Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Host countryChina
CityBeijing
Dates10 – 24 August
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium
Final positions
Champions United States (13th title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place Argentina
Fourth place Lithuania
Tournament statistics
Games played38
Top scorerSpain Pau Gasol
(19.6 points per game)
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The men's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, began on 10 August and ended on 24 August, when the United States defeated Spain 118–107 for the gold medal. All games were held at the Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium.

Qualification

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
Country Qualified as Date of qualification Previous appearances
FIBA World Ranking[1]
 China Olympics host July 13, 2001 6 (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004) 11
 Spain World champion September 3, 2006 10 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004) 3
 Iran
Asian champion
 August 5, 2007 1 (1948) 45
 Australia
Oceanian champion
 August 22, 2007 11 (1956, 1964, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004) 9
 Angola
African champion
 August 25, 2007 4 (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004) 14
 Argentina
Americas runner-up
 September 1, 2007 4 (1948, 1952, 1996, 2004) 1
 United States
Americas champion
 September 1, 2007 15 (1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004) 2
 Russia European champion September 15, 2007 1 (2000) 16
 Lithuania European third place[2] September 16, 2007 4 (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004) 5
 Croatia
Wildcard qualifier
 July 19, 2008 2 (1992, 1996) 20
 Greece
Wildcard qualifier
 July 19, 2008 3 (1952, 1996, 2004) 6
 Germany
Wildcard qualifier
 July 20, 2008 4 (1936, 1972, 1984, 1992) 9

Format

  • Twelve teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 6 teams each. The top 4 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
  • Fifth-placed teams from each group are ranked 9th–10th by basis of their records.
  • Sixth-placed teams from each group are ranked 11th–12th by basis of their records.
  • In the quarterfinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B4, A2 vs. B3, A3 vs. B2 and A4 vs. B1.
    • The eliminated teams at the quarterfinals are ranked 5th–8th by basis of their preliminary round records
  • The winning teams from the quarterfinals meet in the semifinals as follows: A1/B4 vs. A3/B2 and A2/B3 vs. A4/B1.
  • The winning teams from the semifinals play for the gold medal. The losing teams play for the bronze.

Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:

  1. Head to head results
  2. Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
  3. Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

All times are local

Beijing Time
(UTC+8).

Squads

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Preliminary round

All times are

UTC+8
)

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Lithuania 5 4 1 425 400 +25 9[a] Quarterfinals
2  Argentina 5 4 1 425 361 +64 9[a]
3  Croatia 5 3 2 399 380 +19 8[b]
4  Australia 5 3 2 457 405 +52 8[b]
5  Russia 5 1 4 387 406 −19 6
6  Iran 5 0 5 323 464 −141 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Argentina
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Croatia 1–0 Australia
10 August 2008
09:00
Russia  71–49  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 24–5, 14–17, 8–16, 25–11
Pts: Holden 19
Rebs: Monia 6
Asts: Savrasenko
4		 Pts: Nikkhah 16
Rebs: Haddadi 8
Asts: Kamrani 3
10 August 2008
16:45
Lithuania  79–75  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 20–19, 17–15, 28–30
Pts: Kleiza 13
Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 7
Asts: Jasikevičius
8		 Pts:
Oberto, Prigioni
3
10 August 2008
20:00
Australia  82–97  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 17–26, 22–26, 29–24
Pts: Nielsen 13
Rebs: Anstey 7
Asts: Barlow
3		 Pts:
Popović
5
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Eddie Rush
(USA)
12 August 2008
09:00
Iran  67–99  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 14–31, 19–28, 14–25
Pts: Haddadi 21
Rebs: Sahakian 12
Asts: Amini
4		 Pts: Kleiza 22
Rebs: Kleiza 8
Asts: Jasikevičius, Lukauskis, Mačiulis 3
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Eddie Rush
(USA)
12 August 2008
11:15
Croatia  85–78  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 26–19, 18–15, 25–27
Popović, Lončar
3		 Pts:
Kirilenko, Bikov
3
12 August 2008
22:15
Argentina  85–68  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 23–11, 16–18, 24–17, 22–22
Nocioni 8
Asts: Ginobili
7		 Pts:
Bruton
2
14 August 2008
11:15
Australia  106–68  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 28–15, 25–14, 22–19, 31–20
Bruton
5		 Pts: Nikkhah 23
Rebs: Haddadi 8
Asts: Davari 4
14 August 2008
16:45
Lithuania  86–79  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 21–17, 25–21, 17–17
Pts: Kaukėnas 20
Rebs: Kleiza 11
Asts: Jasikevičius
5		 Pts:
Kirilenko
6
14 August 2008
22:15
Argentina  77–53  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 19–9, 19–16, 18–15
Pts: Nocioni 18
Rebs: Nocioni 8
Asts: Ginobili
8		 Pts:
Ukić
2
16 August 2008
11:15
Russia  80–95  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 17–22, 22–20, 25–26
Khriapa 9
Asts: Holden
6		 Pts:
Bruton
6
16 August 2008
14:30
Croatia  73–86  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 30–29, 17–16, 11–28
Ukić 13
Rebs: Banić 7
Asts: Kus
3		 Pts: Lukauskis 20
Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 7
Asts: Jasikevičius 6
16 August 2008
16:45
Iran  82–97  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 19–23, 24–30, 25–25
Pts: Haddadi 21
Rebs: Haddadi 16
Asts: Kamrani
4		 Pts: Ginobili 32
Rebs: Scola 7
Asts: Prigioni 6
18 August 2008
09:00
Iran  57–91  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 8–19, 8–35, 23–16, 18–21
Pts: Nikkhah 25
Rebs: Haddadi 15
Asts: Haddadi
2		 Pts: Rozić, Tomas 16
Rebs: Lončar, Barać 7
Asts: Ukić 8
18 August 2008
11:15
Australia  106–75  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 28–14, 27–15, 20–22, 31–24
Mills 4
Asts: Anstey
4		 Pts: K. Lavrinovič 14
Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 8
Asts: Jasikevičius 5
18 August 2008
22:15
Argentina  91–79  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 18–23, 27–25, 19–15
Pts: Scola 37
Rebs: Nocioni 9
Asts: Prigioni
10		 Pts:
Kirilenko 9
Asts: Holden
5

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 5 5 0 515 354 +161 10 Quarterfinals
2  Spain 5 4 1 418 369 +49 9
3  Greece 5 3 2 415 375 +40 8
4  China (H) 5 2 3 366 400 −34 7
5  Germany 5 1 4 330 390 −60 6
6  Angola 5 0 5 321 477 −156 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
10 August 2008
11:15
Germany  95–66  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 29–13, 24–18, 17–14
Pts: Kaman 24
Rebs: Jagla 11
Asts: Hamann
4		 Pts:
Cipriano
2
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas
(LTU)
10 August 2008
14:30
Spain  81–66  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 15–13, 27–17, 19–20
Pts: Fernández 16
Rebs: P. Gasol 7
Asts: Navarro, Rodríguez
2		 Pts:
Spanoulis 15
Rebs: Tsartsaris 8
Asts: Diamantidis
3
10 August 2008
22:15
United States  101–70  China
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 29–21, 25–11, 27–22
Pts: Wade 19
Rebs: Bosh 8
Asts: Paul
6		 Pts: Yao 13
Rebs: Yao 10
Asts: Chen, Liu, Zhu, Sun 2
12 August 2008
14:30
Greece  87–64  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 23–10, 25–15, 18–16
Spanoulis
5		 Pts: Nowitzki 13
Rebs: Nowitzki 6
Asts: Greene 2
12 August 2008
16:45
China  75–85 (OT)  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 28–17, 15–10, 11–25, Overtime: 3–13
Pts: Liu 19
Rebs: Yao, Yi 9
Asts: Yao, Sun
3		 Pts: P. Gasol 29
Rebs: P. Gasol, Fernández 8
Asts: Fernández 6
12 August 2008
20:00
Angola  76–97  United States
Scoring by quarter: 18–29, 19–26, 16–26, 23–16
Ambrosio
2		 Pts: Wade 19
Rebs: Anthony 6
Asts: James 5
14 August 2008
09:00
Germany  59–72  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 21–27, 12–20, 11–13
Pts: Hamann 15
Rebs: Kaman 10
Asts: Hamann
3		 Pts: Calderón 15
Rebs: M. Gasol 8
Asts: P. Gasol, Rubio 3
14 August 2008
14:30
Angola  68–85  China
Scoring by quarter: 15–28, 27–16, 9–21, 17–20
Gomes
3		 Pts: Yao 30
Rebs: Yi 11
Asts: Zhu, Li 3
14 August 2008
20:00
United States  92–69  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 31–16, 23–22, 18–15
Pts: Bryant, Bosh 18
Rebs: James, Howard, Anthony 6
Asts: James
6		 Pts: Papaloukas 15
Rebs: Fotsis, Papaloukas 8
Asts: Diamantidis 3
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas
(LTU)
16 August 2008
09:00
Greece  102–61  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 31–17, 38–14, 21–19
Pts: Bourousis 22
Rebs: Glyniadakis, Fotsis 7
Asts: Fotsis
5		 Pts:
Geronimo 7
Asts: Costa
4
16 August 2008
20:00
China  59–55  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 19–9, 8–22, 20–8, 12–16
Pts: Yao 25
Rebs: Yao, Yi 11
Asts: Liu
3		 Pts: Nowitzki 24
Rebs: Nowitzki 17
Asts: Hamann, Garrett 2
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Eddie Rush
(USA)
16 August 2008
22:15
Spain  82–119  United States
Scoring by quarter: 22–31, 23–30, 18–25, 19–33
Pts: Reyes 19
Rebs: Reyes 8
Asts: Fernández, Rubio
3		 Pts: James 18
Rebs: Bosh 7
Asts: James, Paul 8
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas
(LTU)
18 August 2008
14:30
Greece  91–77  China
Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 19–9, 23–30, 22–23
Spanoulis
5		 Pts: Yao 16
Rebs: Wang 8
Asts: Sun 6
18 August 2008
16:45
Angola  50–98  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 7–25, 11–31, 9–27
Ambrosio 5
Asts: Costa
5		 Pts: P. Gasol 31
Rebs: P. Gasol 9
Asts: Rodríguez, Rubio 5
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Eddie Rush
(USA)
18 August 2008
20:00
United States  106–57  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 31–12, 22–17, 30–17, 23–11
Pts: Howard 22
Rebs: Howard 10
Asts: Williams
5		 Pts:
Jagla
2

Knockout round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
A1  Lithuania 94
B4  China 68
A1  Lithuania 86
B2  Spain 91
B2  Spain 72
A3  Croatia 59
B2  Spain 107
B1  United States 118
B1  United States 116
A4  Australia 85
B1  United States 101 Bronze medal game
A2  Argentina 81
A2  Argentina 80 A1  Lithuania 75
B3  Greece 78 A2  Argentina 87

Quarterfinals

20 August 2008
14:30
Spain  72–59  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 15–15, 14–12, 21–21
Scoring by half: 37–26, 35–33
Pts: P. Gasol 20
Rebs: P. Gasol 10
Asts: Calderón, P. Gasol
2		 Pts: Banić 15
Rebs: Banić, Planinić 5
Asts: Kus, Nicević 2
20 August 2008
16:45
Lithuania  94–68  China
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 22–13, 29–23, 24–15
Scoring by half: 41–30, 53–38
Pts: Jasikevičius 23
Rebs: Kleiza 7
Asts: Jasikevičius
6		 Pts: Yao 19
Rebs: Yi 9
Asts: Yao 3
20 August 2008
20:00
United States  116–85  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 30–19, 34–18, 27–24
Scoring by half: 55–43, 61–42
Pts: Bryant 25
Rebs: James 9
Asts: James, Paul, Wade, Williams
3		 Pts:
Mills 20
Rebs: Worthington 6
Asts: Newley
3
20 August 2008
22:15
Argentina  80–78  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 17–17, 17–15, 24–23
Scoring by half: 39–40, 41–38
Scola 8
Asts: Prigioni
3		 Pts: Fotsis 17
Rebs: Fotsis 10
Asts: Papaloukas 4
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas
(LTU)

Semifinals

22 August 2008
20:00
Spain  91–86  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 19–23, 22–24, 29–20
Scoring by half: 40–42, 51–44
Pts: P Gasol 19
Rebs: Jiménez 7
Asts: Rubio
4		 Pts: Jasaitis, Jasikevičius 19
Rebs: Jasaitis 8
Asts: Jasikevičius 6
22 August 2008
22:00
Argentina  81–101  United States
Scoring by quarter: 11–30, 29–19, 24–29, 17–23
Scoring by half: 40–49, 41–52
Pts: Scola 28
Rebs: Scola 11
Asts: Prigioni
3		 Pts: Anthony 21
Rebs: Bosh 10
Asts: Kidd 7

Bronze medal match

24 August 2008
12:00
Lithuania  75–87  Argentina 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 13–22, 15–22, 26–19
Scoring by half: 34–46, 41–41
Pts: Šiškauskas 15
Rebs: Šiškauskas, K. Lavrinovič 6
Asts: Jasikevičius
3		 Pts: Delfino 20
Rebs: Delfino 10
Asts: Prigioni 7
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Eddie Rush
(USA)

Gold medal match

24 August 2008
14:00
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Spain  107–118  United States 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Scoring by quarter: 31–38, 30–31, 21–22, 25–27
Scoring by half: 61–69, 46–49
Pts: Fernández 22
Rebs: Reyes 7
Asts: Navarro
4		 Pts: Wade 27
Rebs: Bosh 7
Asts: Bryant 6
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas
(LTU), Pablo Estévez (ARG), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

The Americans got off to a start with the Spaniards hitting seven of their first nine shots; if not for a 10–0 run by LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, the Americans would have trailed in the first quarter. With USA leading by 14, Spain chipped away at the lead during the second quarter to cut the deficit to eight points.

The team traded baskets in the third quarter, with Spain cutting the deficit further to seven. A three-point field goal by Rudy Fernández cut the lead into two, the smallest deficit with 8:13 left in the fourth. Kobe Bryant and Wade extended the lead with three-pointers to 103–92 but Spain had a final push, capped with another three-pointer from Carlos Jiménez to reduce the lead 108–104. In the final 2 minutes a three-pointer by Dwyane Wade and a Kobe Bryant field goal extended the lead back to 9. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball games ever played.[3]

Awards

2008 Olympic Basketball Champions
United States
United States
Thirteenth title

Statistical leaders

Top ten in points, rebounds and assists, and top 5 in steals and blocks.

Game highs

Department Name Total Opponent
Points Argentina Luis Scola 37  Russia
Rebounds Germany Dirk Nowitzki 17  China
Assists Argentina Pablo Prigioni 10  Russia
Steals
Andrei Kirilenko
United States Dwyane Wade
 6  Lithuania
 Greece
Blocks Iran Hamed Haddadi
Lithuania Kšyštof Lavrinovič
China Yao Ming		 4  Lithuania
 Argentina
 Angola
Field goal percentage
Ioannis Bouroussis
 100% (9/9)  Angola
3-point field goal percentage
Viktor Khriapa
Germany Dirk Nowitzki
 100% (6/6)  Australia
 Angola
Free throw percentage United States Carmelo Anthony 100% (13/13)  Argentina
Turnovers
Carlos Morais
 10  United States

Final standings

Competing teams.

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
Final participants
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 8 8 0 850 627 +223 2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Spain 8 6 2 688 632 +56 3
Bronze medal game participants
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Argentina 8 6 2 673 615 +58 1
4th  Lithuania 8 5 3 680 646 +34 6
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th  Greece 6 3 3 493 455 +38 B-3rd 1.117 4
6th  Croatia 6 3 3 458 452 +6 A-3rd 1.050 18
7th  Australia 6 3 3 542 521 +21 A-4th 9
8th  China 6 2 4 434 494 −60 10
Preliminary round 5th placers
9th  Russia 5 1 4 387 406 −19 – 0.953 15
10th  Germany 5 1 4 330 390 −60 – 0.846 7
Preliminary round 6th placers
11th  Iran 5 0 5 323 464 −141 – 0.696 23
12th  Angola 5 0 5 321 477 −156 – 0.673 12

See also

References

  1. ^ after EuroBasket Women 2007
  2. ^ The European Championships runner-up, Spain, qualified separately as World Champions.
  3. ^ Mahoney, Brian (2008-08-24). "US hoops back on top, beats Spain for gold medal". Associated Press. Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 2008-08-26.

External links

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