Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

International basketball tournament

19th Olympic Basketball Tournament

Rio de Janeiro 2016
Tournament details
Olympics| 2016 Summer Olympics
Host nation| Brazil
City| Rio de Janeiro
Venue| Carioca Arena 1
Youth Arena
Duration| 6–21 August 2016
Men's tournament
Teams| 12
| Medals

Gold medalists |  United States
Silver medalists|  Serbia
Bronze medalists|  Spain
Women's tournament
Teams| 12
| Medals

Gold medalists |  United States
Silver medalists|  Spain
Bronze medalists|  Serbia
Official website
www.rio2016.com/en/basketball
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Basketball at the
2016 Summer Olympics

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Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics was the nineteenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It took place at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and was held from 6 August to 21 August 2016. The preliminary and knockout round matches for men were played inside the Carioca Arena 1 in Olympic Park which seated up to 16,000 spectators. The matches for women were played at the Youth Arena. This marked the first time that the men's and women's Olympic tournaments were played in multiple/separate venues.

The host country Brazil failed to make it to the quarterfinals of both the men's and women's tournaments, after being eliminated from the group stage. Three countries in both events took all of the medals: the United States (who won both gold medals), Serbia and Spain.

## Competition schedule

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## Venues

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Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

Carioca Arena 1 |

Carioca Arena 1

Youth Arena

| Youth Arena
Capacity: 16,000  | Capacity: 5,000

Carioca Arena 1, the largest among the three Carioca Arenas, and Youth Arena, are the arenas that are being used for the basketball tournaments. The Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, site of the 1954 FIBA World Championship and the 1963 FIBA World Championship, hosted the indoor volleyball tournaments instead.

Carioca Arena 1 hosted the entire men's tournament and the women's knockout stage, while Youth Arena hosted the women's preliminary round.

## Qualification

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The National Olympic Committees might enter up to one 12-player men's team and up to one 12-player women's team.

### Hosts

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Just as in 2012, the Olympic hosts were not guaranteed an Olympic berth. On 9 August 2015, it was announced that the Brazil men's and women's national teams would compete in the Olympic Basketball Tournament at the 2016 Rio Games after FIBA's Central Board decided to grant them automatic places at its meeting in Tokyo.[1]

### Men's qualification

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Main article: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Means of qualification[2] | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified

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2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup | 31 August – 14 September 2014 |  Spain | 1 |  United States
Host nation[1] | 9 August 2015 |  Tokyo | 1 |  Brazil
2015 FIBA Oceania Championship | 15–18 August 2015 | Various | 1 |  Australia
AfroBasket 2015 | 19–30 August 2015 |  Radès | 1 |  Nigeria
2015 FIBA Americas Championship | 31 August – 12 September 2015 |  Mexico City | 2 |  Venezuela
Argentina
EuroBasket 2015 | 5–20 September 2015 | Various | 2 |  Spain
Lithuania
2015 FIBA Asia Championship | 23 September – 3 October 2015 |  Changsha | 1 |  China
2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments | 4–10 July 2016 |  Belgrade[3] | 1 |  Serbia
Pasay[3] | 1 |  France
Turin[3] | 1 |  Croatia
Total |  | 12 |

### Women's qualification

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Main article: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Means of qualification[2] | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified

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2014 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup | 27 September – 5 October 2014 |  Turkey | 1 |  United States
EuroBasket Women 2015 | 11–28 June 2015 | Various | 1 |  Serbia
Host nation[1] | 9 August 2015 |  Tokyo | 1 |  Brazil
2015 FIBA Americas Championship | 9–16 August 2015 |  Edmonton | 1 |  Canada
2015 FIBA Oceania Championship | 15–17 August 2015 | Various | 1 |  Australia
2015 FIBA Asia Championship | 29 August – 5 September 2015 |  Wuhan | 1 |  Japan
AfroBasket Women 2015 | 24 September – 3 October 2015 |  Yaoundé | 1 |  Senegal
2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 13–19 June 2016 |  Nantes[3] | 5 |  Belarus
China
France
Spain
Turkey
Total |  | 12 |

## Men's competition

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Main article: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.

### Group stage

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The teams were divided into two groups of six countries, playing every team in their group once. Two points were awarded for a victory, one for a loss. The top four teams per group qualified for the quarter-finals.

#### Group A

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1  |  United States | 5  | 5  | 0  | 524  | 407  | +117  | 10  | Quarterfinals
2  |  Australia | 5  | 4  | 1  | 444  | 368  | +76  | 9
3  |  France | 5  | 3  | 2  | 423  | 378  | +45  | 8
4  |  Serbia | 5  | 2  | 3  | 426  | 387  | +39  | 7
5  |  Venezuela | 5  | 1  | 4  | 315  | 444  | −129  | 6  |
6  |  China | 5  | 0  | 5  | 318  | 466  | −148  | 5

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

#### Group B

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1  |  Croatia | 5  | 3  | 2  | 400  | 407  | −7  | 8[a] | Quarterfinals
2  |  Spain | 5  | 3  | 2  | 432  | 357  | +75  | 8[a]
3  |  Lithuania | 5  | 3  | 2  | 392  | 428  | −36  | 8[a]
4  |  Argentina | 5  | 3  | 2  | 441  | 428  | +13  | 8[a]
5  |  Brazil (H) | 5  | 2  | 3  | 411  | 407  | +4  | 7  |
6  |  Nigeria | 5  | 1  | 4  | 392  | 441  | −49  | 6

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
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1. ^ a b c d In games among the four teams at 3–2, Croatia and Spain were 2–1 while Argentina and Lithuania were 1–2. Croatia beat Spain 72–70, and Lithuania beat Argentina 81–73.

### Knockout stage

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The knockout stage was a single-elimination tournament consisting of three rounds. Semi-final losers played for the bronze medal.

| Quarterfinals| | Semifinals| | Gold medal

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|  Australia| 90

| 19 August

|  Lithuania| 64 |

|  Australia| 61

| 17 August

| |  Serbia| 87 |

|  Croatia| 83

| | 21 August

|  Serbia| 86 |

|  Serbia| 66

| 17 August

| |  United States| 96

|  Spain| 92

| 19 August|

|  France| 67 |

|  Spain| 76

| 17 August

| |  United States| 82 | | Bronze medal

|  United States| 105

| | 21 August

|  Argentina| 78 |

|  Australia| 88

|  Spain| 89

## Women's competition

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Main article: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.

### Group stage

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The teams were divided into two groups of six countries, playing every team in their group once. Two points were awarded for a victory, one for a loss. The top four teams per group qualified for the quarter-finals.

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1  |  Australia | 5  | 5  | 0  | 400  | 345  | +55  | 10  | Quarter-finals
2  |  France | 5  | 3  | 2  | 344  | 343  | +1  | 8[a]
3  |  Turkey | 5  | 3  | 2  | 324  | 325  | −1  | 8[a]
4  |  Japan | 5  | 3  | 2  | 386  | 378  | +8  | 8[a]
5  |  Belarus | 5  | 1  | 4  | 347  | 361  | −14  | 6  |
6  |  Brazil (H) | 5  | 0  | 5  | 335  | 384  | −49  | 5

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
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1. ^ a b c Head-to-head record: France 3 pts, +8 PD; Turkey 3 pts, −2 PD; Japan 3 pts, −6 PD

#### Group B

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1  |  United States | 5  | 5  | 0  | 520  | 316  | +204  | 10  | Quarter-finals
2  |  Spain | 5  | 4  | 1  | 387  | 333  | +54  | 9
3  |  Canada | 5  | 3  | 2  | 340  | 347  | −7  | 8
4  |  Serbia | 5  | 2  | 3  | 385  | 406  | −21  | 7
5  |  China | 5  | 1  | 4  | 371  | 428  | −57  | 6  |
6  |  Senegal | 5  | 0  | 5  | 309  | 482  | −173  | 5

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

### Knockout stage

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The knockout stage was a single-elimination tournament consisting of three rounds. Semi-final losers played for the bronze medal.

| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Gold medal

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|  France| 68

| 18 August

|  Canada| 63 |

|  France| 67

| 16 August

| |  United States| 86 |

|  United States| 110

| | 20 August

|  Japan| 64 |

|  United States| 101

| 16 August

| |  Spain| 72

|  Spain| 64

| 18 August|

|  Turkey| 62 |

|  Spain| 68

| 16 August

| |  Serbia| 54 | | Bronze medal

|  Australia| 71

| | 20 August

|  Serbia| 73 |

|  France| 63

|  Serbia| 70

## Medal summary

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### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  United States| 2| 0| 0| 2
2|  Serbia| 0| 1| 1| 2
Spain| 0| 1| 1| 2
Totals (3 entries)| 2| 2| 2| 6

### Events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men
details |  United States (USA)
Jimmy Butler
Kevin Durant
DeAndre Jordan
Kyle Lowry
Harrison Barnes
DeMar DeRozan
Kyrie Irving
Klay Thompson
DeMarcus Cousins
Paul George
Draymond Green
Carmelo Anthony |  Serbia (SRB)
Miloš Teodosić
Marko Simonović
Bogdan Bogdanović
Stefan Marković
Nikola Kalinić
Nemanja Nedović
Stefan Birčević
Miroslav Raduljica
Nikola Jokić
Vladimir Štimac
Stefan Jović
Milan Mačvan |  Spain (ESP)
Pau Gasol
Rudy Fernández
Sergio Rodríguez
Juan Carlos Navarro
José Calderón
Felipe Reyes
Víctor Claver
Willy Hernangómez
Álex Abrines
Sergio Llull
Nikola Mirotić
Ricky Rubio
Women
details |  United States (USA)
Lindsay Whalen
Seimone Augustus
Sue Bird
Maya Moore
Angel McCoughtry
Breanna Stewart
Tamika Catchings
Elena Delle Donne
Diana Taurasi
Sylvia Fowles
Tina Charles
Brittney Griner |  Spain (ESP)
Leticia Romero
Laura Nicholls
Silvia Domínguez
Alba Torrens
Laia Palau
Marta Xargay
Leonor Rodríguez
Lucila Pascua
Anna Cruz
Laura Quevedo
Laura Gil
Astou Ndour |  Serbia (SRB)
Tamara Radočaj
Sonja Petrović
Saša Čađo
Sara Krnjić
Nevena Jovanović
Jelena Milovanović
Dajana Butulija
Dragana Stanković
Aleksandra Crvendakić
Milica Dabović
Ana Dabović
Danielle Page

## Referees

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The following referees were selected for the tournament.[4]

* Ahmed Al-Bulushi
* Steven Anderson
* Scott Paul Beker
* Ilija Belošević
* Chahinaz Boussetta
* Christos Christodoulou
* Natalia Cuello Cuello
* Duan Zhu
* Juan González
* Lauren Holtkamp
* Hwang In-tae
* Damir Javor
* Carlos Julio
* Karen Lasuik
* Olegs Latisevs
* Leandro Lezcano
* Guilherme Locatelli
* Robert Lottermoser
* Cristiano Maranho
* Vaughan Mayberry
* Anne Panther
* Ferdinand Pascual
* Piotr Pastusiak
* Sreten Radović
* José Reyes
* Borys Ryzhyk
* Stephen Seibel
* Roberto Vázquez
* Eddie Viator
* Nadege Anaize Zouzou

## See also

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* Wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Brazil's national teams granted automatic places at 2016 Olympic Basketball Tournament". FIBA. 9 August 2015. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
2. ^ a b "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad" (PDF). FIBA. February 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
3. ^ a b c d "Italy, Philippines and Serbia to host Olympic Qualifying Tournaments; France to stage Women's Tournament". FIBA. 19 January 2016. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
4. ^ Referees

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

* International Basketball Federation official website
* Rio Olympics Basketball Schedule
* "Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio2016.com)". Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
* Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
* Results Book – Basketball

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Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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* Argentina
* Australia
* Brazil
* China
* Croatia
* France
* Lithuania
* Nigeria
* Serbia
* Spain
* United States
* Venezuela

Qualification|

* 2014 Basketball World Cup
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Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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* United States

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