Teams participating in the Panamerican Juvenile Basketball Tournament that will be held in Puerto Plata 4-11 July are divided into two groups head by the United States and the hosts, Dominican Republic. The US will head the A Group with Argentina, Canada and Cuba. In the B group, the DR will match Brazil, Venezuela and Mexico. The matches will be held at the new Polideportivo Fabio Rafael Gonzalez of the Gregorio Luperon Sports Center of Puerto Plata. Games will start at 2 pm in intervals of two hours each. On the opening day of the competition, 4 July, a Saturday, the games are: Canada vs. US, Argentina vs. Cuba, Brazil vs. Venezuela and Mexico vs. the DR. On Monday 6 July the games are as follows: Argentina vs. Canada, Cuba vs. US, Mexico vs. Brazil, and DR vs. Venezuela. On Tuesday 7 July, US vs. Argentina, Cuba vs. Canada, Venezuela vs. Mexico and Brazil vs the DR. The semifinals will be played starting Thursday, 9 July. The first four classifying teams will participate in the World Championship that will be played in several cities of Portugal in 1999.
