17th Basketball Olympic Tournament Beijing 2008
Tournament details
Olympics	2008 Summer Olympics
Host nation	China
City	Beijing
Duration	August 9–August 24
Men's teams	12
Men's medals:
Gold medalists	USA
Silver medalists	Spain
Bronze medalists	Argentina
Women's teams	12
Women's medals:
Gold medalists	USA
Silver medalists	Australia
Bronze medalists	Russia
Official website
Beijing 2008 - Basketball

Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Rosters
men  women

Basketball contests at the 2008 Olympic Games were held from August 9, 2008 to August 24, 2008. Competitions were held at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China. The United States claimed the gold medals in both the Men's^[1] and Women's competitions.

[edit] Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	United States (USA) Carmelo Anthony   Jason Kidd Carlos Boozer   Chris Paul Chris Bosh   Tayshaun Prince Kobe Bryant   Michael Redd Dwight Howard   Dwyane Wade LeBron James   Deron Williams	Spain (ESP) José Calderón   Raúl López Rudy Fernández   Álex Mumbrú Jorge Garbajosa   Juan Carlos Navarro Marc Gasol   Felipe Reyes Pau Gasol   Berni Rodríguez Carlos Jiménez   Ricky Rubio	Argentina (ARG) Carlos Delfino   Andrés Nocioni Manu Ginóbili   Fabricio Oberto Román González   Pablo Prigioni Juan Pedro Gutiérrez   Antonio Porta Leonardo Gutiérrez   Paolo Quinteros Federico Kammerichs   Luis Scola
Women details	United States (USA) Seimone Augustus   DeLisha Milton-Jones Sue Bird   Candace Parker Tamika Catchings   Cappie Pondexter Sylvia Fowles   Katie Smith Kara Lawson   Diana Taurasi Lisa Leslie   Tina Thompson	Australia (AUS) Suzy Batkovic   Erin Phillips Tully Bevilaqua   Emma Randall Rohanee Cox   Jenni Screen Holly Grima   Belinda Snell Kristi Harrower   Laura Summerton Lauren Jackson   Penny Taylor	Russia (RUS) Svetlana Abrosimova   Irina Osipova Becky Hammon   Oxana Rakhmatulina Marina Karpunina   Tatiana Shchegoleva Ilona Korstin   Irina Sokolovskaya Marina Kuzina   Maria Stepanova Ekaterina Lisina   Natalia Vodopyanova

[edit] Medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	2	0	0	2
2	Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
	Australia (AUS)	0	1	0	1
4	Russia (RUS)	0	0	1	1
	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1

[edit] Flag bearers

Basketball players that carried their flags at the opening ceremony were Yao Ming (for the People's Republic of China), Šarūnas Jasikevičius (for Lithuania), Dirk Nowitzki (for Germany), Andrei Kirilenko (for the Russian Federation), and Manu Ginóbili (for Argentina).

[edit] Events

Two sets of medals were awarded in the following events:

• Basketball - Men
• Basketball - Women

[edit] Qualification

An NOC may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players. The reigning world champions and the host country qualify automatically, as do the winners of the five continental championships (plus the men's runners-up from Europe and the Americas).

The best teams from the continental championships that did not automatically qualify participated in the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament or FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women to determine the final spots in Beijing.

Italicized teams qualified via the wildcard tournaments.

[edit] Basketball - Men

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania	Automatic qualifiers
Angola	USA  Argentina	Iran	Russia  Lithuania  Croatia  Greece  Germany	Australia	Spain – World champions  China – Olympic hosts

[edit] Basketball - Women

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania	Automatic qualifiers
Mali	USA  Brazil	Korea	Russia  Spain  Czech Rep.  Latvia  Belarus	New Zealand	Australia – World champions  China – Olympic hosts

[edit] Format

• Twelve teams are split into two preliminary round groups of six teams each.
• The top four teams from both groups qualify for the knockout stage.
• Fifth-placed teams from both groups are ranked 9th-10th by basis of their records.
• Sixth-placed teams from both groups are ranked 11th-12th by basis of their records.
• In the quarterfinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B4, A2 vs. B3, A3 vs. B2 and A4 vs. B1.
  • The eliminated teams at the quarterfinals are ranked 5th-8th by basis of their preliminary round records
• The winning teams from the quarterfinals meet in the semifinals as follows: A1/B4 vs. A3/B2 and A2/B3 vs. A4/B1.
• The winning teams from the semifinals contest the gold medal. The losing teams contest the bronze.

Tie-breaking criteria:

1. Head to head results
2. Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
3. Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

[edit] Calendar

[edit] Rosters

Each team is limited to twelve players on its roster.

[edit] Men

[edit] Preliminary round

The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

[edit] Group A

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Lithuania	4	1	425	400	+25	9
Argentina	4	1	425	361	+64	9
Croatia	3	2	399	380	+19	8
Australia	3	2	457	405	+52	8
Russia	1	4	387	406	-19	6
Iran	0	5	323	464	-141	5

2008-08-10
Russia	71 – 49	Iran
Lithuania	79 – 75	Argentina
Australia	82 – 97	Croatia
2008-08-12
Iran	67 – 99	Lithuania
Croatia	85 – 78	Russia
Argentina	85 – 68	Australia
2008-08-14
Australia	106 – 68	Iran
Lithuania	86 – 79	Russia
Argentina	77 – 53	Croatia
2008-08-16
Russia	80 – 95	Australia
Croatia	73 – 86	Lithuania
Iran	82 – 97	Argentina
2008-08-18
Iran	57 – 91	Croatia
Australia	106 – 75	Lithuania
Argentina	91 – 79	Russia

[edit] Group B

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
USA	5	0	515	354	+161	10
Spain	4	1	418	369	+49	9
Greece	3	2	415	375	+40	8
China	2	3	366	400	-34	7
Germany	1	4	330	390	-60	6
Angola	0	5	321	477	-156	5

2008-08-10
Germany	95 – 66	Angola
Spain	81 – 66	Greece
USA	101 – 70	China
2008-08-12
Greece	87 – 64	Germany
China	75 – 85 (OT)	Spain
Angola	76 – 97	USA
2008-08-14
Germany	59 – 72	Spain
Angola	68 – 85	China
USA	92 – 69	Greece
2008-08-16
Greece	102 – 61	Angola
China	59 – 55	Germany
Spain	82 – 119	USA
2008-08-18
Greece	91 – 77	China
Angola	50 – 98	Spain
USA	106 – 57	Germany

[edit] Tournament bracket

Quarterfinals (2008-08-20)

Semifinals (2008-08-22)

Gold medal game (2008-08-24)

A2

Argentina

80

B3

Greece

78

A2

Argentina

81

B1

USA

101

B1

USA

116

A4

Australia

85

B1

USA

118

B2

Spain

107

B2

Spain

72

A3

Croatia

59

B2

Spain

91

Bronze medal game

A1

Lithuania

86

A1

Lithuania

94

A2

Argentina

87

B4

China

68

A1

Lithuania

75

[edit] Women

[edit] Preliminary round

The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

[edit] Group A

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	5	0	349	264	+85	10
Russia	4	1	278	258	+20	9
Belarus	2	3	320	332	-12	7
Korea	2	3	352	360	-8	7
Latvia	1	4	266	315	-49	6
Brazil	1	4	337	354	-17	6

2008-08-09
Belarus	64 – 83	Australia
Korea	68 – 62 (OT)	Brazil
Latvia	57 – 62	Russia
2008-08-11
Korea	72 – 77	Russia
Latvia	57 – 79	Belarus
Australia	80 – 65	Brazil
2008-08-13
Belarus	65 – 71	Russia
Brazil	78 – 79	Latvia
Korea	62 – 90	Australia
2008-08-15
Latvia	73 – 96	Australia
Russia	74 – 64	Brazil
Korea	53 – 63	Belarus
2008-08-17
Australia	75 – 55	Russia
Korea	72 – 68	Latvia
Brazil	68 – 53	Belarus

[edit] Group B

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
USA	5	0	491	276	+215	10
China	4	1	358	346	+12	9
Spain	3	2	350	354	-4	8
Czech Republic	2	3	353	326	+27	7
New Zealand	1	4	320	423	-103	6
Mali	0	5	255	402	-147	5

2008-08-09
Mali	72 – 76	New Zealand
China	67 – 64	Spain
Czech Republic	57 – 97	USA
2008-08-11
New Zealand	62 – 85	Spain
Czech Republic	81 – 47	Mali
China	63 – 108	USA
2008-08-13
Spain	74 – 55	Czech Republic
China	80 – 63	New Zealand
Mali	41 – 97	USA
2008-08-15
Czech Republic	90 – 59	New Zealand
China	69 –48	Mali
USA	93 – 55	Spain
2008-08-17
Mali	47 – 79	Spain
China	79 – 63	Czech Republic
New Zealand	60 – 96	USA

[edit] Tournament bracket

Quarterfinals (2008-08-19)

Semifinals (2008-08-21)

Gold medal game (2008-08-23)

A2

Russia

84

B3

Spain

65

A2

Russia

52

B1

USA

67

B1

USA

104

A4

Korea

60

B1

USA

92

A1

Australia

65

B2

China

77

A3

Belarus

62

B2

China

56

Bronze medal game

A1

Australia

90

A1

Australia

79

A2

Russia

94

B4

Czech Republic

46

B2

China

81

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• FIBA's Complete coverage of the Olympic Basketball Tournament
• Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
• International Basketball Federation
• FIBA-Results of the Draw for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Basketball tournaments
• Updated Women's Draw after Qualifying Tournament

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