Kammala wannan jumla: Opals sun cancanci
Wasannin Olympics na 2016 a Rio de Janeiro bayan nasarar da aka yi a kan New Zealand a watan Agusta 2015. A ranar 31 ga Maris, 2016, Lauren Jackson ta sanar da yin ritaya daga wasan kwando, inda ta ambaci raunin rauni na gwiwa a matsayin dalilin yanke shawarar ta. An sanar da tawagar wasannin Olympics a ranar 12 ga Yuli 2016 kuma sun hada da 'yan wasa bakwai na farko na wasannin Olympics da' yan wasa uku kawai daga tawagar 2012. Abubuwan da aka fi sani da su sun hada da lambar yabo ta Olympic sau uku Suzy Batkovic, mai mulki WNBL MVP Abby Bishop da Rebecca Allen. Duk da jinkirin farawa wanda ya addabi Ostiraliya a duk faɗin gasar, Opals ya gama a saman rukunin su tare da rikodin 5 <unk> 0, ya fi Japan 33 <unk> 15 a cikin kwata na ƙarshe don cin nasara da maki shida. A cikin wasan kusa da na karshe, Opals sun sha wahala sakamakon rashin nasara 73-71 ga Serbia, sun ba da gudummawa 26 kuma sun kawar da su daga gasar neman lambar yabo. Wannan ya kawo karshen jerin lambobin wasannin Olympics biyar da suka biyo baya tun shekaru 20. Daya daga cikin abubuwan da suka faru shi ne Liz Cambage ya karya Lauren Jackson na Australiya na gasar Olympics na maki da aka zira a wasa daya tare da 37 a kan Japan. Wannan shi ne karo na uku mafi girma da mace ta yi a tarihin wasannin Olympics kuma mafi girma a cikin shekaru 28.