Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament explained

Gender:women
Type:Olympics
Year:2016
Size:150
Dates:6–20 August 2016
Teams:12
Games:38
Federations:6
Venues:Carioca Arena 1
Youth Arena
Champions:USA
Title Number:8
Ppg P: Cambage (23.5)
Ppg T: (102.1)
Rpg P: Dos Santos (12.4)
Rpg T: (45.5)
Apg P: Yoshida (8.7)
Apg T: (27.9)
Prevseason:London 2012
Nextseason:Tokyo 2020

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

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

width=30%Means of qualification !width=27%Date !width=20%Venue !width=5%Berths !width=18%Qualified
27 September – 5 October 2014 1
11–28 June 2015 Various 1
Host nation 9 August 2015 1
9–16 August 2015 1
15–17 August 2015 Various 1
29 August – 5 September 2015 1
24 September – 3 October 2015 1
13–19 June 2016 Nantes[6] 5
Total 12

Squads

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women'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.[7]

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:

width=16.7%Pot 1 !width=16.7%Pot 2 !width=16.7%Pot 3 !width=16.7%Pot 4 !width=16.7%Pot 5 !width=16.7%Pot 6




OQT 1		OQT 2
OQT 3		OQT 4
OQT 5
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

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Statistical leaders

Individual statistical leaders

Points
Name PPG[10]
23.5
22.0
17.0
16.8
16.4
Rebounds
Name RPG
12.4
10.3
9.0
8.3
8.2
Assists
Name APG
8.7
7.7
align=center rowspan=25.0
4.6
Blocks
Name BPG
2.1
1.6
1.5
align=center rowspan=21.4
Steals
Name SPG
2.9
align=center rowspan=22.5
2.3
align=center rowspan=22.2

Individual game highs

Statistic Name Total
Points37
Rebounds16
Assists11
Blocks

4
Steals8
Three pointers
6
Field Goal %81.8%
3 point %17 players tied 100%
Free throw %32 players tied 100%

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 width=150pxTeam !width=20pxPld !width=20pxW !width=20pxL !width=30pxPF !width=30pxPA !width=30pxPD !Standing New rank
Gold medal game participants
8 8 0 817 519 +298 1
8 6 2 591 550 +41 2 (1)
Bronze medal game participants
8 4 4 582 608 –26 9 (5)
4 8 4 4 542 562 –20 3 (1)
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 6 5 1 471 418 +53 4 (2)
6 6 3 3 386 389 –3 A–3rd 7 (3)
7 6 3 3 403 415 –12 B–3rd 6 (3)
8 6 3 3 450 488 –38 C–4th 13 (3)
Preliminary round 5th placers
9 5 1 4 347 361 –14 12 (2)
10 5 1 4 371 428 –57 10 (2)
Preliminary round 6th placers
11 5 0 5 335 384 –49 8 (1)
12 5 0 5 309 482 −173 17 (7)

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Draw results in for Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball Tournaments. https://web.archive.org/web/20180219031346/http://www.fiba.basketball/olympics/2016/news/draw-results-in-for-rio-2016-olympic-basketball-tournaments. live. February 19, 2018. 12 March 2016. FIBA. 11 March 2016.
  2. Web site: USA dispatch Spain to claim sixth consecutive gold medal. https://web.archive.org/web/20180425120105/http://www.fiba.basketball/en/olympicswomen/2016/news/usa-dispatch-spain-to-claim-sixth-consecutive-gold-medal. live. April 25, 2018. 20 August 2016. fiba.com.
  3. Web site: USA women's basketball dominate Spain to win sixth straight Olympic gold. 20 August 2016. Guardian. 22 August 2016.
  4. Web site: U.S. Breezes to 6th Straight Gold Medal in Women's Basketball. 20 August 2016. New York Times. 22 August 2016.
  5. Web site: Serbia cap off first Olympic appearance with bronze medal. https://web.archive.org/web/20180425151656/http://www.fiba.basketball/olympicswomen/2016/news/serbia-cap-off-first-olympic-appearance-with-bronze-medal. live. April 25, 2018. 20 August 2016. fiba.com.
  6. News: Italy, Philippines and Serbia to host Olympic Qualifying Tournaments; France to stage Women's Tournament. https://web.archive.org/web/20171117140133/http://www.fiba.basketball/news/italy-philippines-and-serbia-to-host-olympic-qualifying-tournaments-france-to-stage-womens-tournament. live. November 17, 2017. 19 January 2016. FIBA. 19 January 2016.
  7. https://www.fiba.basketball/olympicswomen/2016/referees Referees
  8. Web site: Draw results in for Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball Tournaments. https://web.archive.org/web/20180219031346/http://www.fiba.basketball/olympics/2016/news/draw-results-in-for-rio-2016-olympic-basketball-tournaments. live. February 19, 2018. FIBA.com. 10 July 2016. 2016-03-11.
  9. Web site: Full schedule revealed for Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball Tournament. https://web.archive.org/web/20180927165326/http://www.fiba.basketball/olympics/2016/news/full-schedule-revealed-for-rio-2016-olympic-basketball-tournament. live. September 27, 2018. 20 May 2016. fiba.com.
  10. https://www.fiba.basketball/olympicswomen/2016/playerstats Statistics

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