The men's national basketball team of the Brazil will compete 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 for be host nation. The team is coached by Rubén Magnano since 2010, with assistant coaches Gustavo de Conti (Paulistano Basketball), Demétrius Ferraciú (Bauru Basketball), and José Alves Neto (Flamengo Basketball).
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Timeline
Roster
The following is the Brazil roster for the men's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
On 27 July, Anderson Varejão left the squad due to injury and was replaced by Cristiano Felício.
The following were also candidates to make the team:
References
2016 Brazil men's Olympic basketball team Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA