Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women

Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Tournament
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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.

Contents 1 Qualifying 2 Format 3 Preliminary round 3.1 Group A 3.2 Group B 4 Tournament bracket 5 Quarterfinals 6 Semifinals 7 Finals 8 Final standings 9 Statistical leaders 9.1 Points 9.2 Rebounds 9.3 Assists 9.4 Game highs 10 References 11 External links

Qualifying

Country	Qualified as	Date of qualification	Previous appearance	FIBA World Ranking[1]
China	Olympics host	July 13, 2001	4 (1988, 1992, 1996, 2004)	10
Australia	World champion	September 23, 2006	6 (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)	2
Korea	Asian champion	June 30, 2007	5 (1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004)	7
New Zealand	Oceanian champion	September 28, 2007	2 (2000, 2004)	16
Mali	African champion	September 30, 2007	0	31
United States	Americas champion	June 30, 2007	7 (1976, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)	1
Russia	European champion	October 7, 2007	3 (1996, 2000, 2004)	3
Spain	Wildcard qualifier	June 13, 2008	2 (1992, 2004)	5
Czech Republic	Wildcard qualifier	June 13, 2008	1 (2004)	9
Latvia	Wildcard qualifier	June 13, 2008	0	26
Belarus	Wildcard qualifier	June 13, 2008	0	30
Brazil	Wildcard qualifier	June 15, 2008	4 (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)	4

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).

Preliminary round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Group A

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
Australia	5	0	424	319	+105	10
Russia	4	1	339	333	+6	9
Belarus	2	3	324	332	-8	7	1-0
Korea	2	3	327	360	-33	7	0-1
Latvia	1	4	334	387	-53	6	1-0
Brazil	1	4	337	354	-17	6	0-1

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Group B

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	5	0	491	276	+215	10
China	4	1	358	346	+12	9
Spain	3	2	357	324	+33	8
Czech Republic	2	3	346	356	-10	7
New Zealand	1	4	320	423	-103	6
Mali	0	5	255	402	-147	5

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Tournament bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal game

A2

Russia

84

B3

Spain

65

A2

Russia

52

B1

United States

67

B1

United States

104

A4

Korea

60

B1

United States

92

A1

Australia

65

B2

China

77

A3

Belarus

62

B2

China

56

Bronze medal game

A1

Australia

90

A1

Australia

79

A2

Russia

94

B4

Czech Republic

46

B2

China

81

Quarterfinals

August 19 14:30	Game 61	China	77–62	Belarus		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Fabio Facchini (Italy)
		Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 19–12, 18–18, 21–19
		Pts: Miao 28 Rebs: Song, Chen, Sui 4 Asts: Miao 3		Pts: Troina 15 Rebs: Leuchanka 13 Asts: Padabed, Marchanka 5

August 19 16:45	Game 62	Australia	79–46	Czech Republic		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (Lithuania)
		Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 15–7, 23–10, 17–19
		Pts: Jackson 17 Rebs: Jackson 12 Asts: Harrower 4		Pts: Vecerova, Machova 8 Rebs: Kulichova 5 Asts: Machova 4

August 19 20:00	Game 64	United States	104–60	Korea		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Stephen Seibel (Canada)
		Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 26–9, 26–9, 27–21
		Pts: Fowles 26 Rebs: Fowles 14 Asts: Augustus 3		Pts: Kim 14 Rebs: Kim 5 Asts: Park 7

August 19 22:15	Game 63	Russia	84–65	Spain		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Ilija Belosevic (Serbia)
		Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 22–19, 24–15, 28–10
		Pts: Schegoleva 19 Rebs: Stepanova 10 Asts: Rakhmatulina 4		Pts: Valdemoro 16 Rebs: Pascua 6 Asts: Valdemoro, Palau, Torrens 1

Semifinals

August 21 20:00	Game 70	Russia	52–67	United States		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Cristiano Maranho (Brazil)
		Scoring by quarter: 16-13, 16-20, 8-15, 12-19
		Pts: Stepanova 14 Rebs: Korstin 8 Asts: Six-way tie 1		Pts: Taurasi 21 Rebs: Fowles 10 Asts: Smith 3

August 21 22:15	Game 69	China	56–90	Australia		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Chantal Julien (France)
		Scoring by quarter: 11-13, 7-21, 21-23, 17-33
		Pts: Bian 20 Rebs: Liu, Sui 7 Asts: Bian 2		Pts: Snell 16 Rebs: Batkovic 13 Asts: Harrower, Snell 4

Finals

August 23 19:30	Bronze medal game	Russia	94–81	China		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Scott Butler (Australia)
		Scoring by quarter: 24-23, 28-16, 20-18, 22-24
		Pts: Hammon 22 Rebs: Stepanova 9 Asts: Karpunina 5		Pts: Chen 26 Rebs: Bian, Sui 6 Asts: Song 7

August 23 22:00	Gold medal game	United States	92–65	Australia		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (Greece)
		Scoring by quarter: 22-15, 25-15, 22-24, 23-11
		Pts: Lawson 15 Rebs: Leslie 7 Asts: Thompson 4		Pts: Jackson 20 Rebs: Jackson 10 Asts: Grima 2

The Australians started with a three point field goal from Belinda Snell but the Americans crept back and eventually took the lead. With ankle injuries to both Penny Taylor and Lauren Jackson, the Americans took the initiative and led 34-17. The Americans padded their lead to twenty at the start of the third quarter. The Opals cut the lead to thirteen but that was the closest they've got as the Americans finished the game with a 27-point lead to win the gold medal.^[2] It was their fourth consecutive olympic gold medal, having been unbeaten in all of those games.

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
1 !	United States	8	8	0	754	453	+301
2 !	Australia	8	7	1	658	513	+145
3 !	Russia	8	6	2	569	546	+23
4th	China	8	5	3	572	592	-20	--
5th	Spain	6	3	3	422	408	+14	--
6th	Belarus	6	2	4	386	409	-23	A-3rd
7th	Czech Republic	6	2	4	392	435	-43	B-4th	0.901
8th	Korea	6	2	4	387	464	-77	A-4th	0.834
9th	Latvia	5	1	4	334	387	-53	A-5th	0.863
10th	New Zealand	5	1	4	320	423	-103	B-5th	0.757
11th	Brazil	5	1	4	337	354	-17	A-6th
12th	Mali	5	0	5	255	402	-147	--

Statistical leaders

Points Name PPG Miao Lijie 18.1 Lauren Jackson 16.9 Angela Marino 15.8 Anete Jekabsone-Zogota 15.8 Anna Montañana 14.5 Beon Yeon Ha 14.2 Yelena Leuchanka 13.8 Sylvia Fowles 13.4 Tina Thompson 13.4 Djénébou Sissoko 13.4

Rebounds Name RPG Yelena Leuchanka 10.0 Djénébou Sissoko 10.0 Suzy Batkovic 8.9 Sylvia Fowles 8.9 Lauren Jackson 8.4 Anastisiya Verameyenka 8.3 Chen Nan 8.1 Djene Diawara 8.0 Jana Vesela 7.5 Penny Taylor 7.2

Assists Name APG Kristi Harrower 4.9 Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota 4.0 Natallia Marchanka 3.7 Kara Lawson 3.1 Hana Machová 3.0 Adriana Moises Pinto 2.8 Miao Lijie 2.6 Belinda Snell 2.6 Penny Taylor 2.5 Hamchetou Maiga 2.5

Game highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points	Lauren Jackson	30	Latvia
Rebounds	Djenebou Sissoko	19	China
Assists	Kristi Harrower Kara Lawson Park Jung Eun	7	Russia  Mali  United States
Assists	Lee Mi-Sun Anna Montañana Amaya Valdemoro	7	Belarus  Mali  Mali
Blocks	10 players	3	---
Field goal percentage	Lisa Leslie	100% (7/7)	Mali
3-point field goal percentage	Gunta Basko Ilona Korstin	100% (2/2)	Australia  Latvia
Field throw percentage	Choi Yoon-Ah Yelena Leuchanka	100% (8/8)	Brazil (OT)  Korea (non-OT)
Turnovers	Natallia Marchanka	8	Korea

References

External links

• Women's tournament official website

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