Basketball at the 1991 Pan American Games

Basketball at the XI Pan American Games
Dates August 3–17, 1991
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The Men's Basketball Tournament at the 1991 Pan American Games was held from August 3 to 17, 1991 in Havana, Cuba. The women also competed in the Cuban capital, from August 3 to 12.

Men's competition

Participating nations

Group A Group B

 Argentina (ARG)
 Bahamas (BAH)
 Cuba (CUB)
 United States (USA)
 Venezuela (VEN)

 Brazil (BRA)
 Canada (CAN)
 Mexico (MEX)
 Puerto Rico (PUR)
 Uruguay (URU)

Preliminary round

Group A Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
 United States 8 4 4 0 386 293 +93
 Argentina 6 4 2 2 354 348 +6
 Venezuela 6 4 2 2 331 342 –11
 Cuba 5 4 1 3 230 253 –23
 Bahamas 5 4 1 3 243 308 –65
United States  92 – 88  Cuba
Bahamas  104 – 96  Argentina
United States  91 – 66  Venezuela
Cuba  99 – 90  Bahamas
United States  87 – 81  Argentina
Venezuela  84 – 70  Cuba
Venezuela  96 – 81  Bahamas
United States  116 – 58  Bahamas
Argentina  77 – 72  Cuba
Argentina  100 – 85  Venezuela


Group B Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
 Brazil 8 4 4 0 339 247 +92
 Puerto Rico 7 4 3 1 357 334 +23
 Mexico 6 4 2 2 311 320 –9
 Uruguay 5 4 1 3 283 327 –44
 Canada 4 4 0 4 259 321 –62
Brazil  94 – 72  Uruguay
Puerto Rico  95 – 77  Canada
Brazil  85 – 55  Canada
Puerto Rico  102 – 100  Mexico
Uruguay  62 – 61  Canada
Brazil  81 – 58  Mexico
Puerto Rico  98 – 78  Uruguay
Mexico  79 – 66  Canada
Brazil  79 – 62  Puerto Rico
Mexico  74 – 71  Uruguay

Quarterfinals

Puerto Rico  111 – 104  Venezuela
Mexico  91 – 77  Argentina
United States  114 – 68  Uruguay
Cuba  96 – 92 [OT]  Brazil

Semifinals

Brazil  95 – 64  Argentina
Venezuela  85 – 79  Uruguay
Puerto Rico  73 – 68  United States
Mexico  93 – 87  Cuba

Finals

Bahamas  75 – 62  Canada
Argentina  71 – 63  Uruguay
Brazil  90 – 88  Venezuela [1]
United States  93 – 74  Cuba
Puerto Rico  77 – 65  Mexico

Notes

  1. Venezuela was later disqualified after one of their players, Armando Becker, was found guilty of using doping in the match against Uruguay on August 13, 1991. Venezuela therefore was set back from the sixth to the tenth and last spot in the final ranking.

Final ranking

RANK TEAM
1.  Puerto Rico
2.  Mexico
3.  United States
4.  Cuba
5.  Brazil
6.  Argentina
7.  Uruguay
8.  Bahamas
9.  Canada
10.  Venezuela

Awards

 1991 Pan American Games Winners 

Puerto Rico
First title



Women's competition

Participating nations

 Argentina (ARG)
 Brazil (BRA)
 Canada (CAN)
 Cuba (CUB)
 United States (USA)

Preliminary round

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
 Brazil 8 4 4 0 334 293 +41
 United States 7 4 3 1 359 268 +91
 Cuba 6 4 2 2 346 299 +47
 Canada 5 4 1 3 288 317 –29
 Argentina 4 4 0 4 204 354 –150
United States  87 – 70  Canada
Cuba  93 – 47  Argentina
Brazil  87 – 84  United States
Cuba  95 – 71  Canada
United States  97 – 40  Argentina
Brazil  74 – 66  Canada
Canada  81 – 61  Argentina
Brazil  90 – 87  Cuba
United States  91 – 71  Cuba
Brazil  83 – 56  Argentina

Semifinals

Brazil  87 – 78  Canada
Cuba  86 – 81  United States

Finals

United States  92 – 61  Canada
Brazil  97 – 76  Cuba

Final ranking

RANK TEAM
1.  Brazil
2.  Cuba
3.  United States
4.  Canada
5.  Argentina

Awards

 1991 Pan American Games Winners 

Brazil
Third title

See also

References


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