2012 Summer Olympics / Basketball

Basketball at the 2012 Olympics
information
venue	London
Competition venue	Basketball Arena , North Greenwich Arena
Teams	24 (12 , 12 )
Nations	17th
Athletes	287 (144 , 143 )
date	July 28 - August 12, 2012
decisions	2
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At the 2012 Summer Olympics in the British capital London , two basketball competitions were held from July 28th to August 12th .

Twelve teams each took part in the tournament for women and men. The venue was the basketball arena in the Olympic Park , which offered space for 12,000 spectators. The finals were held in the O₂ arena , which was called the “North Greenwich Arena” during the games for reasons of sponsorship and had space for 20,000 spectators.

Men's Olympic Tournament

Medalist

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Carmelo Anthony , Kobe Bryant , Tyson Chandler , Anthony Davis , Kevin Durant , James Harden , Andre Iguodala , LeBron James , Kevin Love , Chris Paul , Russell Westbrook , Deron Williams Trainer: Mike Krzyzewski
2	ESP	Sergio Rodríguez , José Calderón , Víctor Sada , Sergio Llull , Juan Carlos Navarro , Rudy Fernández , Fernando San Emeterio , Víctor Claver , Felipe Reyes , Serge Ibaka , Pau Gasol , Marc Gasol Trainer: Sergio Scariolo
3	RUS	Semjon Antonow , Vitali Fridson , Sergei Karassjow , Alexander Kaun , Wiktor Chrjapa , Dmitri Chwostow , Andrei Kirilenko , Sergei Monja , Timofei Mosgow , Anton Ponkraschow , Alexei Schwed , Evgeni Voronow Trainer: David Blatt

Preliminary round

Group A

space	team	Victories	Ndlg.	baskets	Diff.	Points
1.	United States	5	0	589: 398	+191	10
2.	France	4th	1	376: 378	- 002nd	09
3.	Argentina	3	2	448: 424	+ 024	08th
4th	Lithuania	2	3	395: 399	- 004th	07th
5.	Nigeria	1	4th	338: 456	−118	06th
6th	Tunisia	0	5	320: 411	- 091	05

Day	time	encounter	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Loss	Erg.
29th of July	09:00	Nigeria - Tunisia	(18: 07)	(13: 08)	(14:16)	(15:25)		060: 056
	14:30	USA - France	(22:21)	(30:15)	(26:15)	(20:20)		098: 071
	22:15	Argentina - Lithuania	(24:23)	(27:16)	(27:22)	(24:18)		102: 079
July 31	14:30	Lithuania - Nigeria	(14: 08)	(20:19)	(22:13)	(16:13)		072: 053
	20:00	France - Argentina	(19:12)	(13:17)	(23:24)	(16:11)		071: 064
	22:15	Tunisia - USA	(15:21)	(18:25)	(14:39)	(16:25)		063: 110
August 2nd	09:00	France - Lithuania	(25:21)	(14:22)	(20: 09)	(23:22)		082: 074
	14:30	Argentina - Tunisia	(14:28)	(26:12)	(31:16)	(21:13)		092: 069
	22:15	USA - Nigeria	(49:25)	(29:20)	(41:17)	(37:11)		156: 073
4th of August	09:00	Tunisia - France	(15:20)	(12:15)	(16:25)	(26:13)		069: 073
	14:30	Lithuania - USA	(25:33)	(26:22)	(21:23)	(22:21)		094: 099
	22:15	Nigeria - Argentina	(19:37)	(18:20)	(20:19)	(22:17)		079: 093
6th of August	11:15	Tunisia - Lithuania	(18: 07)	(17:22)	(19:21)	( 09:26)		063: 076
	14:30	France - Nigeria	(23:10)	(18:20)	(15:24)	(23:19)		079: 073
	22:15	Argentina - USA	(32:34)	(27:26)	(17:42)	(21:24)		097: 126

Group B

space	team	Victories	Ndlg.	baskets	Diff.	Points
1.	Russia	4th	1	400: 359	+ 041	9
2.	Brazil	4th	1	402: 349	+ 053	9
3.	Spain	3	2	414: 394	+ 020	8th
4th	Australia	3	2	410: 373	+ 037	8th
5.	Great Britain	1	4th	380: 405	- 025	6th
6th	China	0	5	313: 439	−136	5

Day	time	encounter	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Loss	Erg.
29th of July	11:15	Brazil - Australia	(19:20)	(17:15)	(20:14)	(19:22)		75: 071
	16:45	Spain - China	(19:17)	(34:24)	(16:19)	(28:21)		97: 081
	20:00	Russia - Great Britain	(24:19)	(25:15)	(22:24)	(24:17)		95: 075
July 31	09:00	China - Russia	(12:20)	(13:20)	(14:21)	(15:12)		54: 073
	11:15	Australia - Spain	(19:14)	(13:23)	(10:26)	(28:19)		70: 082
	16:45	Great Britain - Brazil	(11: 04)	(16:23)	(16:21)	(19:19)		62: 067
August 2nd	11:15	Australia - China	(21:22)	(28:11)	(12:19)	(20: 09)		81: 061
	16:45	Brazil - Russia	(20:15)	(12:25)	(21:19)	(21:16)		74: 075
	20:00	Spain - Great Britain	(24:15)	(13:14)	(23:19)	(19:30)		79: 078
4th of August	11:15	Russia - Spain	(11:28)	(21:12)	(24:13)	(21:21)		77: 074
	16:45	China - Brazil	0(9:25)	(12:17)	(17:28)	(21:28)		59: 098
	20:00	Great Britain - Australia	(25:18)	(21:18)	(14:30)	(15:40)		75: 106
6th of August	09:00	Australia - Russia	(29:20)	(17:25)	(23:19)	(13:16)		82: 080
	16:45	Great Britain - China	(27:15)	(19:16)	(26:17)	(18:10)		90: 058
	20:00	Spain - Brazil	(26:17)	(18:21)	(22:19)	(16:31)		82: 088

Final round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	8th August
	Brazil	77
					August 10
	Argentina	82
					Argentina	83
	8th August
					United States	109
	United States	119
									12. August
	Australia	86
									United States	107
	8th August
									Spain	100
	France	59
					August 10
	Spain	66
					Spain	67			Game for third place
	8th August
					Russia	59
	Russia	83							Argentina	77
	Lithuania	74							Russia	81
									12. August

Quarter finals

Day	time	encounter	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Loss	Erg.
8th August	14:00	Russia - Lithuania	(17:10)	(15:17)	(22:23)	(29:24)		083:74
	16:15	France - Spain	(22:17)	(15:17)	(16:17)	( 06:15)		059:66
	20:00	Brazil - Argentina	(26:23)	(14:23)	(14:18)	(23:18)		077:82
	22:15	USA - Australia	(28:21)	(28:21)	(28:28)	(35:16)		119: 86

Semifinals

Day	time	encounter	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Loss	Erg.
August 10	22:00	Argentina - USA	(19:24)	(21:23)	(17:27)	(26:35)		083: 109
	18:00	Spain - Russia	( 09:12)	(11:19)	(26:15)	(21:13)		067: 059

3rd place match

Day	time	encounter	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Loss	Erg.
12. August	11:00	Argentina - Russia	(20:19)	(18:21)	(19:21)	(20:20)		77:81

final

Day	time	encounter	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Loss	Erg.
12. August	15:00	USA - Spain	(35:27)	(24:31)	(24:24)	(24:18)		107: 100

Olympic tournament of women

Medalists

space	country	Sportswomen
1	United States	Seimone Augustus , Sue Bird , Swin Cash , Tamika Catchings , Tina Charles , Sylvia Fowles , Asjha Jones , Angel McCoughtry , Maya Moore , Candace Parker , Diana Taurasi , Lindsay Whalen Trainers: Geno Auriemma
2	FRA	Clémence Beikes , Jennifer Digbeu , Céline Dumerc , Élodie Godin , Émilie Gomis , Sandrine Gruda , Marion Laborde , Edwige Lawson-Wade , Florence Lepron , Endéné Miyem , Emmeline Ndongue , Isabelle Yacoubou Trainer: Pierre Vincent
3	OUT	Suzy Batkovic , Abby Bishop , Liz Cambage , Kristi Harrower , Lauren Jackson , Rachel Jarry , Kathleen MacLeod , Jenna O'Hea , Samantha Richards , Jennifer Screen , Belinda Snell , Laura Summerton Trainer: Carrie Graf

Preliminary round

Group A

space	team	Victories	Ndlg.	baskets	Diff.	Points
1.	United States	5	0	462: 279	+183	10
2.	Turkey	4th	1	343: 316	+ 027	09
3.	China	3	2	346: 363	+ 017	08th
4th	Czech Republic	2	3	346: 332	+ 014	07th
5.	Croatia	1	4th	324: 379	- 055	06th
6th	Angola	0	5	243: 395	−152	05

Day	time	encounter	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Loss	Erg.
July 28th	09:00	China - Czech Republic	(20:16)	(16:13)	(15:15)	(15:13)		066: 057
	14:30	Turkey - Angola	(21: 08)	(14:17)	(23:14)	(14:11)		072: 050
	16:45	USA - Croatia	(11: 04)	(20:24)	(22:19)	(28: 09)		081: 056
30th July	09:00	Croatia - China	(21:24)	(10:15)	(14:25)	(13:19)		058: 083
	11:15	Czech Republic - Turkey	( 08:13)	(13:20)	(18:12)	(18:16)		057: 061
	22:15	Angola - USA	(12:22)	( 06:19)	(11:28)	( 09:21)		038: 090
August 1st	11:15	China - Angola	(15:13)	(18:18)	(24: 06)	(19:15)		076: 052
	20:00	Croatia - Czech Republic	(19:22)	(20:23)	(21:12)	(10:32)		070: 089
	22:15	USA - Turkey	(19:16)	(22:10)	(22:21)	(26:11)		089: 058
3rd August	09:00	Angola - Croatia	(18:24)	(14:17)	(11:18)	(13:16)		056: 075
	16:45	Turkey - China	(26:13)	(13:14)	(20:16)	(23:12)		082: 055
	22:15	Czech Republic - USA	(26:24)	(12:24)	( 09:22)	(14:18)		061: 088
5th of August	11:15	Angola - Czech Republic	(18:23)	( 07:17)	(10:18)	(12:24)		047: 082
	16:45	China - USA	(28:31)	( 08:30)	(12:33)	(18:20)		066: 114
	20:00	Croatia - Turkey	(24:18)	( 07:15)	(13:25)	(21:12)		065: 070

Group B

space	team	Victories	Ndlg.	baskets	Diff.	Points
1.	France	5	0	356: 319	+37	10
2.	Australia	4th	1	353: 322	+31	09
3.	Russia	3	2	314: 308	+ 06	08th
4th	Canada	2	3	328: 332	- 04th	07th
5.	Brazil	1	4th	329: 354	−25	06th
6th	Great Britain	0	5	327: 372	−37	05

Day	time	encounter	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Loss	Erg.
July 28th	11:15	Canada - Russia	(17:15)	(13: 09)	(13:13)	(10:21)		53:58
	20:00	Brazil - France	(20:16)	(14:18)	(15:18)	( 09:21)		58:73
	22:15	Australia - Great Britain	(16:11)	(23:15)	(18:16)	(17:16)		74:58
30th July	14:30	France - Australia	(11:14)	(17:13)	(24:24)	(13:14)	( 09: 05)	74:70
	16:45	Russia - Brazil	(19:18)	(12: 08)	(18:17)	(20:16)		69:59
	20:00	Great Britain - Canada	(15:19)	(17:17)	(21:19)	(12:18)		65:73
August 1st	09:00	Canada - France	(12:13)	(13:15)	(15:14)	(20:22)		60:64
	14:30	Australia - Brazil	(15:10)	(16: 08)	(20:22)	(16:21)		67:61
	16:45	Great Britain - Russia	(14:16)	(13:23)	(18:13)	(16:15)		61:67
3rd August	11:15	Russia - Australia	(15:21)	(15:11)	(18:22)	(18:16)		66:70
	14:30	Brazil - Canada	( 08:18)	(17:21)	(28:16)	(20:24)		73:79
	20:00	France - Great Britain	(10:13)	(17:10)	(20:21)	(20:23)	(13:10)	80:77
5th of August	09:00	France - Russia	(10:15)	(15: 06)	(30:13)	(10:20)		65:54
	14:30	Canada - Australia	(10:24)	(12:11)	(20:12)	(21:25)		63:72
	22:15	Great Britain - Brazil	(19:19)	(17:20)	(17:25)	(13:14)		66:78

Final round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	August 7th
	Australia	75
					August 9
	China	60
					Australia	73
	August 7th
					United States	86
	United States	91
									August 11th
	Canada	48
									United States	86
	August 7th
									France	50
	Turkey	63
					August 9
	Russia	66
					Russia	64			Game for third place
	August 7th
					France	81
	France	71							Australia	83
	Czech Republic	68							Russia	74
									August 11th

Quarter finals

Day	time	encounter	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Loss	Erg.
August 7th	14:00	USA - Canada	(19: 08)	(23:13)	(26:10)	(23:17)		91:48
	16:15	Australia - China	(22:16)	(13:20)	(20:16)	(20: 08)		75:60
	20:00	Turkey - Russia	(16:23)	(12:11)	(23:17)	(12:15)		63:66
	22:15	France - Czech Republic	(16:12)	(12:16)	(13:20)	(30:17)		71:68

Semifinals

Day	time	encounter	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Loss	Erg.
August 9	17:00	USA - Australia	(20:22)	(23:25)	(22:12)	(21:14)		86:73
	21:00	Russia - France	(15:24)	(16:14)	(20:21)	(13:22)		64:81

3rd place match

Day	time	encounter	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Loss	Erg.
August 11th	17:00	Australia - Russia	(17:16)	(21:14)	(19:13)	(26:31)		83:74

final

Day	time	encounter	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Loss	Erg.
August 11th	21:00	USA - France	(20:15)	(17:10)	(26:12)	(23:13)		86:50

Medal table

Medal table
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	United States	2	0	0	2
2	France	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
4th	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Russia	0	0	1	1
Total		2	2	2	6th

qualification

Qualification criteria

There will be 288 athletes taking part in the competitions, twelve teams of each gender with twelve players each. The 2010 world champions and the five winners of the 2011 continental federations are qualified for the Olympic tournament. In the men's category, the finalists of the European and American championships also qualify. The last opportunity to qualify is then a tournament in 2012, in which the five best women's teams and the three best men's teams qualify. Twelve teams will take part in this tournament, the two best African and Asian , the three best American , the four best European and the best oceanic team from the 2011 continental championships that did not qualify.

After FIBA had initially decided in April 2010 that the teams from Great Britain were not automatically qualified as hosts, the decision was revised on March 13, 2011. Thus, Great Britain no longer had to qualify via the 2011 European Championship .

Overview of all qualification competitions:

Men

• FIBA World Championship in Turkey , August 28 - September 12, 2010 
• African Championship in Madagascar , August 17-28, 2011 
• American Championship in Argentina , August 30 - September 11, 2011 
• EuroBasket in Lithuania , August 31 - September 18, 2011 
• Oceania Championship in Australia , September 7-11, 2011 
• Asian Championship in People's Republic of China , September 15-25, 2011 
• International Olympic qualification tournament in Venezuela , July 2-8, 2012 

Women

• FIBA World Championship in the Czech Republic , September 23 - October 3, 2010 
• EuroBasket in Poland , June 18 - July 3, 2011 
• Asian Cup in Japan , August 21-28, 2011 
• Oceania Championship in Australia , September 7-11, 2011 
• African Championship in Mali , 23 September - 2 October 2011 
• American Championship in Colombia , September 24th - October 1st, 2011 
• International Olympic Qualification Tournament in Turkey , June 25th - July 1st, 2012 

The US team qualified as world champions for women and men. At the European Championships Russia secured participation for women and Spain and France for men, Brazil for the American Championships and Argentina for men. Tunisia qualified as African champions for the men and Angola for women, Australia as Oceania champions and China as Asian champions for the Olympic tournament.

Qualifying tournaments

Men

Group A
rank	team	Diff.	Points
1.	Greece	205: 147	4th
2.	Puerto Rico	177: 150	3
3.	Jordan	115: 200	2

2nd July	Greece	Jordan	107: 63
3rd of July	Jordan	Puerto Rico	052:93
July 4th	Puerto Rico	Greece	084:98

Group B
rank	team	Diff.	Points
1.	Lithuania	180: 168	3
2.	Nigeria	155: 151	3
3.	Venezuela	153: 169	3

2nd July	Nigeria	Venezuela	69: 071
3rd of July	Venezuela	Lithuania	82: 100
July 4th	Lithuania	Nigeria	80: 086

Group C
rank	team	Diff.	Points
1.	Russia	175: 125	4th
2.	Dom. Rep.	164: 169	3
3.	South Korea	141: 186	2

2nd July	Russia	South Korea	91:56
3rd of July	South Korea	Dom. Rep.	85:95
July 4th	Dom. Rep.	Russia	69:84

Group D
rank	team	Diff.	Points
1.	North Macedonia	168: 150	3
2.	Angola	152: 152	3
3.	New Zealand	130: 148	3

2nd July	Angola	Macedonia	88:84
3rd of July	Macedonia	New Zealand	84:62
July 4th	New Zealand	Angola	68:64

	Quarterfinals July 6th					Semi-finals July 7th					Game for 3rd place July 8th
		Greece	79
		Nigeria	80
							Nigeria	77
							Russia	85
		Russia	80
		Angola	65
												Nigeria	88
												Dominican Rep.	73
		Lithuania	76
		Puerto Rico	72
							Lithuania	109
							Dominican Rep.	83
		Macedonia	76
		Dominican Rep.	86

The winners of the two semi-finals are qualified for the Olympic tournament and will no longer play the final. The losers play the last participant against each other in the small final.

Women

Group A
rank	team	Diff.	Points
1.	Turkey	130: 102	4th
2.	Japan	128: 135	3
3.	Puerto Rico	123: 144	2

25th June	Puerto Rico	Turkey	53:65
June 26th	Turkey	Japan	65:49
June 27th	Japan	Puerto Rico	79:70

Group B
rank	team	Diff.	Points
1.	Czech Republic	138: 105	4th
2.	Argentina	108: 119	3
3.	New Zealand	102: 124	2

25th June	Czech Republic	New Zealand	70:51
June 26th	New Zealand	Argentina	51:54
June 27th	Argentina	Czech Republic	54:68

Group C
rank	team	Diff.	Points
1.	Croatia	167: 137	4th
2.	South Korea	146: 148	3
3.	Mozambique	127: 155	2

25th June	Croatia	Mozambique	84:62
June 26th	Mozambique	South Korea	65:71
June 27th	South Korea	Croatia	75:83

Group D
rank	team	Diff.	Points
1.	France	143: 80	4th
2.	Canada	136: 79	3
3.	Mali	56: 176	2

25th June	Mali	Canada	23:89
June 26th	Canada	France	47:56
June 27th	France	Mali	87:33

	Quarterfinals June 29th					Losers quarterfinals June 30th					Play for 5th place July 1st
		Turkey	72
		Argentina	58
							Argentina	41
							Canada	58
		Croatia	59
		Canada	56
												Canada	71
												Japan	63
		Czech Republic	53
		Japan	47
							Japan	79
							South Korea	51
		France	80
		South Korea	63

The winners of the four quarter-finals are qualified for the Olympic tournament. The losers play the last qualifying place in two knockout rounds.

Qualified teams

Qualified teams
Men		Women
host	Great Britain	host	Great Britain
World Champion 2010	United States	World Champion 2010	United States
American Championship 2011 winner	Argentina	American Championship 2011 winner	Brazil
Second American Championship 2011	Brazil	Winner of the African Championship 2011	Angola
Winner of the African Championship 2011	Tunisia	2011 Asian Cup winner	China
2011 Asian Cup winner	China	Winner European Championship 2011	Russia
Winner European Championship 2011	Spain	Winner Oceania Championship 2011	Australia
Second European Championship 2011	France	Qualifying tournament 2012	Czech Republic
Winner Oceania Championship 2011	Australia	Qualifying tournament 2012	France
Qualifying tournament 2012	Russia	Qualifying tournament 2012	Turkey
Qualifying tournament 2012	Lithuania	Qualifying tournament 2012	Croatia
Qualifying tournament 2012	Nigeria	Qualifying tournament 2012	Canada

Web links

Commons : Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Results: Men , Women (English)
• Schedule: Men , Women (English)
• Information on qualification and the Olympic tournament on the FIBA ​​website .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ US basketball players celebrate Olympic record victory. Spiegel Online, August 3, 2012, accessed August 3, 2012 . 
2. ↑ "Qualification London 2012" ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 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. (PDF; 146 kB) Website of the NOK Australia. Retrieved August 3, 2010. (English). 
3. ^ "Great Britain teams to play at London 2012 Olympics" BBC. Retrieved June 18, 2011. (English).