Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's tournament of basketball at the 1996 Olympics at Atlanta, United States began on July 21 and ended on August 5, when the United States defeated Brazil 111–87 for the gold medal.

14th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Atlanta 1996
Tournament details
Olympics1996 Summer Olympics
Host nationUnited States
CityAtlanta
DurationJuly 21 - August 4
Women's tournament
Teams12
Medals
Gold medalists  United States
Silver medalists Brazil
Bronze medalists  Australia
Tournaments
← Barcelona 1992  Sydney 2000 →
Basketball at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Tournament
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Squads
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Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Participants
Competing teams.

Format
  • Twelve teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 6 teams each. The top 4 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
  • Fifth and sixth-placed teams from each group are ranked 9th–12th in two additional matches.
  • In the quarterfinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B4, A2 vs. B3, A3 vs. B2 and A4 vs. B1.
    • The eliminated teams at the quarterfinals are ranked 5th–8th in two additional matches.
  • The winning teams from the quarterfinals meet in the semifinals as follows: A3/B2 vs. A1/B4 and A2/B3 vs. A4/B1.
  • The winning teams from the semifinals dispute the gold medal. The losing teams dispute the bronze.

Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:

  1. Head to head results
  2. Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
  3. Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Squads
Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

Preliminary round

The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 5 5 0 424 360 +64 10 Quarterfinals
2  Russia 5 4 1 378 342 +36 9
3  Italy 5 3 2 330 309 +21 8
4  Japan 5 2 3 365 396 −31 7
5  China 5 1 4 347 378 −31 6
6  Canada 5 0 5 293 352 −59 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

21 July 1996 (1996-07-21)
Italy  62–53  China

21 July 1996 (1996-07-21)
Japan  63–73  Russia

21 July 1996 (1996-07-21)
Brazil  69–56  Canada

23 July 1996 (1996-07-23)
China  72–75  Japan

23 July 1996 (1996-07-23)
Canada  54–59  Italy

23 July 1996 (1996-07-23)
Russia  68–82  Brazil

25 July 1996 (1996-07-25)
Canada  49–61  China

25 July 1996 (1996-07-25)
Brazil  100–80  Japan

25 July 1996 (1996-07-25)
Italy  70–75  Russia

27 July 1996 (1996-07-27)
China  83–98  Brazil

27 July 1996 (1996-07-27)
Russia  68–49  Canada

27 July 1996 (1996-07-27)
Japan  52–66  Italy

29 July 1996 (1996-07-29)
Russia  94–78  China

29 July 1996 (1996-07-29)
Italy  73–75  Brazil

29 July 1996 (1996-07-29)
Canada  85–95  Japan

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 5 5 0 507 339 +168 10 Quarterfinals
2  Ukraine 5 3 2 354 358 −4 8[lower-alpha 1]
3  Australia 5 3 2 369 319 +50 8[lower-alpha 1]
4  Cuba 5 2 3 365 377 −12 7[lower-alpha 2]
5  South Korea 5 2 3 347 389 −42 7[lower-alpha 2]
6  Zaire 5 0 5 287 447 −160 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Ukraine 1–0 Australia
  2. Head-to-head record: Cuba 1–0 South Korea

21 July 1996 (1996-07-21)
South Korea  61–76  Australia

21 July 1996 (1996-07-21)
Zaire  65–81  Ukraine

21 July 1996 (1996-07-21)
United States  101–84  Cuba

23 July 1996 (1996-07-23)
Australia  91–45  Zaire

23 July 1996 (1996-07-23)
Cuba  70–55  South Korea

23 July 1996 (1996-07-23)
Ukraine  65–98  United States

25 July 1996 (1996-07-25)
Cuba  63–75  Australia

25 July 1996 (1996-07-25)
United States  107–47  Zaire

25 July 1996 (1996-07-25)
South Korea  72–67  Ukraine

27 July 1996 (1996-07-27)
Australia  79–96  United States

27 July 1996 (1996-07-27)
Ukraine  87–75  Cuba

27 July 1996 (1996-07-27)
Zaire  71–95  South Korea

29 July 1996 (1996-07-29)
Ukraine  54–48  Australia

29 July 1996 (1996-07-29)
South Korea  64–105  United States

29 July 1996 (1996-07-29)
Cuba  73–59  Zaire

Championship bracket
  Quarterfinals (July 31) Semifinals (August 2) Gold medal (August 4)
                           
  B1  Brazil 101  
A4  Cuba 69  
  B1  Brazil 81  
  A2  Ukraine 60  
A2  Ukraine 59
  B3  Italy 50  
    B1  Brazil 87
  A1  United States 111
  B2  Russia 70  
A3  Australia 74  
  A3  Australia 71 Bronze medal (August 4)
  A1  United States 93  
A1  United States 108 A2  Ukraine 56
  B4  Japan 93   A3  Australia 66

Classification brackets

9th–12th Place

  July 31     9th place (August 3)
                 
  B6  Zaire 67  
  A5  China 91    
      A5  China 85
      B5  South Korea 71
  A6  Canada 79    
  B5  South Korea 88   11th place (August 3)
 
B6  Zaire 46
  A6  Canada 88

5th–8th Place

  August 1     5th place (August 3)
                 
  A4  Japan 69  
  A2  Russia 80    
      B4  Cuba 74
      A2  Russia 91
  B4  Cuba 78    
  A3  Italy 70   7th place (August 3)
 
A3  Italy 69
  A4  Japan 81

Awards
1996 Olympic Basketball Champions

United States
Third title

Final standings
RankTeamPldWL
 United States880
 Brazil871
 Australia853
4th Ukraine844
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th Russia862
6th Cuba835
7th Japan835
8th Italy835
Preliminary round 5-6th placers
9th China734
10th South Korea734
11th Canada716
12th Zaire707

References
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