Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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).

Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Dates29 July – 12 August
Teams12 (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 played44
Top scorer Patrick Mills
(21.2 points per game)
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Qualification
Main article: Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
Means of qualification[1]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[2] Venezuela3 Lithuania
 Russia
 Nigeria

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

*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]

  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
Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
United States 550589398+19110
 France 541376378−29
 Argentina 532448424+248
 Lithuania 523395399−47
 Nigeria 514338456−1186
 Tunisia 505320411−915
29 July 2012
09:00
Nigeria  60–56  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 18–7, 13–8, 14–16, 15–25
Pts: Aminu 15
Rebs: Diogu 10
Asts: Skinn 3		 Pts: Rzig 18
Rebs: Ben Romdhane 12
Asts: three players 3
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Marcos Benito (BRA), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)
29 July 2012
14:30
United States 98–71  France
Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 30–15, 26–15, 20–20
Pts: Durant 22
Rebs: three players 9
Asts: James 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
Pts: Scola 32
Rebs: Ginóbili 10
Asts: Ginóbili, Prigioni 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
Pts: Songaila 12
Rebs: Kleiza 6
Asts: Jasikevičius 9		 Pts: Diogu, Al. Aminu 12
Rebs: Al. Aminu 11
Asts: Al. Aminu 2
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Stephen Seibel (CAN), Vitalis Gode (KEN)
31 July 2012
20:00
France  71–64  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 13–17, 23–24, 16–11
Pts: Parker 17
Rebs: Batum 7
Asts: Parker 5		 Pts: Ginóbili 26
Rebs: Scola 8
Asts: Prigioni 8
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP), Marcos Benito (BRA), Luigi Lamonica (ITA)
31 July 2012
22:15
Tunisia  63–110 United States
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 18–25, 14–39, 16–25
Pts: Ben Romdhane 22
Rebs: Ben Romdhane 11
Asts: Ben Romdhane 4		 Pts: Love, Anthony 16
Rebs: Durant 10
Asts: Paul 7
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Vaughan Mayberry (AUS), Samir Abaakil (MAR), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)
2 August 2012
09:00
France  82–74  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 14–22, 20–9, 23–22
Pts: Parker 27
Rebs: Turiaf 10
Asts: Diaw 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
Pts: Ginóbili 24
Rebs: Scola 10
Asts: Campazzo 7		 Pts: Mejri 19
Rebs: Mejri 14
Asts: Laghnej 6
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Michael Aylen (AUS), Borys Ryschyk (UKR)
2 August 2012
22:15
United States 156–73  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 49–25, 29–20, 41–17, 37–11
Pts: Anthony 37
Rebs: Davis, Love 6
Asts: Williams 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
Pts: Hdidane 20
Rebs: Ben Romdhane 8
Asts: Laghnej, Mejri 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
Pts: Kleiza 25
Rebs: Pocius 7
Asts: Jasikevičius, Pocius 6		 Pts: James, Anthony 20
Rebs: Love 8
Asts: Paul 6
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Recep Ankaralı (TUR), Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Marcos Benito (BRA)
4 August 2012
22:15
Nigeria  79–93  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 19–37, 18–20, 20–19, 22–17
Pts: Diogu 16
Rebs: Diogu 11
Asts: Aminu 5		 Pts: Scola 22
Rebs: Nocioni 6
Asts: Ginóbili 8
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Michael Aylen (AUS), Samir Abaakil (MAR)
6 August 2012
11:15
Tunisia  63–76  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 18–7, 17–22, 19–21, 9–26
Pts: Rzig 17
Rebs: Mejri 12
Asts: Mejri 3		 Pts: Songaila, Jasikevičius 13
Rebs: Kleiza, Valančiūnas 6
Asts: Kalnietis 9
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP), Saša Pukl (SLO), Felicia Grinter (USA)
6 August 2012
14:30
France  79–73  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 18–20, 15–24, 23–19
Pts: Batum 23
Rebs: Batum, Diaw 6
Asts: Parker 7		 Pts: Oguchi 35
Rebs: Diogu, A. Aminu 7
Asts: four players 2
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Recep Ankaralı (TUR), Michael Aylen (AUS), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)
6 August 2012
22:15
Argentina  97–126 United States
Scoring by quarter: 32–34, 27–26, 17–42, 21–24
Pts: Ginóbili 16
Rebs: Ginóbili 5
Asts: Campazzo 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
Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 Russia 541400359+4191–0
 Brazil 541402349+5390–1
 Spain 532414394+2081–0
 Australia 532410373+3780–1
 Great Britain 514380405−256
 China 505313439−1265
29 July 2012
11:15
Brazil  75–71  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 17–15, 20–14, 19–22
Pts: Barbosa 16
Rebs: three players 7
Asts: Huertas 10		 Pts: Mills 20
Rebs: Andersen 8
Asts: 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
Pts: P. Gasol 21
Rebs: P. Gasol 11
Asts: M. Gasol 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
Pts: Kirilenko 35
Rebs: Shved 6
Asts: Shved 13		 Pts: Deng 26
Rebs: Freeland 10
Asts: Deng, Reinking 3
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Pablo Estévez (ARG), Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Stephen Seibel (CAN)
31 July 2012
09:00
China  54–73  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 13–20, 14–21, 15–12
Pts: Yi Jianlian 16
Rebs: Yi Jianlian 7
Asts: Chen Jianghua 4		 Pts: Kirilenko 16
Rebs: Khryapa 12
Asts: Shved, Khryapa 6
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Saša Pukl (SLO), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Bill Kennedy (USA)
31 July 2012
11:15
Australia  70–82  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 13–23, 10–26, 28–19
Pts: Ingles 12
Rebs: Andersen 7
Asts: Dellavedova 4		 Pts: P. Gasol 20
Rebs: Reyes 12
Asts: three players 3
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Borys Ryschyk (UKR), José Carrion (PUR)
31 July 2012
16:45
Great Britain  62–67  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 11–4, 16–23, 16–21, 19–19
Pts: Mensah-Bonsu, Reinking 13
Rebs: Mensah-Bonsu 12
Asts: Deng 7		 Pts: Splitter 21
Rebs: three players 6
Asts: 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
Pts: Mills 20
Rebs: Worthington 8
Asts: Ingles 7		 Pts: Wang Shipeng 21
Rebs: Yi Jianlian, Wang Zhizhi 12
Asts: Wang Shipeng 3
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Recep Ankaralı (TUR), Pablo Estévez (ARG), Stephen Seibel (CAN)
2 August 2012
16:45
Brazil  74–75  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 12–25, 21–19, 21–16
Pts: Barbosa 16
Rebs: Nenê 10
Asts: Vinicius 4		 Pts: Kirilenko 19
Rebs: Monia, Mozgov 7
Asts: Shved 6
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: José Carrion (PUR), Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)
2 August 2012
20:00
Spain  79–78  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 13–14, 24–19, 18–30
Pts: Calderón 19
Rebs: San Emeterio 10
Asts: Fernández 7		 Pts: Deng 26
Rebs: Deng 9
Asts: Deng 7
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Bill Kennedy (USA), Saša Pukl (SLO), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)
4 August 2012
11:15
Russia  77–74  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 11–28, 21–12, 24–13, 21–21
Pts: Fridzon 24
Rebs: Mozgov 9
Asts: Ponkrashov 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
16:45
China  59–98  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 11–25, 10–17, 17–28, 21–28
Pts: Zhu Fangyu 13
Rebs: Yi Jianlian 6
Asts: Chen Jianghua 2		 Pts: Vinicius 14
Rebs: Varejão 13
Asts: Taylor 6
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Borys Ryschyk (UKR), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)
4 August 2012
20:00
Great Britain  75–106  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 21–18, 14–30, 15–40
Pts: Freeland 16
Rebs: Freeland 7
Asts: Archibald 4		 Pts: Mills 39
Rebs: Newley 8
Asts: Ingles, Newley 4
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP), José Carrion (PUR), Robert Lottermoser (GER)
6 August 2012
09:00
Australia  82–80  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 17–25, 23–19, 13–16
Pts: Ingles 20
Rebs: Dellavedova 6
Asts: Dellavedova 7		 Pts: Kaun 18
Rebs: three players 6
Asts: Khryapa 8
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Samir Abaakil (MAR)
6 August 2012
16:45
Great Britain  90–58  China
Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 19–16, 26–17, 18–10
Pts: Achara 16
Rebs: Archibald 9
Asts: Lawrence 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
Pts: P. Gasol 25
Rebs: P. Gasol 7
Asts: three players 4		 Pts: Barbosa 23
Rebs: Varejão 7
Asts: Huertas 6
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Pablo Estévez (ARG), Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Robert Lottermoser (GER)

Knockout round
  Quarter-finals Semi-finals 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

Quarter-finals
8 August 2012
14:00
Russia  83–74  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 17–10, 15–17, 22–23, 29–24
Pts: Kirilenko 19
Rebs: Kirilenko 13
Asts: 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
Pts: Parker, Diaw 15
Rebs: Diaw 8
Asts: Diaw 5		 Pts: M. Gasol 14
Rebs: P. Gasol 11
Asts: P. Gasol, Fernández 3
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Bill Kennedy (USA), Christos Christodoulou (GRE)
8 August 2012
20:00
Brazil  77–82  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 14–23, 14–18, 23–18
Pts: Barbosa, Huertas 22
Rebs: Hilário 12
Asts: 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
Pts: Bryant 20
Rebs: James 14
Asts: James 11		 Pts: Mills 26
Rebs: Ingles 8
Asts: Ingles 6
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Fernando Sampietro (ARG), Samir Abaakil (MAR)

Semi-finals
10 August 2012
17:00
Spain  67–59  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 9–12, 11–19, 26–15, 21–13
Pts: P. Gasol 16
Rebs: P. Gasol 12
Asts: three players 3		 Pts: Kaun 14
Rebs: Kirilenko 8
Asts: Shved 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
Pts: Ginobili 18
Rebs: Delfino 5
Asts: Prigioni 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
Pts: Ginobili 21
Rebs: Nocioni 7
Asts: Prigioni 7		 Pts: Shved 25
Rebs: Kirilenko 8
Asts: Shved 7
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP), José Carrion (PUR), Bill Kennedy (USA)

Gold medal match
12 August 2012
15:00
United States 107–100  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 35–27, 24–31, 24–24, 24–18
Pts: Durant 30
Rebs: Durant, Love 9
Asts: James 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

United States
Fourteenth title

Statistical leaders

Individual tournament highs

Individual game highs
DepartmentNameTotalOpponent
Points Patrick Mills39 Great Britain
Rebounds Salah Mejri
Yi Jianlian		14 Argentina
 Great Britain
Assists Alexey Shved13 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 Mejri7 Argentina
Field goal percentage Timofey Mozgov88.9% (8/9) Brazil
3-point field goal percentage Manu Ginóbili100% (4/4) Tunisia
Free throw percentage Zhu Fangyu100% (8/8) Brazil
Turnovers Makrem Ben Romdhane
Mantas Kalnietis		7 Nigeria
United States

Team tournament highs

Team game highs
DepartmentNameTotalOpponent
Points United States156 Nigeria
Rebounds United States
 Spain		56 France
 Australia
Assists United States41 Nigeria
Steals United States17 Lithuania
Blocks  Russia9 Great Britain
Field goal percentage United States71.1% (59/83) Nigeria
3-point field goal percentage United States63% (29/46) Nigeria
Free throw percentage  France100.0% (10/10) Tunisia
Turnovers  Nigeria25 United States

ESPN All-Olympics Teams
Pos.First TeamSecond Team
G Manu Ginóbili Patty Mills
G LeBron James Marcelinho Huertas
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
RankTeamPldWLPFPAPDStandingGAvgNew rank
Gold medal game participants
United States880924667+2571 ()
 Spain853647619+282 ()
Bronze medal game participants
 Russia862623577+466 (5)
4th Argentina844690691−13 ()
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th Brazil642479431+48B–2nd1.1529 (4)
6th France642435444−9A–2nd0.9958 (4)
7th Australia633496492+4B–4th1.09910 (1)
8th Lithuania624469482−13A–4th0.9905 ()
Preliminary round 5th placers
9th Great Britain514380405−250.93823 (20)
10th Nigeria514338456−1180.74117 (4)
Preliminary round 6th placers
11th Tunisia505320411−910.77922 (10)
12th China505313439−1260.71311 (1)

See also

References
  1. "Qualification System – Games of the XXX Olympiad" (PDF). IBF. May 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  2. http://www.sportingnews.com/us/athletics-news/2935955-london-2012-summer-olympics-current-mens-basketball-teams-schedule-qualifiers
  3. "FIBA's Official Basketball Rules 2012-p.68" (PDF). FIBA.com. 2012-04-29. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  4. "The all-Olympics team". go.com. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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