17th Olympic Basketball Tournament | |||||||||
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Beijing 2008 | |||||||||
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Tournament details | |||||||||
Olympics | 2008 Summer Olympics | ||||||||
Host nation | China | ||||||||
City | Beijing | ||||||||
Venue | Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium | ||||||||
Duration | August 9–24, 2008 | ||||||||
Men's tournament | |||||||||
Teams | 12 | ||||||||
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Women's tournament | |||||||||
Teams | 12 | ||||||||
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Official website | |||||||||
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Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||
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Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics was the seventeenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It was held from 9 August to 24 August 2008. Competitions were held at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China.[1]
See also: List of Olympic medalists in basketball |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
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).
Two sets of medals were awarded in the following events:
A 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.
Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification |
Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania | Automatic qualifiers |
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Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification |
Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania | Automatic qualifiers |
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Tie-breaking criteria:
Preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | M | Event finals |
August | 9th S |
10th S |
11th M |
12th T |
13th W |
14th T |
15th F |
16th S |
17th S |
18th M |
19th T |
20th W |
21st T |
22nd F |
23rd S |
24th S |
Gold medals |
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Men | M | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Women | M | 1 |
Main articles: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters and Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters |
Each team is limited to twelve players on its roster.
Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men |
Qualified for the quarterfinals |
The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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4 | 1 | 425 | 400 | +25 | 9 |
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4 | 1 | 425 | 361 | +64 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 399 | 380 | +19 | 8 |
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3 | 2 | 457 | 405 | +52 | 8 |
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1 | 4 | 387 | 406 | −19 | 6 |
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0 | 5 | 323 | 464 | −141 | 5 |
August 10, 2008 | ||
Russia ![]() |
71 – 49 | ![]() |
Lithuania ![]() |
79 – 75 | ![]() |
Australia ![]() |
82 – 97 | ![]() |
August 12, 2008 | ||
Iran ![]() |
67 – 99 | ![]() |
Croatia ![]() |
85 – 78 | ![]() |
Argentina ![]() |
85 – 68 | ![]() |
August 14, 2008 | ||
Australia ![]() |
106 – 68 | ![]() |
Lithuania ![]() |
86 – 79 | ![]() |
Argentina ![]() |
77 – 53 | ![]() |
August 16, 2008 | ||
Russia ![]() |
80 – 95 | ![]() |
Croatia ![]() |
73 – 86 | ![]() |
Iran ![]() |
82 – 97 | ![]() |
August 18, 2008 | ||
Iran ![]() |
57 – 91 | ![]() |
Australia ![]() |
106 – 75 | ![]() |
Argentina ![]() |
91 – 79 | ![]() |
Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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5 | 0 | 515 | 354 | +161 | 10 |
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4 | 1 | 418 | 369 | +49 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 415 | 375 | +40 | 8 |
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2 | 3 | 366 | 400 | −34 | 7 |
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1 | 4 | 330 | 390 | −60 | 6 |
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0 | 5 | 321 | 477 | −156 | 5 |
2008-08-10 | ||
Germany ![]() |
95 – 66 | ![]() |
Spain ![]() |
81 – 66 | ![]() |
United States ![]() |
101 – 70 | ![]() |
2008-08-12 | ||
Greece ![]() |
87 – 64 | ![]() |
China ![]() |
75 – 85 (OT) | ![]() |
Angola ![]() |
76 – 97 | ![]() |
2008-08-14 | ||
Germany ![]() |
59 – 72 | ![]() |
Angola ![]() |
68 – 85 | ![]() |
United States ![]() |
92 – 69 | ![]() |
2008-08-16 | ||
Greece ![]() |
102 – 61 | ![]() |
China ![]() |
59 – 55 | ![]() |
Spain ![]() |
82 – 119 | ![]() |
2008-08-18 | ||
Greece ![]() |
91 – 77 | ![]() |
Angola ![]() |
50 – 98 | ![]() |
United States ![]() |
106 – 57 | ![]() |
Quarterfinals (2008-08-20) | Semifinals (2008-08-22) | Gold medal game (2008-08-24) | ||||||||||||
A2 | ![]() | 80 | ||||||||||||
B3 | ![]() | 78 | ||||||||||||
A2 | ![]() | 81 | ||||||||||||
B1 | ![]() | 101 | ||||||||||||
B1 | ![]() | 116 | ||||||||||||
A4 | ![]() | 85 | ||||||||||||
B1 | ![]() | 118 | ||||||||||||
B2 | ![]() | 107 | ||||||||||||
B2 | ![]() | 72 | ||||||||||||
A3 | ![]() | 59 | ||||||||||||
B2 | ![]() | 91 | Bronze medal game | |||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 86 | ||||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 94 | A2 | ![]() | 87 | |||||||||
B4 | ![]() | 68 | A1 | ![]() | 75 |
Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women |
Qualified for the quarterfinals |
The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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5 | 0 | 349 | 264 | +85 | 10 |
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4 | 1 | 278 | 258 | +20 | 9 |
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2 | 3 | 320 | 332 | −12 | 7 |
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2 | 3 | 352 | 360 | −8 | 7 |
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1 | 4 | 266 | 315 | −49 | 6 |
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1 | 4 | 337 | 354 | −17 | 6 |
2008-08-09 | ||
Belarus ![]() |
64 – 83 | ![]() |
South Korea ![]() |
68 – 62 (OT) | ![]() |
Latvia ![]() |
57 – 62 | ![]() |
2008-08-11 | ||
South Korea ![]() |
72 – 77 | ![]() |
Latvia ![]() |
57 – 79 | ![]() |
Australia ![]() |
80 – 65 | ![]() |
2008-08-13 | ||
Belarus ![]() |
65 – 71 | ![]() |
Brazil ![]() |
78 – 79 | ![]() |
South Korea ![]() |
62 – 90 | ![]() |
2008-08-15 | ||
Latvia ![]() |
73 – 96 | ![]() |
Russia ![]() |
74 – 64 | ![]() |
South Korea ![]() |
53 – 63 | ![]() |
2008-08-17 | ||
Australia ![]() |
75 – 55 | ![]() |
South Korea ![]() |
72 – 68 | ![]() |
Brazil ![]() |
68 – 53 | ![]() |
Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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5 | 0 | 491 | 276 | +215 | 10 |
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4 | 1 | 358 | 346 | +12 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 357 | 324 | +33 | 8 |
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2 | 3 | 346 | 356 | −10 | 7 |
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1 | 4 | 320 | 423 | −103 | 6 |
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0 | 5 | 255 | 402 | −147 | 5 |
2008-08-09 | ||
Mali ![]() |
72 – 76 | ![]() |
China ![]() |
67 – 64 | ![]() |
Czech Republic ![]() |
57 – 97 | ![]() |
2008-08-11 | ||
New Zealand ![]() |
62 – 85 | ![]() |
Czech Republic ![]() |
81 – 47 | ![]() |
China ![]() |
63 – 108 | ![]() |
2008-08-13 | ||
Spain ![]() |
74 – 55 | ![]() |
China ![]() |
80 – 63 | ![]() |
Mali ![]() |
41 – 97 | ![]() |
2008-08-15 | ||
Czech Republic ![]() |
90 – 59 | ![]() |
China ![]() |
69 –48 | ![]() |
United States ![]() |
93–55 | ![]() |
2008-08-17 | ||
Mali ![]() |
47 – 79 | ![]() |
China ![]() |
79 – 63 | ![]() |
New Zealand ![]() |
60 – 96 | ![]() |
Quarterfinals (2008-08-19) | Semifinals (2008-08-21) | Gold medal game (2008-08-23) | ||||||||||||
A2 | ![]() | 84 | ||||||||||||
B3 | ![]() | 65 | ||||||||||||
A2 | ![]() | 52 | ||||||||||||
B1 | ![]() | 67 | ||||||||||||
B1 | ![]() | 104 | ||||||||||||
A4 | ![]() | 60 | ||||||||||||
B1 | ![]() | 92 | ||||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 65 | ||||||||||||
B2 | ![]() | 77 | ||||||||||||
A3 | ![]() | 62 | ||||||||||||
B2 | ![]() | 56 | Bronze medal game | |||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 90 | ||||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 79 | A2 | ![]() | 94 | |||||||||
B4 | ![]() | 46 | B2 | ![]() | 81 |
Rank | Men | Women | ||||||
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Team | Pld | W | L | Team | Pld | W | L | |
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8 | 8 | 0 | ![]() |
8 | 8 | 0 |
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8 | 6 | 2 | ![]() |
8 | 7 | 1 |
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8 | 6 | 2 | ![]() |
8 | 6 | 2 |
4th | ![]() |
8 | 5 | 3 | ![]() |
8 | 5 | 3 |
Eliminated at the quarterfinals | ||||||||
5th | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 |
6th | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 4 |
7th | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 4 |
8th | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 4 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 4 |
Preliminary round 5th placers | ||||||||
9th | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 4 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 4 |
10th | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 4 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 4 |
Preliminary round 6th placers | ||||||||
11th | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 5 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 4 |
12th | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 5 | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 5 |