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Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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International basketball tournament

9th Olympic Basketball Tournament

Montreal 1976

Tournament details

Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

Host nation

Canada

City

Montreal

Duration

July 18–27, 1976

Men's tournament

Teams

Medals
Gold medalists	United States
Silver medalists	Yugoslavia
Bronze medalists	Soviet Union

Women's tournament

Teams

Medals
Gold medalists	Soviet Union
Silver medalists	United States
Bronze medalists	Bulgaria

Tournaments

← Munich 1972

Moscow 1980 →

Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Tournament
	men	women
Squads
	men	women
Qualification
	men	women
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Basketball events at the1976 Summer Olympics was the ninth appearance of the sport ofbasketball as an official Olympic medal event. It took place from July 18 to July 27 at theCentre Étienne Desmarteau and theMontreal Forum inMontreal, Quebec, Canada. Women's basketball was introduced to the Olympic program for the first time at this Games. TheUnited States won the gold againstYugoslavia in the men's tournament, while theSoviet Union won the gold medal against the United States in the women's competition.

Medal summary

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Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's details	United States (USA) Phil Ford Steve Sheppard Adrian Dantley Walter Davis Quinn Buckner Ernie Grunfeld Kenneth Carr Scott May Tate Armstrong Tom LaGarde Philip Hubbard Mitch Kupchak	Yugoslavia (YUG) Blagoja Georgievski Dragan Kićanović Vinko Jelovac Rajko Žižić Željko Jerkov Andro Knego Zoran Slavnić Krešimir Ćosić Damir Šolman Žarko Varajić Dražen Dalipagić Mirza Delibašić	Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Arzamaskov Aleksandr Salnikov Valery Miloserdov Alzhan Zharmukhamedov Andrey Makeyev Ivan Edeshko Sergei Belov Vladimir Tkachenko Anatoly Myshkin Mikheil Korkia Aleksandr Belov Vladimir Zhigily
Women's details	Soviet Union (URS) Olga Barysheva Tamāra Dauniene Natalya Klimova Tatyana Ovechkina Angelė Rupšienė Nadezhda Shuvayeva Nadezhda Zakharova Uljana Semjonova Raisa Kurvyakova Nelli Feryabnikova Olga Sukharnova Tetiana Zakharova	United States (USA) Cindy Brogdon Susan Rojcewicz Ann Meyers Lusia Harris Nancy Dunkle Charlotte Lewis Nancy Lieberman Gail Marquis Patricia Roberts Mary Anne O'Connor Patricia Head Juliene Simpson	Bulgaria (BUL) Krasimira Bogdanova Diana Dilova Krasimira Gyurova Penka Metodieva Snezhana Mikhaylova Girgina Skerlatova Mariya Stoyanova Margarita Shtarkelova Petkana Makaveeva Nadka Golcheva Penka Stoyanova Todorka Yordanova

Qualification

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A singleNOC may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players. Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country for both events plus the three medal winners from theprevious Olympic Games for the men's tournament, and the three first places at the1975 FIBA World Championship for the women's tournament. Additional spots for the men's tournament were decided via the continental qualification tournaments held byFIBA and anextra qualifying tournament held inHamilton, Canada months prior to the contest. The remaining slots for the women's competition were also assigned via another tournament held in the same city.

Men

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Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation			1	Canada
1972 Olympic Tournament	27 August–9 September 1972	Munchin	3	Soviet Union
				United States
				Cuba
FIBA Africa Championship 1975	20 – 28 December 1975	Alexandria	1	Egypt^[a]
1975 Pan American Games	13 – 25 October 1975	Mexico City	1	Puerto Rico^[b]
1975 FIBA Oceania Championship	6–9 November 1975	Australia	1	Australia
1975 ABC Championship	15 – 26 November 1975	Bangkok	1	~~China~~
1975 ABC Championship	15 – 26 November 1975	Bangkok	1	Japan^[c]
1976 European Pre-Olympic Tournament		Edinburgh	1	Italy
World Qualification Tournament	22 June–3 July 1976	Hamilton	3	Yugoslavia
				Czechoslovakia
				Mexico
Total			12

Women

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Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation			1	Canada
1975 FIBA World Championship for Women	23 September – 14 October 1975	Colombia	3	Soviet Union
				Japan
				Czechoslovakia
World Qualification Tournament	24 June – 2 July 1976	Hamilton	2	United States
World Qualification Tournament	24 June – 2 July 1976	Hamilton	2	Bulgaria
Total			6

^a Egypt withdrew from the Olympic Games after one match, following theboycott of several African countries against New Zealand. All matches involving Egypt were then forfeited.
^b Puerto Rico qualified after winning the silver medal at the1975 Pan American Games, since the gold medal went to the United States, who had already qualified.
^c Replaced China.

Format

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Men's tournament:

Two groups of six teams are formed, where the top two from each group advance to the semifinals.
Third and fourth places from each group form an additional bracket to decide 5th–8th places in the final ranking.
Fifth and sixth places from each group form an additional bracket to decide 9th–12th places in the final ranking.

Women's tournament:

Oneround-robin group is formed containing all six teams, where the final standings are decided.

Tie-breaking criteria:

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

Men's tournament

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Main article:Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Preliminary round

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The first two places in each of the preliminary round groups advanced to the semifinals, where Group A teams would meet Group B teams. TheSoviet Union and theUnited States, two of the powerhouses at this tournament, finished the preliminary round undefeated. The host nation, Canada, also qualified for the semifinals together withYugoslavia.

Egypt played only one match, againstCzechoslovakia, and then flew home supporting the boycott of several African countries. Their remaining matches were forfeited.

Group A

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	548	374	+174	10	Semifinals
2	Canada(H)	5	4	1	446	416	+30	9	Semifinals
3	Cuba	5	3	2	448	402	+46	8	5th–8th classification round
4	Australia	5	2	3	472	481	−9	7	5th–8th classification round
5	Mexico	5	1	4	461	511	−50	6	9th–12th classification round
6	Japan	5	0	5	364	555	−191	5	9th–12th classification round

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) Hosts

July 18

Canada

104–76

Semifinals (July 26)			Gold medal (July 27)

A1	Soviet Union	84

B2	Yugoslavia	89
			B2	Yugoslavia	74

			B1	United States	95
B1	United States	95

A2	Canada	77	Bronze medal (July 27)


			A1	Soviet Union	100

			A2	Canada	72

Semifinals (July 25)			5th place (July 27)

A3	Cuba	76

B4	Czechoslovakia	91
			B4	Czechoslovakia	75

			B3	Italy	98
B3	Italy	79

A4	Australia	72	7th place (July 27)


			A3	Cuba	92

			A4	Australia	81

Semifinals (July 25)			9th place (July 27)

A5	Mexico	2

B6	Egypt	0^[d]
			A5	Mexico	84

			B5	Puerto Rico	89
B5	Puerto Rico	111

A6	Japan	91	11th place (July 27)


			B6	Egypt	0^[d]

			A6	Japan	2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	504	346	+158	10
2	United States	5	3	2	415	417	−2	8
3	Bulgaria	5	3	2	365	377	−12	8
4	Czechoslovakia	5	2	3	351	359	−8	7
5	Japan	5	2	3	405	400	+5	7
6	Canada(H)	5	0	5	336	477	−141	5

Rank	Men				Women
Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	Team	Pld	W	L
	United States	7	7	0	Soviet Union	5	5	0
	Yugoslavia	7	5	2	United States	5	3	2
	Soviet Union	7	6	1	Bulgaria	5	3	2
4th	Canada	7	4	3	Czechoslovakia	5	2	3
5th	Italy	7	5	2	Japan	5	2	3
6th	Czechoslovakia	7	3	4	Canada	5	0	5
7th	Cuba	7	4	3
8th	Australia	7	2	5
9th	Puerto Rico	7	3	4
10th	Mexico	7	2	5
11th	Japan	7	1	6
12th	Egypt	7	0	7

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Medal summary

Qualification

Men

Women

Format

Men's tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Classification brackets

Women's tournament

Final standings

See also

References