Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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.

19th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Rio de Janeiro 2016
Tournament details
Olympics2016 Summer Olympics
Host nationBrazil
CityRio de Janeiro
Duration6–21 August 2016
Men's tournament
Teams12
Medals
Gold medalists  United States
Silver medalists Serbia
Bronze medalists  Spain
Women's tournament
Teams12
Medals
Gold medalists  United States
Silver medalists Spain
Bronze medalists  Serbia
Official website
www.rio2016.com/en/basketball
Tournaments
 2012  2020 

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 categories took all of the medals: United States (who took both gold medals), Serbia and Spain.

Competition schedule

GGroup stage ¼Quarter-finals ½Semi-finals BBronze medal match FFinal
Date
Event
Sat 6Sun 7Mon 8Tue 9Wed 10Thu 11Fri 12Sat 13Sun 14Mon 15Tue 16Wed 17Thu 18Fri 19Sat 20Sun 21
MenGGGGGGGGGG¼½BF
WomenGGGGGGGGG¼½BF

Venues

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
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

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

Hosts

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

Means of qualification[2]DateVenueBerthsQualified
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup31 August – 14 September 2014 Spain1 United States
Host nation[1]9 August 2015 Tokyo1 Brazil
2015 FIBA Oceania Championship15–18 August 2015Various1 Australia
AfroBasket 201519–30 August 2015 Radès1 Nigeria
2015 FIBA Americas Championship31 August – 12 September 2015 Mexico City2 Venezuela
 Argentina
EuroBasket 20155–20 September 2015Various2 Spain
 Lithuania
2015 FIBA Asia Championship23 September – 3 October 2015 Changsha1 China
2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments4–10 July 2016 Belgrade[3]1 Serbia
Pasay[3]1 France
Turin[3]1 Croatia
Total12

Women's qualification

Means of qualification[2]DateVenueBerthsQualified
2014 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup27 September – 5 October 2014 Turkey1 United States
EuroBasket Women 201511–28 June 2015Various1 Serbia
Host nation[1]9 August 2015 Tokyo1 Brazil
2015 FIBA Americas Championship9–16 August 2015 Edmonton1 Canada
2015 FIBA Oceania Championship15–17 August 2015Various1 Australia
2015 FIBA Asia Championship29 August – 5 September 2015 Wuhan1 Japan
AfroBasket Women 201524 September – 3 October 2015 Yaoundé1 Senegal
2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament13–19 June 2016 Nantes[3]5 Belarus
 China
 France
 Spain
 Turkey
Total12

Men's competition

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

Group stage

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

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
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
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 5 3 2 400 407 7 8[lower-alpha 1] Quarter-finals
2  Spain 5 3 2 432 357 +75 8[lower-alpha 1]
3  Lithuania 5 3 2 392 428 36 8[lower-alpha 1]
4  Argentina 5 3 2 441 428 +13 8[lower-alpha 1]
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 results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. 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

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

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal
 
          
 
17 August
 
 
 Australia90
 
19 August
 
 Lithuania64
 
 Australia61
 
17 August
 
 Serbia87
 
 Croatia83
 
21 August
 
 Serbia86
 
 Serbia66
 
17 August
 
United States96
 
 Spain92
 
19 August
 
 France67
 
 Spain76
 
17 August
 
United States82 Bronze medal
 
United States105
 
21 August
 
 Argentina78
 
 Australia88
 
 
 Spain89
 

Women's competition

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

Group stage

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

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 5 5 0 400 345 +55 10 Quarter-finals
2  France 5 3 2 344 343 +1 8[lower-alpha 1]
3  Turkey 5 3 2 324 325 1 8[lower-alpha 1]
4  Japan 5 3 2 386 378 +8 8[lower-alpha 1]
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 results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: France 3 pts, +8 PD; Turkey 3 pts, −2 PD; Japan 3 pts, −6 PD

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
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 results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Knockout stage

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

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal
 
          
 
16 August
 
 
 France68
 
18 August
 
 Canada63
 
 France67
 
16 August
 
 United States86
 
 United States110
 
20 August
 
 Japan64
 
 United States101
 
16 August
 
 Spain72
 
 Spain64
 
18 August
 
 Turkey62
 
 Spain68
 
16 August
 
 Serbia54 Bronze medal
 
 Australia71
 
20 August
 
 Serbia73
 
 France63
 
 
 Serbia70
 

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States2002
2 Serbia0112
 Spain0112
Totals (3 nations)2226

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
 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
 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

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

See also

References

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