Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
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| Olympics | 2008 Summer Olympics | ||||||||
| Host nation | China | ||||||||
| City | Beijing | ||||||||
| Duration | 10 – 24 August | ||||||||
| Men's tournament | |||||||||
| Teams | 12 | ||||||||
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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
- Twelve teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 6 teams each. The top 4 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
- Fifth-placed teams from each group are ranked 9th–10th by basis of their records.
- Sixth-placed teams from each group 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 play for the gold medal. The losing teams play for the bronze.
Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:
- Head to head results
- Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
- Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group
All times are local Beijing Time (GMT+8).
Squads
Preliminary round
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)
Group A
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team |
Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
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 Lithuania |
5 | 4 | 1 | 425 | 400 | +25 | 9 | 1–0 |
 Argentina |
5 | 4 | 1 | 425 | 361 | +64 | 9 | 0–1 |
 Croatia |
5 | 3 | 2 | 399 | 380 | +19 | 8 | 1–0 |
 Australia |
5 | 3 | 2 | 457 | 405 | +52 | 8 | 0–1 |
 Russia |
5 | 1 | 4 | 387 | 406 | −19 | 6 | |
 Iran |
5 | 0 | 5 | 323 | 464 | −141 | 5 |
10 August 2008 09:00 |
| Russia |
71–49 | Iran |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–5, 14–17, 8–16, 25–11 | ||
| Pts: Holden 19 Rebs: Monia 6 Asts: Savrasenko 4 |
Pts: Nikkhah 16 Rebs: Haddadi 8 Asts: Kamrani 3 | |
10 August 2008 16:45 |
| Lithuania |
79–75 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 20–19, 17–15, 28–30 | ||
| Pts: Kleiza 13 Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 7 Asts: Jasikevičius 8 |
Pts: Ginobili 19 Rebs: Oberto 11 Asts: Oberto, Prigioni 3 | |
12 August 2008 09:00 |
| Iran |
67–99 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 14–31, 19–28, 14–25 | ||
| Pts: Haddadi 21 Rebs: Sahakian 12 Asts: Amini 4 |
Pts: Kleiza 22 Rebs: Kleiza 8 Asts: Jasikevičius, Lukauskis, Mačiulis 3 | |
12 August 2008 11:15 |
| Croatia |
85–78 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 26–19, 18–15, 25–27 | ||
| Pts: Popović 22 Rebs: Barać 7 Asts: Popović, Lončar 3 |
Pts: Kirilenko 18 Rebs: Kirilenko 6 Asts: Kirilenko, Bikov 3 | |
14 August 2008 11:15 |
| Australia |
106–68 | Iran |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–15, 25–14, 22–19, 31–20 | ||
| Pts: Newley 24 Rebs: Bogut 7 Asts: Mills, Worthington, Bruton 5 |
Pts: Nikkhah 23 Rebs: Haddadi 8 Asts: Davari 4 | |
14 August 2008 16:45 |
| Lithuania |
86–79 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 21–17, 25–21, 17–17 | ||
| Pts: Kaukėnas 20 Rebs: Kleiza 11 Asts: Jasikevičius 5 |
Pts: Holden 25 Rebs: Khriapa 9 Asts: Kirilenko 6 | |
16 August 2008 11:15 |
| Russia |
80–95 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 17–22, 22–20, 25–26 | ||
| Pts: Khriapa 21 Rebs: Khriapa 9 Asts: Holden 6 |
Pts: Bogut, Bruton 22 Rebs: Bogut 8 Asts: Bruton 6 | |
16 August 2008 14:30 |
| Croatia |
73–86 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 30–29, 17–16, 11–28 | ||
| Pts: Ukić 13 Rebs: Banić 7 Asts: Kus 3 |
Pts: Lukauskis 20 Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 7 Asts: Jasikevičius 6 | |
18 August 2008 09:00 |
| Iran |
57–91 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–19, 8–35, 23–16, 18–21 | ||
| Pts: Nikkhah 25 Rebs: Haddadi 15 Asts: Haddadi 2 |
Pts: Rozić, Tomas 16 Rebs: Lončar, Barać 7 Asts: Ukić 8 | |
18 August 2008 11:15 |
| Australia |
106–75 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–14, 27–15, 20–22, 31–24 | ||
| Pts: Bogut 23 Rebs: Mills 4 Asts: Anstey 4 |
Pts: K. Lavrinovič 14 Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 8 Asts: Jasikevičius 5 | |
Group B
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team |
Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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 United States |
5 | 5 | 0 | 515 | 354 | +161 | 10 |
 Spain |
5 | 4 | 1 | 418 | 369 | +49 | 9 |
 Greece |
5 | 3 | 2 | 415 | 375 | +40 | 8 |
 China |
5 | 2 | 3 | 366 | 400 | −34 | 7 |
 Germany |
5 | 1 | 4 | 330 | 390 | −60 | 6 |
 Angola |
5 | 0 | 5 | 321 | 477 | −156 | 5 |
10 August 2008 11:15 |
| Germany |
95–66 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 29–13, 24–18, 17–14 | ||
| Pts: Kaman 24 Rebs: Jagla 11 Asts: Hamann 4 |
Pts: Mingas 24 Rebs: Gomes 8 Asts: Cipriano 2 | |
10 August 2008 14:30 |
| Spain |
81–66 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 15–13, 27–17, 19–20 | ||
| Pts: Fernández 16 Rebs: P. Gasol 7 Asts: Navarro, Rodríguez 2 |
Pts: Spanoulis 15 Rebs: Tsartsaris 8 Asts: Diamantidis 3 | |
12 August 2008 14:30 |
| Greece |
87–64 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 23–10, 25–15, 18–16 | ||
| Pts: Spanoulis 23 Rebs: Bourousis 8 Asts: Spanoulis 5 |
Pts: Nowitzki 13 Rebs: Nowitzki 6 Asts: Greene 2 | |
12 August 2008 16:45 |
| China |
75–85 (OT) | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 28–17, 15–10, 11–25, Overtime: 3–13 | ||
| Pts: Liu 19 Rebs: Yao, Yi 9 Asts: Yao, Sun 3 |
Pts: P. Gasol 29 Rebs: P. Gasol, Fernández 8 Asts: Fernández 6 | |
14 August 2008 09:00 |
| Germany |
59–72 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 21–27, 12–20, 11–13 | ||
| Pts: Hamann 15 Rebs: Kaman 10 Asts: Hamann 3 |
Pts: Calderón 15 Rebs: M. Gasol 8 Asts: P. Gasol, Rubio 3 | |
14 August 2008 14:30 |
| Angola |
68–85 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–28, 27–16, 9–21, 17–20 | ||
| Pts: Gomes 17 Rebs: Mingas 5 Asts: Gomes 3 |
Pts: Yao 30 Rebs: Yi 11 Asts: Zhu, Li 3 | |
14 August 2008 20:00 |
| United States |
92–69 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 31–16, 23–22, 18–15 | ||
| Pts: Bryant, Bosh 18 Rebs: James, Howard, Anthony 6 Asts: James 6 |
Pts: Papaloukas 15 Rebs: Fotsis, Papaloukas 8 Asts: Diamantidis 3 | |
16 August 2008 09:00 |
| Greece |
102–61 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 31–17, 38–14, 21–19 | ||
| Pts: Bourousis 22 Rebs: Glyniadakis, Fotsis 7 Asts: Fotsis 5 |
Pts: Mingas 25 Rebs: Geronimo 7 Asts: Costa 4 | |
16 August 2008 20:00 |
| China |
59–55 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–9, 8–22, 20–8, 12–16 | ||
| Pts: Yao 25 Rebs: Yao, Yi 11 Asts: Liu 3 |
Pts: Nowitzki 24 Rebs: Nowitzki 17 Asts: Hamann, Garrett 2 | |
18 August 2008 14:30 |
| Greece |
91–77 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 19–9, 23–30, 22–23 | ||
| Pts: Bourousis, Spanoulis 19 Rebs: Bourousis 19 Asts: Papaloukas, Spanoulis 5 |
Pts: Yao 16 Rebs: Wang 8 Asts: Sun 6 | |
18 August 2008 16:45 |
| Angola |
50–98 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 7–25, 11–31, 9–27 | ||
| Pts: Mingas 10 Rebs: Mingas, Ambrosio 5 Asts: Costa 5 |
Pts: P. Gasol 31 Rebs: P. Gasol 9 Asts: Rodríguez, Rubio 5 | |
Knockout round
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
| A1 | Lithuania |
94 | |||||||||||
| B4 | China |
68 | |||||||||||
| A1 | Lithuania |
86 | |||||||||||
| B2 | Spain |
91 | |||||||||||
| B2 | Spain |
72 | |||||||||||
| A3 | Croatia |
59 | |||||||||||
| B2 | Spain |
107 | |||||||||||
| B1 | United States |
118 | |||||||||||
| B1 | United States |
116 | |||||||||||
| A4 | Australia |
85 | |||||||||||
| B1 | United States |
101 | Bronze medal game | ||||||||||
| A2 | Argentina |
81 | |||||||||||
| A2 | Argentina |
80 | A1 | Lithuania |
75 | ||||||||
| B3 | Greece |
78 | A2 | Argentina |
87 | ||||||||
Quarterfinals
20 August 2008 14:30 |
| Spain |
72–59 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 15–15, 14–12, 21–21 | ||
| Scoring by half: 37–26, 35–33 | ||
| Pts: P. Gasol 20 Rebs: P. Gasol 10 Asts: Calderón, P. Gasol 2 |
Pts: Banić 15 Rebs: Banić, Planinić 5 Asts: Kus, Nicević 2 | |
20 August 2008 16:45 |
| Lithuania |
94–68 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 22–13, 29–23, 24–15 | ||
| Scoring by half: 41–30, 53–38 | ||
| Pts: Jasikevičius 23 Rebs: Kleiza 7 Asts: Jasikevičius 6 |
Pts: Yao 19 Rebs: Yi 9 Asts: Yao 3 | |
20 August 2008 20:00 |
| United States |
116–85 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 30–19, 34–18, 27–24 | ||
| Scoring by half: 55–43, 61–42 | ||
| Pts: Bryant 25 Rebs: James 9 Asts: James, Paul, Wade, Williams 3 |
Pts: Mills 20 Rebs: Worthington 6 Asts: Newley 3 | |
20 August 2008 22:15 |
| Argentina |
80–78 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 17–17, 17–15, 24–23 | ||
| Scoring by half: 39–40, 41–38 | ||
| Pts: Ginobili 24 Rebs: Scola 8 Asts: Prigioni 3 |
Pts: Fotsis 17 Rebs: Fotsis 10 Asts: Papaloukas 4 | |
Semifinals
22 August 2008 20:00 |
| Spain |
91–86 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 19–23, 22–24, 29–20 | ||
| Scoring by half: 40–42, 51–44 | ||
| Pts: P Gasol 19 Rebs: Jiménez 7 Asts: Rubio 4 |
Pts: Jasaitis, Jasikevičius 19 Rebs: Jasaitis 8 Asts: Jasikevičius 6 | |
22 August 2008 22:00 |
| Argentina |
81–101 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–30, 29–19, 24–29, 17–23 | ||
| Scoring by half: 40–49, 41–52 | ||
| Pts: Scola 28 Rebs: Scola 11 Asts: Prigioni 3 |
Pts: Anthony 21 Rebs: Bosh 10 Asts: Kidd 7 | |
Bronze medal match
24 August 2008 12:00 |
| Lithuania |
75–87 | Argentina  |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 13–22, 15–22, 26–19 | ||
| Scoring by half: 34–46, 41–41 | ||
| Pts: Šiškauskas 15 Rebs: Šiškauskas, K. Lavrinovič 6 Asts: Jasikevičius 3 |
Pts: Delfino 20 Rebs: Delfino 10 Asts: Prigioni 7 | |
Gold medal match
24 August 2008 14:00 |
 Spain |
107–118 | United States  |
| Scoring by quarter: 31–38, 30–31, 21–22, 25–27 | ||
| Scoring by half: 61–69, 46–49 | ||
| Pts: Fernández 22 Rebs: Reyes 7 Asts: Navarro 4 |
Pts: Wade 27 Rebs: Bosh 7 Asts: Bryant 6 | |
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Pablo Estévez (ARG), Carl Jungebrand (FIN) |
The Americans got off to a start with the Spaniards hitting seven of their first nine shots; if not for a 10–0 run by LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, the Americans would have trailed in the first quarter. With USA leading by 14, Spain chipped away at the lead during the second quarter to cut the deficit to eight points.
The team traded baskets in the third quarter, with Spain cutting the deficit further to seven. A three-point field goal by Rudy Fernandez cut the lead into two, the smallest deficit with 8:13 left in the fourth. Kobe Bryant and Wade extended the lead with three-pointers to 103–92 but Spain had a final push, capped with another three-pointer from Carlos Jimenez to reduce the lead 108–104. In the final 2 minutes a three-pointer by Dwyane Wade and a Kobe Bryant field goal extended the lead back to 9. It was then when the Americans began hitting their free throws when the Spanish got frustrated and were called for technical fouls to seal the game for the Americans.[3]
Statistical leaders
Top ten in points, rebounds and assists, and top 5 in steals and blocks.
Points
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Rebounds
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Assists
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Steals
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Blocks
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Game highs
| Department | Name | Total | Opponent |
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| Points | Luis Scola | 37 | Russia |
| Rebounds | Dirk Nowitzki | 17 | China |
| Assists | Pablo Prigioni | 10 | Russia |
| Steals | Andrei Kirilenko Dwyane Wade | 6 | Lithuania Greece |
| Blocks | Hamed Haddadi Kšyštof Lavrinovič Yao Ming | 4 | Lithuania Argentina Angola |
| Field goal percentage | Ioannis Bouroussis | 100% (9/9) | Angola |
| 3-point field goal percentage | Viktor Khriapa Dirk Nowitzki | 100% (6/6) | Australia Angola |
| Free throw percentage | Carmelo Anthony | 100% (13/13) | Argentina |
| Turnovers | Carlos Morais | 10 | United States |
Final standings
2008 men's teams.
Rankings are determined by:
- 1st–4th
- Results of gold and bronze medal games.
- 5th–8th:
- Win-loss record in the preliminary round group
- Standings in the preliminary round group (i.e. Group A's #3 is ranked higher than Group B's #4.)
- Goal average in the preliminary round group
- 9th–10th and 11th–12th:
- 5th placers in the preliminary round groups are classified 9th–10th; 6th placers classified *11th–12th
- Win-loss record in the preliminary round group
- Goal average in the preliminary round group
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Standing | GAvg | New rank |
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| | United States | 8 | 8 | 0 | 850 | 627 | +223 | 2 | ||
| | Spain | 8 | 6 | 2 | 688 | 632 | +56 | 3 | ||
| Bronze medal game participants | ||||||||||
| | Argentina | 8 | 6 | 2 | 673 | 615 | +58 | 1 | ||
| 4th | Lithuania | 8 | 5 | 3 | 680 | 646 | +34 | 6 | ||
| Eliminated at the quarterfinals | ||||||||||
| 5th | Greece | 6 | 3 | 3 | 493 | 455 | +38 | B-3rd | 1.117 | 4 |
| 6th | Croatia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 458 | 452 | +6 | A-3rd | 1.050 | 18 |
| 7th | Australia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 542 | 521 | +21 | A-4th | 9 | |
| 8th | China | 6 | 2 | 4 | 434 | 494 | −60 | 10 | ||
| Preliminary round 5th placers | ||||||||||
| 9th | Russia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 387 | 406 | −19 | – | 0.953 | 15 |
| 10th | Germany | 5 | 1 | 4 | 330 | 390 | −60 | – | 0.846 | 7 |
| Preliminary round 6th placers | ||||||||||
| 11th | Iran | 5 | 0 | 5 | 323 | 464 | −141 | – | 0.696 | 23 |
| 12th | Angola | 5 | 0 | 5 | 321 | 477 | −156 | – | 0.673 | 12 |
See also
References
- ↑ after EuroBasket Women 2007
- ↑ The European Championships runner-up, Spain, qualified separately as World Champions.
- ↑ Mahoney, Brian (2008-08-24). "US hoops back on top, beats Spain for gold medal". Associated Press. Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
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