Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Type:	Olympics
City:	Beijing
Year:	2008
Size:	105px
Venue:	Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium
Games:	2008 Summer Olympics
Host:	China
Dates:	August 9–24, 2008
Men Teams:	12
Men Gold:	USA
Men Silver:	ESP
Men Bronze:	ARG
Women Teams:	12
Women Gold:	USA
Women Silver:	AUS
Women Bronze:	RUS
Website:	www.olympicbasketball.fiba.com/
Prev:	Athens 2004
Next:	London 2012

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]

Medalists

See also: List of Olympic medalists in basketball.

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

Medal count

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).

Events

Two sets of medals were awarded in the following events:

• Basketball – Men
• Basketball – Women

Qualification

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.

Basketball – Men

See main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification.

width=13%	Africa !	width=13%	Americas !	width=13%	Asia !	width=13%	Europe !	width=13%	Oceania !	width=26%	Automatic qualifiers
					– World champions – Olympic hosts

Basketball – Women

See main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification.

width=13%	Africa !	width=13%	Americas !	width=13%	Asia !	width=13%	Europe !	width=13%	Oceania !	width=26%	Automatic qualifiers
					– World champions – Olympic hosts

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

Calendar

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Preliminary round

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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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
Men																bgcolor=#ffcc00	M	1
Women															bgcolor=#ffcc00	M		1

Rosters

See main article: 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.

Men

See main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men.

Preliminary round

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Qualified for the quarterfinals

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

Group A

width=150	Team	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=20	Pts
	4	1	425	400	+25	9
	4	1	425	361	+64	9
	3	2	399	380	+19	8
	3	2	457	405	+52	8
	1	4	387	406	−19	6
	0	5	323	464	−141	5

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August 10, 2008
	71 – 49
	79 – 75
	82 – 97
August 12, 2008
	67 – 99
	85 – 78
	85 – 68
August 14, 2008
	106 – 68
	86 – 79
	77 – 53
August 16, 2008
	80 – 95
	73 – 86
	82 – 97
August 18, 2008
	57 – 91
	106 – 75
	91 – 79

Group B

width=150	Team	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=20	Pts
	5	0	515	354	+161	10
	4	1	418	369	+49	9
	3	2	415	375	+40	8
	2	3	366	400	−34	7
	1	4	330	390	−60	6
	0	5	321	477	−156	5

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

Tournament bracket

Women

See main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women.

Preliminary round

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Qualified for the quarterfinals

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

Group A

width=150	Team	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=20	Pts
	5	0	349	264	+85	10
	4	1	278	258	+20	9
	2	3	320	332	−12	7
	2	3	352	360	−8	7
	1	4	266	315	−49	6
	1	4	337	354	−17	6

width=25%		width=10%
2008-08-09
	64 – 83
	68 – 62 (OT)
	57 – 62
2008-08-11
	72 – 77
	57 – 79
	80 – 65
2008-08-13
	65 – 71
	78 – 79
	62 – 90
2008-08-15
	73 – 96
	74 – 64
	53 – 63
2008-08-17
	75 – 55
	72 – 68
	68 – 53

Group B

width=150	Team	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=20	Pts
	5	0	491	276	+215	10
	4	1	358	346	+12	9
	3	2	357	324	+33	8
	2	3	346	356	−10	7
	1	4	320	423	−103	6
	0	5	255	402	−147	5

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

Tournament bracket

Final standings

Rank	Men				Women
	width=150px	Team !	width=20px	Pld !	width=20px	W !	width=20px	L !	width=150px	Team !	width=20px	Pld !	width=20px	W !	width=20px	L
		8	8	0		8	8	0
		8	6	2		8	7	1
		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

See also

• Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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
• Basketball – Official Results Book

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mission accomplished for Redeem Team - Sportsnet.ca . 2008-08-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080829190236/http://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/2008/08/24/usa_basketball_gold/ . 2008-08-29 .