2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women

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2012 FIBA World Olympic
Qualifying Tournament
For Women
Tournament details
Host country	Turkey
Dates	25 June – 1 July
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Official website
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The 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women was a women's basketball tournament that consisted of 12 national teams, where the top five teams earned a place in the 2012 Olympics basketball tournament. It was held on 25 June – 1 July 2012 at the Ankara Arena in Ankara, Turkey.^[1]^[2]

Qualification

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2011 FIBA European Championship	4 teams	Turkey France Czech Republic Croatia
2011 FIBA Americas Championship	3 teams	Argentina Canada Puerto Rico
2011 FIBA African Championship	2 teams	Mali Mozambique
2011 FIBA Asian Championship	2 teams	Japan South Korea
2011 FIBA Oceania Championship	1 team	New Zealand

Cuba renounced the right to compete in the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women. In these circumstances, the FIBA has chosen Puerto Rico, the best team in the Americas Championship after Cuba.
Senegal and Nigeria renounced the right to compete in the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women. In these circumstances, the FIBA has chosen Mozambique, the best team in the African Championship after Senegal and Nigeria.

Format

The 12 teams were divided into four groups (Groups A–D) for the preliminary round. The top two teams from each group qualified for the knockout round. All four quarterfinal winners advanced to the Olympics, the four quarterfinal losers played two rounds to allocate the final slot.^[3]

Squads

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC+3)

Group A

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff	Pts.
Turkey	2	0	1.000	130	102	+28	4
Japan	1	1	.500	128	135	−7	3
Puerto Rico	0	2	.000	123	144	−21	2

25 June
19:00

Puerto Rico	53–65	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 10–11, 17–15, 14–15
Pts: Sepúlveda 20 Rebs: Rosado, Sepúlveda 6 Asts: Sepúlveda, Cortijo 3		Pts: Palazoğlu, Hollingsworth 13 Rebs: Hollingsworth 9 Asts: Çağlar 4

Ankara, Turkey
Referees: Srdan Dozai (CRO), Jasmina Juras (SRB), Naftal Candido Chongo (MOZ)

26 June
19:00

Turkey	65–49	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 16–8, 20–15, 16–16, 13–10
Pts: Yılmaz 16 Rebs: Çağlar 8 Asts: Vardarlı, Yılmaz 5		Pts: Mamiya 17 Rebs: Yoshida 8 Asts: Yoshida 5

Ankara, Turkey
Referees: Roberto Chiari (ITA), Amy Lynn Bonner (USA), Rafael Britanico (PHI)

27 June
16:45

Japan	79–70	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 11–17, 22–15, 27–27
Pts: Mamiya 29 Rebs: Mamiya 15 Asts: Yoshida 7		Pts: Placido 10 Asts: Rosado 4

Ankara, Turkey
Referees: Srdan Dozai (CRO), Elias Koromilas (GRE), Yudith Hodelin Mendoza (CUB)

Group B

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff	Pts.
Czech Republic	2	0	1.000	138	105	+33	4
Argentina	1	1	.500	108	119	−11	3
New Zealand	0	2	.000	102	124	−22	2

25 June
16:45

Czech Republic	70–51	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 20–6, 24–19, 10–10, 16–16
Vitecková 22 Rebs: Kulichová 13 Asts: Horáková 4		Pts: Harmon 9 Rebs: Harmon 7 Asts: Cocks 3

Ankara, Turkey
Referees: Rafael Britanico (PHI), Amy Lynn Bonner (USA), Keming Wen (CHN)

26 June
16:45

New Zealand	51–54	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 12–18, 9–11, 14–11
Pts: Taylor 19 Rebs: four players 6 Asts: Mellars 2		Pts: Sánchez 16 Rebs: Burani 10 Asts: three players 2

Ankara, Turkey
Referees: Srdan Dozai (CRO), Elias Koromilas (GRE), Jasmina Juras (SRB)

27 June
19:00

Argentina	54–68	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 9–19, 13–11, 11–24, 23–14
Pts: Gretter 13 Rebs: Cabrera 5 Asts: Pavón 2		Pts: Kulichová 13 Rebs: Kulichová 20 Asts: Horáková, Hanušová 3

Ankara, Turkey
Referees: Roberto Chiari (ITA), Amy Lynn Bonner (USA), Timothy Andrew Frederick Brown (NZL)

Group C

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff	Pts.
Croatia	2	0	1.000	167	137	+30	4
South Korea	1	1	.500	146	148	−2	3
Mozambique	0	2	.000	127	155	−28	2

25 June
14:30

Croatia	84–62	Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 27–12, 15–13, 15–20, 27–17
Pts: Lelas 20 Rebs: Salopek 9 Asts: Jelavić 9		Pts: Machanguana 23 Rebs: Machanguana 13 Asts: Ngulela 5

Ankara, Turkey
Referees: Roberto Chiari (ITA), Jose Martin (ESP), Timothy Andrew Frederick Brown (NZL)

26 June
14:30

Mozambique	65–71	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 18–16, 13–17, 15–19
Pts: Dongue 16 Rebs: Dongue 10 Asts: Ngulela 7		Pts: Sin Jung-Ja 11 Asts: Choi Yoon-Ah 6

Ankara, Turkey
Referees: Heros Avanesian (IRI), Zdravko Rutesic (MNE), Yudith Hodelin Mendoza (CUB)

27 June
14:30

South Korea	75–83	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 13–23, 19–19, 24–25
Sin Jung-Ja 13 Asts: Choi Yoon-Ah 5		Pts: Vrsaljko 26 Rebs: Salopek, Vrsaljko 7 Asts: four players 4

Ankara, Turkey
Referees: Naftal Candido Chongo (MOZ), Jose Martin (ESP), Heros Avanesian (IRI)

Group D

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff	Pts.
France	2	0	1.000	143	80	+63	4
Canada	1	1	.500	136	79	+57	3
Mali	0	2	.000	56	176	−120	2

25 June
21:15

Mali	23–89	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 6–22, 4–24, 4–19, 9–24
N. Traore 7 Rebs: Sininta 9 Asts: Gandega, Sininta 1		Pts: Smith, Tatham 8 Asts: Pilypaitis 10

Ankara, Turkey
Referees: Elias Koromilas (GRE), Zdravko Rutesic (MNE), Heros Avanesian (IRI)

26 June
21:15

Canada	47–56	France
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 13–14, 12–13, 11–8
Pts: Thorburn, Tatham 7 Rebs: Phillips 8 Asts : four players 2		Pts: Yacoubou 15 Rebs: Gruda, Ndongue 6 Asts: Dumerc 5

Ankara, Turkey
Referees: Jose Martin (ESP), Timothy Andrew Frederick Brown (NZL), Naftal Candido Chongo (MOZ)

27 June
21:15

France	87–33	Mali
Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 23–7, 28–5, 18–11
Miyem, Godin 10 Asts: Dumerc 8		Pts: A. Traore 5 Asts: Gandega, Sininta 1

Ankara, Turkey
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Rafael Britanico (PHI), Keming Wen (CHN)

Knockout stage

Note: Italicized teams qualify for the Olympics.

Quarterfinals
June 29

Semifinals
(quarterfinal losers)
June 30

Final
July 1

A1

Turkey

72

B2

58

B2

41

D2

58

C1

Croatia

59

D2

56

D2

Canada

71

A2

63

B1

Czech Republic

53

A2

47

A2

79

C2

51

D1

France

80

C2

63

Quarterfinals

29 June
14:30

Croatia	59–56	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 16–10, 8–20, 18–10
Pts: Ivezić 12 Rebs: Ivanković, Ivezić 5 Asts: Jelavić 5		Pts: Smith 7 Asts: four players 2

Ankara, Turkey
Referees: Roberto Chiari (ITA), Amy Lynn Bonner (USA), Keming Wen (CHN)

29 June
16:45

Czech Republic	53–47	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 17–4, 12–14, 14–13, 10–16
Pts: Kulichová 14 Rebs: Kulichová 15 Asts: Elhotová 5		Pts: Mamiya 16 Rebs: Mamiya 4 Asts: Yoshida 5

Ankara, Turkey
Referees: Elias Koromilas (GRE), Jasmina Juras (SRB), Heros Avanesian (IRI)

29 June
19:00

Turkey	72–58	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 14–8, 21–7, 20–25, 17–18
Pts: Yılmaz 17 Rebs: Hollingsworth 8 Asts: Vardarlı 11		Pts: Gretter 17 Rebs: Burani 7 Asts: Gretter 2

Ankara, Turkey
Referees: Srdan Dozai (CRO), Jose Martin (ESP), Yudith Hodelin Mendoza (CUB)

29 June
21:15

France	80–63	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 20–10, 21–12, 20–21
Pts: Gruda 19 Rebs: Yacoubou 10 Asts: Lawson-Wade 8		Pts: Sin Jung-Ja 3

Ankara, Turkey
Referees: Zdravko Rutesic (MNE), Rafael Britanico (PHI), Timothy Andrew Frederick Brown (NZL)

Semifinals

30 June
18:00

Japan	79–51	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 29–4, 18–16, 18–13, 14–18
Pts: Oga 20 Rebs: Mamiya 8 Asts: Yoshida, Oga 6		Pts: Sin Jung-Ja 9 Asts: Han Chae-Jin 3

Ankara, Turkey
Referees: Srdan Dozai (CRO), Amy Lynn Bonner (USA), Yudith Hodelin Mendoza (CUB)

30 June
20:15

Argentina	41–58	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 4–10, 6–10, 16–22
Pts: Boquete 11 Rebs: Pavón 7 Asts: González 3		Pts: Pilypaitis 12 Rebs: four players 6 Asts: Gabriele, Thorburn 4

Ankara, Turkey
Referees: Roberto Chiari (ITA), Timothy Andrew Frederick Brown (NZL), Jasmina Juras (SRB)

Final

1 July
18:00

Canada	71–63	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 16–20, 15–11, 19–21
Pts: Pilypaitis 21 Rebs: Phillips 8 Asts: Pilypaitis 6		Pts: Takada, Mamiya 14 Rebs: Takada 8 Asts: Yoshida 13

Ankara, Turkey
Referees: Jose Martin (ESP), Elias Koromilas (GRE), Naftal Candido Chongo (MOZ)

Final standings

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
Q	Turkey	3–0	Qualify to the Olympics
	Croatia	3–0
	Czech Republic	3–0
	France	3–0
	Canada	3–2
6	Japan	2–3
7	Argentina	1–3
8	South Korea	1–3
9	Puerto Rico	0–2
10	New Zealand	0–2
11	Mozambique	0–2
12	Mali	0–2

See also

2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men

References

^ "FIBA - Venezuela and Turkey to host 2012 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments" (Press release). FIBA. 2011-12-10. Archived from the original on January 9, 2012. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
^ "Londra'ya son 5 bilet sahibini arıyor". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2012-06-23. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
^ "2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women, Turkey". FIBA. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.

External links

Olympic Basketball Tournament Road to London 2012

v t e FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Men's tournaments	Bologna 1960 Yokohama 1964 Monterrey 1968 Augsburg 1972 Hamilton 1976 Netherlands 1988 Spain 1992 Athens 2008 Caracas 2012 2016 Turin Manila Belgrade 2020 Victoria Split Kaunas Belgrade 2024 Pre-qualifying Valencia Riga Piraeus San Juan
Women's tournaments	Hamilton 1976 Varna 1980 Santiago 1984 Malaysia 1988 Vigo 1992 Madrid 2008 Ankara 2012 Nantes 2016 2020 Ostend Bourges Belgrade – Group A Belgrade – Group B 2024 Xi'an Antwerp Belém Sopron
Formerly: pre-Olympic basketball tournament (1960–1992)

v t e Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Teams	Angola Australia Brazil Canada China Croatia Czech Republic France Great Britain Russia Turkey United States
Qualification	2010 World Championship Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Qualifying Tournament

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