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 categories took all of the medals: the United States (who took both gold medals), Serbia and Spain.
Carioca Arena 1 hosted the entire men's tournament and the women's knockout stage, while Youth Arena hosted the women's preliminary round.
Qualificationedit
The National Olympic Committees might enter up to one 12-player men's team and up to one 12-player women's team.
Hostsedit
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]
The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.
Group stageedit
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.
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:
^ abcdIn 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 stageedit
The knockout stage was a single-elimination tournament consisting of three rounds. Semi-final losers played for the bronze medal.
The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.
Group stageedit
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.
^ abc"Brazil's national teams granted automatic places at 2016 Olympic Basketball Tournament". FIBA. 9 August 2015. from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
^ ab"Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad" (PDF). FIBA. February 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
^ abcd"Italy, Philippines and Serbia to host Olympic Qualifying Tournaments; France to stage Women's Tournament". FIBA. 19 January 2016. from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
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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 19th Olympic Basketball TournamentRio de Janeiro 2016Tournament detailsOlympics2016 Summer OlympicsHost nationBrazilCityRio de JaneiroVenueCarioca Arena 1Youth ArenaDuration6 21 August 2016Men s tournamentTeams12MedalsGold medalists United StatesSilver medalists SerbiaBronze medalists SpainWomen s tournamentTeams12MedalsGold medalists United StatesSilver medalists SpainBronze medalists SerbiaOfficial websitewww wbr rio2016 wbr com wbr en wbr basketballTournaments 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 the United States who took both gold medals Serbia and Spain Contents 1 Competition schedule 2 Venues 3 Qualification 3 1 Hosts 3 2 Men s qualification 3 3 Women s qualification 4 Men s competition 4 1 Group stage 4 1 1 Group A 4 1 2 Group B 4 2 Knockout stage 5 Women s competition 5 1 Group stage 5 1 1 Group A 5 1 2 Group B 5 2 Knockout stage 6 Medal summary 6 1 Medal table 6 2 Events 7 Referees 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksCompetition schedule editG Group stage Quarter finals Semi finals B Bronze medal match F FinalDateEvent 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 21Men G G G G G G G G G G B FWomen G G G G G G G G G B FVenues editRio de Janeiro Rio de JaneiroCarioca Arena 1 nbsp nbsp Carioca Arena 1 nbsp Youth Arena Youth ArenaCapacity 16 000 Capacity 5 000 nbsp nbsp 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 Ginasio do Maracanazinho 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 editThe 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 Main article Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics Men s qualification Means of qualification 2 Date Venue Berths Qualified2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup 31 August 14 September 2014 nbsp Spain 1 nbsp United StatesHost nation 1 9 August 2015 nbsp Tokyo 1 nbsp Brazil2015 FIBA Oceania Championship 15 18 August 2015 Various 1 nbsp AustraliaAfroBasket 2015 19 30 August 2015 nbsp Rades 1 nbsp Nigeria2015 FIBA Americas Championship 31 August 12 September 2015 nbsp Mexico City 2 nbsp Venezuela nbsp ArgentinaEuroBasket 2015 5 20 September 2015 Various 2 nbsp Spain nbsp Lithuania2015 FIBA Asia Championship 23 September 3 October 2015 nbsp Changsha 1 nbsp China2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 4 10 July 2016 nbsp Belgrade 3 1 nbsp Serbia nbsp Pasay 3 1 nbsp France nbsp Turin 3 1 nbsp CroatiaTotal 12Women s qualification edit Main article Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics Women s qualification Means of qualification 2 Date Venue Berths Qualified2014 FIBA Women s Basketball World Cup 27 September 5 October 2014 nbsp Turkey 1 nbsp United StatesEuroBasket Women 2015 11 28 June 2015 Various 1 nbsp SerbiaHost nation 1 9 August 2015 nbsp Tokyo 1 nbsp Brazil2015 FIBA Americas Championship 9 16 August 2015 nbsp Edmonton 1 nbsp Canada2015 FIBA Oceania Championship 15 17 August 2015 Various 1 nbsp Australia2015 FIBA Asia Championship 29 August 5 September 2015 nbsp Wuhan 1 nbsp JapanAfroBasket Women 2015 24 September 3 October 2015 nbsp Yaounde 1 nbsp Senegal2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 13 19 June 2016 nbsp Nantes 3 5 nbsp Belarus nbsp China nbsp France nbsp Spain nbsp TurkeyTotal 12Men s competition editMain 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 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 Teamvte Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification1 nbsp United States 5 5 0 524 407 117 10 Quarterfinals2 nbsp Australia 5 4 1 444 368 76 93 nbsp France 5 3 2 423 378 45 84 nbsp Serbia 5 2 3 426 387 39 75 nbsp Venezuela 5 1 4 315 444 129 66 nbsp China 5 0 5 318 466 148 5Source FIBARules 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 edit Pos Teamvte Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Croatia 5 3 2 400 407 7 8 a Quarterfinals2 nbsp Spain 5 3 2 432 357 75 8 a 3 nbsp Lithuania 5 3 2 392 428 36 8 a 4 nbsp Argentina 5 3 2 441 428 13 8 a 5 nbsp Brazil H 5 2 3 411 407 4 76 nbsp Nigeria 5 1 4 392 441 49 6Source FIBARules for classification 1 points 2 head to head points 3 head to head points difference 4 head to head number of points scored H HostsNotes 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 QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal 17 August nbsp Australia90 19 August nbsp Lithuania64 nbsp Australia61 17 August nbsp Serbia87 nbsp Croatia83 21 August nbsp Serbia86 nbsp Serbia66 17 August nbsp United States96 nbsp Spain92 19 August nbsp France67 nbsp Spain76 17 August nbsp United States82Bronze medal nbsp United States105 21 August nbsp Argentina78 nbsp Australia88 nbsp Spain89 Women s competition editMain 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 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 Teamvte Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Australia 5 5 0 400 345 55 10 Quarter finals2 nbsp France 5 3 2 344 343 1 8 a 3 nbsp Turkey 5 3 2 324 325 1 8 a 4 nbsp Japan 5 3 2 386 378 8 8 a 5 nbsp Belarus 5 1 4 347 361 14 66 nbsp Brazil H 5 0 5 335 384 49 5Source FIBARules for classification 1 points 2 head to head points 3 head to head points difference 4 head to head number of points scored H HostsNotes 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 Teamvte Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification1 nbsp United States 5 5 0 520 316 204 10 Quarter finals2 nbsp Spain 5 4 1 387 333 54 93 nbsp Canada 5 3 2 340 347 7 84 nbsp Serbia 5 2 3 385 406 21 75 nbsp China 5 1 4 371 428 57 66 nbsp Senegal 5 0 5 309 482 173 5Source FIBARules 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 edit 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 nbsp France68 18 August nbsp Canada63 nbsp France67 16 August nbsp United States86 nbsp United States110 20 August nbsp Japan64 nbsp United States101 16 August nbsp Spain72 nbsp Spain64 18 August nbsp Turkey62 nbsp Spain68 16 August nbsp Serbia54Bronze medal nbsp Australia71 20 August nbsp Serbia73 nbsp France63 nbsp Serbia70 Medal summary editMedal table edit RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 nbsp United States20022 nbsp Serbia0112 nbsp Spain0112Totals 3 entries 2226Events edit Event Gold Silver BronzeMendetails nbsp United States USA Jimmy ButlerKevin DurantDeAndre JordanKyle LowryHarrison BarnesDeMar DeRozanKyrie IrvingKlay ThompsonDeMarcus CousinsPaul GeorgeDraymond GreenCarmelo Anthony nbsp Serbia SRB Milos TeodosicMarko SimonovicBogdan BogdanovicStefan MarkovicNikola KalinicNemanja NedovicStefan BircevicMiroslav RaduljicaNikola JokicVladimir StimacStefan JovicMilan Macvan nbsp Spain ESP Pau GasolRudy FernandezSergio RodriguezJuan Carlos NavarroJose CalderonFelipe ReyesVictor ClaverWilly HernangomezAlex AbrinesSergio LlullNikola MiroticRicky RubioWomendetails nbsp United States USA Lindsay WhalenSeimone AugustusSue BirdMaya MooreAngel McCoughtryBreanna StewartTamika CatchingsElena Delle DonneDiana TaurasiSylvia FowlesTina CharlesBrittney Griner nbsp Spain ESP Leticia RomeroLaura NichollsSilvia DominguezAlba TorrensLaia PalauMarta XargayLeonor RodriguezLucila PascuaAnna CruzLaura QuevedoLaura GilAstou Ndour nbsp Serbia SRB Tamara RadocajSonja PetrovicSasa CađoSara KrnjicNevena JovanovicJelena MilovanovicDajana ButulijaDragana StankovicAleksandra CrvendakicMilica DabovicAna DabovicDanielle PageReferees editThe following referees were selected for the tournament 4 Ahmed Al Bulushi Steven Anderson Scott Paul Beker Ilija Belosevic Chahinaz Boussetta Christos Christodoulou Natalia Cuello Cuello Duan Zhu Juan Gonzalez 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 Radovic Jose Reyes Borys Ryzhyk Stephen Seibel Roberto Vazquez Eddie Viator Nadege Anaize ZouzouSee also editWheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer ParalympicsReferences edit 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 a b Qualification System Games of the XXXI Olympiad PDF FIBA February 2014 Retrieved 29 August 2014 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 RefereesExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics International Basketball Federation official 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