Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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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 and Women's competitions.
(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).
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.
Tie-breaking criteria:
The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.
The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
contests at the 2008 Olympic Games
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
were held from August 9, 2008 to August 24, 2008. Competitions were held at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
, China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
. The United States claimed the gold medals in both the Men's and Women's competitions.
Medalists
| Men |
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| Women |
Medal count
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Flag bearers
Basketball players that carried their flags at the opening ceremony were Yao MingYao Ming
Yao Ming is a retired Chinese professional basketball player who last played for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association...
(for the People's Republic of China), Šarūnas Jasikevičius
Šarunas Jasikevicius
Šarūnas Jasikevičius is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who plays for Panathinaikos BC. He is a member of the Lithuanian national team, and plays the point guard position.-Early years:...
(for Lithuania), Dirk Nowitzki
Dirk Nowitzki
Dirk Werner Nowitzki is a German professional basketball player who plays for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association...
(for Germany), Andrei Kirilenko
Andrei Kirilenko (basketball)
Andrei Gennadyevich Kirilenko is a Russian-American professional basketball player who plays at the small forward position for the CSKA Moscow in the Russian Professional Basketball League. He also plays for the Russia national basketball team...
(for the Russian Federation), and Manu Ginóbili
Manu Ginobili
Emanuel David "Manu" Ginóbili is an Argentine professional basketball player. Coming from a family of professional basketball players, he is a member of the Argentine men's national basketball team and the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association .Ginóbili spent the early part of...
(for Argentina).
Events
Two sets of medals were awarded in the following events:- Basketball – Men
- Basketball – Women
Qualification
An NOCNational Olympic Committee
National Olympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games...
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
FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008
The FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008 for women took place from June 9 to June 15, 2008. On December 9, 2007, FIBA announced that Spain would host the wildcard tournament....
to determine the final spots in Beijing.
Italicized teams qualified via the wildcard tournaments.
Basketball – Men
| Africa | | Americas | | Asia | | Europe | | Oceania | | Automatic qualifiers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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– World champions 2006 FIBA World Championship The 2006 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Japan from August 19 to September 3, 2006. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation , Japan Basketball Association and the 2006 Organizing Committee... – Olympic hosts |
Basketball – Women
| Africa | | Americas | | Asia | | Europe | | Oceania | | Automatic qualifiers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
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– World champions 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women The 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women took place in Brazil from September 12 to September 23, 2006. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation and Confederação Brasileira de Basketball, the Brazilian national federation.... – 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:
- Head to head results
- Goal averageGoal differenceIn sports such as ice hockey and association football, goal difference is often the first tiebreaker used to rank teams which finish a league competition with an equal number of points....
(not the goal difference) between the tied teams - Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group
Calendar
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men The men's tournament of basketball at the 2008 Olympics at Beijing, China began on August 10 and ended on August 24, when the United States defeated Spain 118-107 for the gold medal. All games were held at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium.-Qualifying:-Format:... |
M | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Women Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women The women's tournament of the basketball at the 2008 Olympics at Beijing, China began on August 9 and ended on August 23, when the United States defeated Australia 92-65 for the gold medal. All games were held at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium.-Qualifying:... |
M | 1 |
Rosters
Each team is limited to twelve players on its roster.Preliminary round
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Group A
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | 425 | 400 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 425 | 361 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 399 | 380 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 457 | 405 | 8 | ||
| 1 | 4 | 387 | 406 | |||
| 6 | ||||||
| 0 | 5 | 323 | 464 | |||
| 5 |
| 2008-08-10 | ||
| 71 – 49 | ||
| 79 – 75 | ||
| 82 – 97 | ||
| 2008-08-12 | ||
| 67 – 99 | ||
| 85 – 78 | ||
| 85 – 68 | ||
| 2008-08-14 | ||
| 106 – 68 | ||
| 86 – 79 | ||
| 77 – 53 | ||
| 2008-08-16 | ||
| 80 – 95 | ||
| 73 – 86 | ||
| 82 – 97 | ||
| 2008-08-18 | ||
| 57 – 91 | ||
| 106 – 75 | ||
| 91 – 79 |
Group B
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 515 | 354 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 418 | 369 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 415 | 375 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 366 | 400 | |||
| 7 | ||||||
| 1 | 4 | 330 | 390 | |||
| 6 | ||||||
| 0 | 5 | 321 | 477 | |||
| 5 |
| 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
Preliminary round
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Group A
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 349 | 264 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 278 | 258 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 320 | 332 | |||
| 7 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 352 | 360 | |||
| 7 | ||||||
| 1 | 4 | 266 | 315 | |||
| 6 | ||||||
| 1 | 4 | 337 | 354 | |||
| 6 |
| 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
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 491 | 276 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 358 | 346 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 357 | 324 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 346 | 356 | |||
| 7 | ||||||
| 1 | 4 | 320 | 423 | |||
| 6 | ||||||
| 0 | 5 | 255 | 402 | |||
| 5 |
| 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 |