Basketball - Americas International Tournaments

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Men's Americas Championship

The now biennial men's basketball Championship for national teams from North, Central, South America and the Caribean initially was held every three or four years until adopting a regular staging in odd numbered years in 1993. It is used as a qualifying competition for both the World Championship and Olympic Games.
Venues: 1980, 1993, 1999, 2003 & 2009 - San Juan, Puerto Rico; 1984 - Sao Paulo, Brazil; 1988 & 1997 - Montevideo, Uruguay; 1989 & 2015 - Mexico City, Mexico; 
1992 - Portland, USA; 1995 & 2001 - Neuquen, Argentina; 2005 - San Domingo, Domincan Republic; 2007 - Las Vegas, USA; 2011 - Mar del Plata, Argentina; 2013 - Caracas, Venezuela; 2017 - Cordoba, Argentina; 2022 - Recife, Brazil

YEAR
WINNERS
SILVER
BRONZE
1980
PUERTO RICO
Canada Argentina
1984
BRAZIL
Uruguay Canada
1988
BRAZIL
P Rico Canada
1989
PUERTO RICO
USA Brazil
1992
USA
Venezuela Brazil
1993
USA
P Rico Argentina
1995
PUERTO RICO
Argentina Brazil
1997
USA
P Rico Brazil
1999
USA
Canada Argentina
2001
ARGENTINA
Brazil Canada
2003
USA
Argentina P Rico
2005
BRAZIL
Argentina Venezuela
2007
USA
Argentina P Rico
2009
BRAZIL
P Rico Argentina
2011 ARGENTINA Brazil Dom Rep
2013 MEXICO P Rico Argentina
2015 VENEZUELA Argentina Canada
2017 USA Argentina Mexico
2022 BRAZIL Argentina USA

Pan-American Games (Men)

Men's basketball has been held in the quadrennial Pan-American Games on every occasion since its inception in 1951.

YEAR
WINNERS
SILVER
BRONZE
1951
USA
Argentina Brazil
1955
USA
Argentina Brazil
1959
USA
P Rico Brazil
1963
USA
Brazil P Rico
1967
USA
Mexico Panama
1971
BRAZIL
P Rico Cuba
1975
USA
P Rico Brazil
1979
USA
P Rico Brazil
1983
USA
Brazil Mexico
1987
BRAZIL
USA P Rico
1991
PUERTO RICO
Mexico USA
1995
ARGENTINA
USA Brazil
1999
BRAZIL
USA P Rico
2003
BRAZIL
Dom Rep P Rico
2007
BRAZIL
P Rico Uruguay
2011 PUERTO RICO Mexico USA
2015 BRAZIL Canada USA
2019 USA Argentina Brazil
2023 ARGENTINA Venezuela Brazil

Women's Americas Championship

The biennial women's basketball Championship for national teams from North, Central, South America and the Caribean was first held in 1989 and became a biennial spectacle in 1995. It is used as a qualifying competition for both the World Championship and Olympic Games.

YEAR
WINNERS
SILVER
BRONZE
1989
CUBA
Brazil Canada
1993
USA
Brazil Canada
1995
CANADA
Cuba P Rico
1997
BRAZIL
USA Cuba
1999
CUBA
Brazil Canada
2001
BRAZIL
Cuba Argentina
2003
BRAZIL
Cuba Canada
2005
CUBA
Brazil Canada
2007
USA
Cuba Brazil
2009
BRAZIL
Argentina Canada
2011 BRAZIL Argentina Canada
2013 CUBA Canada Brazil
 2015 CANADA Cuba Argentina
 2017 CANADA Argentina P Rico
2019 USA Canada Brazil
2021 USA P Rico Brazil
2023 BRAZIL USA Canada
 
Pan-American Games (Women)

Women's basketball was not staged in the inaugural Pan-American Games in1951, but has been a feature of the multi-sports festival since 1955, apart from 1995 when the tournament in Mar del Plata was cancelled.

YEAR
WINNERS
SILVER
BRONZE
1955
USA
Chile
Brazil
1959
USA
Brazil
Chile
1963
USA
Brazil
Chile
1967
BRAZIL
USA
Canada
1971
BRAZIL
USA
Cuba
1975
USA
Mexico
Cuba
1979
CUBA
USA
Canada
1983
USA
Cuba
Brazil
1987
USA
Brazil
Canada
1991
BRAZIL
Cuba
USA
1999
CUBA
Canada
USA
2003
CUBA
USA
Brazil
2007
USA
Brazil
Cuba
2011 PUERTO RICO
Mexico Brazil
2015 CANADA USA Cuba
2019 BRAZIL USA P Rico
2023 BRAZIL Colombia Argentina


Pan-American Games 3x3 (Men)

Held for the first time in 2019 in Lima, Peru, having been accepted as an Olympic event from 2020.

YEAR WINNERS SILVER BRONZE
2019 USA Puerto Rico Dom Rep
2023 USA Chile T&T


Pan-American Games 3x3 (Women)

Held for the first time in 2019 in Lima, Peru, having been accepted as an Olympic event from 2020.

YEAR WINNERS SILVER BRONZE
2019 USA Argentina Dom Rep
2023 USA Colombia Chile
 
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