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Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

August 6, 2008 Written by nicolae

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Basketball pictogram Basketball at the 2008 Olympic Games will be held from August 9, 2008 to August 24, 2008. Competitions will be held at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China.

Events

2 sets of medals will be awarded in the following events:

Basketball Men
Basketball Women

Qualification

An NOC may enter up to 1 men's team with 12 players and up to 1 women's team with 12 players. The reigning world champions and the host country qualify automatically, as do the winners of the five continental championships (plus the men's runners-up from Europe and the Americas).

The best teams from the continental championships that did not automatically qualify participated in the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament or FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women to determine the final spots in Beijing.

Italicized teams qualified via the wildcard tournaments.

Basketball Men

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe
Angola	USA Argentina	Iran	Russia Lithuania Croatia Greece Germany

Oceania	World champ	Host
Australia	Spain	China

Basketball Women

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe
Mali	USA Brazil	Korea	Russia Spain Czech Rep. Latvia Belarus

Oceania	World champ	Host
New Zealand	Australia	China

Format

Twelve teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 6 teams each.
The top 4 teams from both groups qualify for the knockout stage.
Fifth-placed teams from both groups are ranked 9th-10th by basis of their records.
Sixth-placed teams from both groups 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.

Men

Preliminary round

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

	Qualified for the quarterfinals

The four best teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinal round.

Group A

2008-08-10: Russia vs. Iran, Lithuania vs. Argentina, Australia vs. Croatia
2008-08-12: Iran vs. Lithuania, Croatia vs. Russia, Argentina vs.Australia
2008-08-14: Australia vs. Iran, Lithuania vs. Russia, Argentina vs. Croatia
2008-08-16: Russia vs. Australia, Croatia vs. Lithuania, Iran vs. Argentina
2008-08-18: Iran vs. Croatia, Australia vs. Lithuania, Argentina vs. Russia

Group B

2008-08-10: Germany vs. Angola, Spain vs. Greece, USA vs. China
2008-08-12: Germany vs. Greece, China vs. Spain, Angola vs. USA
2008-08-14: Germany vs. Spain, Angola vs. China, USA vs. Greece
2008-08-16: Greece vs. Angola, China vs. Germany, Spain vs. USA
2008-08-18: Greece vs. China, Angola vs. Spain, USA vs. Germany

Women

Preliminary round

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

	Qualified for the quarterfinals

The four best teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinal round.

Group A

2008-08-09: Belarus vs. Australia, Korea vs. Brazil, Latvia vs. Russia
2008-08-11: Korea vs. Russia, Latvia vs. Belarus, Australia vs. Brazil
2008-08-13: Belarus vs. Russia, Brazil vs. Latvia, Korea vs. Australia
2008-08-15: Latvia vs. Australia, Russia vs. Brazil, Korea vs. Belarus
2008-08-17: Australia vs. Russia, Korea vs. Latvia, Brazil vs. Belarus

Group B

2008-08-09: Mali vs. New Zealand, China vs. Spain, Czech Republic vs. USA
2008-08-11: New Zealand vs. Spain, Czech Republic vs. Mali, China vs. USA
2008-08-13: Spain vs. Czech Republic, China vs. New Zealand, Mali vs. USA
2008-08-15: Czech Republic vs. New Zealand, China vs. Mali, USA vs. Spain
2008-08-17: Mali vs. Spain, China vs. Czech Republic, New Zealand vs. USA