Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
The men's basketball tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, began on 6 August and ended on 21 August. The gold medal game in this discipline was the final competitive event before the Closing Ceremony. The United States won their fifteenth gold medal, after defeating Serbia, 96–66, in the gold medal match, which was the largest margin of victory in a gold medal game since the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Spain won the bronze medal, after an 89–88 win over Australia.
The medals were presented by Patrick Baumann of Switzerland, Dr. René Fasel of Switzerland, Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, and members of the International Olympic Committee, while the gifts were presented by Horacio Muratore, the President of FIBA, Hamine Niang, the first vice-president of FIBA, and Jerry Colangelo, the chairman of USA Basketball.
Competition schedule
Qualification
Squads
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.
Carlos Júlio
Leandro Lezcano
Scott Beker
Vaughan Mayberry
Guilherme Locatelli
Cristiano Maranho
Karen Lasuik
Stephen Seibel
Duan Zhu
Sreten Radović
Natalia Cuello
Eddie Viator
Robert Lottermoser
Anne Panther
Christos Christodoulou
Nadege Zouzou
Hwang In-tae
Oļegs Latiševs
José Reyes
Chahinaz Boussetta
Ahmed Al-Bulushi
Ferdinand Pascual
Piotr Pastusiak
Roberto Vázquez
Ilija Belošević
Damir Javor
Juan Carlos García
Carlos Peruga
Borys Ryzhyk
Steven Anderson
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 three winners of the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men (OQT) were yet to be known, they were assigned placeholders as "OQT 1", "OQT 2" and "OQT 3". These were the pot assignments:
Group A was assigned with OQT 1 and OQT 2, while Group B had OQT 3.
After the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament on 10 July 2016, another draw was held at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines, to determine which among the teams would be assigned to which group. This was a straight draw: there were two pots containing three balls each. One pot had the names of the teams that won the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (OQT), while the other pot had the name of the placeholders.
Group stage
All times are local (UTC−3).
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Awards
Statistical leaders
Source
Individual tournament highs
Individual game highs
Team tournament highs
Team game highs
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 3rd is ranked higher than Group B's 4th.)
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
References
External links
Official website
Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
2016