Basketball at the 1995 Pan American Games

Basketball at the 1995 Pan American Games
Venue	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas
Dates	March 19–25, 1995
Teams	6
Medalists
Argentina    United States    Brazil
«1991 1999»

The Basketball Tournament at the 1995 Pan American Games was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina from March 19 to March 25, 1995.^[1] The women's tournament was cancelled because as of March 3, 1995, only four women's teams had signed up to play.^[2]

All the games were held in Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, which was built for this edition of the Pan American Games. Argentina won their first Pan American Games after beating United States in the final. Argentina, coached by Guillermo Vecchio, finished the tournament unbeaten.^[3][4]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Argentina	10	5	5	0	423	389	+34
Brazil	9	5	4	1	510	439	+71
United States	8	5	3	2	470	423	+47
Uruguay	7	5	2	3	453	448	+5
Puerto Rico	6	5	1	4	425	473	–48
Mexico	6	5	0	5	399	508	–109

• March 19, 1995

Argentina	68 – 67	United States
Brazil	102 – 88	Puerto Rico
Uruguay	92 – 78	Mexico

• March 20, 1995

Puerto Rico	97 – 86	Mexico
Brazil	101 – 81	United States
Argentina	83 – 81	Uruguay

• March 21, 1995

United States	97 – 78	Puerto Rico
Brazil	107 – 83	Uruguay
Argentina	90 – 80	Mexico

• March 22, 1995

Argentina	87 – 86	Puerto Rico
United States	104 – 96	Uruguay
Brazil	125 – 75	Mexico

• March 23, 1995

Uruguay	101 – 76	Puerto Rico
United States	104 – 80	Mexico
Argentina	95 – 75	Brazil

	Semi-finals				Final
	March 24, 1995
	Argentina	90
					March 25, 1995
	Uruguay	74
					Argentina	98
	March 24, 1995
					United States	85
	United States	89
	Brazil	85
					Third place
					March 25, 1995
					Uruguay	86
					Brazil	90

• March 24, 1995 – 5th/6th place

Mexico	89 – 80	Puerto Rico

• March 24, 1995 – Semi-Finals

Argentina	90 – 74	Uruguay
United States	89 – 85	Brazil

• March 25, 1995 – Bronze Medal Match

Uruguay	86 – 90	Brazil

Gold Medal match

March 25

Report

Argentina	98–85	United States
Scoring by half: 60, 51

Polideportivo Islas Malvinas Attendance: 8,000

Team details
Argentina United States

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	PF : PA
	Argentina	7 – 0	611 : 548
	United States	4 – 3	644 : 606
	Brazil	5 – 2	685 : 614
4.	Uruguay	2 – 5	613 : 628
5.	Mexico	1 – 5	488 : 588
6.	Puerto Rico	1 – 5	505 : 562

1995 Pan American Games winners
Argentina First title