| Type: | Olympics |
| City: | Rio de Janeiro |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Size: | 150px |
| Games: | 2016 Summer Olympics |
| Host: | Brazil |
| Dates: | 6–21 August 2016 |
| Venue: | Carioca Arena 1 Youth Arena |
| Men Teams: | 12 |
| Men Gold: | USA |
| Men Silver: | SRB |
| Men Bronze: | ESP |
| Women Teams: | 12 |
| Women Gold: | USA |
| Women Silver: | ESP |
| Women Bronze: | SRB |
| Website: | https://www.rio2016.com/en/basketball |
| Prev: | 2012 |
| Next: | 2020 |
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.
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
| 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 | ||||||
| G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F | |||||||
| Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro | ||
|---|---|---|
| Carioca Arena 1 | Youth Arena | |
| Capacity: 16,000 | Capacity: 5,000 | |
Carioca Arena 1 hosted the entire men's tournament and the women's knockout stage, while Youth Arena hosted the women's preliminary round.
The National Olympic Committees might enter up to one 12-player men's team and up to one 12-player women's team.
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]
See main article: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification.
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August – 14 September 2014 | 1 | ||||
| Host nation | 9 August 2015 | 1 | |||
| 15–18 August 2015 | Various | 1 | |||
| 19–30 August 2015 | 1 | ||||
| 31 August – 12 September 2015 | 2 | ||||
| 5–20 September 2015 | Various | 2 | |||
| 23 September – 3 October 2015 | 1 | ||||
| 4–10 July 2016 |  Belgrade[2] | 1 | |||
| 1 | |||||
| 1 | |||||
| Total | 12 | ||||
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | 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 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 12 | ||||
See main article: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.
The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout 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.
The knockout stage was a single-elimination tournament consisting of three rounds. Semi-final losers played for the bronze medal.
See main article: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.
The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout 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.
The knockout stage was a single-elimination tournament consisting of three rounds. Semi-final losers played for the bronze medal.
The following referees were selected for the tournament.[3]