Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
International basketball competition
The 2016 Summer Olympics women's basketball tournament in Rio de Janeiro , began on 6 August and ended on 20 August 2016.[ 1]
The United States won their eighth total and sixth consecutive gold medal by defeating Spain 101–72 in the final.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Serbia captured their first bronze medal after beating France 70–63.[ 5]
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
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
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
¼
½
B
F
Qualification
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.[ 7]
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:
Group A was assigned with OQT 1, OQT 3 and OQT 5, while Group B had OQT 2 and OQT 4.[ 8]
Group stage
All times are local (UTC−3 ). [ 9]
Group A
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:
^ a b c Head-to-head record: France 3 pts, +8 PD; Turkey 3 pts, −2 PD; Japan 3 pts, −6 PD
6 August 2016 (2016-08-06 ) 12:00
6 August 2016 (2016-08-06 ) 17:30
6 August 2016 (2016-08-06 ) 19:45
7 August 2016 (2016-08-07 ) 17:30
7 August 2016 (2016-08-07 ) 19:45
8 August 2016 (2016-08-08 ) 17:30
9 August 2016 (2016-08-09 ) 12:15
9 August 2016 (2016-08-09 ) 15:30
9 August 2016 (2016-08-09 ) 17:45
11 August 2016 (2016-08-11 ) 12:15
11 August 2016 (2016-08-11 ) 15:30
11 August 2016 (2016-08-11 ) 17:45
13 August 2016 (2016-08-13 ) 12:15
13 August 2016 (2016-08-13 ) 15:30
13 August 2016 (2016-08-13 ) 17:45
Group B
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
7 August 2016 (2016-08-07 ) 12:00
7 August 2016 (2016-08-07 ) 14:15
8 August 2016 (2016-08-08 ) 12:00
Youth Arena ,
Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,073
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Sreten Radović (CRO), Ahmed Al-Bulushi (OMA)
8 August 2016 (2016-08-08 ) 14:15
8 August 2016 (2016-08-08 ) 19:45
10 August 2016 (2016-08-10 ) 12:15
10 August 2016 (2016-08-10 ) 15:30
10 August 2016 (2016-08-10 ) 17:45
12 August 2016 (2016-08-12 ) 12:15
Youth Arena ,
Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,219
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Natalia Cuello (DOM), Nadege Zouzou (CIV)
12 August 2016 (2016-08-12 ) 15:30
12 August 2016 (2016-08-12 ) 17:45
14 August 2016 (2016-08-14 ) 12:15
14 August 2016 (2016-08-14 ) 15:30
14 August 2016 (2016-08-14 ) 17:45
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarterfinals
16 August 2016 (2016-08-16 ) 11:00
16 August 2016 (2016-08-16 ) 14:30
16 August 2016 (2016-08-16 ) 18:45
16 August 2016 (2016-08-16 ) 22:15
Semifinals
18 August 2016 (2016-08-18 ) 15:00
18 August 2016 (2016-08-18 ) 19:00
Bronze medal game
20 August 2016 (2016-08-20 ) 11:30
Gold medal game
20 August 2016 (2016-08-20 ) 15:30
Statistical leaders
Individual statistical leaders
Individual 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 #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 rank
Gold medal game participants
United States
8
8
0
817
519
+298
1 ( )
Spain
8
6
2
591
550
+41
2 ( 1)
Bronze medal game participants
Serbia
8
4
4
582
608
–26
9 ( 5)
4
France
8
4
4
542
562
–20
3 ( 1)
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5
Australia
6
5
1
471
418
+53
4 ( 2)
6
Turkey
6
3
3
386
389
–3
A–3rd
7 ( 3)
7
Canada
6
3
3
403
415
–12
B–3rd
6 ( 3)
8
Japan
6
3
3
450
488
–38
C–4th
13 ( 3)
Preliminary round 5th placers
9
Belarus
5
1
4
347
361
–14
12 ( 2)
10
China
5
1
4
371
428
–57
10 ( 2)
Preliminary round 6th placers
11
Brazil
5
0
5
335
384
–49
8 ( 1)
12
Senegal
5
0
5
309
482
−173
17 ( 7)
References
External links
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