Basketball at the 2007 Pan American Games

International sporting event

Basketball at the 2007 Pan American Games

Venue| Autódromo de Jacarépagua
Dates| July 25–29, 2007
Teams| 8
Medalists
|  |  United States

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|  Brazil
|  Cuba

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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

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### Qualification

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Three teams automatically qualified to compete in this tournament, the hosts Mexico, Canada and the United States. The rest qualified through two regional tournaments.

Event  | Date  | Location  | Vacancies  | Qualified

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Host Nation  | –  | –  | 1  |  Brazil
Automatic Qualification  |  |  | 2  |  Canada
United States
2006 Centrobasket | July 4–8, 2006  |  Panama City | 3  |  Panama
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
2006 South American Basketball Championship | July 12–16, 2006  |  Caracas | 2  |  Argentina
Uruguay
TOTAL |  | 8 |

### Group A

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

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Brazil | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 281 | 238 | +43
Puerto Rico | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 238 | 217 | +21
Virgin Islands | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 212 | 215 | −3
Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 193 | 254 | −61

July 25, 2007
13:15

Puerto Rico | 82-63 |  Canada

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Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 42–30, 60–45, 82–63
Pts: Barea (21)
Rebs: Reyes (8)
Asts: Berdiel (3) |  | Pts: Rautins (13)
Rebs: Brempong (6)
Asts: Anderson (2)

Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 3.200
Referees: Alejandro Chiti

July 25, 2007
15:30

Brazil | 86-81 |  Virgin Islands

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Scoring by quarter: 32–21, 51–43, 67–62, 86–81
Pts: Murilo, João Paulo (17)
Rebs: Murilo (11)
Asts: Valtinho (8) |  | Pts: Elegar (21)
Rebs: Elegar (7)
Asts: Miller (3)

Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 9.500
Referees: Daniel Delgado

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July 26, 2007
13:15

Virgin Islands | 57-62 |  Puerto Rico

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Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 30–32, 44–51, 57–62
Pts: Victor (13)
Rebs: Victor (13)
Asts: Sheppard, Edwin (2) |  | Pts: Carmona (23)
Rebs: Reyes (12)
Asts: Barea, Berdiel (4)

Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 770
Referees: Isaac Glass

July 26, 2007
15:30

Canada | 63-98 |  Brazil

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Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 37–53, 48–75, 63–98
Pts: Rautins (16)
Rebs: Young, Doornekamp (3)
Asts: Anderson (4) |  | Pts: Murilo (24)
Rebs: Murilo (7)
Asts: Marcelinho (5)

Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8.300
Referees: Alejandro Chiti

* * *

July 27, 2007
12:45

Virgin Islands | 74-67 |  Canada

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Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 30–34, 56–49, 74–67
Pts: Krauser (20)
Rebs: Victor, Elegar, Thomas (5)
Asts: Edwin, Rhymer (2) |  | Pts: Anderson (17)
Rebs: Doornekamp (10)
Asts: Rautins (3)

Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Isaac Glass

July 27, 2007
15:00

Brazil | 97-94 |  Puerto Rico

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Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 56–41, 75–71, 97–94
Pts: Marcelinho (25)
Rebs: Murilo, João Paulo, Caio (5)
Asts: Marcelinho, Valtinho (5) |  | Pts: Barea (18)
Rebs: Reyes (14)
Asts: Barea (10)

Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Alejandro Chiti

### Group B

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

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Argentina | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 218 | 214 | +4
Uruguay | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 226 | 211 | +15
Panama | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 214 | 219 | −5
United States | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 213 | 227 | −14

July 25, 2007
19:45

Panama | 71-76 |  Argentina

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Scoring by quarter: 19–8, 29–25, 49–47, 71–76
Pts: Lloreda (23)
Rebs: Lloreda (18)
Asts: Gómez (4) |  | Pts: García (18)
Rebs: García, Cequeira, Sucatzky, Mikulas, Leiva (4)
Asts: Cequeira (5)

Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 870
Referees: Cristiano Maranhão

July 25, 2007
22:00

United States | 72-81 |  Uruguay

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Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 38–37, 58–63, 72–81
Pts: White Jr., Leunen (14)
Rebs: White Jr. (9)
Asts: Neitzel (5) |  | Pts: Batista (25)
Rebs: Batista (7)
Asts: Osimani (3)

Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 1.100
Referees: Sérgio Pacheco

* * *

July 26, 2007
19:45

Panama | 75-67 |  United States

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Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 33–33, 57–44, 75–67
Pts: Pinnock (23)
Rebs: Gómez (9)
Asts: Pinnock (5) |  | Pts: Hibbert (19)
Rebs: Hibbert (9)
Asts: Neitzel (3)

Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Daniel Delgado

July 26, 2007
22:00

Uruguay | 69-71 |  Argentina

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Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 35–27, 51–45, 69–71
Pts: García Morales (21)
Rebs: Batista (16)
Asts: Mazzarino, Taboada (3) |  | Pts: García (16)
Rebs: González (9)
Asts: Prato (3)

Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Jorge Vásquez

* * *

July 27, 2007
19:45

Uruguay | 76-68 |  Panama

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Scoring by quarter: 15–10, 30–29, 54–48, 76–68
Pts: Mazzarino (27)
Rebs: Batista (11)
Asts: García Morales (4) |  | Pts: Lloreda (18)
Rebs: Lloreda (8)
Asts: Pinnock (6)

Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Cristiano Maranhão

July 27, 2007
22:00

Argentina | 71-74 |  United States

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Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 38–36, 57–59, 71–74
Pts: González (21)
Rebs: González (7)
Asts: Mikulas (5) |  | Pts: White Jr. (22)
Rebs: Hibbert (9)
Asts: Hibbert, Dorsey (3)

Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Sérgio Pacheco

### Semifinals

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July 28, 2007
10:45

Argentina | 80-89 |  Puerto Rico

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Scoring by quarter: 12–26, 28–42, 48–63, 80–89
Pts: González (23)
Rebs: González (10)
Asts: García, Cequeira (2) |  | Pts: Barea (25)
Rebs: Reyes (12)
Asts: Barea (9)

Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: John Hunt

July 28, 2007
15:00

Brazil | 85-73 |  Uruguay

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Scoring by quarter: 27–14, 41–37, 60–55, 85–73
Pts: Valtinho (22)
Rebs: Murilo (8)
Asts: Valtinho (8) |  | Pts: Mazzarino (19)
Rebs: Batista (8)
Asts: Mazzarino (4)

Arena Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Winston Stich

### Classification 5–8

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July 28, 2007
8:00

Panama | 68-67 |  Canada

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Rio de Janeiro

July 28, 2007
17:15

Virgin Islands | 58-84 |  United States

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Rio de Janeiro

### Finals

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#### Classification 7–8

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July 29, 2007
15:00

Canada | 69-60 |  Virgin Islands

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Rio de Janeiro

#### Classification 5–6

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July 29, 2007
13:00

Panama | 74-77 |  United States

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Rio de Janeiro

#### Bronze-medal match

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July 29, 2007
8:45

Argentina | 93-99 |  Uruguay

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Rio de Janeiro

#### Gold-medal match

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July 29, 2007
11:00

Puerto Rico | 65-86 |  Brazil

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Rio de Janeiro

### Final classification

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Place | Team | Score

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|  Brazil | 86–65
|  Puerto Rico |
|  Uruguay | 99–93
4 |  Argentina |
5 |  United States | 77–74
6 |  Panama |
7 |  Canada | 69–60
8 |  Virgin Islands |

### Awards

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2007 Pan American Games winners

Brazil
Fifth title

## Women's

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### Squads

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Main article: Basketball at the 2007 Pan American Games – Squads

### Group A

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

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Brazil | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 246 | 176 | +70
Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 195 | 186 | +9
Jamaica | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 184 | 185 | −1
Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 153 | 231 | −78

July 20, 2007
15:30

Canada | 74-63 (OT) |  Mexico

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Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 15–8, 15–17, 17–20, Overtime: 13–2
Pts: Gabriele – 22
Asts: Gabriele – 5 |  | Pts: Silva – 20
Asts: Silva- 3

Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 600
Referees: Aluz (ARG)

July 20, 2007
22:00

Brazil | 81-69 |  Jamaica

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Rio de Janeiro

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July 21, 2007
15:30

Mexico | 44-88 |  Brazil

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Rio de Janeiro

July 21, 2007
22:00

Jamaica | 46-58 |  Canada

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Rio de Janeiro

* * *

July 22, 2007
15:30

Mexico | 46-69 |  Jamaica

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Rio de Janeiro

July 22, 2007
22:00

Brazil | 77-63 |  Canada

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Rio de Janeiro

### Group B

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

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United States | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 258 | 158 | +100
Cuba | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 225 | 210 | +15
Colombia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 162 | 242 | −80
Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 199 | 234 | −35

July 20, 2007
13:15

United States | 95-41 |  Colombia

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Scoring by quarter: 32–14, 31–9, 15–12, 17–6
Pts: Ajavon – 15
Rebs: Houston – 10
Asts: Hornbuckle – 4 |  | Pts: Arias – 17
Rebs: Arias – 7
Asts: Arias, Pinilla – 2

Rio de Janeiro

July 20, 2007
19:45

Argentina | 79-81 |  Cuba

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Rio de Janeiro

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July 21, 2007
13:15

Cuba | 81-53 |  Colombia

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Rio de Janeiro

July 21, 2007
19:45

United States | 85-54 |  Argentina

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Scoring by quarter: 25–11, 20–4, 18–19, 22–20
Pts: Fox – 18
Asts: Coleman – 3 |  | Pts: Cava – 13
Asts: Paoletta – 4

Rio de Janeiro

* * *

July 22, 2007
13:15

Colombia | 68-66 |  Argentina

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Rio de Janeiro

July 22, 2007
19:45

Cuba | 63-78 |  United States

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Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 11–19, 23–22, 16–20
Pts: Boulet – 19
Asts: Romero – 4 |  | Pts: Coleman – 19
Asts: Wiggins, Ajavon – 3

Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6500

### Semifinals

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July 23, 2007
15:30

Brazil | 79-60 |  Cuba

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Rio de Janeiro

July 23, 2007
19:45

United States | 75-59 |  Canada

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Rio de Janeiro

### Classification 5–8

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July 23, 2007
13:15

Jamaica | 61-73 |  Argentina

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Rio de Janeiro

July 23, 2007
22:00

Colombia | 62-55 |  Mexico

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Rio de Janeiro

### Finals

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#### Classification 7–8

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July 24, 2007
21:00

Jamaica | 56-63 |  Mexico

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Rio de Janeiro

#### Classification 5–6

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July 24, 2007
18:45

Colombia | 59-58 |  Argentina

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Rio de Janeiro

#### Bronze-medal match

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July 24, 2007
13:15

Cuba | 62-49 |  Canada

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Rio de Janeiro

#### Gold-medal match

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July 24, 2007
15:30

United States | 79-66 |  Brazil

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Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 15–15, 16–19, 30–13
Pts: Ajavon – 27
Asts: Anosike – 4 |  | Pts: Jacinto – 21
Asts: Arcain – 3

Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 13,200

### Final classification

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Place | Team | Score

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|  United States | 79–66
|  Brazil |
|  Cuba | 62–49
4 |  Canada |
5 |  Colombia | 59–58
6 |  Argentina |
7 |  Mexico | 63–56
8 |  Jamaica |

## Rosters

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### Men's competition

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Argentina

* 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

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Brazil

* 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

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Canada

* Osvaldo Jeanty
* Jermaine Anderson
* Ryan Bell
* Paul Larmand
* Sheray Thomas

* Rans Brempong
* Andy Rautins
* Aaron Doornekamp
* Jesse Wade Young
* Jermaine Bucknor

* Sean Denison
* Vlad Kuljanin
* Head coach:
Leo Rautins

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Panama

* 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

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Puerto Rico

* 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

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Uruguay

* 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

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United States

* 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)

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Virgin Islands

* 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

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### Women's competition

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Argentina

* 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:

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Brazil

* 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:

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Canada

* 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

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Colombia

* 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:

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Cuba

* 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

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Jamaica

* 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:

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Mexico

* 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:

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United States

* 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

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## References

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