The men's basketball tournament at the

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. Spain won the bronze medal, after an 89–88 win over

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Competition schedule

Qualification

Squads

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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 *

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* José Reyes * Chahinaz Boussetta * Ahmed Al-Bulushi *

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* Piotr Pastusiak * Roberto Vázquez * Ilija Belošević * Damir Javor * Juan Carlos García * Carlos Peruga * Borys Ryzhyk *

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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

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(OQT) were yet to be known, they were assigned placeholders as "OQT 1", "OQT 2" and "OQT 3". These were the pot assignments: 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.

Group stage

''All times are local ( UTC−3).''

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Awards

Statistical leaders

SourcePlayers Statistics
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Individual tournament highs

Individual game highs

Team tournament highs

Team game highs

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

References

External links

Official website
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