The men's basketball tournament at the 2012 Summer OlympicsinLondon, 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).
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | United Kingdom |
City | London |
Dates | 29 July – 12 August |
Teams | 12 (from 5 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 38 |
Top scorer | ![]() (21.2 points per game) |
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Means of qualification[1] | 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[2] | Venezuela | 3 | Lithuania Russia Nigeria |
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 |
*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]
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.
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 589 | 398 | +191 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
2 | France | 5 | 4 | 1 | 376 | 378 | −2 | 9 | |
3 | Argentina | 5 | 3 | 2 | 448 | 424 | +24 | 8 | |
4 | Lithuania | 5 | 2 | 3 | 395 | 399 | −4 | 7 | |
5 | Nigeria | 5 | 1 | 4 | 338 | 456 | −118 | 6 | |
6 | Tunisia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 320 | 411 | −91 | 5 |
29 July 2012 |
Nigeria | 60–56 | Tunisia |
Scoring by quarter: 18–7, 13–8, 14–16, 15–25 | ||
Pts: Aminu15 Rebs: Diogu10 Asts: Skinn3 |
Pts: Rzig18 Rebs: Ben Romdhane12 Asts: three players3 |
Basketball Arena, London |
29 July 2012 |
United States | 98–71 | France |
Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 30–15, 26–15, 20–20 | ||
Pts: Durant22 Rebs: three players9 Asts: James8 |
Pts: Traoré12 Rebs: Turiaf9 Asts: de Colo3 |
Basketball Arena, London |
29 July 2012 |
Argentina | 102–79 | Lithuania |
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 27–16, 27–22, 24–18 | ||
Pts: Scola32 Rebs: Ginóbili10 Asts: Ginóbili, Prigioni6 |
Pts: Kleiza20 Rebs: Kleiza7 Asts: Kalnietis5 |
Basketball Arena, London |
31 July 2012 |
Lithuania | 72–53 | Nigeria |
Scoring by quarter: 14–8, 20–19, 22–13, 16–13 | ||
Pts: Songaila12 Rebs: Kleiza6 Asts: Jasikevičius9 |
Pts: Diogu, Al. Aminu12 Rebs: Al. Aminu11 Asts: Al. Aminu2 |
Basketball Arena, London |
31 July 2012 |
France | 71–64 | Argentina |
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 13–17, 23–24, 16–11 | ||
Pts: Parker17 Rebs: Batum7 Asts: Parker5 |
Pts: Ginóbili26 Rebs: Scola8 Asts: Prigioni8 |
Basketball Arena, London |
31 July 2012 |
Tunisia | 63–110 | United States |
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 18–25, 14–39, 16–25 | ||
Pts: Ben Romdhane22 Rebs: Ben Romdhane11 Asts: Ben Romdhane4 |
Pts: Love, Anthony16 Rebs: Durant10 Asts: Paul7 |
Basketball Arena, London |
2 August 2012 |
France | 82–74 | Lithuania |
Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 14–22, 20–9, 23–22 | ||
Pts: Parker27 Rebs: Turiaf10 Asts: Diaw8 |
Pts: Kleiza17 Rebs: Kleiza7 Asts: Jasikevičius5 |
Basketball Arena, London |
2 August 2012 |
Argentina | 92–69 | Tunisia |
Scoring by quarter: 14–28, 26–12, 31–16, 21–13 | ||
Pts: Ginóbili24 Rebs: Scola10 Asts: Campazzo7 |
Pts: Mejri19 Rebs: Mejri14 Asts: Laghnej6 |
Basketball Arena, London |
2 August 2012 |
United States | 156–73 | Nigeria |
Scoring by quarter: 49–25, 29–20, 41–17, 37–11 | ||
Pts: Anthony37 Rebs: Davis, Love6 Asts: Williams11 |
Pts: Diogu27 Rebs: Diogu7 Asts: Aminu4 |
Basketball Arena, London |
4 August 2012 |
Tunisia | 69–73 | France |
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 12–15, 16–25, 26–13 | ||
Pts: Hdidane20 Rebs: Ben Romdhane8 Asts: Laghnej, Mejri3 |
Pts: Parker22 Rebs: Batum8 Asts: Diaw5 |
Basketball Arena, London |
4 August 2012 |
Lithuania | 94–99 | United States |
Scoring by quarter: 25–33, 26–22, 21–23, 22–21 | ||
Pts: Kleiza25 Rebs: Pocius7 Asts: Jasikevičius, Pocius6 |
Pts: James, Anthony20 Rebs: Love8 Asts: Paul6 |
Basketball Arena, London |
4 August 2012 |
Nigeria | 79–93 | Argentina |
Scoring by quarter: 19–37, 18–20, 20–19, 22–17 | ||
Pts: Diogu16 Rebs: Diogu11 Asts: Aminu5 |
Pts: Scola22 Rebs: Nocioni6 Asts: Ginóbili8 |
Basketball Arena, London |
6 August 2012 |
Tunisia | 63–76 | Lithuania |
Scoring by quarter: 18–7, 17–22, 19–21, 9–26 | ||
Pts: Rzig17 Rebs: Mejri12 Asts: Mejri3 |
Pts: Songaila, Jasikevičius13 Rebs: Kleiza, Valančiūnas6 Asts: Kalnietis9 |
Basketball Arena, London |
6 August 2012 |
France | 79–73 | Nigeria |
Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 18–20, 15–24, 23–19 | ||
Pts: Batum23 Rebs: Batum, Diaw6 Asts: Parker7 |
Pts: Oguchi35 Rebs: Diogu, A. Aminu7 Asts: four players2 |
Basketball Arena, London |
6 August 2012 |
Argentina | 97–126 | United States |
Scoring by quarter: 32–34, 27–26, 17–42, 21–24 | ||
Pts: Ginóbili16 Rebs: Ginóbili5 Asts: Campazzo7 |
Pts: Durant28 Rebs: Iguodala, Love9 Asts: Paul7 |
Basketball Arena, London |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 400 | 359 | +41 | 9[a] | Quarterfinals |
2 | Brazil | 5 | 4 | 1 | 402 | 349 | +53 | 9[a] | |
3 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 414 | 394 | +20 | 8[b] | |
4 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 410 | 373 | +37 | 8[b] | |
5 | Great Britain (H) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 380 | 405 | −25 | 6 | |
6 | China | 5 | 0 | 5 | 313 | 439 | −126 | 5 |
29 July 2012 |
Brazil | 75–71 | Australia |
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 17–15, 20–14, 19–22 | ||
Pts: Barbosa16 Rebs: three players7 Asts: Huertas10 |
Pts: Mills20 Rebs: Andersen8 Asts: Mills, Nielsen4 |
Basketball Arena, London |
29 July 2012 |
Spain | 97–81 | China |
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 34–24, 16–19, 28–21 | ||
Pts: P. Gasol21 Rebs: P. Gasol11 Asts: M. Gasol5 |
Pts: Yi Jianlian30 Rebs: Yi Jianlian12 Asts: Chen Jianghua5 |
Basketball Arena, London |
29 July 2012 |
Russia | 95–75 | Great Britain |
Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 25–15, 22–24, 24–17 | ||
Pts: Kirilenko35 Rebs: Shved6 Asts: Shved13 |
Pts: Deng26 Rebs: Freeland10 Asts: Deng, Reinking3 |
Basketball Arena, London |
31 July 2012 |
China | 54–73 | Russia |
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 13–20, 14–21, 15–12 | ||
Pts: Yi Jianlian16 Rebs: Yi Jianlian7 Asts: Chen Jianghua4 |
Pts: Kirilenko16 Rebs: Khryapa12 Asts: Shved, Khryapa6 |
Basketball Arena, London |
31 July 2012 |
Australia | 70–82 | Spain |
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 13–23, 10–26, 28–19 | ||
Pts: Ingles12 Rebs: Andersen7 Asts: Dellavedova4 |
Pts: P. Gasol20 Rebs: Reyes12 Asts: three players3 |
Basketball Arena, London |
31 July 2012 |
Great Britain | 62–67 | Brazil |
Scoring by quarter: 11–4, 16–23, 16–21, 19–19 | ||
Pts: Mensah-Bonsu, Reinking13 Rebs: Mensah-Bonsu12 Asts: Deng7 |
Pts: Splitter21 Rebs: three players6 Asts: Huertas8 |
Basketball Arena, London |
2 August 2012 |
Australia | 81–61 | China |
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 28–11, 12–19, 20–9 | ||
Pts: Mills20 Rebs: Worthington8 Asts: Ingles7 |
Pts: Wang Shipeng21 Rebs: Yi Jianlian, Wang Zhizhi12 Asts: Wang Shipeng3 |
Basketball Arena, London |
2 August 2012 |
Brazil | 74–75 | Russia |
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 12–25, 21–19, 21–16 | ||
Pts: Barbosa16 Rebs: Nenê10 Asts: Vinicius4 |
Pts: Kirilenko19 Rebs: Monia, Mozgov7 Asts: Shved6 |
Basketball Arena, London |
2 August 2012 |
Spain | 79–78 | Great Britain |
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 13–14, 24–19, 18–30 | ||
Pts: Calderón19 Rebs: San Emeterio10 Asts: Fernández7 |
Pts: Deng26 Rebs: Deng9 Asts: Deng7 |
Basketball Arena, London |
4 August 2012 |
Russia | 77–74 | Spain |
Scoring by quarter: 11–28, 21–12, 24–13, 21–21 | ||
Pts: Fridzon24 Rebs: Mozgov9 Asts: Ponkrashov11 |
Pts: P. Gasol20 Rebs: M. Gasol9 Asts: Rodríguez, Calderón3 |
Basketball Arena, London |
4 August 2012 |
China | 59–98 | Brazil |
Scoring by quarter: 11–25, 10–17, 17–28, 21–28 | ||
Pts: Zhu Fangyu13 Rebs: Yi Jianlian6 Asts: Chen Jianghua2 |
Pts: Vinicius14 Rebs: Varejão13 Asts: Taylor6 |
Basketball Arena, London |
4 August 2012 |
Great Britain | 75–106 | Australia |
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 21–18, 14–30, 15–40 | ||
Pts: Freeland16 Rebs: Freeland7 Asts: Archibald4 |
Pts: Mills39 Rebs: Newley8 Asts: Ingles, Newley4 |
Basketball Arena, London |
6 August 2012 |
Australia | 82–80 | Russia |
Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 17–25, 23–19, 13–16 | ||
Pts: Ingles20 Rebs: Dellavedova6 Asts: Dellavedova7 |
Pts: Kaun18 Rebs: three players6 Asts: Khryapa8 |
Basketball Arena, London |
6 August 2012 |
Great Britain | 90–58 | China |
Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 19–16, 26–17, 18–10 | ||
Pts: Achara16 Rebs: Archibald9 Asts: Lawrence6 |
Pts: Wang Zhizhi11 Rebs: Yi Jianlian14 Asts: Liu Wei4 |
Basketball Arena, London |
6 August 2012 |
Spain | 82–88 | Brazil |
Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 18–21, 22–19, 16–31 | ||
Pts: P. Gasol25 Rebs: P. Gasol7 Asts: three players4 |
Pts: Barbosa23 Rebs: Varejão7 Asts: Huertas6 |
Basketball Arena, London |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | 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 |
8 August 2012 |
Russia | 83–74 | Lithuania |
Scoring by quarter: 17–10, 15–17, 22–23, 29–24 | ||
Pts: Kirilenko19 Rebs: Kirilenko13 Asts: Khryapa8 |
Pts: Kaukėnas19 Rebs: Valančiūnas9 Asts: four players3 |
North Greenwich Arena, London |
8 August 2012 |
France | 59–66 | Spain |
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 15–17, 16–17, 6–15 | ||
Pts: Parker, Diaw15 Rebs: Diaw8 Asts: Diaw5 |
Pts: M. Gasol14 Rebs: P. Gasol11 Asts: P. Gasol, Fernández3 |
North Greenwich Arena, London |
8 August 2012 |
Brazil | 77–82 | Argentina |
Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 14–23, 14–18, 23–18 | ||
Pts: Barbosa, Huertas22 Rebs: Hilário12 Asts: Huertas5 |
Pts: Scola17 Rebs: Ginóbili8 Asts: Prigioni8 |
North Greenwich Arena, London |
8 August 2012 |
United States | 119–86 | Australia |
Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 28–21, 28–28, 35–16 | ||
Pts: Bryant20 Rebs: James14 Asts: James11 |
Pts: Mills26 Rebs: Ingles8 Asts: Ingles6 |
North Greenwich Arena, London |
10 August 2012 |
Spain | 67–59 | Russia |
Scoring by quarter: 9–12, 11–19, 26–15, 21–13 | ||
Pts: P. Gasol16 Rebs: P. Gasol12 Asts: three players3 |
Pts: Kaun14 Rebs: Kirilenko8 Asts: Shved7 |
North Greenwich Arena, London |
10 August 2012 |
Argentina | 83–109 | United States |
Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 21–23, 17–27, 26–35 | ||
Pts: Ginobili18 Rebs: Delfino5 Asts: Prigioni6 |
Pts: Durant19 Rebs: Love9 Asts: James, Paul7 |
North Greenwich Arena, London |
12 August 2012 |
Argentina | 77–81 | Russia |
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 18–21, 19–21, 20–20 | ||
Pts: Ginobili21 Rebs: Nocioni7 Asts: Prigioni7 |
Pts: Shved25 Rebs: Kirilenko8 Asts: Shved7 |
North Greenwich Arena, London |
12 August 2012 |
United States | 107–100 | Spain |
Scoring by quarter: 35–27, 24–31, 24–24, 24–18 | ||
Pts: Durant30 Rebs: Durant, Love9 Asts: James4 |
Pts: P. Gasol24 Rebs: Ibaka9 Asts: P. Gasol7 |
North Greenwich Arena, London |
2012 Olympic Basketball Champions |
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United States Fourteenth title |
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Department | Name | Total | Opponent |
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Points | Patrick Mills | 39 | Great Britain |
Rebounds | Salah Mejri Yi Jianlian |
14 | Argentina Great Britain |
Assists | Alexey Shved | 13 | 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 Mejri | 7 | Argentina |
Field goal percentage | Timofey Mozgov | 88.9% (8/9) | Brazil |
3-point field goal percentage | Manu Ginóbili | 100% (4/4) | Tunisia |
Free throw percentage | Zhu Fangyu | 100% (8/8) | Brazil |
Turnovers | Makrem Ben Romdhane Mantas Kalnietis |
7 | Nigeria United States |
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Department | Name | Total | Opponent |
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Points | United States | 156 | Nigeria |
Rebounds | United States Spain |
56 | France Australia |
Assists | United States | 41 | Nigeria |
Steals | United States | 17 | Lithuania |
Blocks | Russia | 9 | Great Britain |
Field goal percentage | United States | 71.1% (59/83) | Nigeria |
3-point field goal percentage | United States | 63% (29/46) | Nigeria |
Free throw percentage | France | 100.0% (10/10) | Tunisia |
Turnovers | Nigeria | 25 | United States |
Pos. | First Team | Second Team |
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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]
Rankings are determined by:
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Standing | GAvg | New rank |
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Gold medal game participants | ||||||||||
United States | 8 | 8 | 0 | 924 | 667 | +257 | 1 ( ) | |||
Spain | 8 | 5 | 3 | 647 | 619 | +28 | 2 ( ) | |||
Bronze medal game participants | ||||||||||
Russia | 8 | 6 | 2 | 623 | 577 | +46 | 6 ( 5) | |||
4th | Argentina | 8 | 4 | 4 | 690 | 691 | −1 | 3 ( ) | ||
Eliminated at the quarterfinals | ||||||||||
5th | Brazil | 6 | 4 | 2 | 479 | 431 | +48 | B–2nd | 1.152 | 9 ( 4) |
6th | France | 6 | 4 | 2 | 435 | 444 | −9 | A–2nd | 0.995 | 8 ( 4) |
7th | Australia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 496 | 492 | +4 | B–4th | 1.099 | 10 ( 1) |
8th | Lithuania | 6 | 2 | 4 | 469 | 482 | −13 | A–4th | 0.990 | 5 ( ) |
Preliminary round 5th placers | ||||||||||
9th | Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 4 | 380 | 405 | −25 | 0.938 | 23 ( 20) | |
10th | Nigeria | 5 | 1 | 4 | 338 | 456 | −118 | 0.741 | 17 ( 4) | |
Preliminary round 6th placers | ||||||||||
11th | Tunisia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 320 | 411 | −91 | 0.779 | 22 ( 10) | |
12th | China | 5 | 0 | 5 | 313 | 439 | −126 | 0.713 | 11 ( 1) |