Argentina	108–73	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 25–26, 32–13, 26–24, 25–10
Pts: Baralle 13 Rebs: Ramírez 8 Asts: Baralle, Scala 5		Pts: Andriassi 15 Rebs: de Haro 5 Asts: Machado 4

Multisport Complex 1, Santiago
Referees: Jorge Vásquez (PUR), Julio Anaya (PAN), Kevin Lei (CAN)

3 November 2023
20:00

Brazil	77–84	Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 22–31, 20–14, 20–14
Pts: Pereira 22 Rebs: Crepaldi 10 Asts: Corazza 8		Pts: Sifontes 22 Rebs: Colmenares, Sojo 7 Asts: Pirela 6

Multisport Complex 1, Santiago
Referees: Luis Vásquez (PUR), Michael Scott (CAN), Carmelo de la Rosa (PUR)

Bronze medal game

4 November 2023
17:00

Mexico	61–73	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 13–18, 17–17, 21–17
Pts: Montano 16 Rebs: Jaimes 8 Asts: Montano 4		Pts: Camilo 18 Rebs: Crepaldi 10 Asts: Dias 5

Multisport Complex 1, Santiago
Referees: Jorge Vásquez (PUR), Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Johnny Batista (PUR)

Gold medal game

4 November 2023
20:00

Argentina	79–65	Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 26–22, 27–10, 9–21
Pts: Lugarini 17 Rebs: Saiz 10 Asts: Cuello 4		Pts: Sojo 17 Rebs: Colmenares 10 Asts: Sifontes 3

Multisport Complex 1, Santiago
Referees: Luis Vásquez (PUR), Julio Anaya (PAN), Andrés Bartel (URU)

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Argentina	5–0
	Venezuela	3–2
	Brazil	4–1
4	Mexico	1–4
5	Chile	2–2
6	Dominican Republic	1–3
7	Puerto Rico	2–2
8	Panama	0–4

References

^ "Sport Calendar Pan American Games" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^ "Watch the live draws for team sports at Santiago 2023 on Panam Sports Channel". Panam Sports. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Santiago 2023 basketball groups confirmed". Panam Sports. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Entrenador de Chile Juan Manuel Córdoba y el sorteo de básquetbol en Santiago 2023: "Estamos con los mejores equipos de América"" [Chile coach Juan Manuel Córdoba and the Santiago 2023 basketball draw: “We are with the best teams in the Americas”]. Santiago2023.org. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.