Basketball at The 1968 Summer Olympics - Format

Format

• Two groups of eight teams are formed, where the top two from each group compete for the medals in a knockout round.
• The remaining places are defined as follows:
  • Fifth through eighth places are decided in a separate bracket between the third and fourth places from each group in a separate bracket.
  • Ninth through sixteenth places are decided between the fifth through eighth places from each group in separate brackets.