Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	6–20 August 2016
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (8th title)
Tournament statistics
Games played	38
Top scorer	Cambage (23.5)
Top rebounds	Dos Santos (12.4)
Top assists	Yoshida (8.7)

The 2016 Summer Olympics women's basketball tournament in Rio de Janeiro, began on 6 August and ended on 20 August 2016.

The United States won their eighth total and sixth consecutive gold medal by defeating Spain 101–72 in the final. Serbia captured their first bronze medal after beating France 70–63.

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

G

Group stage

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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
G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G		¼		½		B	F

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
2014 FIBA World Championship	27 September – 5 October 2014	Turkey	1	United States
EuroBasket Women 2015	11–28 June 2015	Various	1	Serbia
Host nation	9 August 2015	Tokyo	1	Brazil
2015 FIBA Americas Championship	9–16 August 2015	Edmonton	1	Canada
2015 FIBA Oceania Championship	15–17 August 2015	Various	1	Australia
2015 FIBA Asia Championship	29 August – 5 September 2015	Wuhan	1	Japan
AfroBasket Women 2015	24 September – 3 October 2015	Yaoundé	1	Senegal
2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament	13–19 June 2016	Nantes	5	Belarus
				China
				France
				Spain
				Turkey
Total			12

Squads

Main article: 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.

• 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 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:

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
United States Australia	Canada Brazil	Senegal Japan	Serbia 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.

Group stage

All times are local (UTC−3).

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Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal
	16 August
	France	68
					18 August
	Canada	63
					France	67
	16 August
					United States	86
	United States	110
									20 August
	Japan	64
									United States	101
	16 August
									Spain	72
	Spain	64
					18 August
	Turkey	62
					Spain	68
	16 August
					Serbia	54			Bronze medal
	Australia	71
									20 August
	Serbia	73
									France	63
									Serbia	70

Statistical leaders

Individual statistical leaders

Points

Name	PPG
Elizabeth Cambage (AUS)	23.5
LaToya Sanders (TUR)	22.0
Ramu Tokashiki (JPN)	17.0
Damiris Dantas (BRA)	16.8
Alba Torrens (ESP)	16.4

Rebounds

Name	RPG
Clarissa dos Santos (BRA)	12.4
Elizabeth Cambage (AUS)	10.3
Yelena Leuchanka (BLR)	9.0
Astou Ndour (ESP)	8.3
LaToya Sanders (TUR)	8.2

Assists

Name	APG
Asami Yoshida (JPN)	8.7
Penny Taylor (AUS)	7.7
Lindsey Harding (BLR)	5.0
Adriana Moisés Pinto (BRA)
Laia Palau (ESP)	4.6

Blocks

Name	BPG
Astou Ndour (ESP)	2.1
Danielle Page (SRB)	1.6
LaToya Sanders (TUR)	1.5
Anastasiya Verameyenka (BLR)	1.4
Brittney Griner (USA)

Steals

Name	SPG
Olivia Epoupa (FRA)	2.9
Işıl Alben (TUR)	2.5
Asami Yoshida (JPN)
LaToya Sanders (TUR)	2.3
Damiris Dantas (BRA)	2.2
Astou Traoré (SEN)

Individual game highs

Statistic	Name	Total
Points	Elizabeth Cambage (AUS)	37
Rebounds	Clarissa dos Santos (BRA)	16
Assists	Asami Yoshida (JPN)	11
Blocks	Danielle Page (SRB)  Astou Ndour (ESP)  LaToya Sanders (TUR)	4
Steals	Işıl Alben (TUR)	8
Three pointers	Mika Kurihara (JPN)  Diana Taurasi (USA)	6
Field Goal %	Brittney Griner (USA)	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	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Standing	New rank
Gold medal game participants
	United States	8	8	0	817	519	+298		1 ()
	Spain	8	6	2	591	550	+41		2 (1)
Bronze medal game participants
	Serbia	8	4	4	582	608	–26		9 (5)
4	France	8	4	4	542	562	–20		3 (1)
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5	Australia	6	5	1	471	418	+53		4 (2)
6	Turkey	6	3	3	386	389	–3	A–3rd	7 (3)
7	Canada	6	3	3	403	415	–12	B–3rd	6 (3)
8	Japan	6	3	3	450	488	–38	C–4th	13 (3)
Preliminary round 5th placers
9	Belarus	5	1	4	347	361	–14		12 (2)
10	China	5	1	4	371	428	–57		10 (2)
Preliminary round 6th placers
11	Brazil	5	0	5	335	384	–49		8 (1)
12	Senegal	5	0	5	309	482	−173		17 (7)

External links

• Official website