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 GGroup stage¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchFFinal
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 JaneiroCarioca Arena 1Youth ArenaCapacity: 16,000Capacity: 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.
Men's qualification
Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup 31 August – 14 September 2014 1 Host nation 9 August 2015 Tokyo 1 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship 15–18 August 2015 Various 1 AfroBasket 2015 19–30 August 2015 Radès 1 2015 FIBA Americas Championship 31 August – 12 September 2015 Mexico City 2 EuroBasket 2015 5–20 September 2015 Various 2 2015 FIBA Asia Championship 23 September – 3 October 2015 Changsha 1 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 4–10 July 2016 Belgrade 1 Pasay 1 Turin 1 Total 12
Women's qualification
Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified 2014 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 27 September – 5 October 2014 1 EuroBasket Women 2015 11–28 June 2015 Various 1 Host nation 9 August 2015 Tokyo 1 2015 FIBA Americas Championship 9–16 August 2015 Edmonton 1 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship 15–17 August 2015 Various 1 2015 FIBA Asia Championship 29 August – 5 September 2015 Wuhan 1 AfroBasket Women 2015 24 September – 3 October 2015 Yaoundé 1 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 13–19 June 2016 Nantes 5 Total 12
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
Group B
Knockout stage The knockout stage was a single-elimination tournament consisting of three rounds. Semi-final losers played for the bronze medal.
Statistical leaders StatisticNameTotalPer game/Pct.Points Pau Gasol15619.5Rebounds Pau Gasol718.9Assists Matthew Dellavedova577Steals Facu Campazzo172.8Blocks Pau Gasol151.93-point field goals Kevin Durant25.581Free throws Bojan Bogdanović44.786
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
Group B
Knockout stage The knockout stage was a single-elimination tournament consisting of three rounds. Semi-final losers played for the bronze medal.
Statistical leaders StatisticNameTotalPer game/Pct.Points Liz Cambage14123.5Rebounds Astou Ndor668.2Assists Asami Yoshida528.7Steals Olivia Époupa232.9Blocks Astou Ndor172.13-point field goals Diana Taurasi33.579Free throws Lara Sanders44.815
Medal summary
Medal table
Events MenJimmy ButlerKevin DurantDeAndre JordanKyle LowryHarrison BarnesDeMar DeRozanKyrie IrvingKlay ThompsonDeMarcus CousinsPaul GeorgeDraymond GreenCarmelo AnthonyMiloš TeodosićMarko SimonovićBogdan BogdanovićStefan MarkovićNikola KalinićNemanja NedovićStefan BirčevićMiroslav RaduljicaNikola JokićVladimir ŠtimacStefan JovićMilan MačvanPau GasolRudy FernándezSergio RodríguezJuan Carlos NavarroJosé CalderónFelipe ReyesVíctor ClaverWilly HernangómezÁlex AbrinesSergio LlullNikola MirotićRicky RubioWomenLindsay WhalenSeimone AugustusSue BirdMaya MooreAngel McCoughtryBreanna StewartTamika CatchingsElena Delle DonneDiana TaurasiSylvia FowlesTina CharlesBrittney GrinerLeticia RomeroLaura NichollsSilvia DomínguezAlba TorrensLaia PalauMarta XargayLeonor RodríguezLucila PascuaAnna CruzLaura QuevedoLaura GilAstou NdourTamara RadočajSonja PetrovićSaša ČađoSara KrnjićNevena JovanovićJelena MilovanovićDajana ButulijaDragana StankovićAleksandra CrvendakićMilica DabovićAna DabovićDanielle Page
Referees The following referees were selected for the tournament.Referees
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
References
External links
International Basketball Federation official website Rio Olympics Basketball Schedule
Results Book – Basketball