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Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

January 01, 1970

The men's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, began on 10 August and ended on 24 August, when the United States defeated Spain 118–107 for the gold medal. All games were held at the Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium.

Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Host countryChina
CityBeijing
Dates10 – 24 August
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium
Final positions
Champions United States (13th title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place Argentina
Fourth place Lithuania
Tournament statistics
Games played38
Top scorer Pau Gasol
(19.6 points per game)

Qualification edit

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
Country Qualified as Date of qualification Previous appearances FIBA World Ranking[1]
  China Olympics host July 13, 2001 6 (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004) 11
  Spain World champion September 3, 2006 10 (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 1 (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 edit

  • 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 play for the gold medal. The losing teams play for 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 (UTC+8).

Squads edit

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Preliminary round edit

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Lithuania 5 4 1 425 400 +25 9[a] Quarterfinals
2   Argentina 5 4 1 425 361 +64 9[a]
3   Croatia 5 3 2 399 380 +19 8[b]
4   Australia 5 3 2 457 405 +52 8[b]
5   Russia 5 1 4 387 406 −19 6
6   Iran 5 0 5 323 464 −141 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Argentina
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Croatia 1–0 Australia
10 August 2008
09:00
Russia   71–49   Iran
Scoring by quarter: 24–5, 14–17, 8–16, 25–11
Pts: Holden 19
Rebs: Monia 6
Asts: Savrasenko 4		 Pts: Nikkhah 16
Rebs: Haddadi 8
Asts: Kamrani 3
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
10 August 2008
16:45
Lithuania   79–75   Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 20–19, 17–15, 28–30
Pts: Kleiza 13
Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 7
Asts: Jasikevičius 8		 Pts: Ginobili 19
Rebs: Oberto 11
Asts: Oberto, Prigioni 3
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)
10 August 2008
20:00
Australia   82–97   Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 17–26, 22–26, 29–24
Pts: Nielsen 13
Rebs: Anstey 7
Asts: Barlow 3		 Pts: Prkačin, Banić 16
Rebs: Lončar 10
Asts: Popović 5
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Eddie Rush (USA)
12 August 2008
09:00
Iran   67–99   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 14–31, 19–28, 14–25
Pts: Haddadi 21
Rebs: Sahakian 12
Asts: Amini 4		 Pts: Kleiza 22
Rebs: Kleiza 8
Asts: Jasikevičius, Lukauskis, Mačiulis 3
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Eddie Rush (USA)
12 August 2008
11:15
Croatia   85–78   Russia
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 26–19, 18–15, 25–27
Pts: Popović 22
Rebs: Barać 7
Asts: Popović, Lončar 3		 Pts: Kirilenko 18
Rebs: Kirilenko 6
Asts: Kirilenko, Bikov 3
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)
12 August 2008
22:15
Argentina   85–68   Australia
Scoring by quarter: 23–11, 16–18, 24–17, 22–22
Pts: Ginobili 21
Rebs: Nocioni 8
Asts: Ginobili 7		 Pts: Mills 22
Rebs: Andersen 6
Asts: Bogut, Bruton 2
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
14 August 2008
11:15
Australia   106–68   Iran
Scoring by quarter: 28–15, 25–14, 22–19, 31–20
Pts: Newley 24
Rebs: Bogut 7
Asts: Mills, Worthington, Bruton 5		 Pts: Nikkhah 23
Rebs: Haddadi 8
Asts: Davari 4
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)
14 August 2008
16:45
Lithuania   86–79   Russia
Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 21–17, 25–21, 17–17
Pts: Kaukėnas 20
Rebs: Kleiza 11
Asts: Jasikevičius 5		 Pts: Holden 25
Rebs: Khriapa 9
Asts: Kirilenko 6
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
14 August 2008
22:15
Argentina   77–53   Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 19–9, 19–16, 18–15
Pts: Nocioni 18
Rebs: Nocioni 8
Asts: Ginobili 8		 Pts: Tomas, Banić 9
Rebs: Banić 6
Asts: Ukić 2
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Juan Carlos Arteaga (ESP)
16 August 2008
11:15
Russia   80–95   Australia
Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 17–22, 22–20, 25–26
Pts: Khriapa 21
Rebs: Khriapa 9
Asts: Holden 6		 Pts: Bogut, Bruton 22
Rebs: Bogut 8
Asts: Bruton 6
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN)
16 August 2008
14:30
Croatia   73–86   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 30–29, 17–16, 11–28
Pts: Ukić 13
Rebs: Banić 7
Asts: Kus 3		 Pts: Lukauskis 20
Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 7
Asts: Jasikevičius 6
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)
16 August 2008
16:45
Iran   82–97   Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 19–23, 24–30, 25–25
Pts: Haddadi 21
Rebs: Haddadi 16
Asts: Kamrani 4		 Pts: Ginobili 32
Rebs: Scola 7
Asts: Prigioni 6
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
18 August 2008
09:00
Iran   57–91   Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 8–19, 8–35, 23–16, 18–21
Pts: Nikkhah 25
Rebs: Haddadi 15
Asts: Haddadi 2		 Pts: Rozić, Tomas 16
Rebs: Lončar, Barać 7
Asts: Ukić 8
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN)
18 August 2008
11:15
Australia   106–75   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 28–14, 27–15, 20–22, 31–24
Pts: Bogut 23
Rebs: Mills 4
Asts: Anstey 4		 Pts: K. Lavrinovič 14
Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 8
Asts: Jasikevičius 5
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
18 August 2008
22:15
Argentina   91–79   Russia
Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 18–23, 27–25, 19–15
Pts: Scola 37
Rebs: Nocioni 9
Asts: Prigioni 10		 Pts: Kirilenko 23
Rebs: Kirilenko 9
Asts: Holden 5
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   United States 5 5 0 515 354 +161 10 Quarterfinals
2   Spain 5 4 1 418 369 +49 9
3   Greece 5 3 2 415 375 +40 8
4   China (H) 5 2 3 366 400 −34 7
5   Germany 5 1 4 330 390 −60 6
6   Angola 5 0 5 321 477 −156 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
10 August 2008
11:15
Germany   95–66   Angola
Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 29–13, 24–18, 17–14
Pts: Kaman 24
Rebs: Jagla 11
Asts: Hamann 4		 Pts: Mingas 24
Rebs: Gomes 8
Asts: Cipriano 2
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)
10 August 2008
14:30
Spain   81–66   Greece
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 15–13, 27–17, 19–20
Pts: Fernández 16
Rebs: P. Gasol 7
Asts: Navarro, Rodríguez 2		 Pts: Spanoulis 15
Rebs: Tsartsaris 8
Asts: Diamantidis 3
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM)
10 August 2008
22:15
United States   101–70   China
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 29–21, 25–11, 27–22
Pts: Wade 19
Rebs: Bosh 8
Asts: Paul 6		 Pts: Yao 13
Rebs: Yao 10
Asts: Chen, Liu, Zhu, Sun 2
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN)
12 August 2008
14:30
Greece   87–64   Germany
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 23–10, 25–15, 18–16
Pts: Spanoulis 23
Rebs: Bourousis 8
Asts: Spanoulis 5		 Pts: Nowitzki 13
Rebs: Nowitzki 6
Asts: Greene 2
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN)
12 August 2008
16:45
China   75–85 (OT)   Spain
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 28–17, 15–10, 11–25, Overtime: 3–13
Pts: Liu 19
Rebs: Yao, Yi 9
Asts: Yao, Sun 3		 Pts: P. Gasol 29
Rebs: P. Gasol, Fernández 8
Asts: Fernández 6
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: José Carrión (PUR)
12 August 2008
20:00
Angola   76–97   United States
Scoring by quarter: 18–29, 19–26, 16–26, 23–16
Pts: Morais 24
Rebs: Gomes 8
Asts: Costa, Ambrosio 2		 Pts: Wade 19
Rebs: Anthony 6
Asts: James 5
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Pablo Estévez (ARG)
14 August 2008
09:00
Germany   59–72   Spain
Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 21–27, 12–20, 11–13
Pts: Hamann 15
Rebs: Kaman 10
Asts: Hamann 3		 Pts: Calderón 15
Rebs: M. Gasol 8
Asts: P. Gasol, Rubio 3
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Fabio Facchini (ITA)
14 August 2008
14:30
Angola   68–85   China
Scoring by quarter: 15–28, 27–16, 9–21, 17–20
Pts: Gomes 17
Rebs: Mingas 5
Asts: Gomes 3		 Pts: Yao 30
Rebs: Yi 11
Asts: Zhu, Li 3
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN)
14 August 2008
20:00
United States   92–69   Greece
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 31–16, 23–22, 18–15
Pts: Bryant, Bosh 18
Rebs: James, Howard, Anthony 6
Asts: James 6		 Pts: Papaloukas 15
Rebs: Fotsis, Papaloukas 8
Asts: Diamantidis 3
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)
16 August 2008
09:00
Greece   102–61   Angola
Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 31–17, 38–14, 21–19
Pts: Bourousis 22
Rebs: Glyniadakis, Fotsis 7
Asts: Fotsis 5		 Pts: Mingas 25
Rebs: Geronimo 7
Asts: Costa 4
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: José Carrión (PUR)
16 August 2008
20:00
China   59–55   Germany
Scoring by quarter: 19–9, 8–22, 20–8, 12–16
Pts: Yao 25
Rebs: Yao, Yi 11
Asts: Liu 3		 Pts: Nowitzki 24
Rebs: Nowitzki 17
Asts: Hamann, Garrett 2
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Eddie Rush (USA)
16 August 2008
22:15
Spain   82–119   United States
Scoring by quarter: 22–31, 23–30, 18–25, 19–33
Pts: Reyes 19
Rebs: Reyes 8
Asts: Fernández, Rubio 3		 Pts: James 18
Rebs: Bosh 7
Asts: James, Paul 8
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)
18 August 2008
14:30
Greece   91–77   China
Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 19–9, 23–30, 22–23
Pts: Bourousis, Spanoulis 19
Rebs: Bourousis 19
Asts: Papaloukas, Spanoulis 5		 Pts: Yao 16
Rebs: Wang 8
Asts: Sun 6
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA)
18 August 2008
16:45
Angola   50–98   Spain
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 7–25, 11–31, 9–27
Pts: Mingas 10
Rebs: Mingas, Ambrosio 5
Asts: Costa 5		 Pts: P. Gasol 31
Rebs: P. Gasol 9
Asts: Rodríguez, Rubio 5
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Eddie Rush (USA)
18 August 2008
20:00
United States   106–57   Germany
Scoring by quarter: 31–12, 22–17, 30–17, 23–11
Pts: Howard 22
Rebs: Howard 10
Asts: Williams 5		 Pts: Nowitzki 14
Rebs: Nowitzki 8
Asts: Hamann, Jagla 2
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Juan Carlos Arteaga (ESP)

Knockout round edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
A1   Lithuania 94
B4   China 68
A1   Lithuania 86
B2   Spain 91
B2   Spain 72
A3   Croatia 59
B2   Spain 107
B1   United States 118
B1   United States 116
A4   Australia 85
B1   United States 101 Bronze medal game
A2   Argentina 81
A2   Argentina 80 A1   Lithuania 75
B3   Greece 78 A2   Argentina 87

Quarterfinals edit

20 August 2008
14:30
Spain   72–59   Croatia
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
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)
20 August 2008
16:45
Lithuania   94–68   China
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
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
20 August 2008
20:00
United States   116–85   Australia
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
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Juan Carlos Arteaga (ESP)
20 August 2008
22:15
Argentina   80–78   Greece
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
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)

Semifinals edit

22 August 2008
20:00
Spain   91–86   Lithuania
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
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
22 August 2008
22:00
Argentina   81–101   United States
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
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA)

Bronze medal match edit

24 August 2008
12:00
Lithuania   75–87   Argentina  
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
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Eddie Rush (USA)

Gold medal match edit

24 August 2008
14:00
  Spain   107–118   United States  
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
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Pablo Estévez (ARG), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

The Americans got off to a 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 Fernández 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 Jiménez 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 9. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball games ever played.[3]

Awards edit

2008 Olympic Basketball Champions
 
United States
Thirteenth title

Statistical leaders edit

Top ten in points, rebounds and assists, and top 5 in steals and blocks.

Game highs edit

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 edit

 
Competing teams.

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

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ after EuroBasket Women 2007
  2. ^ The European Championships runner-up, Spain, qualified separately as World Champions.
  3. ^ Mahoney, Brian (2008-08-24). "US hoops back on top, beats Spain for gold medal". Associated Press. Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 2008-08-26.

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The men s basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing began on 10 August and ended on 24 August when the United States defeated Spain 118 107 for the gold medal All games were held at the Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men s tournamentTournament detailsHost countryChinaCityBeijingDates10 24 AugustTeams12 from 5 confederations Venue s Beijing Olympic Basketball GymnasiumFinal positionsChampions United States 13th title Runners up SpainThird place ArgentinaFourth place LithuaniaTournament statisticsGames played38Top scorerPau Gasol 19 6 points per game Athens 2004London 2012 Contents 1 Qualification 2 Format 3 Squads 4 Preliminary round 4 1 Group A 4 2 Group B 5 Knockout round 5 1 Quarterfinals 5 2 Semifinals 5 3 Bronze medal match 5 4 Gold medal match 6 Awards 7 Statistical leaders 7 1 Points 7 2 Rebounds 7 3 Assists 7 4 Steals 7 5 Blocks 7 6 Game highs 8 Final standings 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksQualification editMain article Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men s qualification Country Qualified as Date of qualification Previous appearances FIBA World Ranking 1 nbsp China Olympics host July 13 2001 6 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 11 nbsp Spain World champion September 3 2006 10 1960 1964 1968 1972 1980 1984 1988 1992 2000 2004 3 nbsp Iran Asian champion August 5 2007 1 1948 45 nbsp Australia Oceanian champion August 22 2007 11 1956 1964 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 9 nbsp Angola African champion August 25 2007 4 1992 1996 2000 2004 14 nbsp Argentina Americas runner up September 1 2007 4 1948 1952 1996 2004 1 nbsp United States Americas champion September 1 2007 15 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2 nbsp Russia European champion September 15 2007 1 2000 16 nbsp Lithuania European third place 2 September 16 2007 4 1992 1996 2000 2004 5 nbsp Croatia Wildcard qualifier July 19 2008 2 1992 1996 20 nbsp Greece Wildcard qualifier July 19 2008 3 1952 1996 2004 6 nbsp Germany Wildcard qualifier July 20 2008 4 1936 1972 1984 1992 9Format editTwelve 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 play for the gold medal The losing teams play for the bronze Ties are broken via the following the criteria with the first option used first all the way down to the last option Head to head results Goal average not the goal difference between the tied teams Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group All times are local Beijing Time UTC 8 Squads editMain article Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men s team rostersPreliminary round editAll times are China Standard Time UTC 8 Group A edit Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification 1 nbsp Lithuania 5 4 1 425 400 25 9 a Quarterfinals 2 nbsp Argentina 5 4 1 425 361 64 9 a 3 nbsp Croatia 5 3 2 399 380 19 8 b 4 nbsp Australia 5 3 2 457 405 52 8 b 5 nbsp Russia 5 1 4 387 406 19 6 6 nbsp Iran 5 0 5 323 464 141 5Source FIBA archiveRules for classification 1 points 2 head to head points 3 head to head goal average 4 head to head number of points scored Notes a b Head to head record Lithuania 1 0 Argentina a b Head to head record Croatia 1 0 Australia 10 August 2008 09 00 Report Russia nbsp 71 49 nbsp Iran Scoring by quarter 24 5 14 17 8 16 25 11Pts Holden 19Rebs Monia 6Asts Savrasenko 4 Pts Nikkhah 16Rebs Haddadi 8Asts Kamrani 3 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Nikolaos Pitsilkas GRE 10 August 2008 16 45 Report Lithuania nbsp 79 75 nbsp Argentina Scoring by quarter 14 11 20 19 17 15 28 30Pts Kleiza 13Rebs K Lavrinovic 7Asts Jasikevicius 8 Pts Ginobili 19Rebs Oberto 11Asts Oberto Prigioni 3 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Nikolaos Zavlanos GRE 10 August 2008 20 00 Report Australia nbsp 82 97 nbsp Croatia Scoring by quarter 14 21 17 26 22 26 29 24Pts Nielsen 13Rebs Anstey 7Asts Barlow 3 Pts Prkacin Banic 16Rebs Loncar 10Asts Popovic 5 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Eddie Rush USA 12 August 2008 09 00 Report Iran nbsp 67 99 nbsp Lithuania Scoring by quarter 20 15 14 31 19 28 14 25Pts Haddadi 21Rebs Sahakian 12Asts Amini 4 Pts Kleiza 22Rebs Kleiza 8Asts Jasikevicius Lukauskis Maciulis 3 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Eddie Rush USA 12 August 2008 11 15 Report Croatia nbsp 85 78 nbsp Russia Scoring by quarter 16 17 26 19 18 15 25 27Pts Popovic 22Rebs Barac 7Asts Popovic Loncar 3 Pts Kirilenko 18Rebs Kirilenko 6Asts Kirilenko Bikov 3 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Nikolaos Zavlanos GRE 12 August 2008 22 15 Report Argentina nbsp 85 68 nbsp Australia Scoring by quarter 23 11 16 18 24 17 22 22Pts Ginobili 21Rebs Nocioni 8Asts Ginobili 7 Pts Mills 22Rebs Andersen 6Asts Bogut Bruton 2 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Nikolaos Pitsilkas GRE 14 August 2008 11 15 Report Australia nbsp 106 68 nbsp Iran Scoring by quarter 28 15 25 14 22 19 31 20Pts Newley 24Rebs Bogut 7Asts Mills Worthington Bruton 5 Pts Nikkhah 23Rebs Haddadi 8Asts Davari 4 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Nikolaos Zavlanos GRE 14 August 2008 16 45 Report Lithuania nbsp 86 79 nbsp Russia Scoring by quarter 23 24 21 17 25 21 17 17Pts Kaukenas 20Rebs Kleiza 11Asts Jasikevicius 5 Pts Holden 25Rebs Khriapa 9Asts Kirilenko 6 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Nikolaos Pitsilkas GRE 14 August 2008 22 15 Report Argentina nbsp 77 53 nbsp Croatia Scoring by quarter 21 13 19 9 19 16 18 15Pts Nocioni 18Rebs Nocioni 8Asts Ginobili 8 Pts Tomas Banic 9Rebs Banic 6Asts Ukic 2 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Juan Carlos Arteaga ESP 16 August 2008 11 15 Report Russia nbsp 80 95 nbsp Australia Scoring by quarter 16 27 17 22 22 20 25 26Pts Khriapa 21Rebs Khriapa 9Asts Holden 6 Pts Bogut Bruton 22Rebs Bogut 8Asts Bruton 6 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Carl Jungebrand FIN 16 August 2008 14 30 Report Croatia nbsp 73 86 nbsp Lithuania Scoring by quarter 15 13 30 29 17 16 11 28Pts Ukic 13Rebs Banic 7Asts Kus 3 Pts Lukauskis 20Rebs K Lavrinovic 7Asts Jasikevicius 6 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Nikolaos Zavlanos GRE 16 August 2008 16 45 Report Iran nbsp 82 97 nbsp Argentina Scoring by quarter 14 19 19 23 24 30 25 25Pts Haddadi 21Rebs Haddadi 16Asts Kamrani 4 Pts Ginobili 32Rebs Scola 7Asts Prigioni 6 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Nikolaos Pitsilkas GRE 18 August 2008 09 00 Report Iran nbsp 57 91 nbsp Croatia Scoring by quarter 8 19 8 35 23 16 18 21Pts Nikkhah 25Rebs Haddadi 15Asts Haddadi 2 Pts Rozic Tomas 16Rebs Loncar Barac 7Asts Ukic 8 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Carl Jungebrand FIN 18 August 2008 11 15 Report Australia nbsp 106 75 nbsp Lithuania Scoring by quarter 28 14 27 15 20 22 31 24Pts Bogut 23Rebs Mills 4Asts Anstey 4 Pts K Lavrinovic 14Rebs K Lavrinovic 8Asts Jasikevicius 5 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Nikolaos Pitsilkas GRE 18 August 2008 22 15 Report Argentina nbsp 91 79 nbsp Russia Scoring by quarter 27 16 18 23 27 25 19 15Pts Scola 37Rebs Nocioni 9Asts Prigioni 10 Pts Kirilenko 23Rebs Kirilenko 9Asts Holden 5 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Nikolaos Zavlanos GRE Group B edit Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification 1 nbsp United States 5 5 0 515 354 161 10 Quarterfinals 2 nbsp Spain 5 4 1 418 369 49 9 3 nbsp Greece 5 3 2 415 375 40 8 4 nbsp China H 5 2 3 366 400 34 7 5 nbsp Germany 5 1 4 330 390 60 6 6 nbsp Angola 5 0 5 321 477 156 5Source FIBA archiveRules for classification 1 points 2 head to head points 3 head to head goal average 4 head to head number of points scored H Hosts 10 August 2008 11 15 Report Germany nbsp 95 66 nbsp Angola Scoring by quarter 25 21 29 13 24 18 17 14Pts Kaman 24Rebs Jagla 11Asts Hamann 4 Pts Mingas 24Rebs Gomes 8Asts Cipriano 2 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Romualdas Brazauskas LTU 10 August 2008 14 30 Report Spain nbsp 81 66 nbsp Greece Scoring by quarter 20 16 15 13 27 17 19 20Pts Fernandez 16Rebs P Gasol 7Asts Navarro Rodriguez 2 Pts Spanoulis 15Rebs Tsartsaris 8Asts Diamantidis 3 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Reynaldo Mercedes DOM 10 August 2008 22 15 Report United States nbsp 101 70 nbsp China Scoring by quarter 20 16 29 21 25 11 27 22Pts Wade 19Rebs Bosh 8Asts Paul 6 Pts Yao 13Rebs Yao 10Asts Chen Liu Zhu Sun 2 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Carl Jungebrand FIN 12 August 2008 14 30 Report Greece nbsp 87 64 nbsp Germany Scoring by quarter 21 23 23 10 25 15 18 16Pts Spanoulis 23Rebs Bourousis 8Asts Spanoulis 5 Pts Nowitzki 13Rebs Nowitzki 6Asts Greene 2 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Carl Jungebrand FIN 12 August 2008 16 45 Report China nbsp 75 85 OT nbsp Spain Scoring by quarter 18 20 28 17 15 10 11 25 Overtime 3 13Pts Liu 19Rebs Yao Yi 9Asts Yao Sun 3 Pts P Gasol 29Rebs P Gasol Fernandez 8Asts Fernandez 6 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Jose Carrion PUR 12 August 2008 20 00 Report Angola nbsp 76 97 nbsp United States Scoring by quarter 18 29 19 26 16 26 23 16Pts Morais 24Rebs Gomes 8Asts Costa Ambrosio 2 Pts Wade 19Rebs Anthony 6Asts James 5 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Pablo Estevez ARG 14 August 2008 09 00 Report Germany nbsp 59 72 nbsp Spain Scoring by quarter 15 12 21 27 12 20 11 13Pts Hamann 15Rebs Kaman 10Asts Hamann 3 Pts Calderon 15Rebs M Gasol 8Asts P Gasol Rubio 3 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Fabio Facchini ITA 14 August 2008 14 30 Report Angola nbsp 68 85 nbsp China Scoring by quarter 15 28 27 16 9 21 17 20Pts Gomes 17Rebs Mingas 5Asts Gomes 3 Pts Yao 30Rebs Yi 11Asts Zhu Li 3 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Carl Jungebrand FIN 14 August 2008 20 00 Report United States nbsp 92 69 nbsp Greece Scoring by quarter 20 16 31 16 23 22 18 15Pts Bryant Bosh 18Rebs James Howard Anthony 6Asts James 6 Pts Papaloukas 15Rebs Fotsis Papaloukas 8Asts Diamantidis 3 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Romualdas Brazauskas LTU 16 August 2008 09 00 Report Greece nbsp 102 61 nbsp Angola Scoring by quarter 12 11 31 17 38 14 21 19Pts Bourousis 22Rebs Glyniadakis Fotsis 7Asts Fotsis 5 Pts Mingas 25Rebs Geronimo 7Asts Costa 4 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Jose Carrion PUR 16 August 2008 20 00 Report China nbsp 59 55 nbsp Germany Scoring by quarter 19 9 8 22 20 8 12 16Pts Yao 25Rebs Yao Yi 11Asts Liu 3 Pts Nowitzki 24Rebs Nowitzki 17Asts Hamann Garrett 2 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Eddie Rush USA 16 August 2008 22 15 Report Spain nbsp 82 119 nbsp United States Scoring by quarter 22 31 23 30 18 25 19 33Pts Reyes 19Rebs Reyes 8Asts Fernandez Rubio 3 Pts James 18Rebs Bosh 7Asts James Paul 8 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Romualdas Brazauskas LTU 18 August 2008 14 30 Report Greece nbsp 91 77 nbsp China Scoring by quarter 27 15 19 9 23 30 22 23Pts Bourousis Spanoulis 19Rebs Bourousis 19Asts Papaloukas Spanoulis 5 Pts Yao 16Rebs Wang 8Asts Sun 6 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Cristiano Maranho BRA 18 August 2008 16 45 Report Angola nbsp 50 98 nbsp Spain Scoring by quarter 23 15 7 25 11 31 9 27Pts Mingas 10Rebs Mingas Ambrosio 5Asts Costa 5 Pts P Gasol 31Rebs P Gasol 9Asts Rodriguez Rubio 5 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Eddie Rush USA 18 August 2008 20 00 Report United States nbsp 106 57 nbsp Germany Scoring by quarter 31 12 22 17 30 17 23 11Pts Howard 22Rebs Howard 10Asts Williams 5 Pts Nowitzki 14Rebs Nowitzki 8Asts Hamann Jagla 2 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Juan Carlos Arteaga ESP Knockout round editQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal A1 nbsp Lithuania94B4 nbsp China68A1 nbsp Lithuania86B2 nbsp Spain91B2 nbsp Spain72A3 nbsp Croatia59B2 nbsp Spain107B1 nbsp United States118B1 nbsp United States116A4 nbsp Australia85B1 nbsp United States101Bronze medal gameA2 nbsp Argentina81A2 nbsp Argentina80A1 nbsp Lithuania75B3 nbsp Greece78A2 nbsp Argentina87 Quarterfinals edit 20 August 2008 14 30 Report Spain nbsp 72 59 nbsp Croatia Scoring by quarter 22 11 15 15 14 12 21 21Scoring by half 37 26 35 33Pts P Gasol 20Rebs P Gasol 10Asts Calderon P Gasol 2 Pts Banic 15Rebs Banic Planinic 5Asts Kus Nicevic 2 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Nikolaos Zavlanos GRE 20 August 2008 16 45 Report Lithuania nbsp 94 68 nbsp China Scoring by quarter 19 17 22 13 29 23 24 15Scoring by half 41 30 53 38Pts Jasikevicius 23Rebs Kleiza 7Asts Jasikevicius 6 Pts Yao 19Rebs Yi 9Asts Yao 3 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Nikolaos Pitsilkas GRE 20 August 2008 20 00 Report United States nbsp 116 85 nbsp Australia Scoring by quarter 25 24 30 19 34 18 27 24Scoring by half 55 43 61 42Pts Bryant 25Rebs James 9Asts James Paul Wade Williams 3 Pts Mills 20Rebs Worthington 6Asts Newley 3 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Juan Carlos Arteaga ESP 20 August 2008 22 15 Report Argentina nbsp 80 78 nbsp Greece Scoring by quarter 22 23 17 17 17 15 24 23Scoring by half 39 40 41 38Pts Ginobili 24Rebs Scola 8Asts Prigioni 3 Pts Fotsis 17Rebs Fotsis 10Asts Papaloukas 4 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Romualdas Brazauskas LTU Semifinals edit 22 August 2008 20 00 Report Spain nbsp 91 86 nbsp Lithuania Scoring by quarter 21 19 19 23 22 24 29 20Scoring by half 40 42 51 44Pts P Gasol 19Rebs Jimenez 7Asts Rubio 4 Pts Jasaitis Jasikevicius 19Rebs Jasaitis 8Asts Jasikevicius 6 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Nikolaos Pitsilkas GRE 22 August 2008 22 00 Report Argentina nbsp 81 101 nbsp United States Scoring by quarter 11 30 29 19 24 29 17 23Scoring by half 40 49 41 52Pts Scola 28Rebs Scola 11Asts Prigioni 3 Pts Anthony 21Rebs Bosh 10Asts Kidd 7 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Luigi Lamonica ITA Bronze medal match edit 24 August 2008 12 00 Report Lithuania nbsp 75 87 nbsp Argentina nbsp Scoring by quarter 21 24 13 22 15 22 26 19Scoring by half 34 46 41 41Pts Siskauskas 15Rebs Siskauskas K Lavrinovic 6Asts Jasikevicius 3 Pts Delfino 20Rebs Delfino 10Asts Prigioni 7 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Eddie Rush USA Gold medal match edit 24 August 2008 14 00 Report nbsp Spain nbsp 107 118 nbsp United States nbsp Scoring by quarter 31 38 30 31 21 22 25 27Scoring by half 61 69 46 49Pts Fernandez 22Rebs Reyes 7Asts Navarro 4 Pts Wade 27Rebs Bosh 7Asts Bryant 6 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Romualdas Brazauskas LTU Pablo Estevez ARG Carl Jungebrand FIN The Americans got off to a 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 9 It is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball games ever played 3 Awards edit2008 Olympic Basketball Champions nbsp United States Thirteenth titleStatistical leaders editTop ten in points rebounds and assists and top 5 in steals and blocks Points edit Name PPG nbsp Pau Gasol 20 0 nbsp Yao Ming 19 0 nbsp Luis Scola 18 9 nbsp Manu Ginobili 17 7 nbsp JR Holden 17 6 nbsp Samad Nikkhah Bahrami 17 2 nbsp Dirk Nowitzki 17 0 nbsp Hamed Haddadi 16 6 nbsp Dwyane Wade 16 1 nbsp Andrei Kirilenko 15 8 Rebounds edit Name RPG nbsp Hamed Haddadi 11 2 nbsp Dirk Nowitzki 8 4 nbsp Yao Ming 8 2 nbsp Yi Jianlian 7 5 nbsp Pau Gasol 7 0 nbsp Antonis Fotsis 6 7 nbsp Luis Scola 6 6 nbsp Viktor Khriapa 6 5 nbsp Andrei Kirilenko 6 4 nbsp Andres Nocioni 6 3 Assists edit Name APG nbsp Sarunas Jasikevicius 5 3 nbsp Jon Robert Holden 4 8 nbsp Pablo Prigioni 4 6 nbsp Chris Paul 4 1 nbsp Manu Ginobili 3 9 nbsp LeBron James 3 8 nbsp Andrei Kirilenko 3 4 nbsp Ricky Rubio 3 2 nbsp C J Bruton 3 0 nbsp Vasileios Spanoulis 3 0 Steals edit Name SPG nbsp Pablo Prigioni 2 6 nbsp Andrei Kirilenko 2 6 nbsp LeBron James 2 4 nbsp Chris Paul 2 3 nbsp Dwyane Wade 2 3 Blocks edit Name BPG nbsp Hamed Haddadi 2 6 nbsp Andrei Kirilenko 2 2 nbsp Ksystof Lavrinovic 1 5 nbsp Yao Ming 1 5 nbsp Pau Gasol 1 1 Game highs edit Department Name Total Opponent Points nbsp Luis Scola 37 nbsp Russia Rebounds nbsp Dirk Nowitzki 17 nbsp China Assists nbsp Pablo Prigioni 10 nbsp Russia Steals nbsp Andrei Kirilenko nbsp Dwyane Wade 6 nbsp Lithuania nbsp Greece Blocks nbsp Hamed Haddadi nbsp Ksystof Lavrinovic nbsp Yao Ming 4 nbsp Lithuania nbsp Argentina nbsp Angola Field goal percentage nbsp Ioannis Bouroussis 100 9 9 nbsp Angola 3 point field goal percentage nbsp Viktor Khriapa nbsp Dirk Nowitzki 100 6 6 nbsp Australia nbsp Angola Free throw percentage nbsp Carmelo Anthony 100 13 13 nbsp Argentina Turnovers nbsp Carlos Morais 10 nbsp United StatesFinal standings edit nbsp Competing teams 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 Final participants nbsp nbsp United States 8 8 0 850 627 223 2 nbsp nbsp Spain 8 6 2 688 632 56 3 Bronze medal game participants nbsp nbsp Argentina 8 6 2 673 615 58 1 4th nbsp Lithuania 8 5 3 680 646 34 6 Eliminated at the quarterfinals 5th nbsp Greece 6 3 3 493 455 38 B 3rd 1 117 4 6th nbsp Croatia 6 3 3 458 452 6 A 3rd 1 050 18 7th nbsp Australia 6 3 3 542 521 21 A 4th 9 8th nbsp China 6 2 4 434 494 60 10 Preliminary round 5th placers 9th nbsp Russia 5 1 4 387 406 19 0 953 15 10th nbsp Germany 5 1 4 330 390 60 0 846 7 Preliminary round 6th placers 11th nbsp Iran 5 0 5 323 464 141 0 696 23 12th nbsp Angola 5 0 5 321 477 156 0 673 12See also editWomen s TournamentReferences edit after EuroBasket Women 2007 The European Championships runner up Spain qualified separately as World Champions Mahoney Brian 2008 08 24 US hoops back on top beats Spain for gold medal Associated Press Yahoo Sports Retrieved 2008 08 26 External links editMen s tournament official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men 27s tournament amp oldid 1194488552, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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