XVII Olympic Basketball Tournament (Beijing 2008)

(From 10-08-2008 to 24-08-2008)
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PARTICIPANTS (12)

· Host nation: China.

· World Championship winner: Spain.

· European Championship winner and runner-up: Russia, Lithuania (ranked 3rd in Eurobasket 2007, which takes the place of Spain, qualified via World Championship).

· FIBA Americas Championship winner and runner-up: USA, Argentina.

· African Championship winner: Angola.

· Asian Championship winner: Iran.

· Oceania Championship winner: Australia.

· The remaining 3 berths are allocated after a Pre-Olympic Tournament gathering 12 top qualified teams from the five FIBA continental zones: FIBA Europe (Greece, Germany, Croatia, Slovenia), FIBA Americas (Puerto Rico, Brazil, Canada), FIBA Africa (Cameroon, Cape Verde), FIBA Asia (Lebanon, South Korea) and FIBA Oceania (New Zealand).

 

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· The twelve participating teams are divided in 2 groups of 6 teams each playing a round robin. In case that two or more teams finish level on points, their position is decided by their basket average.

· The top four teams after the group stage advance to the quarterfinals (played as an X-pairing). The four winners after this knock-out round qualify for the semifinals (places 1-4).

· The two winners after the semifinals qualify for the final, whereas the two losers play a consolation final for the bronze medal.
 

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

 

GROUP A

 

GROUP B

Competition Day 1 (10-08-2008)

Competition Day 1 (10-08-2008)

Russia - Iran

71-49 (38-22)

Germany - Angola

95-66 (54-34)

Lithuania - Argentina

79-75 (34-30)

Spain - Greece

81-66 (35-29)

Australia - Croatia

82-97 (31-47)

USA - China

101-70 (49-37)

Competition Day 2 (12-08-2008)

Competition Day 2 (12-08-2008)

Iran - Lithuania

67-99 (34-46)

Greece - Germany

87-64 (44-33)

Croatia - Russia

85-78 (42-36)

China - Spain

75-85 (46-37;72-72)

Argentina - Australia

85-68 (39-29)

Angola - USA

76-97 (37-55)

Competition Day 3 (14-08-2008)

Competition Day 3 (14-08-2008)

Australia - Iran

106-68 (53-29)

Germany - Spain

59-72 (36-39)

Lithuania - Russia

86-79 (44-41)

Angola - China

68-85 (42-44)

Argentina - Croatia

77-53 (40-22)

USA - Greece

92-69 (51-32)

Competition Day 4 (16-08-2008)

Competition Day 4 (16-08-2008)

Russia - Australia

80-95 (33-49)

Greece - Angola

102-61 (43-28)

Croatia - Lithuania

73-86 (45-42)

China - Germany

59-55 (27-31)

Iran - Argentina

82-97 (33-42)

Spain - USA

82-119 (45-61)

Competition Day 5 (18-08-2008)

Competition Day 5 (18-08-2008)

Iran - Croatia

57-91 (16-54)

Greece - China

91-77 (46-24)

Australia - Lithuania

106-75 (55-29)

Angola - Spain

50-98 (30-40)

Argentina - Russia

91-79 (45-39)

USA - Germany

106-57 (53-29)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Lithuania

5

4

1

425

400

9

2. Argentina

5

4

1

425

361

9

3. Croatia

5

3

2

399

380

8

4. Australia

5

3

2

457

405

8

5. Russia

5

1

4

387

406

6

6. Iran

5

0

5

323

464

5

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. USA

5

5

0

515

354

10

2. Spain

5

4

1

418

369

9

3. Greece

5

3

2

415

375

8

4. China

5

2

3

366

400

7

5. Germany

5

1

4

330

390

6

6. Angola

5

0

5

321

477

5

 

 

1/4 FINAL

(20-08-2008)

A1-B4 (1): Lithuania - China

94-68 (41-30)

A2-B3 (2): Argentina - Greece

80-78 (39-40)

B1-A4 (3): USA - Australia

116-85 (55-43)

B2-A3 (4): Spain - Croatia

72-59 (37-26)

 

 

FINAL ROUND

 

PLACES 1-4

Semifinals (22-08-2008)

WINNER 1-WINNER 4: Lithuania - Spain

86-91 (42-40)

WINNER 2-WINNER 3: Argentina - USA

81-101 (40-49)

Finals (24-08-2008)

3/4: Lithuania - Argentina

75-87 (34-46)

1/2: Spain - USA

107-118 (61-69)

 

 

FINAL

VENUE: Wŭkēsōng Tĭyùguăn "Five Pines Gymnasium" (Beijing)

DATE: 24-08-2008 (14:30 h)

ATTENDANCE: 11.083

REFEREES: Romualdas Brazauskas (LIT), Pablo Alberto Estévez (ARG), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

FOULED OUT: Rudy (37’)

SCORING BY QUARTER: 38-31 / 31-30 / 22-21 / 27-25

United States of America

USA - Spain

España

118-107 (69-61)

 

USA (coach: Mike Krzyzewski)

 

2P

3P

FT

Rbds

Blk

Balls

As

PF

Min

Pts

A

M

A

M

A

M

Df

Of

ST

TO

# Jason Kidd

1

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

2

11

2

# Kobe Bryant

6

4

8

3

3

3

3

-

2

-

3

6

4

27

20

# LeBron James

6

4

3

2

2

-

5

1

1

3

3

3

4

28

14

# Carmelo Anthony

4

2

7

3

1

-

-

1

-

-

1

-

2

17

13

# Dwight Howard

3

3

-

-

6

2

3

2

-

-

-

-

4

17

8

Carlos Boozer

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

Deron Williams

3

1

2

1

2

2

1

-

-

1

2

1

3

16

7

Michael Redd

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

Dwyane Wade

5

5

7

4

7

5

2

-

-

4

3

2

3

27

27

Chris Bosh

2

1

-

-

6

6

5

2

-

-

-

-

-

23

8

Chris Paul

4

2

1

-

10

9

3

-

-

2

1

5

3

24

13

Tayshaun Prince

3

3

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

1

8

6

TOTAL

37

26

28

13

37

27

23

8

3

10

13

17

26

200

118

 

Spain (coach: Aíto García Reneses)

 

2P

3P

FT

Rbds

Blk

Balls

As

PF

Min

Pts

A

M

A

M

A

M

Df

Of

ST

TO

# Ricky Rubio

2

1

1

-

4

4

5

1

-

3

2

3

3

29

6

# Juan Carlos Navarro

12

6

2

-

8

6

3

-

-

-

3

4

1

25

18

# Carlos Jiménez

1

1

3

2

4

4

2

1

-

1

-

1

4

25

12

# Pau Gasol

18

9

-

-

5

3

2

4

-

-

1

1

1

28

21

# Felipe Reyes

8

5

-

-

-

-

4

3

1

1

2

2

4

23

10

Rudy Fernández

4

2

9

5

3

3

2

-

-

1

1

2

5

17

22

Raúl López

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

1

-

3

2

-

Berni Rodríguez

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

1

-

3

9

2

Marc Gasol

8

5

1

-

2

1

2

3

-

-

2

1

3

24

11

Álex Mumbrú

2

-

-

-

2

2

2

1

-

1

1

2

1

13

2

Jorge Garbajosa

1

-

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5

3

TOTAL

57

30

17

8

28

23

22

15

1

7

14

16

28

200

107

 

 

FINAL STANDING

1.

USA USA

2.

Spain SPA

3.

Argentina ARG

4.

Lithuania LIT

5.

Greece GRE

6.

Croatia CRO

7.

Australia AUS

8.

China CHN

9.

Russia RUS

10.

Germany GER

11.

Iran IRN

12.

Angola ANG

 

 

TOP SCORERS (POINTS PER GAME)

Player

Pts.

G

Avg.

1. Pau Gasol (SPA)

157

8

19.6

2. Yáo Míng (CHN)

114

6

19.0

3. Luis Scola (ARG)

151

8

18.9

4. Manu Ginóbili (ARG)

124

7

17.7

5. J.R. Holden (RUS)

88

5

17.6

6. Mohammad Nikkhah (IRN)

86

5

17.2

7. Dirk Nowitzki (GER)

85

5

17.0

8. Hamed Haddadi (IRN)

83

5

16.6

9. Dwyane Wade (USA)

128

8

16.0

10. Andrej Kirilenko (RUS)

79

5

15.8

   

 

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