Basketball at the 2007 Summer Universiade explained

Event:	Basketball
Games:	2007 Summer
Venue:	various
Prev:	2005
Next:	2009

The Basketball competition in the 2007 Summer Universiade were held on different venues in Bangkok, Thailand between 7–10 August 2007 and 12–18 August 2007.

Men's competition

Draw

Twenty-four (24) teams participated in the men's competition, drawn to eight groups of three. USA Basketball did not send a team to the event; instead, the University of Northern Iowa sent its team to compete under the country's banner.^[1]

Preliminary round (group stage)

width=10px bgcolor="#98fb98"		Qualified for the quarterfinals group I–IV
width=10px bgcolor="salmon"		Qualified for the quarterfinals group V–VI

Group A

width=150px	Team !	width=30px	Pts. !	width=20px	W !	width=20px	L !	PCT
align=left		4	2	0	1.000
	3	1	1	5.000
	2	0	2	0.000

Group B

width=150px	Team !	width=30px	Pts. !	width=20px	W !	width=20px	L !	PCT
	4	2	0	1.000
	3	1	1	0.500
	2	0	1	0.000

Group C

width=150px	Team !	width=30px	Pts. !	width=20px	W !	width=20px	L !	PCT
	4	2	0	1.000
	3	1	1	5.000
	2	0	2	0.000

Group D

width=150px	Team !	width=30px	Pts. !	width=20px	W !	width=20px	L !	PCT
Serbia	4	2	0	1.000
	3	1	1	0.500
	2	0	2	0.000

Group E

width=150px	Team !	width=30px	Pts. !	width=20px	W !	width=20px	L !	PCT
	4	2	0	1.000
	3	1	1	0.500
	2	0	2	0.000

Group F

width=150px	Team !	width=30px	Pts. !	width=20px	W !	width=20px	L !	PCT
	4	2	0	1.000
	3	1	1	5.000
	2	0	2	0.000

Group G

width=150px	Team !	width=30px	Pts. !	width=20px	W !	width=20px	L !	PCT
	4	2	0	1.000
	3	1	1	0.500
	2	0	2	0.000

Group H

width=150px	Team !	width=30px	Pts. !	width=20px	W !	width=20px	L !	PCT
	4	2	0	1.000
	3	1	1	5.000
	2	0	2	0.000

Second phase (classification)

The top two teams in each group were placed into four (4) separate groups, and played another round-robin within the group. (Teams from Groups A & H formed Group I, B & G: Group J, C & F: Group K, and the remaining: Group L). The last place teams in groups A, C, E & H formed consolation Group M, the rest Group N, and also played another round-robin within.

The top two teams in the upper groups advanced to the quarterfinals. The others played teams with the same rank to determine 9th through 16th places. The top two teams in the lower groups played for the 17-20th places, and the rest for 21st-24th places.

Upper groups (groups I–L)

width=10px bgcolor="#98fb98"		Qualified for the championship contention
width=10px bgcolor="yellow"		Classification 9-16

Group I

width=150px rowspan=2	Team !	width=30px rowspan=2	Pts. !	width=20px rowspan=2	W !	width=20px rowspan=2	L !		Tiebreak
width=30px	GF !	width=30px	GA
	5	2	1	0.667	236	198
	5	2	1	0.667	232	214
	5	2	1	0.667	222	242
	3	0	3	0.000

Group J

width=150px rowspan=2	Team !	width=30px rowspan=2	Pts. !	width=20px rowspan=2	W !	width=20px rowspan=2	L !		Tiebreak
width=30px	GF !	width=30px	GA
	5	2	1	0.667	311	226
	5	2	1	0.667	262	249
	5	2	1	0.667	238	213
	3	0	3	0.000

Group K

width=150px	Team !	width=30px	Pts. !	width=20px	W !	width=20px	L !	PCT
	6	3	0	1.000
	5	2	1	0.667
	4	1	2	0.333
	3	0	3	0.000

Group L

width=150px	Team !	width=30px	Pts. !	width=20px	W !	width=20px	L !	PCT
Serbia	6	3	0	1.000
	5	2	1	0.667
	4	1	2	0.333
	3	0	3	0.000

Lower groups (groups M & N)

width=10px bgcolor="lightblue"		Classification 17-20
width=10px bgcolor="lightgreen"		Classification 21-24

Group I

width=150px	Team !	width=30px	Pts. !	width=20px	W !	width=20px	L !
	6	3	0	1.000
	5	2	1	0.667
	4	1	2	0.333
	3	0	3	0.000

Group N

width=150px rowspan=2	Team !	width=30px rowspan=2	Pts. !	width=20px rowspan=2	W !	width=20px rowspan=2	L !		Tiebreak
width=30px	GF !	width=30px	GA
	5	2	1	0.667	238	178
	5	2	1	0.667	214	156
	5	2	1	0.667	188	206
	3	0	3	0.000

Finals

Lithuanian team became the winner of the games, defeating Serbia in the final 85–66.

Women's competition

The gold medal in the women's competition was won by Australia. After dropping the opening game of the tournament, the Australians won five straight games, culminating in defeating Russia 85–65 in the gold medal game on 16 August.^[2]

Notes and References

1. News: U.S. to play Israel for bronze . Andy . Katz . Andy Katz . . 2009-07-10 . 2009-07-10.
2. Web site: Warren, Thomas Help Australia Win the Gold at the World University Games. portlandpilots.com. 22 August 2007. 14 January 2022. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220114102958/https://portlandpilots.com/story.aspx?filename=23074&file_date=8%2F22%2F2007&path=beach_volleyball. 14 January 2022.