Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Dates29 July – 12 August
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (14th title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place Russia
Fourth place Argentina
Tournament statistics
Games played38
Top scorerAustralia Patty Mills
(21.2 points per game)

The men's basketball tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, began on 29 July and ended on 12 August, when the United States defeated Spain 107–100 for the gold medal. 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
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[2]  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
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:[3]

  1. Results of the games involving the tied teams (head-to-head records)
  2. Goal average
    of the games involving the tied teams
  3. Goal average
    of all of the games played
  4. Points scored
  5. 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

UTC+1
).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 5 5 0 589 398 +191 10 Quarterfinals
2  France 5 4 1 376 378 −2 9
3  Argentina 5 3 2 448 424 +24 8
4  Lithuania 5 2 3 395 399 −4 7
5  Nigeria 5 1 4 338 456 −118 6
6  Tunisia 5 0 5 320 411 −91 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.
29 July 2012
09:00
Nigeria  60–56  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 18–7, 13–8, 14–16, 15–25
3 Pts: Rzig 18
Rebs: Ben Romdhane 12
Asts: three players 3
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Marcos Benito (BRA), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)

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: Traoré 12
Rebs: Turiaf 9
Asts: de Colo 3
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Saša Pukl (SLO), Michael Aylen (AUS)

29 July 2012
22:15
Argentina  102–79  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 27–16, 27–22, 24–18
6 Pts: Kleiza 20
Rebs: Kleiza 7
Asts: Kalnietis 5
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Jorge Carrion (PUR), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS)

31 July 2012
14:30
Lithuania  72–53  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 14–8, 20–19, 22–13, 16–13
9 Pts: Diogu, Al. Aminu 12
Rebs: Al. Aminu 11
Asts: Al. Aminu 2
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Stephen Seibel (CAN), Vitalis Gode (KEN)

31 July 2012
20:00
France  71–64  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 13–17, 23–24, 16–11
5 Pts: Ginóbili 26
Rebs: Scola 8
Asts: Prigioni 8
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP), Marcos Benito (BRA), Luigi Lamonica (ITA)

31 July 2012
22:15
Tunisia  63–110 United States
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 18–25, 14–39, 16–25
4 Pts: Love, Anthony 16
Rebs: Durant 10
Asts: Paul 7
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Vaughan Mayberry (AUS), Samir Abaakil (MAR), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)

2 August 2012
09:00
France  82–74  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 14–22, 20–9, 23–22
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
7 Pts: Mejri 19
Rebs: Mejri 14
Asts: Laghnej 6
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Michael Aylen (AUS), Borys Ryschyk (UKR)

2 August 2012
22:15
United States 156–73  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 49–25, 29–20, 41–17, 37–11
11 Pts: Diogu 27
Rebs: Diogu 7
Asts: Aminu 4
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Elena Chernova (RUS)

4 August 2012
09:00
Tunisia  69–73  France
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 12–15, 16–25, 26–13
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
6 Pts: James, Anthony 20
Rebs: Love 8
Asts: Paul 6
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Recep Ankaralı (TUR), Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Marcos Benito (BRA)

4 August 2012
22:15
Nigeria  79–93  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 19–37, 18–20, 20–19, 22–17
5 Pts: Scola 22
Rebs: Nocioni 6
Asts: Ginóbili 8
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Michael Aylen (AUS), Samir Abaakil (MAR)

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
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP), Saša Pukl (SLO), Felicia Grinter (USA)

6 August 2012
14:30
France  79–73  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 18–20, 15–24, 23–19
7 Pts: Oguchi 35
Rebs: Diogu, A. Aminu 7
Asts: four players 2
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Recep Ankaralı (TUR), Michael Aylen (AUS), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)

6 August 2012
22:15
Argentina  97–126 United States
Scoring by quarter: 32–34, 27–26, 17–42, 21–24
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

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 5 4 1 400 359 +41 9[a] Quarterfinals
2  Brazil 5 4 1 402 349 +53 9[a]
3  Spain 5 3 2 414 394 +20 8[b]
4  Australia 5 3 2 410 373 +37 8[b]
5  Great Britain (H) 5 1 4 380 405 −25 6
6  China 5 0 5 313 439 −126 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
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Russia 1–0 Brazil
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Spain 1–0 Australia
29 July 2012
11:15
Brazil  75–71  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 17–15, 20–14, 19–22
Huertas
10
Pts:
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
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)

29 July 2012
20:00
Russia  95–75  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 25–15, 22–24, 24–17
13 Pts: Deng 26
Rebs: Freeland 10
Asts: Deng, Reinking 3
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Pablo Estévez (ARG), Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Stephen Seibel (CAN)

31 July 2012
09:00
China  54–73  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 13–20, 14–21, 15–12
4 Pts:
Khryapa
6
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Saša Pukl (SLO), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Bill Kennedy (USA)

31 July 2012
11:15
Australia  70–82  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 13–23, 10–26, 28–19
4 Pts: P. Gasol 20
Rebs: Reyes 12
Asts: three players 3
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Borys Ryschyk (UKR), José Carrion (PUR)

31 July 2012
16:45
Great Britain  62–67  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 11–4, 16–23, 16–21, 19–19
7 Pts:
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
7 Pts: Wang Shipeng 21
Rebs: Yi Jianlian, Wang Zhizhi 12
Asts: Wang Shipeng 3
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Recep Ankaralı (TUR), Pablo Estévez (ARG), Stephen Seibel (CAN)

2 August 2012
16:45
Brazil  74–75  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 12–25, 21–19, 21–16
Vinicius
4
Pts: Kirilenko 19
Rebs: Monia, Mozgov 7
Asts: Shved 6
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: José Carrion (PUR), Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)

2 August 2012
20:00
Spain  79–78  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 13–14, 24–19, 18–30
7 Pts: Deng 26
Rebs: Deng 9
Asts: Deng 7
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Bill Kennedy (USA), Saša Pukl (SLO), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)

4 August 2012
11:15
Russia  77–74  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 11–28, 21–12, 24–13, 21–21
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
2 Pts:
Vinicius 14
Rebs: Varejão 13
Asts: Taylor
6
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Borys Ryschyk (UKR), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)

4 August 2012
20:00
Great Britain  75–106  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 21–18, 14–30, 15–40
4 Pts:
Mills 39
Rebs: Newley 8
Asts: Ingles, Newley
4
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP), José Carrion (PUR), Robert Lottermoser (GER)

6 August 2012
09:00
Australia  82–80  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 17–25, 23–19, 13–16
7 Pts:
Khryapa
8
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Samir Abaakil (MAR)

6 August 2012
16:45
Great Britain  90–58  China
Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 19–16, 26–17, 18–10
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)

6 August 2012
20:00
Spain  82–88  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 18–21, 22–19, 16–31
: three players 4 Pts:
Huertas
6
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Pablo Estévez (ARG), Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Robert Lottermoser (GER)

Knockout round

Quarterfinals Semifinals 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

Quarterfinals

8 August 2012
14:00
Russia  83–74  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 17–10, 15–17, 22–23, 29–24
Khryapa
8
Pts: Kaukėnas 19
Rebs: Valančiūnas 9
Asts: four players 3

8 August 2012
16:15
France  59–66  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 15–17, 16–17, 6–15
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
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
11 Pts:
Mills 26
Rebs: Ingles 8
Asts: Ingles
6

Semifinals

10 August 2012
17:00
Spain  67–59  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 9–12, 11–19, 26–15, 21–13
: three players 3 Pts:
Kaun 14
Rebs: Kirilenko 8
Asts: Shved
7

10 August 2012
21:00
Argentina  83–109 United States
Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 21–23, 17–27, 26–35
Ginobili 18
Rebs: Delfino 5
Asts: Prigioni
6
Pts: Durant 19
Rebs: Love 9
Asts: James, Paul 7

Bronze medal match

12 August 2012
11:00
Argentina  77–81  Russia 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 18–21, 19–21, 20–20
Nocioni 7
Asts: Prigioni
7
Pts: Shved 25
Rebs: Kirilenko 8
Asts: Shved 7
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP), José Carrion (PUR), Bill Kennedy
(USA)

Gold medal match

12 August 2012
15:00
1st place, gold medalist(s) United States 107–100  Spain 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Scoring by quarter: 35–27, 24–31, 24–24, 24–18
4 Pts: P. Gasol 24
Rebs: Ibaka 9
Asts: P. Gasol 7

Awards

 2012 Olympic Basketball Champions 

United States
Fourteenth title

Statistical leaders

Individual tournament highs

Individual game highs

Department Name Total Opponent
Points
Patrick Mills
39  Great Britain
Rebounds Tunisia Salah Mejri
China Yi Jianlian
14  Argentina
 Great Britain
Assists Russia Alexey Shved 13  Great Britain
Steals Nigeria Al-Farouq Aminu
Australia David Andersen
France Nando de Colo
Russia Vitaly Fridzon
Argentina Manu Ginóbili
Russia Andrei Kirilenko
United States Chris Paul
China Sun Yue
4  Tunisia
 Spain
 Nigeria
 Great Britain
 Lithuania
 China
 Lithuania
 Spain
Blocks Tunisia Salah Mejri 7  Argentina
Field goal percentage Russia Timofey Mozgov 88.9% (8/9)  Brazil
3-point field goal percentage Argentina Manu Ginóbili 100% (4/4)  Tunisia
Free throw percentage China Zhu Fangyu 100% (8/8)  Brazil
Turnovers Tunisia Makrem Ben Romdhane
Lithuania Mantas Kalnietis
7  Nigeria
United States

Team tournament highs

Team game highs

Department Name Total Opponent
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
G Argentina Manu Ginóbili Australia Patty Mills
G United States LeBron James
Marcelinho Huertas
F Russia Andrei Kirilenko Australia Joe Ingles
F United States Kevin Durant United States Carmelo Anthony
C Spain Pau Gasol Argentina Luis Scola

Honorable Mentions:[4]

Argentina Carlos Delfino
Brazil Leandro Barbosa
China Yi Jianlian
France Nicolas Batum
France Boris Diaw
United Kingdom Joel Freeland
Russia Alexey Shved
Spain Marc Gasol
United States Chris Paul
United States 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
Gold medal game participants
1st place, gold medalist(s) United States 8 8 0 924 667 +257 1 (Steady)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Spain 8 5 3 647 619 +28 2 (Steady)
Bronze medal game participants
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Russia 8 6 2 623 577 +46 6 (Increase5)
4th  Argentina 8 4 4 690 691 −1 3 (Steady)
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th  Brazil 6 4 2 479 431 +48 B–2nd 1.152 9 (Increase4)
6th  France 6 4 2 435 444 −9 A–2nd 0.995 8 (Increase4)
7th  Australia 6 3 3 496 492 +4 B–4th 1.099 10 (Decrease1)
8th  Lithuania 6 2 4 469 482 −13 A–4th 0.990 5 (Steady)
Preliminary round 5th placers
9th  Great Britain 5 1 4 380 405 −25 0.938 23 (Increase20)
10th  Nigeria 5 1 4 338 456 −118 0.741 17 (Increase4)
Preliminary round 6th placers
11th  Tunisia 5 0 5 320 411 −91 0.779 22 (Increase10)
12th  China 5 0 5 313 439 −126 0.713 11 (Decrease1)

See also

References

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