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

Competition schedule

G

Group stage

¼

Quarter-finals

½

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Final

Date Event	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
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

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

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

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

Means of qualification[2]	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
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

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

Means of qualification[2]	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
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

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

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 v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
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
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.

	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

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

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 v t e	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[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
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 v t e	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 points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of 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-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

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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

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

• Wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics