Where to Watch the Rio 2016 Olympics Basketball in the UK

By Sam Neter on August 6, 2016

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The Rio 2016 Olympics are upon us, and many British basketball fans – despite there not being a GB Team involved this time around – are trying to find out where to watch the basketball.

BBC Sport will be showing all the games online here, and on the BBC Red Button on your television set.

Below is a full rundown of the entire Rio 2016 Olympic basketball schedule (men’s & women’s) with UK tip times.

Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball Schedule

Day 1: Saturday 6th August
4.00pm—1.30am – Women’s preliminary rounds: Turkey v France (4.00pm); China v Canada (6.15pm); Brazil v Australia (9.30pm); Belarus v Japan (11.45pm)

6.15pm—4.15am – Men’s preliminary rounds: Australia v France (6.15pm); China v USA (11.00pm); Venezuela v Serbia (2.30am)

Day 2: Sunday 7th August
4.00pm—1.30am – Women’s preliminary rounds: USA v Senegal (4.00pm); Serbia v Spain (6.15pm); Australia v Turkey (9.30pm); France v Belarus (11.45pm)

6.15pm—4.15am – Men’s preliminary rounds: Brazil v Lithuania (6.15pm); Croatia v Spain (11.00pm); Nigeria v Argentina (2.30am)

Day 3: Monday 8th August
4.00pm—1.30am – Women’s preliminary rounds: Spain v USA (4.00pm); Canada v Serbia (6.15pm); Japan v Brazil (9.30pm); Senegal v China (11.45pm)

6.15pm—4.15am – Men’s preliminary rounds: Serbia v Australia (6.15pm); USA v Venezuela (11.00pm); France v China (2.30am)

Day 4: Tuesday 9th August
4.15pm—11.30pm – Women’s preliminary rounds: Australia v France (4.15pm); Brazil v Belarus (7.30pm); Turkey v Japan (9.45pm)

6.15pm—4.15am – Men’s preliminary rounds: Spain v Brazil (6.15pm); Lithuania v Nigeria (11.00pm); Argentina v Croatia (2.30am)

Day 5: Wednesday 10th August
4.15pm—8.00pm – Preliminary rounds: women’s China v Spain(4.15pm); men’s Serbia v France (6.15pm)

7.30pm—11.30pm Women’s preliminary rounds: USA v Serbia (7.30pm); Senegal v Canada (9.45pm)

Day 6: Thursday 11th August
4.15pm—8.00pm – Women’s preliminary rounds: Belarus v Turkey (4.15pm), Men’s preliminary rounds: Brazil v Croatia (6.15pm)

7.30pm—11.30pm – Women’s preliminary rounds: France v Brazil (7.30pm); Japan v Australia (9.45pm)

11.00pm—4.15am – Men’s preliminary rounds: Nigeria v Spain (11.00pm); Lithuania v Argentina (2.30am)

Day 7: Friday 12th August
4.15pm—6.00pm – Women’s preliminary rounds: Serbia v China (4.15pm)

6.15pm—8.00pm – Men’s preliminary rounds: China v Australia (6.15pm)

7.30pm—11.30pm – Women’s preliminary rounds: Canada v USA (7.30pm); Spain v Senegal (9.45pm)

11.00pm—4.15am – Men’s preliminary rounds: USA v Serbia (11.00pm); France v Venezuela (2.30pm)

Day 8: Saturday 13th August
4.15pm—9.15pm – Women’s preliminary round: Australia v Belarus (4.15pm); Turkey v Brazil (7.30pm). Men’s preliminary round: Argentina v Brazil (6.15pm)

9.45pm—4.15am – Women’s preliminary round: Japan v France (9.45pm). Men’s preliminary round: Spain v Lithuania (11.00pm); Croatia v Nigeria (2.30am)

Day 9: Sunday 14th August
4.15pm—6.00pm – Women’s preliminary round: China v USA

6.15pm—9.15pm – Men’s preliminary round: USA v France (6.15pm). Women’s preliminary round: Senegal v Serbia (7.30pm)

9.45pm—4.15am – Women’s preliminary round: Spain v Canada (9.45pm). Men’s preliminary round: Australia v Venezuela (11.00pm); Serbia v China (2.30am)

Day 10: Monday 15th August
6.15pm—8.00pm – Men’s preliminary round: Nigeria v Brazil

11.00pm—12.45am – Men’s preliminary round:  Spain v Argentina

2.30am—4.15am – Men’s preliminary round: Lithuania v Croatia

Day 11: Tuesday 16th August
3.00pm—8.15pm – Women’s quarter-finals (tip-offs 3.00pm and 6.10pm).

10.45pm—4.00am – Women’s quarter-finals (tip-offs 10.45pm and 2.15am).

Day 12: Wednesday 17th August
10.45pm—4.00am – Men’s quarter-finals (tip-offs 10.45pm and 2.15am).

3.00pm—8.15pm Men’s quarter-finals (tip-offs 3.00pm and 6.30pm).

Day 13: Thursday 18th August
7.00pm—9.00pm First women’s semi-final

11.00pm—1.00am Second women’s semi-final

Day 14: Friday 19th August
7.30pm—9.00pm Men’s first semi-final

11.00pm—1.00am Men’s second semi-final

Day 15: Saturday 20th August
3.30pm—5.30pm Women’s bronze-medal

7.30pm—9.30pm Women’s final game

Day 16: Sunday 21st August
3.30pm—5.30pm Men’s bronze-medal game

7.45pm—10.05pm Men’s final game

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