2008 Summer Olympics / basketball

Basketball at the 2008 Olympic Summer Games
information
venue	Beijing
Competition venue	Wukesong indoor stadium
Teams	24 (12 , 12 )
Nations	19th
Athletes	287 (144 , 143 )
date	August 9-24, 2008
decisions	2
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At the XXIX. During the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , two basketball competitions were held. Twelve teams each took part in the men's and women's tournaments. Each country qualified for the tournament was entitled to field a maximum of one team of twelve players each, resulting in a total of 144 participating men and 144 women in this competition. Both competitions were held in the Wukesong indoor stadium, the women's from August 9th to 23rd and the men's from August 10th to 24th. The drawing of the groups took place on April 26th, 2008, the final order of the games on the respective matchday was announced on May 25th.

Kobe Bryant in the group B United States preliminary round match against China.

Men

qualification

In addition to host China , the first place in the 2006 World Cup , the first place in the 2007 African Championship, the first place in the 2007 Asian Cup, the first and second place in the 2007 American Championship , the first and third place in the 2007 European Championship (as Spain was already qualified as world champion, moved up the third place after) and the first place in the Oceania Championship qualified directly for the Olympics.

The three remaining starting places were awarded at a final qualifying tournament that took place from July 14th to 20th, 2008 in Athens. Twelve teams took part, of which the three best qualified for the Olympic competition. The games were played in the Olympic Hall of the Olympic Sports Complex . The following teams took part in this final qualifying tournament:

• Four from Europe (European Championship 2007): Greece (4th), Germany (5th), Croatia (6th), Slovenia (7th)    
• Three from America (American Championship 2007): Puerto Rico (3rd), Brazil (4th), Canada (5th)   
• Two from Africa (African Championship 2007): Cameroon (2nd), Cape Verde (3rd)  
• Two from Asia (Asian Cup 2007): Lebanon (2nd), South Korea (3rd)  
• One from Oceania (Oceania Championship 2007): New Zealand (2nd) 

After group matches in four groups and the final round with eight teams, the three best teams have qualified for the Olympic competition (shown in italics ).

	Quarter finals				Semifinals
	Croatia	83
	Canada	62
					Croatia	76
					Germany	70
	Germany	78
	Brazil	65
	Slovenia	61
	Puerto Rico	70
					Puerto Rico	63			Game for third place
					Greece	88
	Greece	75							Germany	96
	New Zealand	48							Puerto Rico	82

The following teams have qualified for the Olympic competition:

Angola (as Africa champion)  Argentina (as runner-up America champion)  Australia (as Oceania Champion)  People's Republic of China (as host)  Germany (through qualifying tournament)  Greece (through qualifying tournament, not as runner-up world champion)

Iran (as Asian champions)  Croatia (through qualifying tournament)  Lithuania (3rd in the European Championship, as Spain has already qualified)  Russia (as European champion)  Spain (as world champion and as runner-up European champion)  United States (as America Champion)

Olympic competition

Medalist

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Carmelo Anthony , Carlos Boozer , Chris Bosh , Kobe Bryant , LeBron James , Dwight Howard , Jason Kidd , Chris Paul , Tayshaun Prince , Michael Redd , Dwyane Wade , Deron Williams Trainer: Mike Krzyzewski
2	ESP	José Calderón , Rudy Fernández , Jorge Garbajosa , Marc Gasol , Pau Gasol , Carlos Jiménez , Raúl López , Álex Mumbrú , Juan Carlos Navarro , Felipe Reyes , Berni Rodríguez , Ricky Rubio Trainer: Aíto García Reneses
3	ARG	Carlos Delfino , Manu Ginóbili , Román González , Juan Pedro Gutiérrez , Leonardo Gutiérrez , Federico Kammerichs , Andrés Nocioni , Fabricio Oberto , Antonio Porta , Pablo Prigioni , Paolo Quinteros , Luis Scola Trainer: Sergio Hernández

Preliminary round

Group A

space	country	S.	G	V	baskets	Diff.	Points
1	Lithuania	5	4th	1	425: 400	+25	9
2	Argentina	5	4th	1	425: 361	+64	9
3	Croatia	5	3	2	399: 380	+19	8th
4th	Australia	5	3	2	457: 405	+52	8th
5	Russia	5	1	4th	387: 406	−19	6th
6th	Iran	5	0	5	323: 464	−141	5

game	date	encounter			Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Loss	Erg.
1	August 10, 9:00 a.m.	Russia	-	Iran	24: 5	14:17	8:16	25:11		71:49
1	August 10, 4:45 p.m.	Lithuania	-	Argentina	14:11	20:19	17:15	28:30		79:75
1	August 10, 8:00 p.m.	Australia	-	Croatia	14:21	17:26	22:26	29:24		82:97
2	August 12, 9:00 a.m.	Iran	-	Lithuania	20:15	14:31	19:28	14:25		67:99
2	August 12, 11:15 a.m.	Croatia	-	Russia	16:17	26:19	18:15	25:27		85:78
2	August 12, 10:15 p.m.	Argentina	-	Australia	23:11	16:18	24:17	22:22		85:68
3	August 14, 11:15 a.m.	Australia	-	Iran	28:15	25:14	22:19	31:20		106: 68
3	August 14, 4:45 p.m.	Lithuania	-	Russia	23:24	21:17	25:21	17:17		86:79
3	August 14, 10:15 p.m.	Argentina	-	Croatia	21:13	19: 9	19:16	18:15		77:53
4th	August 16, 11:15 a.m.	Russia	-	Australia	16:27	17:22	22:20	25:26		80:95
4th	August 16, 2:30 p.m.	Croatia	-	Lithuania	15:13	30:29	17:16	11:28		73:86
4th	August 16, 4:45 p.m.	Iran	-	Argentina	14:19	19:23	24:30	25:25		82:97
5	August 18, 9:00 a.m.	Iran	-	Croatia	8:19	8:35	23:16	18:21		57:91
5	August 18, 11:15 a.m.	Australia	-	Lithuania	28:14	27:15	20:22	31:24		106: 75
5	August 18, 10:15 p.m.	Argentina	-	Russia	27:16	18:23	27:25	19:15		91:79

(All times are local time)

Group B

space	country	S.	G	V	baskets	Diff.	Points
1	United States	5	5	0	515: 354	+161	10
2	Spain	5	4th	1	418: 369	+49	9
3	Greece	5	3	2	415: 375	+40	8th
4th	China	5	2	3	366: 400	−34	7th
5	Germany	5	1	4th	330: 390	−60	6th
6th	Angola	5	0	5	321: 477	−156	5

game	date	encounter			Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Loss	Erg.
1	August 10, 11:15 a.m.	Germany	-	Angola	25:21	29:13	24:18	17:14		95:66
1	August 10, 2:30 p.m.	Spain	-	Greece	20:16	15:13	27:17	19:20		81:66
1	August 10, 10:15 p.m.	United States	-	China	20:16	29:21	25:11	27:22		101: 70
2	August 12, 2:30 p.m.	Greece	-	Germany	21:23	23:10	25:15	18:16		87:64
2	August 12, 4:45 p.m.	China	-	Spain	18:20	28:17	15:10	11:25	3:13	75:85
2	August 12, 8:00 p.m.	Angola	-	United States	18:29	19:26	16:26	23:16		76:97
3	August 14, 9:00 a.m.	Germany	-	Spain	15:12	21:27	12:20	11:13		59:72
3	August 14, 2:30 p.m.	Angola	-	China	15:28	27:16	9:21	17:20		68:85
3	August 14, 8:00 p.m.	United States	-	Greece	20:16	31:16	23:22	18:15		92:69
4th	August 16, 9:00 a.m.	Greece	-	Angola	12:11	31:17	38:14	21:19		102: 61
4th	August 16, 8:00 p.m.	China	-	Germany	19: 9	8:22	20: 8	12:16		59:55
4th	August 16, 10:15 p.m.	Spain	-	United States	22:31	23:30	18:25	19:33		82: 119
5	August 18, 2:30 p.m.	Greece	-	China	27:15	19: 9	23:30	22:23		91:77
5	August 18, 4:45 p.m.	Angola	-	Spain	23:15	7:25	11:31	9:27		50:98
5	August 18, 8:00 p.m.	United States	-	Germany	31:12	22:17	30:17	23:11		106: 57

(All times are local time)

Final round

	Quarter final				Semi final				Final
	August 20, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
	United States	116
					August 22, 2008, 10:15 p.m.
	Australia	85
					United States	101
	August 20, 2008, 10:15 p.m.
					Argentina	81
	Argentina	80
									August 24, 2008, 2:30 p.m.
	Greece	78
									United States	118
	August 20, 2008, 4:45 p.m.
									Spain	107
	Lithuania	94
					August 22, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
	China	68
					Lithuania	86			Game for third place
	August 20, 2008, 2:30 p.m.
					Spain	91
	Spain	72							Argentina	87
	Croatia	59							Lithuania	75
									August 24, 2008, 12:00 p.m.

Quarter finals

game	date	encounter			Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Loss	Erg.
VF1	August 20, 2:30 p.m.	Spain	-	Croatia	22:11	15:15	14:12	21:21		72:59
VF2	August 20, 4:45 p.m.	Lithuania	-	China	19:17	22:13	29:23	24:15		94:68
VF3	August 20, 8:00 p.m.	United States	-	Australia	25:24	30:19	34:18	27:24		116: 85
VF4	August 20, 10:15 p.m.	Argentina	-	Greece	22:23	17:17	17:15	24:23		80:78

Semifinals

game	date	encounter			Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Loss	Erg.
HF1	August 22, 10:15 p.m.	United States	-	Argentina	30:11	19:29	29:24	23:17		101: 81
HF2	August 22, 8:00 p.m.	Lithuania	-	Spain	19:21	23:19	24:22	20:29		86:91

3rd place match

game	date	encounter			Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Loss	Erg.
75	August 24, 12:00 p.m.	Argentina	-	Lithuania	24:21	22:13	22:15	19:26		87:75

final

game	date	encounter			Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Loss	Erg.
76	August 24, 2:30 p.m.	United States	-	Spain	38:31	31:30	22:21	27:25		118: 107

Women

qualification

In addition to the People's Republic of China , the host, the winners of the 2006 World Cup , the 2007 African Cup, the 2007 Asian Cup, the 2007 American Cup, the 2007 European Cup and the Oceanian Cup were directly qualified for the Olympic tournament. The five remaining starting places were awarded at a final qualifying tournament that took place from June 9th to 15th, 2008. The following twelve teams took part, of which the five best qualified for the Olympic competition:

• Four from Europe: Spain , Belarus , Latvia , Czech Republic    
• Three from America: Cuba , Brazil , Argentina   
• Two from Africa: Senegal , Angola  
• Two from Asia: Japan , Chinese Taipei  
• One from Oceania: Fiji 

The teams from Spain, Latvia, Belarus and the Czech Republic qualified as winners of their quarter-finals. The last remaining place was secured by the Brazilian selection in a final round of the losers from the quarter-finals played as a Final Four .

The following teams qualified for the Olympic competition:

Australia  Brazil  People's Republic of China

Latvia  Mali  New Zealand

Russia  Spain  South Korea

Czech Republic  United States  Belarus

Olympic competition

Medalists

space	country	Sportswomen
1	United States	Seimone Augustus , Sue Bird , Tamika Catchings , Sylvia Fowles , Kara Lawson , Lisa Leslie , DeLisha Milton-Jones , Candace Parker , Cappie Pondexter , Katie Smith , Diana Taurasi , Tina Thompson Trainer: Anne Donovan
2	OUT	Suzy Batkovic , Tully Bevilaqua , Rohanee Cox , Hollie Grima , Kristi Harrower , Lauren Jackson , Erin Phillips , Emma Randall , Jennifer Screen , Belinda Snell , Laura Summerton , Penny Taylor Trainer: Jan Stirling
3	RUS	Svetlana Abrossimowa , Rebecca Hammon , Marina Karpunina , Ilona Korstin , Marina Kusina , Jekaterina Lisina , Irina Ossipowa , Oxana Rachmatulina , Tatiana Shtschegolewa , Irina Sokolowskaja , Marija Stepanowa , Natalja Vodopjanowa Trainer: Igor Grudin

Preliminary round

Group A

rank	country	S.	G	V	baskets	Diff.	Points
1	Australia	5	5	0	424: 319	+105	10
2	Russia	5	4th	1	339: 333	+6	9
3	Belarus	5	2	3	324: 332	−8	7th
4th	South Korea	5	2	3	327: 360	−33	7th
5	Latvia	5	1	4th	334: 387	−53	6th
6th	Brazil	5	1	4th	337: 354	−17	6th

game	date	encounter			Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Loss	Erg.
1	August 9, 9 a.m.	Belarus	-	Australia	12:19	16:25	22:21	14:18		64:83
1	August 9, 4:45 p.m.	Brazil	-	South Korea	14:13	14:13	15:15	12:14	7:13	62:68
1	August 9, 10:15 p.m.	Russia	-	Latvia	14: 7	15:24	12:17	21: 9		62:57
2	August 11, 2:30 p.m.	South Korea	-	Russia	15:24	20:13	24:21	13:19		72:77
2	August 11, 4:45 p.m.	Latvia	-	Belarus	20:21	15:19	14:20	8:19		57:79
2	August 11, 10:15 p.m.	Australia	-	Brazil	29:14	21:15	11:20	19:16		80:65
3	August 13, 9 a.m.	Belarus	-	Russia	19:20	8:15	13:17	25:19		65:71
3	August 13, 2:30 p.m.	Brazil	-	Latvia	23:14	13:17	23:26	19:22		78:79
3	August 13, 8 p.m.	Australia	-	South Korea	23:14	24:19	26:17	17:12		90:62
4th	August 15, 11:15 a.m.	Latvia	-	Australia	18:19	20:22	18:35	17:20		73:96
4th	August 15, 2:30 p.m.	Russia	-	Brazil	21:26	14:15	19:15	20: 8		74:64
4th	August 15, 10:15 p.m.	South Korea	-	Belarus	15:12	13:21	9:17	19:13		53:63
5	August 17, 11:15 a.m.	Australia	-	Russia	15:19	10:18	30:10	20: 8		75:55
5	August 17, 2:30 p.m.	Latvia	-	South Korea	22:20	13:22	9:18	24:12		68:72
5	August 17, 4:45 p.m.	Brazil	-	Belarus	20:12	19:14	10:12	19:15		68:53

(All times are local time)

Group B

rank	country	S.	G	V	baskets	Diff.	Points
1	United States	5	5	0	491: 276	+215	10
2	China	5	4th	1	358: 346	+12	9
3	Spain	5	3	2	357: 324	+33	8th
4th	Czech Republic	5	2	3	346: 356	−10	7th
5	New Zealand	5	1	4th	320: 423	−103	6th
6th	Mali	5	0	5	255: 402	−147	5

game	date	encounter			Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Loss	Erg.
1	August 9, 11:15 a.m.	Mali	-	New Zealand	18:18	15:24	21:18	18:16		72:76
1	August 9, 2:30 p.m.	Spain	-	China	15:18	9:19	20:15	20:15		64:67
1	August 9, 8 p.m.	United States	-	Czech Republic	22:17	27:14	26:13	22:13		97:57
2	August 11, 9 a.m.	New Zealand	-	Spain	7:18	20:22	20:20	15:25		62:85
2	August 11, 11:15 a.m.	Czech Republic	-	Mali	23: 4	15:18	18:11	25:14		81:47
2	August 11, 8 p.m.	China	-	United States	11:33	16:28	19:20	17:27		63: 108
3	August 13, 11:15 a.m.	Spain	-	Czech Republic	15:21	13: 6	30:11	16:17		74:55
3	August 13, 4:45 p.m.	New Zealand	-	China	18:26	13:24	17:15	15:15		63:80
3	August 13, 10:15 p.m.	Mali	-	United States	12:24	16:27	5:25	8:21		41:97
4th	August 15, 9 a.m.	Czech Republic	-	New Zealand	26:12	18:19	21: 7	25:21		90:59
4th	August 15, 4:45 p.m.	China	-	Mali	17: 7	20:13	15:15	17:13		69:48
4th	August 15, 8:00 p.m.	United States	-	Spain	22:17	17:17	23:10	31:11		93:55
5	August 17, 9 a.m.	Spain	-	Mali	19: 5	17:16	22:12	21:14		79:47
5	August 17, 8:00 p.m.	Czech Republic	-	China	11:24	14:17	20:24	18:14		63:79
5	August 17, 10:15 p.m.	New Zealand	-	United States	18:23	6:27	18:25	18:21		60:96

(All times are local time)

Final round

	Quarter final				Semi final				Final
	August 19, 2008, 8 p.m.
	United States	104
					August 21, 2008, 8 p.m.
	South Korea	60
					United States	67
	August 19, 2008, 10:15 p.m.
					Russia	52
	Russia	84
									August 23, 2008, 10:00 p.m.
	Spain	65
									United States	92
	August 19, 2008, 4:45 p.m.
									Australia	65
	Australia	79
					August 21, 2008, 10:15 p.m.
	Czech Republic	46
					Australia	90			Game for third place
	August 19, 2008, 2.30 p.m.
					China	56
	China	77							Russia	94
	Belarus	62							China	81
									August 23, 2008, 7.30 p.m.

Quarter finals

game	date	encounter			Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Loss	Erg.
VF 1	August 19, 2:30 p.m.	China	-	Belarus	19:13	19:12	18:18	21:19		77:62
VF 2	August 19, 4:45 p.m.	Australia	-	Czech Republic	23:10	15: 7	23:10	18:19		79:46
VF 3	August 19, 8 p.m.	United States	-	South Korea	25:21	26: 9	26: 9	27:21		104: 60
VF 4	August 19, 10:15 p.m.	Russia	-	Spain	10:21	22:19	24:15	28:10		84:65

Semifinals

game	date	encounter			Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Loss	Erg.
HF 1	August 21, 8:00 p.m.	United States	-	Russia	13:16	20:16	15: 8	19:12		67:52
HF 2	August 21, 10:15 p.m.	Australia	-	China	13:11	21: 7	23:21	33:17		90:56

3rd place match

game	date	encounter			Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Loss	Erg.
	August 23, 7.30 p.m.	Russia	-	China	24:23	28:16	20:18	22:24		94:81

final

game	date	encounter			Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Loss	Erg.
	August 23, 10:00 p.m.	United States	-	Australia	22:15	25:15	22:24	23:11		92:65

Basketball medal table

Basketball medal table
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	United States	2	-	-	2
2	Spain	-	1	-	1
	Australia	-	1	-	1
4th	Argentina	-	-	1	1
	Russia	-	-	1	1

Web links

Commons : Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website for qualification
• Official website - women
• Official website - men

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1. ↑ Olympic basketball venue ready ( Memento from September 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Fiba.com: Results of the Draw for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Basketball tournaments (English)
3. ^ Meeting of the FIBA ​​Central Board in Chicago
4. ↑ Venue: Olympic Athletic Center of Athens ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ DBB team for Olympic qualification in Athens ( Memento from July 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive )