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Basketball at the 1991 Pan American Games

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Basketball at the 1991 Pan American Games
VenueColiseo de la Ciudad Deportiva
DatesAugust 3–17, 1991
Teams10
Medalists
Gold medal  Puerto Rico
Silver medal  Mexico
Bronze medal  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

 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
 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
United States  92 – 88  Cuba
  • 1991-08-04
Bahamas  104 – 96  Argentina
  • 1991-08-05
United States  91 – 66  Venezuela
Cuba  99 – 90  Bahamas
  • 1991-08-06
United States  87 – 81  Argentina
  • 1991-08-07
Venezuela  84 – 70  Cuba
  • 1991-08-08
Venezuela  96 – 81  Bahamas
  • 1991-08-09
United States  116 – 58  Bahamas
Argentina  77 – 72  Cuba
  • 1991-08-10
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
  • 1991-08-04
Brazil  94 – 72  Uruguay
Puerto Rico  95 – 77  Canada
  • 1991-08-05
Brazil  85 – 55  Canada
Puerto Rico  102 – 100  Mexico
  • 1991-08-06
Uruguay  62 – 61  Canada
  • 1991-08-07
Brazil  81 – 58  Mexico
  • 1991-08-08
Puerto Rico  98 – 78  Uruguay
  • 1991-08-09
Mexico  79 – 66  Canada
Brazil  79 – 62  Puerto Rico
  • 1991-08-10
Mexico  74 – 71  Uruguay

Quarterfinals

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  • 1991-08-12
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
Brazil  95 – 64  Argentina
Venezuela  85 – 79  Uruguay
  • 1991-08-15 — 1st/4th place
Puerto Rico  73 – 68  United States
Mexico  93 – 87  Cuba

Finals

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  • 1991-08-11 — 9th/10th place
Bahamas  75 – 62  Canada
  • 1991-08-16 — 7th/8th place
Argentina  71 – 63  Uruguay
  • 1991-08-16 — 5th/6th place
Brazil  90 – 88  Venezuela [4]
  • 1991-08-17 — Bronze Medal Match
United States  93 – 74  Cuba
  • 1991-08-17 — Gold Medal Match
Puerto Rico  77 – 65  Mexico

Final ranking

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

Rosters

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- Team Roster
1
Puerto Rico		 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
José Ortiz, Federico López, Raymond Gause, Edwin Pellot, Jerome Mincy, James Carter, Javier Colon, Ramón Rivas, Mario Morales, Edgar Loja, Pablo Alicea, Richard Soto, Coach. -
2
Mexico		 Mexico Mexico
Oscar Castellanos, Antonio Reyes, Apolonio Torres, Roberto González, Enrique González, Rafael Willis, Octavio Robles, Luis López, Arturo Sánchez, Jose Luis Arroyos, Alberto Martínez, Arturo Montes, Coach. Arturo Guerrero
3
United States		 United States USA
Anthony Bennett, Terry Dehere, Grant Hill, Thomas Hill, James Jackson, Adam Keefe, Christian Laettner, Eric Montross, Tracy Murray, Mike Peplowski, Clarence Weatherspoon, Walt Williams, Coach. Gene Keady (Purdue University)
4
Cuba		 Cuba Cuba
Angel Caballero, Yudi Abreu, Osmar Caballero, Noangel Luaces, Jose Luis Díaz, Raul Dubois, Leonardo Pérez, Lazaro Borrell, Luciano Rivero, Augusto Duquesne, Roberto Simón, Andres Guibert, Coach. Carmelo Ortega
5
Brazil		 Brazil Brazil
Paulinho Villas Boas, Guerrinha, Gerson Victalino, João Vianna, Rolando Ferreira, Fernando Minucci, Maury de Souza, Marcel, Luiz Zanon, Evandro, Luisão, Josuel, Coach. José Medalha
6
Argentina		 Argentina Argentina
Marcelo Milanesio, Ariel Bernardini, Esteban De la Fuente, Orlando Tourn, Diego Osella, Esteban Pérez, Diego Maggi, Miguel Cortijo, Juan Espil, Luis Oroño, Coach. Carlos Boismené
7
Uruguay		 Uruguay Uruguay
Alejandro Costa, Juan Blanc, Marcelo Capalbo, Jeffrey Granger, Gustavo Sczygielski, Javier Guerra, Luis Larrosa, Hebert Núñez, Horacio Perdomo, Álvaro Tito, Daniel Koster, Enrique Tucuna. Coach: Javier Espíndola
8
Bahamas		 The Bahamas Bahamas
Benjamin Russell, Mark Dean, Cutter, Neville Adderley, Michael Wilson, Zhivago Nicholls, Glenroy Ferguson, Sears, Anthony Hinds, Jeff Pinder, Lynden Rose, Vincent Knowles
9
Canada		 Canada Canada
Joey Vickery, Phil Stewart, Phil Dixon, Tom Johnson, Alex Urosevic, Patrick Jebbison, Barry Bekkadam, Ted Byrne, Martin Keane, Andrew Steinfeld, Scott Petterson, Spencer McKay, Coach. Jerry Hemmings
10
Venezuela		 Venezuela Venezuela
Victor Díaz, Cesar Portillo, Alex Nelcha, Nestor Solórzano, Armando Becker, Luis Jiménez Guevara, Sam Shepherd, Carl Herrera, Luis Sosa, Gabriel Estaba, Ivan Olivares, Omar Walcott, Coach. Julio Toro

Awards

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Topscorer

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  • Cuba Leonardo Perez (150 pts)
 1991 Pan American Games winners 

Puerto Rico
First title


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
 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
United States  87 – 70  Canada
Cuba  93 – 47  Argentina
  • 1991-08-04
Brazil  87 – 84  United States
Cuba  95 – 71  Canada
  • 1991-08-05
United States  97 – 40  Argentina
Brazil  74 – 66  Canada
  • 1991-08-07
Canada  81 – 61  Argentina
Brazil  90 – 87  Cuba
  • 1991-08-08
United States  91 – 71  Cuba
Brazil  83 – 56  Argentina

Semifinals

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  • 1991-08-10
Brazil  87 – 78  Canada
Cuba  86 – 81  United States

Finals

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  • 1991-08-12 — Bronze Medal Match
United States  92 – 61  Canada
  • 1991-08-12 — Gold Medal Match
Brazil  97 – 76  Cuba

Final ranking

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RANK TEAM
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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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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