The 2016 Summer Olympics women's basketball tournament in Rio de Janeiro, began on 6 August and ended on 20 August 2016.

The United States won their eighth total and sixth consecutive gold medal by defeating Spain 101–72 in the final. Serbia captured their first bronze medal after beating France 70–63.

The medals were presented by Patrick Baumann of Switzerland, Sir Philip Craven of Great Britain, Angela Ruggiero of the United States of America, and members of the International Olympic Committee, while the gifts were presented by Horacio Muratore, Lena Wallin Kantzy, José Luis Sáez, and the President and Central Board Members of FIBA.

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 20G G G G G G G G G ¼ ½ B F

Qualification Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified 2014 FIBA World Championship 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

Squads

Each NOC was limited to one team per tournament. Each team had a roster of twelve players, one of which could be a naturalized player.

Referees The following referees were selected for the tournament.Referees

Carlos Júlio Leandro Lezcano Scott Beker Vaughan Mayberry Guilherme Locatelli Cristiano Maranho Karen Lasuik Stephen Seibel Duan Zhu Sreten Radović Natalia Cuello Eddie Viator Robert Lottermoser Anne Panther Christos Christodoulou Nadege Zouzou Hwang In-tae Oļegs Latiševs José Reyes Chahinaz Boussetta Ahmed Al-Bulushi Ferdinand Pascual Piotr Pastusiak Roberto Vázquez Ilija Belošević Damir Javor Juan Carlos García Carlos Peruga Borys Ryzhyk Steven Anderson

Draw The draw was held at the FIBA Headquarters, also known as the "House of Basketball" in Mies, Switzerland on 11 March 2016. As the five winners of the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women (OQT) were yet to be known, they were assigned placeholders as "OQT 1", "OQT 2", "OQT 3", "OQT 4" and "OQT 5". These were the pot assignments:

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6OQT 1OQT 2 OQT 3OQT 4 OQT 5 Group A was assigned with OQT 1, OQT 3 and OQT 5, while Group B had OQT 2 and OQT 4.

Group stage All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Awards 2016 Women's Olympic Basketball Champions United States Eighth title

Statistical leaders Individual statistical leaders

+ Points Name PPGStatistics 23.5 22.0 17.0 16.8 16.4

+ Rebounds Name RPG 12.4 10.3 9.0 8.3 8.2

+ Assists Name APG 8.7 7.7 5.0 4.6

+ Blocks Name BPG 2.1 1.6 1.5 1.4

+ Steals Name SPG 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.2

Individual game highs Statistic Name TotalPoints 37Rebounds 16Assists 11Blocks 4Steals 8Three pointers 6Field Goal % 81.8%3 point % 17 players tied 100%Free throw % 32 players tied 100%

Final ranking Rankings are determined by: 1st–4th Results of gold and bronze medal games. 5th–8th: Win–loss record in the preliminary round group Standings in the preliminary round group (i.e. Group A's #3 is ranked higher than Group B's #4.) 9th–10th and 11th–12th: 5th placers in the preliminary round groups are classified 9th–10th; 6th placers classified *11th–12th Win–loss record in the preliminary round group

Rank Team Pld W L PF PA PD Standing New rankGold medal game participants 8 8 0 817 519 +298 1 () 8 6 2 591 550 +41 2 (1)Bronze medal game participants 8 4 4 582 608 –26 9 (5) 4 8 4 4 542 562 –20 3 (1)Eliminated at the quarterfinals 5 6 5 1 471 418 +53 4 (2) 6 6 3 3 386 389 –3 A–3rd 7 (3) 7 6 3 3 403 415 –12 B–3rd 6 (3) 8 6 3 3 450 488 –38 C–4th 13 (3)Preliminary round 5th placers 9 5 1 4 347 361 –14 12 (2) 10 5 1 4 371 428 –57 10 (2)Preliminary round 6th placers 11 5 0 5 335 384 –49 8 (1) 12 5 0 5 309 482 −173 17 (7)

References

External links Official website