Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Tournament details | |
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Host country | United Kingdom |
City | London |
Dates | 29 July – 12 August |
Teams | 12 (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 played | 38 |
Top scorer | Patty Mills (21.2 points per game) |
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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 |
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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[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 |
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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:[3]
- Results of the games involving the tied teams (head-to-head records)
- Goal averageof the games involving the tied teams
- Goal averageof 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
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
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 |
29 July 2012
14:30 |
United States | 98–71 | France |
Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 30–15, 26–15, 20–20 | ||
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
6 August 2012
11:15 |
Tunisia | 63–76 | Lithuania |
Scoring by quarter: 18–7, 17–22, 19–21, 9–26 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 |
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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 |
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:
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 |
31 July 2012
09:00 |
China | 54–73 | Russia |
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 13–20, 14–21, 15–12 | ||
4 | Pts: Khryapa 6 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
20:00 |
Great Britain | 75–106 | Australia |
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 21–18, 14–30, 15–40 | ||
4 | Pts: 4 |
6 August 2012
09:00 |
Australia | 82–80 | Russia |
Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 17–25, 23–19, 13–16 | ||
7 | Pts: Khryapa 8 |
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 |
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 | ||
5 | Pts: M. Gasol 14 Rebs: P. Gasol 11 Asts: P. Gasol, Fernández 3 |
(USA), Christos Christodoulou (GRE)
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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 |
North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP), José Carrion (PUR), Recep Ankaralı (TUR) |
8 August 2012
22:15 |
United States | 119–86 | Australia |
Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 28–21, 28–28, 35–16 | ||
11 | Pts: 6 |
North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Fernando Sampietro (ARG), Samir Abaakil (MAR) |
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: 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 | ||
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 | ||
7 | Pts: Shved 25 Rebs: Kirilenko 8 Asts: Shved 7 |
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Gold medal match
12 August 2012
15:00 |
United States | 107–100 | Spain |
Scoring by quarter: 35–27, 24–31, 24–24, 24–18 | ||
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) |
Awards
2012 Olympic Basketball Champions |
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United States Fourteenth title |
Statistical leaders
Individual tournament highs
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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
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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 Ginóbili | Patty Mills |
G | LeBron James | Marcelinho Huertas
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F | Andrei Kirilenko | Joe Ingles |
F | Kevin Durant | Carmelo Anthony |
C | Pau Gasol | Luis Scola |
Honorable Mentions:[4]
- 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
- IBF. May 2010. Archived from the original(PDF) on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ http://www.sportingnews.com/us/athletics-news/2935955-london-2012-summer-olympics-current-mens-basketball-teams-schedule-qualifiers [dead link]
- ^ "FIBA's Official Basketball Rules 2012-p.68" (PDF). FIBA.com. 2012-04-29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-03. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
- ^ "The all-Olympics team". go.com. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
External links
- Schedule Archived 2012-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Statistics