Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
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Host nation | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||
Dates | July 29 – August 12 | ||||||||||||
Teams | 12 (from 5 federations) | ||||||||||||
Venues | 2 (in 1 host city) | ||||||||||||
Champions | United States (14th title) | ||||||||||||
Tournament leaders | |||||||||||||
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The men's tournament in basketball at the 2012 Olympic Games in London began on 29 July and ended on 12 August. All preliminary games were held at the Basketball Arena within the Olympic Park, while the knockout matches took place at The O2 Arena (renamed North Greenwich Arena due to IOC's no-commercialisation policy).
Qualification
Means of qualification[1] | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
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Host nation | 6 July 2005 | 1 | Great Britain | |
2010 FIBA World Championship | 28 August – 12 September 2010 | Turkey | 1 | United States |
2011 FIBA Africa Championship | 17–28 August 2011 | Madagascar | 1 | Tunisia |
2011 FIBA Americas Championship | 30 August – 11 September 2011 | Argentina | 2 | Argentina Brazil |
2011 FIBA Oceania Championship | 7–11 September 2011 | Australia | 1 | Australia |
2011 FIBA Europe Championship | 31 August – 18 September 2011 | Lithuania | 2 | Spain France |
2011 FIBA Asia Championship | 15–25 September 2011 | China | 1 | China |
2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 2–8 July 2012 | Venezuela | 3 | Lithuania Russia Nigeria |
Squads
Competition format
Twelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams. Each game result merits a corresponding point:
Result | Points |
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Win | 2 |
Loss | 1 |
Loss via default* | 1 |
Loss via forfeiture** | 0 |
*The team has fewer than two players available to play on the court at some point during the game.
**A team cannot put forward at least five players at the start of the game, or its own actions prevent play from being resumed.
In case teams are tied on points, the tiebreaking criteria are used, in order of first application:[2]
- Results of the games involving the tied teams (head-to-head records)
- Goal average of the games involving the tied teams
- Goal average of all of the games played
- Points scored
- Drawing of lots
The teams with the four best records qualified for the knockout stage, which was a single-elimination tournament. The semifinal winners contested for the gold medal, while the losers played for the bronze medal.
Preliminary round
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).
Group A
Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team |
Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 589 | 398 | +191 | 10 |
France | 5 | 4 | 1 | 376 | 378 | −2 | 9 |
Argentina | 5 | 3 | 2 | 448 | 424 | +24 | 8 |
Lithuania | 5 | 2 | 3 | 395 | 399 | −4 | 7 |
Nigeria | 5 | 1 | 4 | 338 | 456 | −118 | 6 |
Tunisia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 320 | 411 | −91 | 5 |
29 July 2012 09:00 |
Nigeria | 60–56 | Tunisia |
Scoring by quarter: 18–7, 13–8, 14–16, 15–25 | ||
Pts: Aminu 15 Rebs: Diogu 10 Asts: Skinn 3 |
Pts: Rzig 18 Rebs: Ben Romdhane 12 Asts: three players 3 |
29 July 2012 14:30 |
United States | 98–71 | France |
Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 30–15, 26–15, 20–20 | ||
Pts: Durant 22 Rebs: three players 9 Asts: James 8 |
Pts: Traore 12 Rebs: Turiaf 9 Asts: de Colo 3 |
31 July 2012 14:30 |
Lithuania | 72–53 | Nigeria |
Scoring by quarter: 14–8, 20–19, 22–13, 16–13 | ||
Pts: Songaila 12 Rebs: Kleiza 6 Asts: Jasikevičius 9 |
Pts: Diogu, Al. Aminu 12 Rebs: Al. Aminu 11 Asts: Al. Aminu 2 |
31 July 2012 20:00 |
France | 71–64 | Argentina |
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 13–17, 23–24, 16–11 | ||
Pts: Parker 17 Rebs: Batum 7 Asts: Parker 5 |
Pts: Ginóbili 26 Rebs: Scola 8 Asts: Prigioni 8 |
31 July 2012 22:15 |
Tunisia | 63–110 | United States |
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 18–25, 14–39, 16–25 | ||
Pts: Ben Romdhane 22 Rebs: Ben Romdhane 11 Asts: Ben Romdhane 4 |
Pts: Love, Anthony 16 Rebs: Durant 10 Asts: Paul 7 |
2 August 2012 09:00 |
France | 82–74 | Lithuania |
Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 14–22, 20–9, 23–22 | ||
Pts: Parker 27 Rebs: Turiaf 10 Asts: Diaw 8 |
Pts: Kleiza 17 Rebs: Kleiza 7 Asts: Jasikevičius 5 |
Basketball Arena, London Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Ilija Belošević (SRB), Jorge Vázquez (PUR) |
2 August 2012 14:30 |
Argentina | 92–69 | Tunisia |
Scoring by quarter: 14–28, 26–12, 31–16, 21–13 | ||
Pts: Ginóbili 24 Rebs: Scola 10 Asts: Campazzo 7 |
Pts: Mejri 19 Rebs: Mejri 14 Asts: Laghnej 6 |
4 August 2012 09:00 |
Tunisia | 69–73 | France |
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 12–15, 16–25, 26–13 | ||
Pts: Hdidane 20 Rebs: Ben Romdhane 8 Asts: Laghnej, Mejri 3 |
Pts: Parker 22 Rebs: Batum 8 Asts: Diaw 5 |
Basketball Arena, London Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Bill Kennedy (USA), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS) |
4 August 2012 14:30 |
Lithuania | 94–99 | United States |
Scoring by quarter: 25–33, 26–22, 21–23, 22–21 | ||
Pts: Kleiza 25 Rebs: Pocius 7 Asts: Jasikevičius, Pocius 6 |
Pts: James, Anthony 20 Rebs: Love 8 Asts: Paul 6 |
6 August 2012 11:15 |
Tunisia | 63–76 | Lithuania |
Scoring by quarter: 18–7, 17–22, 19–21, 9–26 | ||
Pts: Rzig 17 Rebs: Mejri 12 Asts: Mejri 3 |
Pts: Songaila, Jasikevičius 13 Rebs: Kleiza, Valančiūnas 6 Asts: Kalnietis 9 |
6 August 2012 14:30 |
France | 79–73 | Nigeria |
Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 18–20, 15–24, 23–19 | ||
Pts: Batum 23 Rebs: Batum, Diaw 6 Asts: Parker 7 |
Pts: Oguchi 35 Rebs: Diogu, A. Aminu 7 Asts: four players 2 |
6 August 2012 22:15 |
Argentina | 97–126 | United States |
Scoring by quarter: 32–34, 27–26, 17–42, 21–24 | ||
Pts: Ginóbili 16 Rebs: Ginóbili 5 Asts: Campazzo 7 |
Pts: Durant 28 Rebs: Iguodala, Love 9 Asts: Paul 7 |
Basketball Arena, London Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Ilija Belošević (SRB), Stephen Seibel (CAN) |
Group B
Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team |
Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
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Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 400 | 359 | +41 | 9 | 1–0 |
Brazil | 5 | 4 | 1 | 402 | 349 | +53 | 9 | 0–1 |
Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 414 | 394 | +20 | 8 | 1–0 |
Australia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 410 | 373 | +37 | 8 | 0–1 |
Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 4 | 380 | 405 | −25 | 6 | |
China | 5 | 0 | 5 | 313 | 439 | −126 | 5 |
29 July 2012 11:15 |
Brazil | 75–71 | Australia |
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 17–15, 20–14, 19–22 | ||
Pts: Barbosa 16 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: Huertas 10 |
Pts: Mills 20 Rebs: Andersen 8 Asts: Mills, Nielsen 4 |
Basketball Arena, London Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Bill Kennedy (USA), Christos Christodoulou (GRE) |
29 July 2012 16:45 |
Spain | 97–81 | China |
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 34–24, 16–19, 28–21 | ||
Pts: P. Gasol 21 Rebs: P. Gasol 11 Asts: M. Gasol 5 |
Pts: Yi Jianlian 30 Rebs: Yi Jianlian 12 Asts: Chen Jianghua 5 |
Basketball Arena, London Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Felicia Grinter (USA), Fernando Sampietro (ARG) |
31 July 2012 09:00 |
China | 54–73 | Russia |
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 13–20, 14–21, 15–12 | ||
Pts: Yi Jianlian 16 Rebs: Yi Jianlian 7 Asts: Chen Jianghua 4 |
Pts: Kirilenko 16 Rebs: Khryapa 12 Asts: Shved, Khryapa 6 |
31 July 2012 11:15 |
Australia | 70–82 | Spain |
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 13–23, 10–26, 28–19 | ||
Pts: Ingles 12 Rebs: Andersen 7 Asts: Dellavedova 4 |
Pts: P. Gasol 20 Rebs: Reyes 12 Asts: three players 3 |
31 July 2012 16:45 |
Great Britain | 62–67 | Brazil |
Scoring by quarter: 11–4, 16–23, 16–21, 19–19 | ||
Pts: Mensah-Bonsu, Reinking 13 Rebs: Mensah-Bonsu 12 Asts: Deng 7 |
Pts: Splitter 21 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Huertas 8 |
Basketball Arena, London Referees: Recep Ankaralı (TUR), Ilija Belošević (SRB), Fernando Sampietro (ARG) |
2 August 2012 11:15 |
Australia | 81–61 | China |
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 28–11, 12–19, 20–9 | ||
Pts: Mills 20 Rebs: Worthington 8 Asts: Ingles 7 |
Pts: Wang Shipeng 21 Rebs: Yi Jianlian, Wang Zhizhi 12 Asts: Wang Shipeng 3 |
2 August 2012 16:45 |
Brazil | 74–75 | Russia |
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 12–25, 21–19, 21–16 | ||
Pts: Barbosa 16 Rebs: Nenê 10 Asts: Vinicius 4 |
Pts: Kirilenko 19 Rebs: Monia, Mozgov 7 Asts: Shved 6 |
2 August 2012 20:00 |
Spain | 79–78 | Great Britain |
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 13–14, 24–19, 18–30 | ||
Pts: Calderón 19 Rebs: San Emeterio 10 Asts: Fernández 7 |
Pts: Deng 26 Rebs: Deng 9 Asts: Deng 7 |
4 August 2012 11:15 |
Russia | 77–74 | Spain |
Scoring by quarter: 11–28, 21–12, 24–13, 21–21 | ||
Pts: Fridzon 24 Rebs: Mozgov 9 Asts: Ponkrashov 11 |
Pts: P. Gasol 20 Rebs: M. Gasol 9 Asts: Rodríguez, Calderón 3 |
Basketball Arena, London Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Fernando Sampietro (ARG) |
4 August 2012 16:45 |
China | 59–98 | Brazil |
Scoring by quarter: 11–25, 10–17, 17–28, 21–28 | ||
Pts: Zhu Fangyu 13 Rebs: Yi Jianlian 6 Asts: Chen Jianghua 2 |
Pts: Vinicius 14 Rebs: Varejão 13 Asts: Taylor 6 |
6 August 2012 09:00 |
Australia | 82–80 | Russia |
Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 17–25, 23–19, 13–16 | ||
Pts: Ingles 20 Rebs: Dellavedova 6 Asts: Dellavedova 7 |
Pts: Kaun 18 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Khryapa 8 |
6 August 2012 16:45 |
Great Britain | 90–58 | China |
Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 19–16, 26–17, 18–10 | ||
Pts: Achara 16 Rebs: Archibald 9 Asts: Lawrence 6 |
Pts: Wang Zhizhi 11 Rebs: Yi Jianlian 14 Asts: Liu Wei 4 |
Basketball Arena, London Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Fernando Sampietro (ARG), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS) |
Knockout round
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||||||||
A1 | United States | 119 | |||||||||||
B4 | Australia | 86 | |||||||||||
A1 | United States | 109 | |||||||||||
A3 | Argentina | 83 | |||||||||||
B2 | Brazil | 77 | |||||||||||
A3 | Argentina | 82 | |||||||||||
A1 | United States | 107 | |||||||||||
B3 | Spain | 100 | |||||||||||
B1 | Russia | 83 | |||||||||||
A4 | Lithuania | 74 | |||||||||||
B1 | Russia | 59 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||||
B3 | Spain | 67 | |||||||||||
A2 | France | 59 | A3 | Argentina | 77 | ||||||||
B3 | Spain | 66 | B1 | Russia | 81 |
Quarter-finals
8 August 2012 14:00 |
Russia | 83–74 | Lithuania |
Scoring by quarter: 17–10, 15–17, 22–23, 29–24 | ||
Pts: Kirilenko 19 Rebs: Kirilenko 13 Asts: Khryapa 8 |
Pts: Kaukėnas 19 Rebs: Valančiūnas 9 Asts: four players 3 |
North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Pablo Estévez (ARG), Michael Aylen (AUS) |
8 August 2012 16:15 |
France | 59–66 | Spain |
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 15–17, 16–17, 6–15 | ||
Pts: Parker, Diaw 15 Rebs: Diaw 8 Asts: Diaw 5 |
Pts: M. Gasol 14 Rebs: P. Gasol 11 Asts: P. Gasol, Fernández 3 |
North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Bill Kennedy (USA), Christos Christodoulou (GRE) |
8 August 2012 20:00 |
Brazil | 77–82 | Argentina |
Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 14–23, 14–18, 23–18 | ||
Pts: Barbosa, Huertas 22 Rebs: Hilário 12 Asts: Huertas 5 |
Pts: Scola 17 Rebs: Ginóbili 8 Asts: Prigioni 8 |
8 August 2012 22:15 |
United States | 119–86 | Australia |
Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 28–21, 28–28, 35–16 | ||
Pts: Bryant 20 Rebs: James 14 Asts: James 11 |
Pts: Mills 26 Rebs: Ingles 8 Asts: Ingles 6 |
North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Fernando Sampietro (ARG), Samir Abaakil (MAR) |
Semi-finals
10 August 2012 17:00 |
Spain | 67–59 | Russia |
Scoring by quarter: 9–12, 11–19, 26–15, 21–13 | ||
Pts: P. Gasol 16 Rebs: P. Gasol 12 Asts: three players 3 |
Pts: Kaun 14 Rebs: Kirilenko 8 Asts: Shved 7 |
North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Ilija Belošević (SRB), Marcos Benito (BRA) |
10 August 2012 21:00 |
Argentina | 83–109 | United States |
Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 21–23, 17–27, 26–35 | ||
Pts: Ginobili 18 Rebs: Delfino 5 Asts: Prigioni 6 |
Pts: Durant 19 Rebs: Love 9 Asts: James, Paul 7 |
North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Recep Ankaralı (TUR), Robert Lottermoser (GER) |
Bronze medal match
12 August 2012 11:00 |
Argentina | 77–81 | Russia |
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 18–21, 19–21, 20–20 | ||
Pts: Ginobili 21 Rebs: Nocioni 7 Asts: Prigioni 7 |
Pts: Shved 25 Rebs: Kirilenko 8 Asts: Shved 7 |
Gold medal match
12 August 2012 15:00 |
United States | 107–100 | Spain |
Scoring by quarter: 35–27, 24–31, 24–24, 24–18 | ||
Pts: Durant 30 Rebs: Durant, Love 9 Asts: James 4 |
Pts: P. Gasol 24 Rebs: Ibaka 9 Asts: P. Gasol 7 |
North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Michael Aylen (AUS) |
Statistical leaders
Individual tournament highs
Points
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Rebounds
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Assists
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Blocks
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Steals
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Minutes
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Individual game highs
Department | Name | Total | Opponent |
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Points | Patrick Mills | 39 | Great Britain |
Rebounds | Salah Mejri Yi Jianlian | 14 | Argentina Great Britain |
Assists | Alexey Shved | 13 | Great Britain |
Steals | Al-Farouq Aminu David Andersen Nando de Colo Vitaly Fridzon Manu Ginóbili Andrei Kirilenko Chris Paul Sun Yue | 4 | Tunisia Spain Nigeria Great Britain Lithuania China Lithuania Spain |
Blocks | Salah Mejri | 7 | Argentina |
Field goal percentage | Timofey Mozgov | 88.9% (8/9) | Brazil |
3-point field goal percentage | Manu Ginóbili | 100% (4/4) | Tunisia |
Free throw percentage | Zhu Fangyu | 100% (8/8) | Brazil |
Turnovers | Makrem Ben Romdhane Mantas Kalnietis | 7 | Nigeria United States |
Team tournament highs
Offensive PPG
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Defensive PPG
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Rebounds
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Assists
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Steals
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Blocks
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Team game highs
Department | Name | Total | Opponent |
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Points | United States | 156 | Nigeria |
Rebounds | United States Spain | 56 | France Australia |
Assists | United States | 41 | Nigeria |
Steals | United States | 17 | Lithuania |
Blocks | Russia | 9 | Great Britain |
Field goal percentage | United States | 71.1% (59/83) | Nigeria |
3-point field goal percentage | United States | 63% (29/46) | Nigeria |
Free throw percentage | France | 100.0% (10/10) | Tunisia |
Turnovers | Nigeria | 25 | United States |
ESPN All-Olympics Teams
Pos. | First Team | Second Team |
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G | Manu Ginobili | Patty Mills |
G | LeBron James | Marcelinho Huertas |
F | Andrei Kirilenko | Joe Ingles |
F | Kevin Durant | Carmelo Anthony |
C | Pau Gasol | Luis Scola |
Honorable Mentions:[3]
- Carlos Delfino
- Leandro Barbosa
- Yi Jianlian
- Nicolas Batum
- Boris Diaw
- Joel Freeland
- Alexey Shved
- Marc Gasol
- Chris Paul
- Kevin Love
Final standings
Rankings are determined by:
- 1st–4th
- Results of gold and bronze medal games.
- 5th–8th:
- Win-loss record in the preliminary round group
- Standings in the preliminary round group (i.e. Group A's #3 is ranked higher than Group B's #4.)
- Goal average in the preliminary round group
- 9th–10th and 11th–12th:
- 5th placers in the preliminary round groups are classified 9th–10th; 6th placers classified *11th–12th
- Win-loss record in the preliminary round group
- Goal average in the preliminary round group
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Standing | GAvg | New rank |
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Gold medal game participants | ||||||||||
United States | 8 | 8 | 0 | 924 | 667 | +257 | 1 () | |||
Spain | 8 | 5 | 3 | 647 | 619 | +28 | 2 () | |||
Bronze medal game participants | ||||||||||
Russia | 8 | 6 | 2 | 623 | 577 | +46 | 6 (5) | |||
4th | Argentina | 8 | 4 | 4 | 690 | 691 | −1 | 3 () | ||
Eliminated at the quarterfinals | ||||||||||
5th | Brazil | 6 | 4 | 2 | 479 | 431 | +48 | B–2nd | 1.152 | 9 (4) |
6th | France | 6 | 4 | 2 | 435 | 444 | −9 | A–2nd | 0.995 | 8 (4) |
7th | Australia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 496 | 492 | +4 | B–4th | 1.099 | 10 (1) |
8th | Lithuania | 6 | 2 | 4 | 469 | 482 | −13 | A–4th | 0.990 | 5 () |
Preliminary round 5th placers | ||||||||||
9th | Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 4 | 380 | 405 | −25 | 0.938 | 23 (20) | |
10th | Nigeria | 5 | 1 | 4 | 338 | 456 | −118 | 0.741 | 17 (4) | |
Preliminary round 6th placers | ||||||||||
11th | Tunisia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 320 | 411 | −91 | 0.779 | 22 (10) | |
12th | China | 5 | 0 | 5 | 313 | 439 | −126 | 0.713 | 11 (1) |
See also
References
- ↑ "Qualification System – Games of the XXX Olympiad" (PDF). IBF. May 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ↑ "FIBA's Official Basketball Rules 2012-p.68" (PDF). FIBA.com. 2012-04-29. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
- ↑ http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/49130/the-all-olympics-team