Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics was the eighteenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It 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 seated 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.

Basketball Tournament
London 2012
Tournament details
Games2012 Summer Olympics
Host nationUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Duration28 July – 12 August 2012
Men's tournament
Teams12
Medals
1 Gold medalists  United States
2 Silver medalists Spain
3 Bronze medalists  Russia
Women's tournament
Teams12
Medals
1 Gold medalists  United States
2 Silver medalists France
3 Bronze medalists  Australia
Official website
london2012.com/games/olympic-sports/basketball.php
Tournaments
← Beijing 2008  Rio 2016 →
Basketball at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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Rosters
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Qualification
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The US men's and US women's teams both successfully defended their Olympic basketball championships of 2008.

Settings

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

Qualification
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

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
Main article: Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
Means of qualification[3]DateVenueBerthsQualified
Host nation6 July 20051 Great Britain
2010 FIBA World Championship28 August – 12 September 2010 Turkey1 United States
2011 FIBA Africa Championship17–28 August 2011 Madagascar1 Tunisia
2011 FIBA Americas Championship30 August – 11 September 2011 Argentina2 Argentina
 Brazil
2011 FIBA Oceania Championship7–11 September 2011 Australia1 Australia
2011 FIBA Europe Championship31 August – 18 September 2011 Lithuania2 Spain
 France
2011 FIBA Asia Championship15–25 September 2011 China1 China
2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament2–8 July 2012 Venezuela3 Lithuania
 Russia
 Nigeria

Women's qualification
Main article: Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
Means of qualification[3]DateVenueBerthsQualified
Host nation6 July 20051 Great Britain
2010 FIBA World Championship23 September – 3 October 2010 Czech Republic1 United States
2011 FIBA Europe Championship18 June – 3 July 2011 Poland1 Russia
2011 FIBA Asia Championship21–28 August 2011 Japan[4]1 China
2011 FIBA Oceania Championship7–11 September 2011 Australia1 Australia
2011 FIBA Americas Championship24 September – 1 October 2011 Colombia[5]1 Brazil
2011 FIBA Africa Championship23 September – 2 October 2011 Mali1 Angola
2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament25 June – 1 July 2012 Turkey5 France
 Turkey
 Czech Republic
 Croatia
 Canada
Total12

Competition format

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

ResultPoints
Win2
Loss, or loss by default1
Loss via forfeiture**0

*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
PPreliminaries ¼Quarterfinals ½Semifinals FFinal
Event↓/Date →Sat 28Sun 29Mon 30Tue 31Wed 1Thu 2Fri 3Sat 4Sun 5Mon 6Tue 7Wed 8Thu 9Fri 10Sat 11Sun 12
MenPPPPP¼½F
WomenPPPPP¼½F


Men's competition
Main article: Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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 AGroup 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
Main article: Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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 AGroup 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

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

  •  MAR Samir Abaakil
  •  TUR Recep Ankaralı
  •  ESP Juan Carlos Arteaga
  •  AUS Michael Aylen
  •  SRB Ilija Belošević
  •  IND Snehal Bendke
  •  PUR José Anibal Carrion
  •  ITA Guerrino Cerebuch
  •  RUS Elena Chernova
  •  GRE Christos Christodoulou
  •  FRA Carole Delauné
  •  ARG Pablo Alberto Estévez
  •  BRA Marcos Fornies Benito
  •  KEN Vitalis Odhiambo Gode
  •  USA Felicia Andrea Grinter
  •  FIN Carl Jungebrand
  •  USA William Gene Kennedy
  •  ITA Luigi Lamonica
  •  LAT Oļegs Latiševs
  •  GER Robert Lottermoser
  •  BRA Cristiano Jesus Maranho
  •  AUS Vaughan Charles Mayberry
  •  LIB Rabah Noujaim
  •  CHN Peng Ling
  •  SLO Saša Pukl
  •  UKR Borys Ryschyk
  •  ARG Fernando Jorge Sampietro
  •  CAN Stephen Seibel
  •  JPN Shoko Sugruro
  •  PUR Jorge Vázquez

Medal summary

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States2002
2 France0101
 Spain0101
4 Australia0011
 Russia0011
Totals (5 entries)2226

Events
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
Victor 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
Rank Men Women
TeamPldWLTeamPldWL
1st place, gold medalist(s) United States880  United States880
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Spain853  France871
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Russia862  Australia862
4th Argentina844  Russia853
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th Brazil642  Turkey642
6th France642  China633
7th Australia633  Czech Republic624
8th Lithuania624  Canada624
Preliminary round 5th placers
9th Great Britain514  Brazil514
10th Nigeria514  Croatia514
Preliminary round 6th placers
11th Tunisia505  Great Britain505
12th China505  Angola505

See also

References
  1. Creighton, Jessica (11 March 2011). "Future of GB basketball hangs on London 2012 decision". BBC Sport.
  2. Dugdale, Rob (13 March 2011). "Great Britain teams to play at London 2012 Olympics". BBC Sport.
  3. "Qualification System – Games of the XXX Olympiad" (PDF). IBF. May 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  4. "Home". FIBA Asia. 22 February 2011. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  5. "COL – 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women to be played in Neiva, Colombia". Fiba.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  6. "Groups drawn for Olympic Basketball competitions". FIBA. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012.
  7. "Find a Referee". FIBA. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.

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