18th Basketball Olympic Tournament London 2012
Tournament details
Olympics	2012 Summer Olympics
Host nation	United Kingdom
City	London
Duration	28 July – 12 August
Men's teams	12
Men's medals:
Gold medalists	United States
Silver medalists	Spain
Bronze medalists	Russia
Women's teams	12
Women's medals:
Gold medalists	United States
Silver medalists	France
Bronze medalists	Australia
Official website
http://www.london2012.com/games/olympic-sports/basketball.php

Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Rosters
men  women

Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held from 28 July to 12 August 2012. The preliminary matches and the women's quarterfinal matches were played in the new Basketball Arena in Olympic Park which seats up to 12,000 spectators. The men's knockout games and the women's games from semifinals onward were played in the North Greenwich Arena.

The US men's and US women's teams both successfully defended their Olympic basketball championships of 2008.

Settings [edit]

Two settings in London have been used for the basketball tournaments: The O2 Arena (referred to as the "North Greenwich Arena" during the Olympics) and the Basketball Arena in Olympic Park at Stratford. The North Greenwich Arena was the setting for the knockout stages for the men, and also from the semifinal games onward for the women, whereas the Basketball Arena was the setting for the preliminary rounds and the women's quarterfinals.

Greenwich, London	North Greenwich Arena Basketball Arena Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics (London Borough of Newham)	Stratford, London
North Greenwich Arena		Basketball Arena
Capacity: 20,000		Capacity: 12,000

Qualification [edit]

Competing countries in the Olympic basketball championship: green for both men's and women's tournaments, blue for the men's tournament and pink for the women's tournament.

The National Olympic Committees may enter up to one 12-player men's team and up to one 12-player women's team.

Host [edit]

Initially, basketball was the only team sport in which the host country was not automatically awarded a team in the tournament. This was because the British basketball teams did not exist until 2006, and hence FIBA, the world's regulatory body of basketball, was concerned about the future of the British national basketball teams after 2012, as well as the probable lack of competitiveness of the British teams. However, in a meeting held in Lyon, France, on 13 March 2011, the FIBA's executive board agreed to allow the two British teams to enter automatically, after all.^[1][2]

Men's qualification [edit]

Means of qualification[3]	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	Venezuela	3	Lithuania  Russia  Nigeria

Women's qualification [edit]

Means of qualification[3]	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	6 July 2005		1	Great Britain
2010 FIBA World Championship	23 September – 3 October 2010	Czech Republic	1	United States
2011 FIBA Europe Championship	18 June – 3 July 2011	Poland	1	Russia
2011 FIBA Asia Championship	21–28 August 2011	Japan[4]	1	China
2011 FIBA Oceania Championship	7–11 September 2011	Australia	1	Australia
2011 FIBA Americas Championship	24 September – 1 October 2011	Colombia[5]	1	Brazil
2011 FIBA Africa Championship	23 September – 2 October 2011	Mali	1	Angola
2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament	25 June – 1 July 2012	Turkey	5	France  Turkey  Czech Republic  Croatia  Canada
Total			12

Competition format [edit]

Twelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams. Each game result merits a corresponding point:

*The team has less than two players available to play on the court.
**A team cannot present five players at the start of the game, or its actions prevent play from being resumed.

In case teams are tied on points, the tiebreaking criteria are, in order of first application:

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.

Calendar [edit]

Men's competition [edit]

The draw for the groups of the men's tournament was made on 30 April 2012.^[6] Included are the teams' FIBA World Rankings prior to the tournament.

Group A	Group B
Argentina (3)	Australia (9)
France (12)	Brazil (13)
Lithuania (5)	China (10)
Nigeria (21)	Great Britain (43)
Tunisia (32)	Russia (11)
United States (1)	Spain (2)

Women's competition [edit]

The draw for the groups of the women's tournament was made on 30 April 2012.^[6] Included are the teams' FIBA World Rankings before the tournament.

Group A	Group B
Angola (27)	Australia (2)
China (7)	Brazil (6)
Croatia (31)	Canada (11)
Czech Republic (4)	France (8)
Turkey (21)	Great Britain (49)
United States (1)	Russia (3)

Referees [edit]

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) named the following 30 referees to officiate the basketball games at the 2012 Olympics.^[7]

Medal summary [edit]

Medal table [edit]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	2	0	0	2
2	France	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
4	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Russia	0	0	1	1
Total		2	2	2	6

Events [edit]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	United States (USA) Tyson Chandler Kevin Durant LeBron James Russell Westbrook Deron Williams Andre Iguodala Kobe Bryant Kevin Love James Harden Chris Paul Anthony Davis Carmelo Anthony	Spain (ESP) Pau Gasol Rudy Fernández Sergio Rodríguez Juan Carlos Navarro José Calderón Felipe Reyes Víctor Claver Fernando San Emeterio Sergio Llull Marc Gasol Serge Ibaka Víctor Sada	Russia (RUS) Alexey Shved Timofey Mozgov Sergey Karasev Vitaly Fridzon Alexander Kaun Evgeny Voronov Viktor Khryapa Semyon Antonov Sergey Monya Dmitry Khvostov Anton Ponkrashov Andrei Kirilenko
Women	United States (USA) Lindsay Whalen Seimone Augustus Sue Bird Maya Moore Angel McCoughtry Asjha Jones Tamika Catchings Swin Cash Diana Taurasi Sylvia Fowles Tina Charles Candace Parker	France (FRA) Isabelle Yacoubou Endéné Miyem Clémence Beikes Sandrine Gruda Edwige Lawson-Wade Céline Dumerc Florence Lepron Émilie Gomis Marion Laborde Élodie Godin Emmeline Ndongue Jennifer Digbeu	Australia (AUS) Jenna O'Hea Samantha Richards Jennifer Screen Abby Bishop Suzy Batkovic Kathleen MacLeod Kristi Harrower Laura Summerton Belinda Snell Rachel Jarry Liz Cambage Lauren Jackson

Final standings [edit]

Rank	Men				Women
	Team	Pld	W	L	Team	Pld	W	L
1 !	United States	8	8	0	United States	8	8	0
2 !	Spain	8	5	3	France	8	7	1
3 !	Russia	8	6	2	Australia	8	6	2
4th	Argentina	8	4	4	Russia	8	5	3
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th	Brazil	6	4	2	Turkey	6	4	2
6th	France	6	4	2	China	6	3	3
7th	Australia	6	3	3	Czech Republic	6	2	4
8th	Lithuania	6	2	4	Canada	6	2	4
Preliminary round 5th placers
9th	Great Britain	5	1	4	Brazil	5	1	4
10th	Nigeria	5	1	4	Croatia	5	1	4
Preliminary round 6th placers
11th	Tunisia	5	0	5	Great Britain	5	0	5
12th	China	5	0	5	Angola	5	0	5

See also [edit]

• Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

References [edit]

External links [edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics

• International Basketball Federation official website
  • Official FIBA website
• London 2012 Olympic Games official website
• Schedule

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