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women's basketball tournament in

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, began on 6 August and ended on 20 August 2016. The

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won their eighth total and sixth consecutive gold medal by defeating

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101–72 in the final.

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captured their first bronze medal after beating

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70–63. The medals were presented by Patrick Baumann of Switzerland, Sir

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of Great Britain,

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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

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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 * Oļegs Latiševs * José Reyes * Chahinaz Boussetta * Ahmed Al-Bulushi * Ferdinand Pascual * Piotr Pastusiak * Roberto Vázquez * Ilija Belošević * Damir Javor * Juan Carlos García * Carlos Peruga * Borys Ryzhyk * Steven Anderson

Draw

The draw was held at the FIBA Headquarters, also known as the "House of Basketball" in Mies,

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on 11 March 2016. As the five winners of the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women (OQT) 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: Group A was assigned with OQT 1, OQT 3 and OQT 5, while Group B had OQT 2 and OQT 4.

Group stage

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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

Individual 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 #3 is ranked higher than Group B's #4.) *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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