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Basketball, Women

Date6 – 20 August 2016
StatusOlympic
LocationArena Carioca 1, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro / Arena da Juventude, Parque Olímpico de Deodoro, Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro
Participants140 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to classification matches.

The USA men were favored to win the gold medal in Rio, but the USA women were “really” favored to win. The US had won every Olympic gold medal since 1984, with the lone exception of 1992, when they won bronze. They had won 7 of 10 World Championships since 1979, winning in both 2010 and 2014. Like the men’s team, the US women now had a permanent national coach in University of Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma, and since he had been installed as national coach in 2009, the USA women had been even more dominant.

The USA women scampered through the tournament, never facing a serious challenge, starting out with a 65-point victory over Senegal in group play. In group B, their closest match was a win over Serbia, 110-84. The other group B qualifiers for the knockout rounds were Spain, Canada, and Serbia. In group A, Australia also won all their games, and were joined by France, Turkey, and Japan in the elimination rounds.

Japan had the misfortune to be drawn against the Americans in the quarter-final, losing by 46 points. The other semi-finalists were Spain, France, and Serbia, who upset Australia in the quarters, 73-71. France went down to the USA in the semis, 86-67, while Spain handled Serbia easily. The final was no contest, with the United States winning their sixth consecutive Olympic gold medal, 101-72, over Spain. The strength of the American team can be seen by the fact that the 2015 WNBA MVP, Elena Delle Donne, usually came off the bench. Among the US players, Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird, and Tamika Catchings won their fourth Olympic gold medals, equaling the mark held by former US players Teresa Edwards and Lisa Leslie.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1United StatesUSAGold1
Guard4Lindsay Whalen
Forward5Seimone Augustus
Guard6Sue Bird
Forward7Maya Moore
Small Forward8Angel McCoughtry
Power Forward9Breanna Stewart
Forward10Tamika Catchings
Small Forward11Elena Delle Donne
Guard12Diana Taurasi
Center13Sylvia Fowles
Center14Tina Charles
Center15Brittney Griner
CoachGeno Auriemma
2SpainESPSilver2
Point Guard2Leticia Romero
Power Forward4Laura Nicholls
Point Guard6Sílvia Domínguez
Forward7Alba Torrens
Point Guard9Laia Palau
Forward10Marta Xargay
Shooting Guard11Leonor Rodríguez
Center13Lucila Pascua
Guard15Anna Cruz
Forward19Laura Quevedo
Power Forward24Laura Gil
Power Forward45Astou Ndour
CoachLucas Mondelo
3SerbiaSRBBronze3
Point Guard4Tamara Radočaj
Forward5Sonja Petrović-Vasić
Shooting Guard6Saša Čađo
Center7Sara Krnjić
Shooting Guard8Nevena Jovanović
Power Forward9Jelena Milovanović-Brooks
Guard10Dajana Butulija
Small Forward11Aleksandra Crvendakić
Center12Dragana Stanković
Point Guard13Milica Dabović
Shooting Guard14Ana Dabović
Power Forward15Danielle Page
CoachMarina Maljković
4FranceFRA4
Center4Isabelle Yacoubou
Power Forward5Endéné Miyem
Center7Sandrine Gruda
Shooting Guard10Sarah Michel Boury
Forward11Valériane Ayayi-Vukosavljević
Guard12Gaëlle Skrela
Center16Héléna Ciak
Guard17Marine Johannès
Forward20Amel Bouderra
Power Forward21Laëtitia Kamba
Point Guard22Olivia Époupa
Power Forward25Marielle Amant
CoachValérie Garnier
5AustraliaAUS5
Point Guard4Tessa Lavey
Point Guard5Leilani Mitchell
Shooting Guard6Steph Talbot
Forward7Penny Taylor
Center8Liz Cambage
Forward9Natalie Burton
Small Forward10Rachel Jarry
Forward11Laura Summerton-Hodges
Shooting Guard12Katie Ebzery
Shooting Guard13Erin Phillips
Center14Marianna Tolo
Forward15Cayla George
CoachBrendan Joyce
6TurkeyTUR6
Point Guard4Olcay Çakır
Power Forward5Tuğçe Canıtez
Point Guard7Birsel Vardarlı Demirmen
Power Forward9Bahar Çağlar
Point Guard10Işıl Alben
Center11Nevriye Yılmaz
Center12Lara Sanders
Shooting Guard13Ayşe Cora
Power Forward14Şaziye İvegin Üner
Power Forward15Tilbe Şenyürek
Power Forward33Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu
Center8Esra Ural DNS
CoachEkrem Memnun
7CanadaCAN7
Point Guard4Miah-Marie Langlois
Guard5Kia Nurse
Point Guard6Shona Thorburn
Forward7Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe
Guard8Kim Smith-Gaucher
Power Forward9Miranda Ayim
Shooting Guard10Nirra Fields
Center11Natalie Achonwa
Small Forward12Lizanne Murphy
Forward13Tamara Tatham
Power Forward14Michelle Plouffe
Forward15Katherine Plouffe
CoachLisa Thomaidis
8JapanJPN8
Small Forward4Kaede Kondo
Small Forward5Yuki Miyazawa
Small Forward6Yuka Mamiya
Small Forward7Mika Kurihara
Power Forward8Maki Takada
Guard9Naho Miyoshi
Power Forward10Ramu Tokashiki
Forward11Moeko Nagaoka
Point Guard12Asami Yoshida
Point Guard13Rui Machida
Forward14Sanae Motokawa
Center15Asako O
CoachTomohide Utsumi
9BelarusBLR9
Forward4Maryia Papova
Point Guard5Aliaksandra Tarasava
Small Forward6Katsiaryna Snytsina
Shooting Guard8Tatsiana Likhtarovich
Point Guard9Volha Ziuzkova
Center10Anastasiya Verameyenka
Center11Alena Leuchanka
Guard12Lindsey Harding
Forward13Tatsiana Troina
Shooting Guard41Yuliya Rytsikava
Forward14Natallia Trafimava DNS
Power Forward18Maryia Filonchyk DNS
CoachAnatol Buyalski
10People's Republic of ChinaCHN10
Guard4Zhao Zhifang
Guard5Chen Xiaojia
Point Guard6Li Shanshan
Small Forward7Shao Ting
Guard8Wu Di
Forward9Sun Mengxin
Small Forward10Lu Wen
Power Forward11Huang Sijing
Power Forward12Gao Song
Center14Huang Hongpin
Center15Chen Nan
Center13Sun Mengran
CoachTom Maher
11BrazilBRA11
Point Guard4 Adrianinha
Point Guard5 Tainá
Point Guard6Joice Rodrigues
Shooting Guard7 Palmira
Shooting Guard8 Iziane
Shooting Guard9 Isabela Ramona
Power Forward11 Clarissa
Small Forward12Damiris Dantas
Center13 Nádia
Center14 Érika
Center15 Kelly
Shooting Guard10 Tatiana DNS
CoachAntônio Barbosa
12SenegalSEN12
Shooting Guard4Oumoul Thiam
Forward5Aya Traoré
Point Guard6Bintou Diémé
Point Guard7Fatou Dieng
Guard8Diodio Diouf
Forward9Lala Wane
Power Forward10Astou Traoré
Center11Maimouna Diarra
Power Forward12Mame-Marie Sy
Center13Oumou Touré
Center14Marie-Sadio Rosché
Center15Aïda Fall
CoachMamadou Moustapha Gaye

Preliminary Round

Date6 – 14 August 2016
FormatRound-robin pools.

Group A

Date6 – 13 August 2016
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsPoints
1AustraliaAUS50010400-345Q
2FranceFRA3026344-343Q
3TurkeyTUR3026324-325Q
4JapanJPN3026386-378Q
5BelarusBLR1042347-361
6BrazilBRA0050335-384
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #106 Aug 12:00FranceFRA55 – 39TurkeyTUR
Match #206 Aug 17:30AustraliaAUS84 – 66BrazilBRA
Match #306 Aug 19:45JapanJPN77 – 73BelarusBLR
Match #407 Aug 17:30AustraliaAUS61 – 56TurkeyTUR
Match #507 Aug 19:45FranceFRA73 – 72BelarusBLR
Match #608 Aug 17:30JapanJPN82 – 66BrazilBRA
Match #709 Aug 12:15AustraliaAUS89 – 71FranceFRA
Match #809 Aug 15:30BelarusBLR65 – 63BrazilBRA
Match #909 Aug 17:45TurkeyTUR76 – 62JapanJPN
Match #1011 Aug 12:15TurkeyTUR74 – 71BelarusBLR
Match #1111 Aug 15:30FranceFRA74 – 64BrazilBRA
Match #1211 Aug 17:45AustraliaAUS92 – 86JapanJPN
Match #1313 Aug 12:15AustraliaAUS74 – 66BelarusBLR
Match #1413 Aug 15:30TurkeyTUR79 – 76BrazilBRA
Match #1513 Aug 17:45JapanJPN79 – 71FranceFRA

Group B

Date6 – 14 August 2016
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsPoints
1United StatesUSA50010520-316Q
2SpainESP4018387-333Q
3CanadaCAN3026340-347Q
4SerbiaSRB2034385-406Q
5People's Republic of ChinaCHN1042371-428
6SenegalSEN0050309-482
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #106 Aug 14:15CanadaCAN90 – 68People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #207 Aug 12:00United StatesUSA121 – 56SenegalSEN
Match #307 Aug 14:15SpainESP65 – 59SerbiaSRB
Match #408 Aug 12:00United StatesUSA103 – 63SpainESP
Match #508 Aug 14:15CanadaCAN71 – 67SerbiaSRB
Match #608 Aug 19:45People's Republic of ChinaCHN101 – 64SenegalSEN
Match #710 Aug 12:15SpainESP89 – 68People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #810 Aug 15:30United StatesUSA110 – 84SerbiaSRB
Match #910 Aug 17:45CanadaCAN68 – 58SenegalSEN
Match #1012 Aug 12:15SerbiaSRB80 – 72People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #1112 Aug 15:30United StatesUSA81 – 51CanadaCAN
Match #1212 Aug 17:45SpainESP97 – 43SenegalSEN
Match #1314 Aug 12:15United StatesUSA105 – 62People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #1414 Aug 15:30SerbiaSRB95 – 88SenegalSEN
Match #1514 Aug 17:45SpainESP73 – 60CanadaCAN

Quarter-Finals

Date16 August 2016
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #116 Aug 22:15SerbiaSRB73 – 71AustraliaAUS
Match #216 Aug 18:45SpainESP64 – 62TurkeyTUR
Match #316 Aug 14:30United StatesUSA110 – 64JapanJPN
Match #416 Aug 11:00FranceFRA68 – 63CanadaCAN

Semi-Finals

Date18 August 2016
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #118 Aug 19:00SpainESP68 – 54SerbiaSRB
Match #218 Aug 15:00United StatesUSA86 – 67FranceFRA

Final Round

Date20 August 2016
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/220 Aug 15:30United StatesUSA101 – 72SpainESP
Match 3/420 Aug 11:30SerbiaSRB70 – 63FranceFRA