International basketball tournament
Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics was the nineteenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal consequence. It took seat at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and was held from 6 August to 21 August 2016. The preliminary and smasher 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 state 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 categories took all of the medals : The United States ( who took both gold medals ), Serbia, and Spain.

competition schedule [edit ]

G
Group stage

¼
Quarter-finals

½
Semi-finals

B
Bronze medal match

F
Final

date consequence
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 [edit ]

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 alternatively. Carioca Arena 1 hosted the entire men ‘s tournament and the women ‘s knockout stage, while Youth Arena hosted the women ‘s preliminary round .

reservation [edit ]

The National Olympic Committees might enter up to one 12-player men ‘s team and astir to one 12-player women ‘s team .

Hosts [edit ]

equitable as in 2012, the Olympic hosts were not guaranteed an Olympic position. 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 pistol places at its meet in Tokyo. [ 1 ]

valet ‘s reservation [edit ]

Women ‘s qualification [edit ]

valet ‘s rival [edit ]

The rival consisted of two stages ; a group stage followed by a smasher phase .

Group stage [edit ]

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 circus tent four teams per group qualified for the quarter-finals .

Group A [edit ]

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

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. source : FIBA Rules for categorization : 1 ) points ; 2 ) tete-a-tete points ; 3 ) tete-a-tete points difference ; 4 ) neck and neck number of points scored .

Group B [edit ]

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

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 ) Host
Notes: source : FIBA Rules for classification : 1 ) points ; 2 ) neck and neck points ; 3 ) tete-a-tete points difference ; 4 ) neck and neck numeral of points scored.HostNotes :

  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 .

Knockout stage [edit ]

The hard phase was a single-elimination tournament consist of three rounds. Semi-final losers played for the tan decoration .

Women ‘s contest [edit ]

The contest consisted of two stages ; a group stage followed by a knockout degree.

Group stage [edit ]

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 passing. The top four teams per group qualified for the quarter-finals .

Group A [edit ]

Pos

Team

Pld

W

L

PF

PA

PD

Pts

Qualification

1

 Australia

5

5

0

400

345

+55

10

Quarter-finals

2

 France

5

3

2

344

343

+1

8[a]

3

 Turkey

5

3

2

324

325

−1

8[a]

4

 Japan

5

3

2

386

378

+8

8[a]

5

 Belarus

5

1

4

347

361

−14

6

6

 Brazil ( H )

5

0

5

335

384

−49

5

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 ) Host
Notes: source : FIBA Rules for classification : 1 ) points ; 2 ) neck and neck points ; 3 ) neck and neck points difference ; 4 ) tete-a-tete number of points scored.HostNotes :

  1. a b c tete-a-tete read : France 3 pts, +8 PD ; Turkey 3 pts, −2 PD ; Japan 3 pts, −6 PD

Group B [edit ]

Pos

Team

Pld

W

L

PF

PA

PD

Pts

Qualification

1

 United States

5

5

0

520

316

+204

10

Quarter-finals

2

 Spain

5

4

1

387

333

+54

9

3

 Canada

5

3

2

340

347

−7

8

4

 Serbia

5

2

3

385

406

−21

7

5

 China

5

1

4

371

428

−57

6

6

 Senegal

5

0

5

309

482

−173

5

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. source : FIBA Rules for classification : 1 ) points ; 2 ) neck and neck points ; 3 ) neck and neck points dispute ; 4 ) neck and neck count of points scored .

Knockout degree [edit ]

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

Medal compendious [edit ]

Medal table [edit ]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 United States20022 Serbia0112 Spain0112Totals (3 nations)2226

Events [edit ]

Referees [edit ]

The following referees were selected for the tournament. [ 4 ]

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

See besides [edit ]

References [edit ]