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2016 Summer Olympics
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More than 11,000 athletes from 205 National Olympic Committees, including first time entrants Kosovo, South Sudan, and the Refugee Olympic Team, took part. With 306 sets of medals, the games featured 28 Olympic sports, including rugby sevens and golf and these sporting events took place at 33 venues in the host city, and at five in São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Brasília, and Manaus. These were the first Summer Olympic Games under the International Olympic Committee presidency of Thomas Bach, the host city Rio de Janeiro was announced at the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 2 October 2009. Rio became the first South American city to host the Summer Olympics, the United States topped the medal table for the fifth time in the past six Summer Olympics, winning the most golds and most medals overall, as well as its 1, 000th Olympic gold medal overall. Great Britain finished second and became the first country in the history of the modern Olympics to increase its tally of medals in the subsequent games after being the host nation. Host country Brazil won seven medals, its most at any single Summer Olympics. Bahrain, Fiji, Jordan, Kosovo, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Tajikistan, Ivory Coast and Vietnam each won their first gold medals, the bidding process for the 2016 Olympic Games was officially launched on 16 May 2007. The first step for each city was to submit an application to the International Olympic Committee by 13 September 2007. Completed official bid files, containing answers to a 25-question IOC form, were to be submitted by each 14 January 2008. Four candidate cities were chosen for the shortlist on 4 June 2008, Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, prague and Baku also failed to make the cut. Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco headed the 10-member Evaluation Commission, having chaired the evaluation commission for the 2012 Summer Olympics bids. The commission made on-site inspections in the quarter of 2009. They issued a comprehensive technical appraisal for IOC members on 2 September, many restrictions are in place designed to prevent bidding cities from communicating with or influencing directly the 115 voting members. Cities may not invite any IOC member to visit nor may they send anything that could be construed as a gift, the final voting was held on 2 October 2009, in Copenhagen with Madrid and Rio de Janeiro perceived as favourites to land the games. Chicago and Tokyo were eliminated after the first and second rounds of voting, respectively, the lead held and Rio de Janeiro was announced as host of 2016 Summer Olympics. This comes just five months after CCO Flávio Pestana quit for personal reasons, Pestana withdrew later during the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Renato Ciuchin was then appointed as COO, events took place at eighteen existing venues, nine new venues constructed specifically for the Games, and seven temporary venues. Each event was held in one of four geographically segregated Olympic clusters, Barra, Copacabana, Deodoro, the same was done for the 2007 Pan American Games
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Brazil
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Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. As the worlds fifth-largest country by area and population, it is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language. Its Amazon River basin includes a vast tropical forest, home to wildlife, a variety of ecological systems. This unique environmental heritage makes Brazil one of 17 megadiverse countries, Brazil was inhabited by numerous tribal nations prior to the landing in 1500 of explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral, who claimed the area for the Portuguese Empire. Brazil remained a Portuguese colony until 1808, when the capital of the empire was transferred from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro, in 1815, the colony was elevated to the rank of kingdom upon the formation of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves. Independence was achieved in 1822 with the creation of the Empire of Brazil, a state governed under a constitutional monarchy. The ratification of the first constitution in 1824 led to the formation of a bicameral legislature, the country became a presidential republic in 1889 following a military coup détat. An authoritarian military junta came to power in 1964 and ruled until 1985, Brazils current constitution, formulated in 1988, defines it as a democratic federal republic. The federation is composed of the union of the Federal District, the 26 states, Brazils economy is the worlds ninth-largest by nominal GDP and seventh-largest by GDP as of 2015. A member of the BRICS group, Brazil until 2010 had one of the worlds fastest growing economies, with its economic reforms giving the country new international recognition. Brazils national development bank plays an important role for the economic growth. Brazil is a member of the United Nations, the G20, BRICS, Unasul, Mercosul, Organization of American States, Organization of Ibero-American States, CPLP. Brazil is a power in Latin America and a middle power in international affairs. One of the worlds major breadbaskets, Brazil has been the largest producer of coffee for the last 150 years and it is likely that the word Brazil comes from the Portuguese word for brazilwood, a tree that once grew plentifully along the Brazilian coast. In Portuguese, brazilwood is called pau-brasil, with the word brasil commonly given the etymology red like an ember, formed from Latin brasa and the suffix -il. As brazilwood produces a red dye, it was highly valued by the European cloth industry and was the earliest commercially exploited product from Brazil. The popular appellation eclipsed and eventually supplanted the official Portuguese name, early sailors sometimes also called it the Land of Parrots. In the Guarani language, a language of Paraguay, Brazil is called Pindorama
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Rio de Janeiro
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Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the second-most populous municipality in Brazil and the sixth-most populous in the Americas. The metropolis is anchor to the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, Rio de Janeiro is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazils third-most populous state. Part of the city has designated as a World Heritage Site, named Rio de Janeiro. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, later, in 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire. Rio stayed the capital of the pluricontinental Lusitanian monarchy until 1822 and this is one of the few instances in history that the capital of a colonising country officially shifted to a city in one of its colonies. Rio de Janeiro has the second largest municipal GDP in the country, the home of many universities and institutes, it is the second-largest center of research and development in Brazil, accounting for 17% of national scientific output according to 2005 data. The Maracanã Stadium held the finals of the 1950 and 2014 FIFA World Cups, the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, the city is divided into 33 administrative regions. Europeans first encountered Guanabara Bay on 1 January 1502, by a Portuguese expedition under explorer Gaspar de Lemos captain of a ship in Pedro Álvares Cabrals fleet, allegedly the Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci participated as observer at the invitation of King Manuel I in the same expedition. The region of Rio was inhabited by the Tupi, Puri, Botocudo, in 1555, one of the islands of Guanabara Bay, now called Villegagnon Island, was occupied by 500 French colonists under the French admiral Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon. Consequently, Villegagnon built Fort Coligny on the island when attempting to establish the France Antarctique colony, Rio de Janeiro was the name of Guanabara Bay. Until early in the 18th century, the city was threatened or invaded by several, mostly French, pirates and buccaneers, such as Jean-François Duclerc, on 27 January 1763, the colonial administration in Portuguese America was moved from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro. The kingdoms capital was transferred to the city, which, thus, as there was no physical space or urban structure to accommodate hundreds of noblemen who arrived suddenly, many inhabitants were simply evicted from their homes. The first printed newspaper in Brazil, the Gazeta do Rio de Janeiro, from the colonial period until the first independent decades, Rio de Janeiro was a city of slaves. There was an influx of African slaves to Rio de Janeiro, in 1819. In 1840, the number of slaves reached 220,000 people, the Port of Rio de Janeiro was the largest port of slaves in America. As a political center of the country, Rio concentrated the political-partisan life of the Empire and it was the main stage of the abolitionist and republican movements in the last half of the 19th century. Rio continued as the capital of Brazil after 1889, when the monarchy was replaced by a republic, until the early years of the 20th century, the city was largely limited to the neighbourhood now known as the historic city centre, on the mouth of Guanabara Bay. Expansion of the city to the north and south was facilitated by the consolidation and electrification of Rios streetcar transit system after 1905, though many thought that it was just campaign rhetoric, Kubitschek managed to have Brasília built, at great cost, by 1960
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United States men's national basketball team
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The USA Basketball Mens Senior National Team, commonly known as the United States Mens National Basketball Team, represents the United States in international mens basketball. The USA team is the most successful team in competition, winning medals in all eighteen Olympic tournaments it has entered. The United States is currently ranked first in the FIBA World Rankings, traditionally composed of amateur players, a 1989 rule change by FIBA allowed USA Basketball to field teams with professional players. The first such team, known as the Dream Team, won the medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. With the introduction of professionals, the team was able to spark a run of dominance after capturing only a bronze medal in 1988. A team of professional players competed at the 1994 FIBA World Championship, in 1996,2000,2008,2012, and 2016 the USA again captured gold medals at the Olympics. Facing increased competition, the USA failed to win a medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championship, determined to put an end to these failures, USA Basketball initiated a long-term project aimed at creating better, more cohesive teams. The USA won its first seven games at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan before losing against Greece in the semi-finals, the USA won gold two years later, though, at the 2008 Summer Olympics with a dominant performance. The USA continued this streak of dominance by going undefeated and capturing gold once more at the 2012 Summer Olympics,2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, the United States possessed a clear advantage in the early decades of international play. Through the next six tournaments, the United States went undefeated, collecting gold while not losing a single contest in the held in London, Helsinki, Melbourne, Rome, Tokyo. Roster until the formation of the 1992 Dream Team, the 1952 team included big man Clyde Lovellette of the University of Kansas, a future Hall of Famer and NBA star, but Kurland once again led the team to victory. The 1956 team was led by San Francisco Dons Bill Russell, the 1972 Olympic mens basketball gold medal game, marking the first ever loss for the USA in Olympic play, is arguably the most controversial in Olympic history. The United States rode their seven consecutive gold medals and 63–0 Olympic record to Munich for the 1972 Summer Olympics, the team won its first eight games in convincing fashion, setting up a final against the Soviet Union. With three seconds left in the medal game, American forward Doug Collins sank two free throws to put the Americans up 50–49. However, the buzzer sounded before Collins second free throw, immediately following Collins free throws, the Soviets inbounded the ball and failed to score. But one official had whistled play to stop with one remaining after hearing the earlier horn. The Soviets argued that they had requested a timeout before Collins foul shots, the referees ordered the clock reset to three seconds and the games final seconds replayed. However, the clock was in the process of being reset when the referees put the ball in play
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Serbia men's national basketball team
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The Serbian national basketball team represents Serbia in international basketball matches and is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Serbia. Serbia is currently ranked third in the FIBA World Rankings, with the start of Yugoslav Wars in 1991, the mighty team of Yugoslavia was disbanded. It was formed of two stated of Serbia and Montenegro, and had less then half the population of former country, at the 1996 Summer Olympics the team lost with 69–95 to the United States in gold-medal game. The national team won the medal at the EuroBasket 1997,1998 FIBA World Championship, EuroBasket 2001. Later, the Yugoslavian national team won the tournament by defeating New Zealand in the semi-finals, on 4 February 2003, the federal assembly of Yugoslavia created a loose state union—the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. The following years were underwhelming as the team failed to make the podium of the tournament. At the EuroBasket 2003 it came in 6th place, but due the world champion status, however, it was eliminated in the group stage with 1–4 score, finishing in 11th place. After two consecutive tournament disappointments, hope for the comeback came at the EuroBasket 2005 where the team of Serbia. Also, legendary Željko Obradović became national head coach again, however, the national team was surprisingly eliminated in the play-off stage by France with 71–74 loss, and finished in 9th place. Obradović stepped down shortly after the tournament, and blamed the bad atmosphere among the star players for yet another failure. The national team participated at the 2006 FIBA World Championship on a card due to the results in the past. However, the team of Serbia and Montenegro once again failed to impress. On 21 May 2006, Montenegrins voted in an independence referendum, in late 2013, a Serbian basketball hall of famer Aleksandar Đorđević was confirmed as a successor to Ivković. Đorđević led the team to two medals at the 2014 FIBA World Championshipand the 2016 Summer Olympics. Serbia won two Fiba World Cup 1998,2002, and the official tournament Fiba Diamond Ball 2004
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Spain men's national basketball team
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The Spanish national basketball team is the basketball team representing Spain in international competitions, organized and run by the Spanish Basketball Federation. Their last major title was in 2015, when they won the European championship and they are second in the FIBA World Rankings for men, only behind the United States. When Spain qualified for the 1936 Summer Olympics, where basketball was part of the games for the first time, expectations were high for the runner-up of the 1935 EuroBasket. Unfortunately, as one of the favorites to win medals, Spain, the other finalist was the USA national team, which won the final and with it the gold medal. Spain, thus, took the Olympic silver medal, continuing the success started at the 2006 FIBA championship, Spain again reached the final at the 2008 Summer Olympics. This proved to be a rematch of the 1984 Olympic final, this time, the Americans won after a remarkably close game 116 to 105. Four years later, in London, USA faced Spain again with a result of 107–100 for the Americans, in the early years of the FIBA World Cup, Spain struggled to establish a steady presence as a competitor. Between 1950 and 1970, the only qualified once. Then, beginning in 1974 Spain developed into a serious competitor, at the 2006 FIBA World Championship, the Spanish team finally achieved the ultimate victory, the greatest success in its history. The date was 3 September 2006, as Spain won the medal game against the Greek national team. Held in the Saitama Super Arena in Japan, the game ended with a score of 70–47. Pau Gasol was named the tournament MVP, and Jorge Garbajosa also made the All-Tournament team, shortly afterwards, the team were awarded with the 2006 Prince of Asturias Award in Sports. The first game in the history of the selection was a qualifier for the 1935 EuroBasket and this event, which was held in Geneva in the summer of 1935 was the first EuroBasket game in history. Spain finished 2nd and qualified for the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin where basketball was introduced for the first time, after several tries, Spain won its first continental championship in 2009, repeating its success in 2011 and 2015. The image was requested for a campaign for a courier company and was published in a Spanish national daily sports newspaper. Besides success at the Big Three events Spain has also shown success at the Mediterranean Games, bold denotes players still playing international basketball. Played in most Summer Olympic Games, Juan Carlos Navarro Longest tenure in the team, Epi,15 years. Most medals won with the team, Pau Gasol Felipe Reyes Juan Carlos Navarro Most games as head coach, Antonio Díaz-Miguel,423 games
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United States women's national basketball team
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The United States womens national basketball team are the defending Olympic and World champions in womens basketball. The team is composed of some of the top American players in the WNBA, the team has won eight Olympic gold medals and nine FIBA world championships, and did not lose an international match between 1994 and 2006. However, with longtime leaders Dawn Staley, Lisa Leslie, and Teresa Edwards absent, they lost to Russia in the semifinal of the 2006 world championship, eventually settling for the bronze. On August 11,2012, the team won their 5th straight gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and on October 5,2014, beat Spain 77-64 in the final of the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women for their second consecutive world title. The results of the competition for Team USA, Tentative roster for the 2016 Summer Olympics, the following is the United States roster for the womens basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics
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Spain women's national basketball team
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The Spain womens national basketball team represents Spain in international basketball competitions for women. The team has participated in the FIBA World Championship for Women since 1994 and it has won one Olympic medal and two World Championship medals. After winning the EuroBasket 1993 Women, in 1994 the female selection of the Spanish team qualified for the FIBA World Championship for Women for the first time, since then, the team has qualified for every World Championship. Overall, Spain finished 8th in Australia, and two consecutive 5th in Germany and China, and 8th in Brazil 2006 and these results are quite commendable, considering that Spain has only competed with the world elite for 12 years. The female section of the Spanish team is ranked No.3 in the ranking of FIBA, achieving bronze and silver medals in the 2010 and 2014 Championships respectively. At the EuroBasket Women, the Spanish selection won gold in 1993 and 2013, won silver in 2007, at the Mediterranean Games, Spain won gold in 1991, and bronze in 1993,2001 and 2005. The following is the Spain roster in the basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Bold denotes players still playing international basketball, as of 22 August 2016 Spanish Basketball Federation Spain national basketball team Spain national youth basketball teams Official website FIBA profile
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Serbia women's national basketball team
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The Serbian womens national basketball team represents Serbia in international basketball matches and is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Serbia. Serbia is currently ranked seventeenth in the FIBA World Rankings and it was known as the FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro womens national basketball team until 2006. When Serbia became independent, it became the state to the Serbia and Montenegro and, therefore. For the results before 1992 see Yugoslavia womens national basketball team, the following is the Serbia roster in the womens basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics
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Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held from 28 July to 12 August 2012. The preliminary matches and the quarterfinal matches were played in the new Basketball Arena in Olympic Park which seated up to 12,000 spectators. The mens knockout games and the games from semifinals onward were played in the North Greenwich Arena. The US mens and US womens teams both successfully defended their Olympic basketball championships of 2008, two settings in London have been used for the basketball tournaments, The O2 Arena and the Basketball Arena in Olympic Park at Stratford. The National Olympic Committees may enter up to one 12-player mens team, initially, basketball was the only team sport in which the host country was not automatically awarded a team in the tournament. However, in a meeting held in Lyon, France, on 13 March 2011, twelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams. Each game result merits a corresponding point, *The team has less than two players available to play on the court, **A team cannot present five players at the start of the game, or its actions prevent play from being resumed. The semifinal winners contested for the medal, while the losers played for the bronze medal. The draw for the groups of the tournament was made on 30 April 2012. Included are the teams FIBA World Rankings prior to the tournament, the draw for the groups of the womens tournament was made on 30 April 2012. Included are the teams FIBA World Rankings before the tournament, the International Basketball Federation named the following 30 referees to officiate the basketball games at the 2012 Olympics
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Spain
United States
Tokyo
Brazil
Australia
Radès
Nigeria
Mexico City
Venezuela
Argentina
Lithuania
Changsha
Belgrade[3]
Pasay[3]
France
Turin[3]
Croatia
Turkey
Edmonton
Yaoundé
Senegal
Belarus
United States
Serbia
Spain