2016 Brazil men's Olympic basketball team

The 2016 Brazil men's Olympic basketball team was the men's national basketball team of Brazil that competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They automatically qualified, after FIBA voted to allow them to qualify as hosts, in a meeting at Tokyo, in August 2015. The team's head coach since 2010 was Rubén Magnano, and had Gustavo de Conti (Paulistano Basketball), Demétrius Ferraciú (Bauru Basketball), and José Alves Neto (Flamengo Basketball) as assistant coaches.^[1]

Timeline

June 10, 2016: 14-man roster announced^[2]
June 24: Start of training camp^[3]
July 23 – August 2: Exhibition games
August 6–21: 2016 Summer Olympics

Roster

The following is the Brazil roster for the men's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Brazil men's national basketball team – 2016 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	5	Raulzinho Neto	24 – (1992-05-19)19 May 1992	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Utah Jazz
C	6	Cristiano Felício	24 – (1992-07-07)7 July 1992	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	Chicago Bulls
SG	8	Vítor Benite	26 – (1990-02-20)20 February 1990	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	UCAM Murcia
PG	9	Marcelinho Huertas	33 – (1983-05-25)25 May 1983	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Los Angeles Lakers
G/F	10	Alex Garcia	36 – (1980-03-04)4 March 1980	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Bauru
F	12	Guilherme Giovannoni	36 – (1980-06-02)2 June 1980	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Brasília
F/C	13	Nenê	33 – (1982-09-13)13 September 1982	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	Houston Rockets
SF	14	Marquinhos Vieira	32 – (1984-05-31)31 May 1984	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	Flamengo
SG	19	Leandro Barbosa	33 – (1982-11-28)28 November 1982	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Phoenix Suns
F/C	23	Augusto Lima	24 – (1991-09-17)17 September 1991	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Real Madrid
F/C	30	Rafael Hettsheimeir	30 – (1986-06-16)16 June 1986	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	Bauru
PG	55	Rafael Luz	24 – (1992-02-11)11 February 1992	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Flamengo

Head coach

Rubén Magnano

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 6 August 2016

On 27 July, Anderson Varejão left the squad due to injury and was replaced by Cristiano Felício.^[5]

The following were also candidates to make the team:

Earlier candidates
Player	NBA Team^[a]	Added	Removed	Reason
Cristiano Felício	Chicago Bulls	-	June 10, 2016	Withdrew
Lucas Nogueira	Toronto Raptors	-	June 10, 2016	Withdrew
Deryk Ramos	Brasília Basketball	June 24, 2016	July 18, 2016	Players Invited
Humberto Silva	Flamengo Basketball
Pedro Henrique	Paulistano Basketball
Guilherme Hubner	Paulistano Basketball
Wesley Sena	Bauru Basketball
Vítor Faverani	UCAM Murcia	June 10, 2016	July 1, 2016	Injured
Larry Taylor	Mogi das Cruzes Helbor		July 20, 2016	12-man roster cut
Anderson Varejão	Golden State Warriors		July 27, 2016	Injured

Exhibition games

July 22, 2016

Report

Romania	45–90	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 6–32, 9–24, 16–24, 14–31
Pts: Ray 14 Rebs: Olah 6 Asts: Ray, Aktas 3		Pts: Barbosa 22 Rebs: Hettsheimeir 8 Asts: Neto 7

Arena Hebraica
São Paulo, São Paulo
Attendance: 1,861

July 25, 2016

Report

Romania	50–96	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 11–24, 12–18, 15–33, 12–21
Pts: Olah 18 Rebs: Corpodean 5 Asts: Mihail 4		Pts: Nenê 22 Rebs: Hettsheimeir 8 Asts: Huertas 7

Arena Hebraica
São Paulo, São Paulo
Attendance: 1,960

July 28, 2016

Report

Australia	67–96	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 10–23, 23–20, 15–32
Pts: Mills 18 Rebs: Baynes 6 Asts: Mills, Dellavedova 5		Pts: Neto 17 Rebs: Lima 7 Asts: Huertas 7

Arena Hugo Ramos
Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo
Attendance: 2,864

July 30, 2016

Report

China	52–91	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 10–19, 12–28, 11–22, 19–22
Pts: Jiwei 13 Rebs: Yuchen 6 Asts: Ran 4		Pts: Lima 16 Rebs: Giovannoni, Huertas, Lima 5 Asts: Neto 6

Arena Hugo Ramos
Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo
Attendance: 4,782

July 31, 2016

Report

Lithuania	62–64	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 19–12, 12–11, 12–17
Pts: Kalnietis 13 Rebs: Valančiūnas 9 Asts: Five Players 5		Pts: Marquinhos 14 Rebs: Lima, Nenê 7 Asts: Huertas 4

Arena Hugo Ramos
Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo
Attendance: 5,024

August 2, 2016

Report

China	69–83	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 17–24, 10–21, 17–23
Pts: Jianlian 21 Rebs: Jianlian 6 Asts: Jiwei, Ran 3		Pts: Benite 13 Rebs: Barbosa, Lima, Nenê 6 Asts: Huertas 10

Arena Hugo Ramos
Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo
Attendance: 3,096

Olympic play

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	5	3	2	400	407	−7	8^[b]	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	5	3	2	432	357	+75	8^[b]
3	Lithuania	5	3	2	392	428	−36	8^[b]
4	Argentina	5	3	2	441	428	+13	8^[b]
5	Brazil (H)	5	2	3	411	407	+4	7
6	Nigeria	5	1	4	392	441	−49	6

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ Team at the time player was a candidate
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d In games among the four teams at 3–2, Croatia and Spain were 2–1 while Argentina and Lithuania were 1–2. Croatia beat Spain 72–70, and Lithuania beat Argentina 81–73.

Lithuania

7 August 2016
14:15

Boxscore

Brazil	76–82	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 17–27, 12–31, 23–12, 24–12
Pts: Barbosa 21 Rebs: Nenê 8 Asts: Huertas 3		Pts: Kalnietis 16 Rebs: Jankūnas 7 Asts: Kalnietis 8

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,990
Referees: Eddie Viator (FRA), Steven Anderson (USA), José Reyes (MEX)

Spain

9 August 2016
14:15

Boxscore

Spain	65–66	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 18–16, 14–19, 20–13
Pts: Gasol 13 Rebs: Gasol 10 Asts: Rodríguez 5		Pts: Huertas 11 Rebs: Lima 10 Asts: Huertas 7

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 10,761
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Damir Javor (SLO)

Croatia

11 August 2016
14:15

Boxscore

Brazil	76–80	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 14–22, 19–18, 26–21
Pts: Barbosa 16 Rebs: Lima 6 Asts: Huertas 9		Pts: Bogdanović 33 Rebs: Šarić 7 Asts: Ukić 4

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 10,756
Referees: Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)

Argentina

13 August 2016
14:15

Boxscore

Argentina	111–107 (2OT)	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 28–19, 16–33, 23–20, 18–13, Overtime: 10–10, 16–12
Pts: Nocioni 37 Rebs: Nocioni 11 Asts: Campazzo 11		Pts: Nenê 24 Rebs: Nenê 10 Asts: Neto 4

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 11,701
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Stephen Seibel (CAN), José Reyes (MEX)

Nigeria

15 August 2016
14:15

Boxscore

Nigeria	69–86	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 15–27, 21–17, 17–27
Pts: Akognon 16 Rebs: Aminu 7 Asts: four players 2		Pts: Nenê 19 Rebs: Nenê 7 Asts: Huertas 11

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 11,173
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Robert Lottermoser (GER)

References

^ "Definida a Seleção Brasileira masculina de basquete para os Jogos Rio 2016". www.esporte.gov.br. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
^ "Seleção brasileira de basquete tem cinco da NBA na pré-lista da Rio-2016". O Globo. June 10, 2016.
^ Stein, Marc (April 25, 2016). "Vamos aos treinos". lnb.com.br.
^ "Definida a Seleção Brasileira para os Jogos Rio 2016" [The Brazilian national team set for the Rio 2016 Games]. Brazilian Basketball Confederation. 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 23 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
^ "Cristiano Felicio to replace Anderson Varejao at Rio Olympics". CBS Sports. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

Notes

External links

Official site (in Portuguese)

[6] Team at the time player was a candidate

[table_hth_CRO0.025339561526356-7] In games among the four teams at 3–2, Croatia and Spain were 2–1 while Argentina and Lithuania were 1–2. Croatia beat Spain 72–70, and Lithuania beat Argentina 81–73.

[1] "Definida a Seleção Brasileira masculina de basquete para os Jogos Rio 2016". www.esporte.gov.br. Retrieved 2016-06-20.

[usa_08062015-2] "Seleção brasileira de basquete tem cinco da NBA na pré-lista da Rio-2016". O Globo. June 10, 2016.

[stein_04252016-3] Stein, Marc (April 25, 2016). "Vamos aos treinos". lnb.com.br.

[4] "Definida a Seleção Brasileira para os Jogos Rio 2016" [The Brazilian national team set for the Rio 2016 Games]. Brazilian Basketball Confederation. 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 23 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[5] "Cristiano Felicio to replace Anderson Varejao at Rio Olympics". CBS Sports. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

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