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19th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Rio de Janeiro 2016
Tournament details
Olympics 2016 Summer Olympics
Host nation Brazil
City Rio de Janeiro
Duration 621 August
Men's tournament
Teams 12
Women's tournament
Teams 12
Tournaments
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Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de
Janeiro will be held from 6 to 21 August 2016. The preliminary
and knockout matches for both men and women will be played
inside the first hall of the Olympic Training Center in Olympic
Park which seats up to 16,000 spectators.
Contents
1 Qualification
1.1 Men's qualification
1.2 Women's qualification
2 Medal summary
2.1 Events
3 References
4 External links
Qualification
The National Olympic Committees may enter up to one 12-player men's team and up
to one 12-player women's team.
Men's qualification
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Means of qualification
[1]
Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host nation 2 October 2009 1 Brazil*
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
31 August 14 September
2014
Spain 1
United
States
2015 FIBA Europe Championship 420 September 2015
France
Croatia
Germany
Latvia
2
2015 FIBA Africa Championship TBA Tunisia 1
2015 FIBA Americas Championship TBA
Mexico
2
2015 FIBA Asia Championship TBA China 1
2015 FIBA Oceania Championship TBA TBA 1
2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying
Tournament
411 July 2016 TBA 3
Total 12
* Not sure at this moment, may need to play in qualifying tournament
Women's qualification
Means of qualification
[1]
Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host nation 2 October 2009 1
Brazil
2014 FIBA World Championship
27 September 5 October
2014
Turkey 1
2015 FIBA Europe Championship 1128 June 2015
Hungary
Romania
1
2015 FIBA Africa Championship TBA
Cameroon
1
2015 FIBA Americas Championship TBA Canada 1
2015 FIBA Asia Championship TBA China 1
2015 FIBA Oceania Championship TBA TBA 1
2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying
Tournament
1319 June 2016 TBA 5
Total 12
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Medal summary
Events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Women
References
1. ^
a

b
"Qualification System Games of the XXXI Olympiad"
(http://corporate.olympics.com.au/files/dmfile/Rio2016QualificationSystem-Basketball.pdf). IBF. February 2014.
Retrieved 29 August 2014.
External links
International Basketball Federation official website
(http://www.fiba.com/)
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