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 GGroup stage¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchFFinal 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 21G G G G G G G G G G ¼ ½ B F
Qualification Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup 31 August – 14 September 2014 1 Host nation 9 August 2015 N/A 1 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship 15–18 August 2015 Various 1 AfroBasket 2015 19–30 August 2015 Radès 1 2015 FIBA Americas Championship 31 August – 12 September 2015 Mexico City 2 EuroBasket 2015 5–20 September 2015 Various 2 2015 FIBA Asia Championship 23 September – 3 October 2015 Changsha 1 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Belgrade 4–10 July 2016 Belgrade 1 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Manila Pasay 1 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Turin Turin 1 Total 12
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:
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6OQT 1OQT 2 OQT 3 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.
Team Placeholder Group OQT 1 Group A OQT 2 Group A OQT 3 Group B
Group stage All times are local (UTC−3).
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Team details PG 4 Miloš Teodosić (c) SF 5 Marko Simonović SG 7 Bogdan Bogdanović PF 12 Stefan Birčević C 14 Nikola Jokić PG 9 Stefan Marković C 13 Miroslav Raduljica PG 24 Stefan Jović PF 25 Milan MačvanDid not play: -->Head Coach: Aleksandar Đorđević G 5 Kevin Durant G 9 DeMar DeRozan G 7 Kyle Lowry C 12 DeMarcus Cousins F 13 Paul George G 4 Jimmy Butler C 6 DeAndre Jordan G 10 Kyrie Irving G 11 Klay Thompson F 15 Carmelo Anthony Did not play: -->Head Coach: Mike Krzyzewski
Awards
Statistical leaders SourceTeam Statistics, fiba.comPlayers Statistics, fiba.com
Individual tournament highs
+ PointsName GP PPG 6 25.3 7 21.3 5 20.4 8 19.5 8 19.4
+ ReboundsName GP RPG 8 8.9 5 8.6 6 8.3 6 7.2 6 7.0
+ AssistsName GP APG 6 7.5 8 7.0 5 6.6 6 5.8 8 5.4
+ BlocksName GP BPG 5 2.4 8 1.9 6 1.8 7 1.4 5 1.2
+ StealsName GP SPG 6 2.8 5 2.2 5 2.0 8 1.9 8 1.5
+ MinutesName GP MPG 6 35.3 6 33.1 5 32.8 6 31.7
Individual game highs
Statistic Name Total OpponentPoints 37 Total Rebounds 16 Assists 13 Blocks 5 Steals 5 Minutes 47:23 Field goal percentage 90% (9/10) 2-point field goal percentage 100% (7/7) 3-point field goal percentage 100% (5/5) Free throw percentage 100% (8/8) Turnovers 6
Statistic Name Total OpponentField goals made 12 Field goals attempted 22 2-point field goals made 11 2-point field goals attempted 17 3-point field goals made 9 3-point field goals attempted 15 Free throws made 11 Free throws attempted 17 Offensive Rebounds 8 Defensive Rebounds 13
Team tournament highs
+ PointsTeam GP PPG 8 100.9 6 86.5 8 86.1 8 85.4 8 83.1
+ ReboundsTeam GP RPG 8 45.5 8 38.3 5 38.2 6
+ AssistsTeamGP APG 8 24.3 8 24.0 8 22.1 6 21.2 8 20.5
+ BlocksTeamGP BPG 5 5.0 8 3.5 6 8 3.0
+ StealsTeamGP SPG 8 8.8 6 8.7 8 8.4 5 7.8 8 7.6 5
Team game highs
Statistic Team Total OpponentPoints 119 Total rebounds 54 Assists 34 Blocked shots 8 Steals 15 Field goal percentage 61.2% 2-point field goal percentage 69.4% 3-point field goal percentage 57.9% Free throws percentage 88.2% Turnovers 24
Statistic Team Total OpponentField goals made 41 Field goals attempted 89 Two-point field goals made 36 Two-point field goals attempted 57 Three-point field goals made 17 Three-point field goal attempted 42 Free throws made 33 Free throws attempted 45 Offensive rebounds 21 Defensive rebounds 40
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 Rank Team Pld W L PF PA PD Standing New rank 8 8 0 807 627 +180 1 () 8 4 4 665 627 +38 3 (3) 8 5 3 689 594 +95 2 () 4th 8 5 3 683 608 +75 10 (1)Eliminated at the quarterfinals 5th 6 3 3 483 493 −10 B–1st 11 (1) 6th 6 3 3 490 470 +20 A–3rd 4 (1) 7th 6 3 3 456 518 −62 B–3rd 5 (2) 8th 6 3 3 519 533 −14 B–4th 6 (2)Preliminary round 5th placers 9th 5 2 3 411 407 +4 7 (2) 10th 5 1 4 315 444 −129 15 (7)Preliminary round 6th placers 11th 5 1 4 392 441 –49 16 (9) 12th 5 0 5 318 466 −148 14 ()
References
External links Official website