# 2016 United States women's Olympic basketball team

The 2016 United States women's Olympic basketball team competed in the Games of the XXXI Olympiad which were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The U.S. women's Olympic team won their eighth gold medal, and sixth consecutive, at the event. The United States defeated Spain in the gold medal final en route to their eighth victory at the event. It was also coach Geno Auriemma's second gold medal win at the Olympics as head coach; he also coached the 2012 women's Olympic team.

## Results
### Group stage

* 7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 12:00
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| United States | 121–56 | Senegal |
| Scoring by quarter: 35–9, 29–12, 30–17, 27–18 |||
| Pts: three players 15 Rebs: Fowles, Griner 7 Asts: Bird 8 | | Pts: Dieng 10 Rebs: Diarra, Ay. Traoré 5 Asts: Dieng 4 |
* Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,219 Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Ahmed Al-Bulushi (OMA), Nadege Zouzou (CIV)
* 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 12:00
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| Spain | 63–103 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–29, 23–25, 14–20, 12–29 |||
| Pts: Torrens 20 Rebs: Ndour 8 Asts: Domínguez 3 | | Pts: Taurasi 13 Rebs: Charles 6 Asts: Bird, Charles 5 |
* Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,073 Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Sreten Radović (CRO), Ahmed Al-Bulushi (OMA)
* 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 15:30
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| United States | 110–84 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 31–21, 25–13, 28–27, 26–23 |||
| Pts: Taurasi 25 Rebs: Charles 8 Asts: Taurasi 6 | | Pts: three players 15 Rebs: A. Dabović 5 Asts: A. Dabović, M. Dabović 4 |
* Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,490 Referees: Piotr Pastusiak (POL), Scott Beker (AUS), Nadege Zouzou (CIV)
* 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 15:30
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| Canada | 51–81 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 6–18, 14–24, 15–21 |||
| Pts: Ayim 8 Rebs: Raincock-Ekunwe 8 Asts: Langlois, Tatham 3 | | Pts: Moore, Taurasi 12 Rebs: Moore 8 Asts: Bird 9 |
* Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 3,138 Referees: Eddie Viator (FRA), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS), Ahmed Al-Bulushi (OMA)
* 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 12:15
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| China | 62–105 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–32, 17–28, 14–18, 22–27 |||
| Pts: Sun Mengr. 16 Rebs: Chen X. 6 Asts: Chen X. 6 | | Pts: Charles, Griner 18 Rebs: Griner 13 Asts: Moore 8 |
* Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,957 Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Chahinaz Boussetta (MAR)

### Quarterfinal

* 16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 18:45
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| United States | 110–64 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–23, 26–23, 25–13, 29–5 |||
| Pts: Moore, Taurasi 19 Rebs: Griner 7 Asts: Charles 5 | | Pts: Tokashiki 14 Rebs: four players 3 Asts: Yoshida 8 |
* Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,471 Referees: Carlos Peruga (ESP), Duan Zhu (CHN), Carlos Júlio (ANG)

### Semifinal

* 18 August 2016 (2016-08-18) 19:00
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| France | 67–86 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 21–21, 8–25, 23–21 |||
| Pts: Yacoubou 14 Rebs: Gruda 6 Asts: Michel 3 | | Pts: Taurasi 18 Rebs: Fowles 9 Asts: Taurasi 4 |
* Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,431 Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Karen Lasuik (CAN), Duan Zhu (CHN)

### Gold Medal Final

* 20 August 2016 (2016-08-20) 15:30
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| United States | 101–72 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 28–15, 32–17, 20–23 |||
| Pts: Whalen, Taurasi 17 Rebs: Charles, Griner 7 Asts: Whalen 6 | | Pts: Torrens 18 Rebs: Torrens, Ndour 5 Asts: Torrens, Cruz 4 |
* Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 9,586 Referees: Eddie Viator (FRA), Piotr Pastusiak (POL), Hwang In-tae (KOR)