Basketball_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_tournament

Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's basketball tournament at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics

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.

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Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Tournament details

Host country	Brazil
City	Rio de Janeiro
Dates	6–21 August
Teams	12 (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 played	38
Top scorer	Bojan Bogdanović (25.3 points per game)
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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

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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

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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	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 Tournament – Belgrade	4–10 July 2016	Belgrade^[10]	1	Serbia
2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Manila		Pasay^[10]	1	France
2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Turin		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]

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 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:

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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]

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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

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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.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	5	3	2	400	407	−7	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	5	3	2	432	357	+75	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Lithuania	5	3	2	392	428	−36	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Argentina	5	3	2	441	428	+13	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Brazil (H)	5	2	3	411	407	+4	7
6	Nigeria	5	1	4	392	441	−49	6

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

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

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

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

Basketball_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_tournament

Competition schedule

Qualification

Squads

Referees

Draw

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Awards

Statistical leaders

Individual tournament highs

Individual game highs

Team tournament highs

Team game highs

Final ranking

References

External links

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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