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Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
19th Olympic Basketball Tournament | |||||||||
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Rio de Janeiro 2016 | |||||||||
Tournament details | |||||||||
Olympics | 2016 Summer Olympics | ||||||||
Host nation | Brazil | ||||||||
City | Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||
Duration | 6–21 August | ||||||||
Men’s tournament | |||||||||
Teams | 12 | ||||||||
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Women’s tournament | |||||||||
Teams | 12 | ||||||||
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Official website | |||||||||
www.rio2016.com/en/basketball | |||||||||
Tournaments | |||||||||
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Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was held from 6 to 21 August 2016. The preliminary and knockout matches for men were played inside the Carioca Arena 1 in Olympic Park which seats up to 16,000 spectators, and the matches for women were played inYouth Arena. This marked the first edition that the men’s and women’s Olympic tournaments were played in multiple separate venues. Hosts Brazil, both in men’s and women’s, failed to make it to the quarterfinals after achieving poor athletic performances as they were both eliminated from the group stage.
Competition schedule[edit]
G | Group stage | ⅛ | Round of 16 | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
Date
Event
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Sat 6 | Sun 7 | Mon 8 | Tue 9 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 | Mon 15 | Tue 16 | Wed 17 | Thu 18 | Fri 19 | Sat 20 | Sun 21 | ||
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Men | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F | ||||
Women | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F |
Venues[edit]
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro | ||
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Carioca Arena 1 | 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[edit]
The National Olympic Committees might enter up to one 12-player men’s team and up to one 12-player women’s team.
Hosts[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Means of qualification[2] | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
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2014 FIBA World Championship | 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[edit]
The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.
Group stage[edit]
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[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 524 | 407 | +117 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
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 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Group B[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Croatia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 400 | 407 | −7 | 8[a] | Quarter-finals |
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 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Host.
Notes:
- ^ Jump up to: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[edit]
The knockout stage was a single-elimination tournament consisting of three rounds. Semi-final losers played for the bronze medal.
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | ||||||||
17 August | ||||||||||
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[edit]
The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.
Group stage[edit]
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[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Host.
Notes:
- ^ Jump up to:a b c Head-to-head record: France 3 pts, +8 PD; Turkey 3 pts, −2 PD; Japan 3 pts, −6 PD
Group B[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Knockout stage[edit]
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 | ||||||||
16 August | ||||||||||
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[edit]
Medal table[edit]
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 | |
Total | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Events[edit]
Referees[edit]
The following referees were selected for the tournament.[4]
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