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Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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imageOlympic rings without rims.svg
size150
cityLondon
countryUnited Kingdom
dates29 July – 12 August 2012
num_teams12
confederations5
venues2
cities1
champion_otherUSA United States
count14
secondESP
thirdRUS
fourthARG
games38
top_scorerAUS Patty Mills
(21.2 points per game)
prevseasonBeijing 2008
nextseasonRio 2016

(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 the IOC's commercialisation policy).

Qualification

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

title=Qualification System – Games of the XXX Olympiadurl=http://www.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt/media/60891/basquetebol.pdfpublisher=IBFdate=May 2010access-date=10 September 2011url-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106012237/http://www.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt/media/60891/basquetebol.pdfarchive-date=6 January 2012 }}DateVenueBerthsQualified
Host nation6 July 20051
2010 FIBA World Championship28 August – 12 September 2010Turkey1
2011 FIBA Africa Championship17–28 August 2011Madagascar1
2011 FIBA Americas Championship30 August – 11 September 2011Argentina2
2011 FIBA Oceania Championship7–11 September 2011Australia1
2011 FIBA Europe Championship31 August – 18 September 2011Lithuania2
2011 FIBA Asia Championship15–25 September 2011China1
2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament2–8 July 2012Venezuela3

Squads

Main article: Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Competition format

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

ResultPoints
Win2
Loss1
Loss via default*1
Loss via forfeiture**0

In case teams are tied on points, the tiebreaking criteria are used, 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.

Preliminary round

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).

Group A

Group B

Knockout round

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Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Report 2

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USA Mike Krzyzewski
ITA Sergio Scariolo

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Awards

Statistical leaders

Individual tournament highs

Pos.NameGPtsPPG
1AUS Patty Mills612721.2
2USA Kevin Durant815619.5
3ARG Manu Ginóbili815519.4
4ESP Pau Gasol815319.1
5ARG Luis Scola814418.0
6RUS Andrei Kirilenko814017.5
7USA Carmelo Anthony813016.3
8BRA Leandro Barbosa69716.2
9GBR Luol Deng57915.8
10FRA Tony Parker69415.7
Pos.NameGReb.RPG
1CHN Yi Jianlian55110.2
2TUN Salah Mejri55010.0
3NGR Ike Diogu5459.0
4TUN Makrem Ben Romdhane5438.6
5BRA Nenê Hilário5408.0
6ESP Pau Gasol8617.6
USA Kevin Love8617.6
8RUS Andrei Kirilenko8607.5
9GBR Pops Mensah-Bonsu4297.2
10BRA Anderson Varejão6427.0
Pos.NameGAss.APG
1ARG Pablo Prigioni6396.5
2BRA Marcelinho Huertas6366.0
3RUS Alexey Shved8475.9
4USA LeBron James8455.6
5LTU Šarūnas Jasikevičius6325.3
6USA Chris Paul8415.1
7LTU Mantas Kalnietis6294.8
8GBR Luol Deng5234.6
USA Deron Williams8374.6
10AUS Matthew Dellavedova6274.5
Pos.NameGBlocksBPG
1TUN Salah Mejri5173.4
2CHN Yi Jianlian5112.2
3RUS Andrei Kirilenko8141.8
4FRA Nicolas Batum691.5
5ESP Serge Ibaka8111.3
FRA Kevin Seraphin681.3
7ESP Pau Gasol891.1
8LTU Paulius Jankūnas661.0
BRA Nenê Hilário551.0
10RUS Sasha Kaun860.8
Pos.NameGStlsSPG
1USA Chris Paul8202.5
2NGR Al-Farouq Aminu5102.0
3RUS Andrei Kirilenko8151.9
4TUN Makrem Ben Romdhane6111.8
AUS Matthew Nielsen591.8
ARG Pablo Prigioni6111.8
7FRA Nando de Colo6101.7
8ARG Manu Ginóbili8131.6
USA Kevin Durant8131.6
10USA LeBron James8111.4
Pos.NameGMin.MPG
1GBR Luol Deng517334.6
2TUN Makrem Ben Romdhane516933.8
3CHN Yi Jianlian516633.2
4RUS Andrei Kirilenko516533
5NGR Ike Diogu516232.4
AUS Joe Ingles516232.4
TUN Salah Mejri516232.4
8GBR Nate Reinking515330.6
9NGR Derrick Obasohan515130.2
10AUS Patrick Mills514929.8

Individual game highs

DepartmentNameTotalOpponent
PointsAUS Patrick Mills39
ReboundsTUN Salah Mejri
CHN Yi Jianlian14
AssistsRUS Alexey Shved13
StealsNGR Al-Farouq Aminu
AUS David Andersen
FRA Nando de Colo
RUS Vitaly Fridzon
ARG Manu Ginóbili
RUS Andrei Kirilenko
USA Chris Paul
CHN Sun Yue4
BlocksTUN Salah Mejri7
Field goal percentageRUS Timofey Mozgov88.9% (8/9)
3-point field goal percentageARG Manu Ginóbili100% (4/4)
Free throw percentageCHN Zhu Fangyu100% (8/8)
TurnoversTUN Makrem Ben Romdhane
LTU Mantas Kalnietis7
USA United States

Team tournament highs

Pos.NamePPG
1USA United States115.5
286.3
382.7
480.9
579.8
Pos.NamePPG
1****69.8
271.8
374.6
475.6
578.8
Pos.NameRPG
1USA United States44.6
241.3
341.0
440.5
538.8
Pos.NameAPG
1USA United States25.0
219.8
319.6
419.3
518.2
Pos.NameSPG
1USA United States10.4
26.7
36.5
46.3
56.2
Pos.NameBPG
1****5.0
****5.0
34.2
4.2
53.9

Team game highs

DepartmentNameTotalOpponent
PointsUSA United States156
ReboundsUSA United States
56
AssistsUSA United States41
StealsUSA United States17
Blocks9
Field goal percentageUSA United States71.1% (59/83)
3-point field goal percentageUSA United States63% (29/46)
Free throw percentage100.0% (10/10)
Turnovers25USA United States

ESPN All-Olympics Teams

Pos.First TeamSecond Team
GArgentina Manu GinóbiliAustralia Patty Mills
GUSA LeBron JamesBrazil Marcelinho Huertas
FRussia Andrei KirilenkoAustralia Joe Ingles
FUSA Kevin DurantUSA Carmelo Anthony
CSpain Pau GasolArgentina Luis Scola

Honorable Mentions: :Argentina Carlos Delfino :Brazil Leandro Barbosa :China Yi Jianlian :France Nicolas Batum :France Boris Diaw :Great Britain Joel Freeland :Russia Alexey Shved :Spain Marc Gasol :USA Chris Paul :USA 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
RankTeamPldWLPFPAPDStandingGAvgNew rankEliminated at the quarterfinalsPreliminary round 5th placersPreliminary round 6th placers
USA United States880924667+2571 ()
853647619+282 ()
862623577+466 (5)
4th844690691−13 ()
5th642479431+48B–2nd1.1529 (4)
6th642435444−9A–2nd0.9958 (4)
7th633496492+4B–4th1.09910 (1)
8th624469482−13A–4th0.9905 ()
9th514380405−250.93823 (20)
10th514338456−1180.74117 (4)
11th505320411−910.77922 (10)
12th505313439−1260.71311 (1)

References

References

  1. (May 2010). "Qualification System – Games of the XXX Olympiad". [[International Basketball Federation.
  2. http://www.sportingnews.com/us/athletics-news/2935955-london-2012-summer-olympics-current-mens-basketball-teams-schedule-qualifiers {{Dead link. (February 2022)
  3. (2012-04-29). "FIBA's Official Basketball Rules 2012-p.68". FIBA.com.
  4. (13 August 2012). "The all-Olympics team".
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