Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Tournament details
Host nation	Brazil
Dates	6–21 August
Teams	12

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Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Rosters
men  women

The men's tournament in basketball at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro is scheduled to begin on 6 August and end on 21 August.^[1]

Qualification

Means of qualification[2]	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup	31 August – 14 September 2014	Spain	1	United States
Host nation[3]	9 August 2015	Tokyo	1	Brazil
2015 FIBA Oceania Championship	15–18 August 2015	Various	1	Australia
AfroBasket 2015	19–30 August 2015	Radès	1	Nigeria
2015 FIBA Americas Championship	31 August – 12 September 2015	Mexico City	2	Venezuela
				Argentina
EuroBasket 2015	5–20 September 2015	Various	2	Spain
				Lithuania
2015 FIBA Asia Championship	23 September – 3 October 2015	Changsha	1	China
2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments	4–10 July 2016	Belgrade[4]	1
		Pasay[4]	1
		Turin[4]	1
Total			12

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	OQT 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals
2	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Venezuela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	OQT 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 6 August 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals
2	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Brazil (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Lithuania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	OQT 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 6 August 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Host.

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal
	Date TBD
	Winners Group A
					Date TBD
	Fourth-placed team Group B
	Date TBD
	Runners-up Group B
									Date TBD
	Third-placed team Group A
	Date TBD
	Runners-up Group A
					Date TBD
	Third-placed team Group B
	Date TBD
									Bronze medal
	Winners Group B
									Date TBD
	Fourth-placed team Group A

References

1. "Draw results in for Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball Tournaments". FIBA. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
2. "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad" (PDF). FIBA. February 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
3. "Brazil’s national teams granted automatic places at 2016 Olympic Basketball Tournament". FIBA. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
4. "Italy, Philippines and Serbia to host Olympic Qualifying Tournaments; France to stage Women's Tournament". FIBA. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.