Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament


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

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.
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 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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6




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.

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Statistical leaders

Individual statistical leaders

Points
NamePPG
23.5
22.0
17.0
16.8
16.4

Rebounds
NameRPG
12.4
10.3
9.0
8.3
8.2

Assists
NameAPG
8.7
7.7
5.0
5.0
4.6

Blocks
NameBPG
2.1
1.6
1.5
1.4
1.4

Steals
NameSPG
2.9
2.5
2.5
2.3
2.2
2.2

Individual game highs

Final ranking

Rankings are determined by: