Basketball at the 1991 Pan American Games

International sporting event

Basketball at the 1991 Pan American Games

Venue| Coliseo de la Ciudad Deportiva
Dates| August 3–17, 1991
Teams| 10
Medalists
|  |  Brazil

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|  Cuba
|  United States

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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.[1][2] Coliseo de la Ciudad Deportiva was the venue for the games.[3]

## Men's competition

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### Participating nations

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Group A  | Group B

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Argentina
Bahamas
Cuba
United States
Venezuela

Brazil
Canada
Mexico
Puerto Rico
Uruguay

### Preliminary round

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Group A  | Pts  | Pld  | W  | L  | PF  | PA  | Diff

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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

* 1991-08-03

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United States | 92 – 88  |  Cuba

* 1991-08-04

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Bahamas | 104 – 96  |  Argentina

* 1991-08-05

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United States | 91 – 66  |  Venezuela
Cuba | 99 – 90  |  Bahamas

* 1991-08-06

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United States | 87 – 81  |  Argentina

* 1991-08-07

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Venezuela | 84 – 70  |  Cuba

* 1991-08-08

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Venezuela | 96 – 81  |  Bahamas

* 1991-08-09

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United States | 116 – 58  |  Bahamas
Argentina | 77 – 72  |  Cuba

* 1991-08-10

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Argentina | 100 – 85  |  Venezuela

Group B  | Pts  | Pld  | W  | L  | PF  | PA  | Diff

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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

* 1991-08-04

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Brazil | 94 – 72  |  Uruguay
Puerto Rico | 95 – 77  |  Canada

* 1991-08-05

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Brazil | 85 – 55  |  Canada
Puerto Rico | 102 – 100  |  Mexico

* 1991-08-06

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Uruguay | 62 – 61  |  Canada

* 1991-08-07

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Brazil | 81 – 58  |  Mexico

* 1991-08-08

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Puerto Rico | 98 – 78  |  Uruguay

* 1991-08-09

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Mexico | 79 – 66  |  Canada
Brazil | 79 – 62  |  Puerto Rico

* 1991-08-10

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Mexico | 74 – 71  |  Uruguay

### Quarterfinals

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* 1991-08-12

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

### Semifinals

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* 1991-08-13 — 5th/8th place

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Brazil | 95 – 64  |  Argentina
Venezuela | 85 – 79  |  Uruguay

* 1991-08-15 — 1st/4th place

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Puerto Rico | 73 – 68  |  United States
Mexico | 93 – 87  |  Cuba

### Finals

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* 1991-08-11 — 9th/10th place

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Bahamas | 75 – 62  |  Canada

* 1991-08-16 — 7th/8th place

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Argentina | 71 – 63  |  Uruguay

* 1991-08-16 — 5th/6th place

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Brazil | 90 – 88  |  Venezuela [4]

* 1991-08-17 — Bronze Medal Match

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United States | 93 – 74  |  Cuba

* 1991-08-17 — Gold Medal Match

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Puerto Rico | 77 – 65  |  Mexico

### Final ranking

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RANK  | TEAM

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

### Awards

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1991 Pan American Games winners

Puerto Rico
First title

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## Women's competition

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### Participating nations

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Argentina
Brazil
Canada
Cuba
United States

### Preliminary round

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Team  | Pts  | Pld  | W  | L  | PF  | PA  | Diff

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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

* 1991-08-03

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United States | 87 – 70  |  Canada
Cuba | 93 – 47  |  Argentina

* 1991-08-04

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Brazil | 87 – 84  |  United States
Cuba | 95 – 71  |  Canada

* 1991-08-05

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United States | 97 – 40  |  Argentina
Brazil | 74 – 66  |  Canada

* 1991-08-07

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Canada | 81 – 61  |  Argentina
Brazil | 90 – 87  |  Cuba

* 1991-08-08

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United States | 91 – 71  |  Cuba
Brazil | 83 – 56  |  Argentina

### Semifinals

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* 1991-08-10

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Brazil | 87 – 78  |  Canada
Cuba | 86 – 81  |  United States

### Finals

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* 1991-08-12 — Bronze Medal Match

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United States | 92 – 61  |  Canada

* 1991-08-12 — Gold Medal Match

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Brazil | 97 – 76  |  Cuba

### Final ranking

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RANK  | TEAM

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1\.  |  Brazil
2\.  |  Cuba
3\.  |  United States
4\.  |  Canada
5\.  |  Argentina

### Awards

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1991 Pan American Games winners

Brazil
Third title

## See also

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* Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ Results
2. ^ Juegos Panamericanos on Urubasket
3. ^ Juegos Panamericanos 1991 - Memoria, p. 77, official report
4. ^ 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.

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