Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's basketball tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, began on 29 July and ended on 12 August, when the United States defeated Spain 107–100 for the gold medal. All preliminary games were held at the Basketball Arena within the Olympic Park, while the knockout matches took place at The O2 Arena (renamed North Greenwich Arena due to the IOC's commercialisation policy).

Qualification

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified Host nation 6 July 2005 1 2010 FIBA World Championship 28 August – 12 September 2010 1 2011 FIBA Africa Championship 17–28 August 2011 1 2011 FIBA Americas Championship 30 August – 11 September 2011 2 2011 FIBA Oceania Championship 7–11 September 2011 1 2011 FIBA Europe Championship 31 August – 18 September 2011 2 2011 FIBA Asia Championship 15–25 September 2011 1 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2–8 July 2012http://www.sportingnews.com/us/athletics-news/2935955-london-2012-summer-olympics-current-mens-basketball-teams-schedule-qualifiers 3

Squads

Competition format Twelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams. Each game result merits a corresponding point: Result PointsWin 2Loss 1Loss via default* 1Loss via forfeiture** 0*The team has fewer than two players available to play on the court at some point during the game.**A team cannot put forward at least five players at the start of the game, or its own actions prevent play from being resumed. In case teams are tied on points, the tiebreaking criteria are used, in order of first application: Results of the games involving the tied teams (head-to-head records) Goal average of the games involving the tied teams Goal average of all of the games played Points scored Drawing of lots

The teams with the four best records qualified for the knockout stage, which was a single-elimination tournament. The semifinal winners contested for the gold medal, while the losers played for the bronze medal.

Preliminary round All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).

Group A

Group B

Knockout round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Team details C 4 Tyson Chandler G 5 Kevin Durant F 6 LeBron James G 10 Kobe Bryant (c) G 13 Chris Paul G 7 Russell Westbrook G 8 Deron Williams C 11 Kevin Love F 15 Carmelo Anthony Did not play: -->Head Coach: Mike Krzyzewski F 4 Pau Gasol G 5 Rudy Fernández G 7 Juan C. Navarro PG 8 José Calderón C 13 Marc Gasol PG 6 Sergio Rodríguez SG 12 Sergio Llull PF 14 Serge Ibaka Did not play: -->Head Coach: Sergio Scariolo

Awards

Statistical leaders

Individual tournament highs

+ PointsPos. Name G Pts 1 Patty Mills 6 127 21.2 2 Kevin Durant 8 156 19.5 3 Manu Ginóbili 8 155 19.4 4 Pau Gasol 8 153 19.1 5 Luis Scola 8 144 18.0 6 Andrei Kirilenko 8 140 17.5 7 Carmelo Anthony 8 130 16.3 8 Leandro Barbosa 6 97 16.2 9 Luol Deng 5 79 15.8 10 Tony Parker 6 94 15.7

+ ReboundsPos. Name G Reb. 1 Yi Jianlian 5 51 10.2 2 Salah Mejri 5 50 10.0 3 Ike Diogu 5 45 9.0 4 Makrem Ben Romdhane 5 43 8.6 5 Nenê Hilário 5 40 8.06 Pau Gasol 8 61 7.6 Kevin Love 8 61 7.6 8 Andrei Kirilenko 8 60 7.5 9 Pops Mensah-Bonsu 4 29 7.2 10 Anderson Varejão 6 42 7.0

+ AssistsPos. Name G Ass. 1 Pablo Prigioni 6 39 6.5 2 Marcelinho Huertas 6 36 6.0 3 Alexey Shved 8 47 5.9 4 LeBron James 8 45 5.6 5 Šarūnas Jasikevičius 6 32 5.3 6 Chris Paul 8 41 5.1 7 Mantas Kalnietis 6 29 4.88 Luol Deng 5 23 4.6 Deron Williams 8 37 4.6 10 Matthew Dellavedova 6 27 4.5

+ BlocksPos. Name G Blocks 1 Salah Mejri 5 17 3.4 2 Yi Jianlian 5 11 2.2 3 Andrei Kirilenko 8 14 1.8 4 Nicolas Batum 6 9 1.55 Serge Ibaka 8 11 1.3 Kevin Seraphin 6 8 1.3 7 Pau Gasol 8 9 1.1 8 Paulius Jankūnas 6 6 1.0 Nenê Hilário 5 5 1.0 10 Sasha Kaun 8 6 0.8

+ StealsPos. Name G Stls 1 Chris Paul 8 20 2.5 2 Al-Farouq Aminu 5 10 2.0 3 Andrei Kirilenko 8 15 1.9 4 Makrem Ben Romdhane 6 11 1.8 Matthew Nielsen 5 9 1.8 Pablo Prigioni 6 11 1.8 7 Nando de Colo 6 10 1.7 8 Manu Ginóbili 8 13 1.6 Kevin Durant 8 13 1.6 10 LeBron James 8 11 1.4

+ MinutesPos. Name G Min. 1 Luol Deng 5 173 34.6 2 Makrem Ben Romdhane 5 169 33.8 3 Yi Jianlian 5 166 33.2 4 Andrei Kirilenko 5 165 33 5 Ike Diogu 5 162 32.4 Joe Ingles 5 162 32.4 Salah Mejri 5 162 32.4 8 Nate Reinking 5 153 30.6 9 Derrick Obasohan 5 151 30.2 10 Patrick Mills 5 149 29.8

Individual game highs Department Name Total OpponentPoints Patrick Mills 39 Rebounds Salah Mejri Yi Jianlian 14 Assists Alexey Shved 13 Steals Al-Farouq Aminu David Andersen Nando de Colo Vitaly Fridzon Manu Ginóbili Andrei Kirilenko Chris Paul Sun Yue 4 Blocks Salah Mejri 7 Field goal percentage Timofey Mozgov 88.9% (8/9) 3-point field goal percentage Manu Ginóbili 100% (4/4) Free throw percentage Zhu Fangyu 100% (8/8) Turnovers Makrem Ben Romdhane Mantas Kalnietis 7 United States

Team tournament highs

+ Offensive PPGPos. Name PPG1 United States 115.5 2 86.3 3 82.7 4 80.9 5 79.8

+ Defensive PPGPos. Name PPG 1 69.8 2 71.8 3 74.6 4 75.6 5 78.8

+ ReboundsPos. Name RPG 1 United States 44.6 2 41.3 3 41.0 4 40.5 5 38.8

+ AssistsPos. Name APG1 United States 25.0 2 19.8 3 19.6 4 19.3 5 18.2

+ StealsPos. Name SPG 1 United States 10.4 2 6.7 3 6.5 4 6.3 5 6.2

+ BlocksPos. Name BPG 1 5.0 5.0 3 4.2 4.2 5 3.9

Team game highs Department Name Total OpponentPoints United States 156 Rebounds United States 56 Assists United States 41 Steals United States 17 Blocks 9 Field goal percentage United States 71.1% (59/83) 3-point field goal percentage United States 63% (29/46) Free throw percentage 100.0% (10/10) Turnovers 25 United States

ESPN All-Olympics Teams

Pos. First Team Second TeamG Manu Ginóbili Patty MillsG LeBron James Marcelinho HuertasF Andrei Kirilenko Joe InglesF Kevin Durant Carmelo AnthonyC Pau Gasol Luis Scola

Honorable Mentions: Carlos Delfino Leandro Barbosa Yi Jianlian Nicolas Batum Boris Diaw Joel Freeland Alexey Shved Marc Gasol Chris Paul Kevin Love

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 United States 8 8 0 924 667 +257 1 () 8 5 3 647 619 +28 2 () 8 6 2 623 577 +46 6 (5) 4th 8 4 4 690 691 −1 3 ()Eliminated at the quarterfinals 5th 6 4 2 479 431 +48 B–2nd 1.152 9 (4) 6th 6 4 2 435 444 −9 A–2nd 0.995 8 (4) 7th 6 3 3 496 492 +4 B–4th 1.099 10 (1) 8th 6 2 4 469 482 −13 A–4th 0.990 5 ()Preliminary round 5th placers 9th 5 1 4 380 405 −25 0.938 23 (20) 10th 5 1 4 338 456 −118 0.741 17 (4)Preliminary round 6th placers 11th 5 0 5 320 411 −91 0.779 22 (10) 12th 5 0 5 313 439 −126 0.713 11 (1)

See also Women's Tournament

References

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