The men's basketball tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games was held in Lima, Peru at the Coliseo Eduardo Dibos from 31 July to 4 August. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each group advanced to a single elimination bracket. Argentina won the gold medal, its second gold in Pan American basketball, after defeating Puerto Rico in the championship
Qualification A total of eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games. The top seven teams at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup have qualified. The host nation Peru was barred from participating by FIBA, following sanctions imposed on the Peruvian Basketball Federation. Venezuela took the vacated berth.
Summary Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified Host Nation 1 0 2017 FIBA AmeriCup August 25 – September 3 Various 7 8 Total 8
Draw The draw was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico on 23 May 2019.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Rosters
At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 12 players on their rosters.
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.
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.
Results All times are local (UTC−5)
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Classification round
Placement stage (5th–8th place)
Seventh place match
Fifth place match
Knockout round
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Awards Topscorer Gabriel Deck 94 pts (18.8 ppg) Walter Hodge 88 pts (22.0 ppg)
Final standings RankTeamRecord 4–1 4–1 3–24 2–35 2–26 1–37 2–28 0–4
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