The women's basketball tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games was held in Lima, Peru at the Coliseo Eduardo Dibos from 6 August to 10 August.[1] 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.[1]Brazil won the gold medal, the first since 1991 in Havana, after defeating the United States in the final.
Qualification
A total of eight teams qualified to compete at the games. The top seven teams at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup have qualified, plus Olympic Champions United States. The host nation Peru was barred from participating by FIBA, following sanctions imposed on the Peruvian Basketball Federation.[2]Colombia took the vacated berth.
The competition was played in the Coliseo Dibós arena.
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.
^ ab"Competition Schedule"(PDF). lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). July 30, 2019. Archived from the original(PDF) on August 4, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
