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19th Olympic Basketball Tournament
19th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Rio de Janeiro 2016
Tournament details
Olympics	2016 Summer Olympics
Host nation	Brazil
City	Rio de Janeiro
Venue	Carioca Arena 1; Youth Arena
Duration	6–21 August 2016
Men's tournament
Teams	12
Medals
Gold medalists	United States
Silver medalists	Serbia
Bronze medalists	Spain
Women's tournament
Teams	12
Medals
Gold medalists	United States
Silver medalists	Spain
Bronze medalists	Serbia
Official website
	www.rio2016.com/en/basketball
Tournaments
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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.

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

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

Date Event	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 Janeiro
Carioca Arena 1	Carioca Arena 1 Youth Arena	Youth Arena
Capacity: 16,000		Capacity: 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.^[1]

Men's qualification

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

Women's qualification

Means of qualification^[2]	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
2014 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup	27 September – 5 October 2014	Turkey	1	United States
EuroBasket Women 2015	11–28 June 2015	Various	1	Serbia
Host nation^[1]	9 August 2015	Tokyo	1	Brazil
2015 FIBA Americas Championship	9–16 August 2015	Edmonton	1	Canada
2015 FIBA Oceania Championship	15–17 August 2015	Various	1	Australia
2015 FIBA Asia Championship	29 August – 5 September 2015	Wuhan	1	Japan
AfroBasket Women 2015	24 September – 3 October 2015	Yaoundé	1	Senegal
2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament	13–19 June 2016	Nantes^[3]	5	Belarus
				China
				France
				Spain
				Turkey
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

Pos	Team v t e	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.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ ^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

The knockout stage was a single-elimination tournament consisting of three rounds. Semi-final losers played for the bronze medal.

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold medal

17 August

Australia	90
		19 August
Lithuania	64
		Australia	61
17 August
		Serbia	87
Croatia	83
				21 August
Serbia	86
				Serbia	66
17 August
				United States	96
Spain	92
		19 August
France	67
		Spain	76
17 August
		United States	82	Bronze medal
United States	105
				21 August
Argentina	78
				Australia	88

				Spain	89

Women's competition