Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics
| 18th Olympic Basketball Tournament | |||||||||
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| London 2012 | |||||||||
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| Tournament details | |||||||||
| Olympics | 2012 Summer Olympics | ||||||||
| Host nation |  United Kingdom | ||||||||
| City | London | ||||||||
| Duration | 28 July – 12 August | ||||||||
| Men's tournament | |||||||||
| Teams | 12 | ||||||||
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| Women's tournament | |||||||||
| Teams | 12 | ||||||||
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| Official website | |||||||||
| www.london2012.com/games/olympic-sports/basketball.php | |||||||||
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The US men's and US women's teams both successfully defended their Olympic basketball championships of 2008.
Contents
Settings
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 | Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics (London Borough of Newham) | Stratford, London |
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| North Greenwich Arena | Basketball Arena | |
| Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 12,000 | |
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Qualification
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
| Means of qualification[3] | 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 |  Venezuela | 3 | Lithuania Russia Nigeria |
Women's qualification
| Means of qualification[3] | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
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| 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
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 |
**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:
- Results of the games involving the tied teams (head-to-head records)
- Goal average of the games involving the tied teams
- Goal average of all of the games played
- Points scored
- Drawing of lots
Calendar
| P | Preliminaries | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Sat 28 | Sun 29 | Mon 30 | Tue 31 | Wed 1 | Thu 2 | Fri 3 | Sat 4 | Sun 5 | Mon 6 | Tue 7 | Wed 8 | Thu 9 | Fri 10 | Sat 11 | Sun 12 |
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| Men | P | P | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||
| Women | P | P | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F |
Men's competition
Main article: Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men
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 |
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| 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
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 |
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| 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]
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 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
Final standings
| Rank | Men | Women | ||||||
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| Team | Pld | W | L | Team | Pld | W | L | |
 | United States | 8 | 8 | 0 | United States | 8 | 8 | 0 |
 | Spain | 8 | 5 | 3 | France | 8 | 7 | 1 |
 | 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 |
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