Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament explained

Type:	Olympics
City:	Atlanta
Year:	1996
Games:	1996 Summer Olympics
Host:	United States
Dates:	July 21 - August 4
Women Teams:	12
Women Gold:	United States
Women Silver:	Brazil
Women Bronze:	Australia
Prev:	Barcelona 1992
Next:	Sydney 2000

See main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

The women's tournament of basketball at the 1996 Olympics at Atlanta, United States began on July 21 and ended on August 4, when the United States defeated Brazil 111–87 for the gold medal.

Participants

• • • • • • • • • • • (Host)

Format

• Twelve teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 6 teams each. The top 4 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
• Fifth and sixth-placed teams from each group are ranked 9th–12th in two additional matches.
• In the quarterfinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B4, A2 vs. B3, A3 vs. B2 and A4 vs. B1.
  • The eliminated teams at the quarterfinals are ranked 5th–8th in two additional matches.
• The winning teams from the quarterfinals meet in the semifinals as follows: A3/B2 vs. A1/B4 and A2/B3 vs. A4/B1.
• The winning teams from the semifinals dispute the gold medal. The losing teams dispute the bronze.

Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:

1. Head to head results
2. Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
3. Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Squads

See main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters.

Preliminary round

The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Classification brackets

9th–12th Place

5th–8th Place

Classification round 9th−12th place

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11th-place game

9th-place game

Quarterfinals

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Classification round 5th−8th place

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7th-place game

5th-place game

Semifinals

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Bronze-medal game

Gold-medal game

Final standings

Rank	width=150px	Team !	width=20px	Pld !	width=20px	W !	width=20px	L
		8	8	0
		8	7	1
		8	5	3
4th		8	4	4
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th		8	6	2
6th		8	3	5
7th		8	3	5
8th		8	3	5
Preliminary round 5-6th placers
9th		7	3	4
10th		7	3	4
11th		7	1	6
12th		7	0	7

References

• 1996 Olympic Games: Tournament for Women, FIBA Archive. Accessed June 25, 2011.

External links

• Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's basketball at Sports Reference

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