Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
CityRio de Janeiro
Dates6–21 August
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)Carioca Arena 1
Final positions
Champions United States (15th title)
Runners-up Serbia
Third place Spain
Fourth place Australia
Tournament statistics
Games played38
Top scorerCroatia Bojan Bogdanović
(25.3 points per game)
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The men's basketball tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, began on 6 August and ended on 21 August.[1] The gold medal game in this discipline was the final competitive event before the Closing Ceremony.[2]

The United States won their fifteenth gold medal, after defeating Serbia, 96–66, in the gold medal match,[3][4][5][6] which was the largest margin of victory in a gold medal game since the 1992 Summer Olympics. Spain won the bronze medal, after an 89–88 win over Australia.[7]

The medals were presented by Patrick Baumann of Switzerland, Dr. René Fasel of Switzerland, Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, and members of the International Olympic Committee, while the gifts were presented by Horacio Muratore, the President of FIBA, Hamine Niang, the first vice-president of FIBA, and Jerry Colangelo, the chairman of USA Basketball.

Competition schedule

G Group stage ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Final
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
G G G G G G G G G G ¼ ½ B F

Qualification

Means of qualification[8] Date Venue Berths Qualified
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup 31 August – 14 September 2014  Spain 1  United States
Host nation[9] 9 August 2015 N/A 1  Brazil
2015 FIBA Oceania Championship 15–18 August 2015 Various 1  Australia
AfroBasket 2015 19–30 August 2015 Tunisia Radès 1  Nigeria
2015 FIBA Americas Championship 31 August – 12 September 2015 Mexico Mexico City 2  Venezuela
 Argentina
EuroBasket 2015 5–20 September 2015 Various 2  Spain
 Lithuania
2015 FIBA Asia Championship 23 September – 3 October 2015 China Changsha 1  China
2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Belgrade 4–10 July 2016 Serbia Belgrade[10] 1  Serbia
2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Manila Philippines Pasay[10] 1  France
2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Turin Italy Turin[10] 1  Croatia
Total 12

Squads

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

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.[11]

  • Angola Carlos Júlio
  • Argentina Leandro Lezcano
  • Australia Scott Beker
  • Australia Vaughan Mayberry
  • Brazil Guilherme Locatelli
  • Brazil Cristiano Maranho
  • Canada Karen Lasuik
  • Canada Stephen Seibel
  • China Duan Zhu
  • Croatia Sreten Radović
  • Dominican Republic Natalia Cuello
  • France Eddie Viator
  • Germany Robert Lottermoser
  • Germany Anne Panther
  • Greece Christos Christodoulou
  • Ivory Coast Nadege Zouzou
  • South Korea Hwang In-tae
  • Latvia Oļegs Latiševs
  • Mexico José Reyes
  • Morocco Chahinaz Boussetta
  • Oman Ahmed Al-Bulushi
  • Philippines Ferdinand Pascual
  • Poland Piotr Pastusiak
  • Puerto Rico Roberto Vázquez
  • Serbia Ilija Belošević
  • Slovenia Damir Javor
  • Spain Juan Carlos García
  • Spain Carlos Peruga
  • Ukraine Borys Ryzhyk
  • United States 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 three winners of the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men (OQT) were yet to be known, they were assigned placeholders as "OQT 1", "OQT 2" and "OQT 3". These were the pot assignments:

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

 United States
 Spain

 Venezuela
 Argentina

 Nigeria
 China

 Australia
 Brazil

 Lithuania
OQT 1

OQT 2
OQT 3

Group A was assigned with OQT 1 and OQT 2, while Group B had OQT 3.[12]

After the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament on 10 July 2016, another draw was held at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines, to determine which among the teams would be assigned to which group. This was a straight draw: there were two pots containing three balls each. One pot had the names of the teams that won the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (OQT), while the other pot had the name of the placeholders.[13]

Team Placeholder Group
 France OQT 1 Group A
 Serbia OQT 2 Group A
 Croatia OQT 3 Group B

Group stage

All times are local (UTC−3).[14]

Group A

Pos Team 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.
6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)
14:15
Australia  87–66  France
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 16–19, 25–15, 26–18
Pts: Mills 21
Rebs: Baynes 8
Asts: Dellavedova 10		 Pts: Parker 18
Rebs: Gobert 6
Asts: Diaw, Heurtel 3
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,719
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Steven Anderson (USA), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI)
6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)
19:00
China  62–119 United States
Scoring by quarter: 10–30, 20–29, 17–32, 15–28
Pts: Yi 25
Rebs: Yi, Zhao 6
Asts: Zhao 5		 Pts: Durant 25
Rebs: Anthony, Jordan 7
Asts: Durant 6
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 10,622
Referees: Stephen Seibel (CAN), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Sreten Radović (CRO)
6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)
22:30
Venezuela  62–86  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 9–26, 18–24, 21–18
Pts: Echenique 12
Rebs: Colmenares 6
Asts: Vargas 5		 Pts: Bogdanović 19
Rebs: Štimac 9
Asts: Nedović 4
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,063
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Duan Zhu (CHN), Roberto Vázquez (PUR)
8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
14:15
Serbia  80–95  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 20–14, 20–22, 17–33
Pts: Raduljica 25
Rebs: Bogdanović 8
Asts: Marković 4		 Pts: Mills 26
Rebs: Bogut 12
Asts: Dellavedova 13
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,409
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Guilherme Locatelli (BRA)
8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
19:00
United States 113–69  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 30–8, 27–25, 38–18
Pts: George 20
Rebs: Jordan 9
Asts: Lowry 9		 Pts: Cox 19
Rebs: Echenique 7
Asts: Vargas 5
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 10,572
Referees: Eddie Viator (FRA), Damir Javor (SLO), Scott Beker (AUS)
8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
22:30
France  88–60  China
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 23–9, 22–22, 24–15
Pts: de Colo 19
Rebs: Batum 10
Asts: Parker 8		 Pts: Yi 19
Rebs: Yi 6
Asts: Ding, Guo 4
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,360
Referees: Juan Carlos García (ESP), Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Piotr Pastusiak (POL)
10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
14:15
Serbia  75–76  France
Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 19–14, 24–17, 15–19
Pts: Raduljica 16
Rebs: Jokić 7
Asts: Teodosić 9		 Pts: de Colo 22
Rebs: Diaw 9
Asts: Diaw 9
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,901
Referees: Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Stephen Seibel (CAN), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)
10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
19:00
Australia  88–98 United States
Scoring by quarter: 29–29, 25–20, 13–21, 21–28
Pts: Mills 30
Rebs: Dellavedova 6
Asts: Dellavedova 11		 Pts: Anthony 31
Rebs: Anthony, Cousins 8
Asts: Irving 5
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 10,957
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Juan Carlos García (ESP), Robert Lottermoser (GER)
10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
22:30
Venezuela  72–68  China
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 13–22, 13–15, 21–18
Pts: Colmenares 16
Rebs: Colmenares 5
Asts: Vargas 5		 Pts: Guo 17
Rebs: Yi 10
Asts: Guo, Zhou 3
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,223
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Sreten Radović (CRO), Guilherme Locatelli (BRA)
12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)
14:15
China  68–93  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 20–27, 16–21, 18–28
Pts: Yi 20
Rebs: Yi 9
Asts: Guo 5		 Pts: Bairstow 17
Rebs: Bairstow 9
Asts: Dellavedova 8
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,704
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Sreten Radović (CRO), Carlos Peruga (ESP)
12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)
19:00
United States 94–91  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 23–26, 22–21, 22–29
Pts: Irving 15
Rebs: George 9
Asts: Irving, Cousins 5		 Pts: Jokić 25
Rebs: Jokić 6
Asts: Teodosić 6
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 11,413
Referees: Stephen Seibel (CAN), Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Piotr Pastusiak (POL)
12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)
22:30
France  96–56  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 19–12, 24–17, 30–9
Pts: Lauvergne 17
Rebs: Kahudi 12
Asts: Heurtel 8		 Pts: Echenique 12
Rebs: Vargas 7
Asts: Cox 4
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,312
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI)
14 August 2016 (2016-08-14)
14:15
United States 100–97  France
Scoring by quarter: 30–24, 25–22, 26–23, 19–28
Pts: Thompson 30
Rebs: Durant 6
Asts: Irving 12		 Pts: de Colo, Heurtel 18
Rebs: Heurtel 8
Asts: Heurtel 9
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 11,302
Referees: Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), José Reyes (MEX), Damir Javor (SLO)
14 August 2016 (2016-08-14)
19:00
Australia  81–56  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 16–6, 16–19, 21–18, 28–13
Pts: Goulding 22
Rebs: Broekhoff 8
Asts: Martin 4		 Pts: Perez 12
Rebs: Vargas, Ruiz 4
Asts: Vargas 7
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 9,459
Referees: Stephen Seibel (CAN), Sreten Radović (CRO), Carlos Peruga (ESP)
14 August 2016 (2016-08-14)
22:30
Serbia  94–60  China
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 19–10, 35–15, 16–17
Pts: Bogdanović 19
Rebs: Jokić 7
Asts: Marković, Teodosić 5		 Pts: Yi 20
Rebs: Wang 8
Asts: Ailun 8
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,367
Referees: Juan García (ESP), Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Anne Panther (GER)

Group B

Pos Team 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. ^ 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.
7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)
14:15
Brazil  76–82  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 17–27, 12–31, 23–12, 24–12
Pts: Barbosa 21
Rebs: Nenê 8
Asts: Huertas 3		 Pts: Kalnietis 16
Rebs: Jankūnas 7
Asts: Kalnietis 8
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,990
Referees: Eddie Viator (FRA), Steven Anderson (USA), José Reyes (MEX)
7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)
19:00
Croatia  72–70  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 19–17, 15–16, 25–16
Pts: Bogdanović 23
Rebs: three players 7
Asts: Šarić 5		 Pts: Gasol 26
Rebs: Gasol 9
Asts: Rodríguez 7
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,039
Referees: Stephen Seibel (CAN), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Robert Lottermoser (GER)
7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)
22:30
Nigeria  66–94  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 16–28, 19–22, 16–22
Pts: Diogu 15
Rebs: Diogu 13
Asts: Gbinije, Umeh 3		 Pts: Campazzo 19
Rebs: Scola 9
Asts: Campazzo, Ginóbili 5
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,425
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Damir Javor (SLO), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR)
9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)
14:15
Spain  65–66  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 18–16, 14–19, 20–13
Pts: Gasol 13
Rebs: Gasol 10
Asts: Rodríguez 5		 Pts: Huertas 11
Rebs: Lima 10
Asts: Huertas 7
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 10,761
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Damir Javor (SLO)
9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)
19:00
Lithuania  89–80  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 23–25, 29–13, 24–26
Pts: Mačiulis 21
Rebs: Sabonis 7
Asts: Kalnietis 12		 Pts: Diogu 19
Rebs: Diogu 7
Asts: Ere 4
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,785
Referees: Stephen Seibel (CAN), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Anne Panther (GER)
9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)
22:30
Argentina  90–82  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 24–18, 27–14, 17–28
Pts: Scola 23
Rebs: Scola 9
Asts: Campazzo 8		 Pts: Šarić 19
Rebs: Šarić 10
Asts: Šarić 7
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,514
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Steven Anderson (USA), José Reyes (MEX)
11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)
14:15
Brazil  76–80  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 14–22, 19–18, 26–21
Pts: Barbosa 16
Rebs: Lima 6
Asts: Huertas 9		 Pts: Bogdanović 33
Rebs: Šarić 7
Asts: Ukić 4
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 10,756
Referees: Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)
11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)
19:00
Nigeria  87–96  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 11–25, 30–18, 25–22, 21–31
Pts: Oguchi 24
Rebs: Diogu 7
Asts: Uzoh 7		 Pts: Gasol 16
Rebs: Reyes 9
Asts: Llull 5
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,999
Referees: Steven Anderson (USA), José Reyes (MEX), Duan Zhu (CHN)
11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)
22:30
Lithuania  81–73  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 14–12, 27–22, 24–24
Pts: Kuzminskas 23
Rebs: Valančiūnas 10
Asts: Kalnietis 7		 Pts: Ginóbili 22
Rebs: Nocioni, Scola 7
Asts: Scola 4
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 11,093
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Damir Javor (SLO), Eddie Viator (FRA)
13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
14:15
Argentina  111–107 (2OT)  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 28–19, 16–33, 23–20, 18–13, Overtime: 10–10, 16–12
Pts: Nocioni 37
Rebs: Nocioni 11
Asts: Campazzo 11		 Pts: Nenê 24
Rebs: Nenê 10
Asts: Neto 4
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 11,701
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Stephen Seibel (CAN), José Reyes (MEX)
13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
19:00
Spain  109–59  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 26–11, 22–18, 36–16, 25–14
Pts: Gasol 23
Rebs: Reyes 9
Asts: Llull 6		 Pts: Kuzminskas 17
Rebs: Valančiūnas 10
Asts: Mačiulis 2
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 11,045
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)
13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
22:30
Croatia  76–90  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 11–22, 17–27, 20–20
Pts: Bogdanović 28
Rebs: Simon 6
Asts: Ukić 4		 Pts: Umeh 19
Rebs: Diogu 12
Asts: Ere 6
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,720
Referees: Steven Anderson (USA), Damir Javor (SLO), Scott Beker (AUS)
15 August 2016 (2016-08-15)
14:15
Nigeria  69–86  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 15–27, 21–17, 17–27
Pts: Akognon 16
Rebs: Aminu 7
Asts: four players 2		 Pts: Nenê 19
Rebs: Nenê 7
Asts: Huertas 11
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 11,173
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Robert Lottermoser (GER)
15 August 2016 (2016-08-15)
19:00
Spain  92–73  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 23–20, 23–22, 21–16
Pts: Fernández 23
Rebs: Gasol 13
Asts: Llull, Rodríguez 5		 Pts: Laprovíttola 21
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: Laprovíttola 4
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 10,949
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Stephen Seibel (CAN), Roberto Vázquez (PUR)
15 August 2016 (2016-08-15)
22:30
Lithuania  81–90  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 20–34, 14–28, 26–15
Pts: Kalnietis 26
Rebs: Valančiūnas 6
Asts: Kalnietis 11		 Pts: Bogdanović 22
Rebs: Simon 10
Asts: Simon 6
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,809
Referees: Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Steven Anderson (USA), Piotr Pastusiak (POL)

Knockout stage

Bracket

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

Quarterfinals

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)
11:00
Australia  90–64  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 22–13, 22–13, 20–21
Pts: Mills 24
Rebs: Bogut 7
Asts: Bogut 6		 Pts: Kalnietis, Kavaliauskas 12
Rebs: Valančiūnas 8
Asts: Kalnietis 5
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 9,348
Referees: Steven Anderson (USA), Stephen Seibel (CAN), Piotr Pastusiak (POL)
17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)
14:30
Spain  92–67  France
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 24–14, 26–19, 23–18
Pts: Mirotić 23
Rebs: Gasol 8
Asts: Navarro 5		 Pts: Parker 14
Rebs: Gobert 12
Asts: Diaw 5
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 9,725
Referees: José Reese (MEX), Damir Javor (SLO), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)
17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)
18:45
United States 105–78  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 31–19, 31–21, 18–17
Pts: Durant 27
Rebs: George 8
Asts: Durant 6		 Pts: Scola 15
Rebs: Scola 10
Asts: Campazzo 9
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 11,700
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Robert Lottermoser (GER)
17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)
22:15
Croatia  83–86  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 19–12, 14–34, 31–20
Pts: Bogdanović 28
Rebs: Planinić 9
Asts: Simon 5		 Pts: Bogdanović 18
Rebs: three players 4
Asts: Teodosić 10
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 9,027
Referees: Juan García (ESP), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Roberto Vázquez (PUR)

Semifinals

19 August 2016 (2016-08-19)
15:30
Spain  76–82 United States
Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 22–19, 18–21, 19–16
Pts: Gasol 23
Rebs: Gasol 8
Asts: Rodríguez 5		 Pts: Thompson 22
Rebs: Jordan 16
Asts: Lowry, Thompson 3
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 10,455
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), José Reyes (MEX), Guilherme Locatelli (BRA)
19 August 2016 (2016-08-19)
19:00
Australia  61–87  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 5–16, 9–19, 24–31, 23–21
Pts: Mills, Motum 13
Rebs: Baynes 8
Asts: Broekhoff 4		 Pts: Teodosić 22
Rebs: Jokić 11
Asts: Teodosić 5
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 9,655
Referees: Stephen Seibel (CAN), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)

Bronze medal game

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21)
11:30
Australia  88–89  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 21–17, 26–27, 24–22
Pts: Mills 30
Rebs: Lisch, Motum 6
Asts: Dellavedova 8		 Pts: Gasol 31
Rebs: Gasol 11
Asts: Rodríguez 5
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 9,449
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Steven Anderson (USA), Roberto Vázquez (PUR)

Gold medal game

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21)
15:45
Serbia  66–96 United States
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 14–33, 14–27, 23–17
Pts: Nedović 14
Rebs: Jokić 4
Asts: three players 3		 Pts: Durant 30
Rebs: Cousins 15
Asts: Lowry 5
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 10,658
Referees: José Reyes (MEX), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Juan García (SPA)

Awards

 2016 Olympic Basketball champions 

United States
Fifteenth title

Statistical leaders

Source[15][16]

Individual tournament highs

Individual game highs

Team tournament highs

Team game highs

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 3rd is ranked higher than Group B's 4th.)
  • 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 rank
Gold medal game participants
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 8 8 0 807 627 +180 1 (Steady)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Serbia 8 4 4 665 627 +38 3 (Increase3)
Bronze medal game participants
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Spain 8 5 3 689 594 +95 2 (Steady)
4th  Australia 8 5 3 683 608 +75 10 (Increase1)
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th  Croatia 6 3 3 483 493 −10 B–1st 11 (Increase1)
6th  France 6 3 3 490 470 +20 A–3rd 4 (Increase1)
7th  Lithuania 6 3 3 456 518 −62 B–3rd 5 (Decrease2)
8th  Argentina 6 3 3 519 533 −14 B–4th 6 (Decrease2)
Preliminary round 5th placers
9th  Brazil 5 2 3 411 407 +4 7 (Increase2)
10th  Venezuela 5 1 4 315 444 −129 15 (Increase7)
Preliminary round 6th placers
11th  Nigeria 5 1 4 392 441 –49 16 (Increase9)
12th  China 5 0 5 318 466 −148 14 (Steady)

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