Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men

Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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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.

Contents 1 Qualifying 2 Format 3 Squads 4 Preliminary round 4.1 Group A 4.2 Group B 5 Tournament bracket 6 Quarterfinals 7 Semifinals 8 Finals 9 Statistical leaders 9.1 Points 9.2 Rebounds 9.3 Assists 9.4 Steals 9.5 Blocks 9.6 Game highs 10 Final standings 11 References 12 External links

Qualifying

Country	Qualified as	Date of qualification	Previous appearance	FIBA World Ranking[1]
China	Olympics host	July 13, 2001	6 (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)	11
Spain	World champion	September 3, 2006	9 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004)	3
Iran	Asian champion	August 5, 2007	1 (1948)	45
Australia	Oceanian champion	August 22, 2007	11 (1956, 1964, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)	9
Angola	African champion	August 25, 2007	4 (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)	14
Argentina	Americas runner-up	September 1, 2007	4 (1948, 1952, 1996, 2004)	1
United States	Americas champion	September 1, 2007	15 (1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)	2
Russia	European champion	September 15, 2007	11 (1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 2000)	16
Lithuania	European third place[2]	September 16, 2007	4 (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)	5
Croatia	Wildcard qualifier	July 19, 2008	2 (1992, 1996)	20
Greece	Wildcard qualifier	July 19, 2008	3 (1952, 1996, 2004)	6
Germany	Wildcard qualifier	July 20, 2008	4 (1936, 1972, 1984, 1992)	9

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 dispute the gold medal. The losing teams dispute the bronze.

Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:

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

All times are local Beijing Time (GMT+8).

Squads

Preliminary round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
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

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
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

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Tournament bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal game

A2

Argentina

80

B3

Greece

78

A2

Argentina

81

B1

United States

101

B1

United States

116

A4

Australia

85

B1

United States

118

B2

Spain

107

B2

Spain

72

A3

Croatia

59

B2

Spain

91

Bronze medal game

A1

Lithuania

86

A1

Lithuania

94

A2

Argentina

87

B4

China

68

A1

Lithuania

75

Quarterfinals

August 20 14:30	Game 65	Spain	72–59	Croatia		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (Greece)
		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

August 20 16:45	Game 66	Lithuania	94–68	China		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (Greece)
		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

August 20 20:00	Game 68	United States	116–85	Australia		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Juan Carlos Arteaga (Spain)
		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

August 20 22:15	Game 67	Argentina	80–78	Greece		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (Lithuania)
		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

August 22 20:00	Game 71	Spain	91–86	Lithuania		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (Greece)
		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

August 22 Follows Match 71	Game 72	Argentina	81–101	United States		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (Italy)
		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

Finals

August 24 12:00	Bronze medal game - Game 75	Lithuania	75–87	Argentina		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Eddie Rush (USA)
		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

August 24 Follows bronze medal game	Gold medal game - Game 76	Spain	107–118	United States		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (Lithuania) - Pablo Estévez (Argentina) - Carl Jungebrand (Finland)
		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

The Americans got off to a shaky 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 8. 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 Name PPG Pau Gasol 19.6 Yao Ming 19.0 Luis Scola 18.9 Manu Ginobili 17.7 Jon Robert Holden 17.6 Samad Nikkhah Bahrami 17.2 Dirk Nowitzki 17.0 Hamed Haddadi 16.6 Dwyane Wade 16.1 Andrei Kirilenko 15.8

Rebounds Name RPG Hamed Haddadi 11.2 Dirk Nowitzki 8.4 Yao Ming 8.2 Yi Jianlian 7.5 Pau Gasol 7.0 Antonis Fotsis 6.7 Luis Scola 6.6 Viktor Khriapa 6.5 Andrei Kirilenko 6.4 Andrés Nocioni 6.3

Assists Name APG Šarūnas Jasikevičius 5.3 Jon Robert Holden 4.8 Pablo Prigioni 4.6 Chris Paul 4.1 Manu Ginóbili 3.9 LeBron James 3.8 Andrei Kirilenko 3.4 Ricky Rubio 3.0 C.J. Bruton 3.0 Vasileios Spanoulis 3.0

Steals Name SPG Pablo Prigioni 2.6 Andrei Kirilenko 2.6 LeBron James 2.4 Chris Paul 2.3 Dwyane Wade 2.3

Blocks Name BPG Hamed Haddadi 2.6 Andrei Kirilenko 2.2 Kšyštof Lavrinovič 1.5 Yao Ming 1.5 Pau Gasol 1.1

Game highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
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

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
Gold medal game participants
1 !	United States	8	8	0	850	627	+223			2
2 !	Spain	8	6	2	688	632	+56			3
Bronze medal game participants
3 !	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

References

External links

• Men's tournament official website

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