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10th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Moscow 1980
Tournament details
Olympics	1980 Summer Olympics
Host nation	Soviet Union
City	Moscow
Duration	20–30 July
Men's tournament
Teams	12
Medals Gold medalists  Yugoslavia Silver medalists  Italy Bronze medalists  Soviet Union
Women's tournament
Teams	6
Medals Gold medalists  Soviet Union Silver medalists  Bulgaria Bronze medalists  Yugoslavia
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Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Tournament
	men	women
Squads
	men	women
Qualification
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Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics was the tenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It was held from July 20 to July 30 at the Olympiiski Indoor Stadium and at the CSKA Sports Palace, both located in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. Finals of men's events were held 30 July at the Olympiiski Indoor Stadium.

Due to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, the United States and other nations withdrew from the tournament. The 1980 Olympics marked the second time (after 1972) that the United States men's team did not win the gold medal in Olympic basketball; Yugoslavia won gold in the men's tournament and the Soviet Union in the women's competition.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's details	Yugoslavia (YUG) Andro Knego Dragan Kićanović Rajko Žižić Mihovil Nakić Željko Jerkov Branko Skroče Zoran Slavnić Krešimir Ćosić Ratko Radovanović Duje Krstulović Dražen Dalipagić Mirza Delibašić	Italy (ITA) Fabrizio Della Fiori Marco Solfrini Marco Bonamico Dino Meneghin Renato Villalta Renzo Vecchiato Pierluigi Marzorati Pietro Generali Romeo Sacchetti Roberto Brunamonti Michael Sylvester Enrico Gilardi	Soviet Union (URS) Stanislav Yeryomin Valeri Miloserdov Sergei Tarakanov Aleksandr Salnikov Andrey Lopatov Nikolai Deriugin Sergei Belov Vladimir Tkachenko Anatoly Myshkin Sergejus Jovaiša Aleksandr Belostenny Vladimir Zhigily
Women's details	Soviet Union (URS) Olga Barysheva Tatyana Ivinskaya Nelli Feryabnikova Vida Beselienė Tatyana Ovechkina Angelė Rupšienė Lyubov Sharmay Uljana Semjonova Tetiana Nadyrova Olga Sukharnova Nadezhda Shuvayeva-Olkhova Lyudmila Rogozhina	Bulgaria (BUL) Krasimira Bogdanova Vanya Dermendzhieva Silviya Germanova Petkana Makaveeva Nadka Golcheva Penka Stoyanova Evladiya Slavcheva Kostadinka Radkova Snezhana Mikhaylova Angelina Mikhaylova Penka Metodieva Diana Dilova	Yugoslavia (YUG) Vera Đurašković Mersada Bećirspahić Jelica Komnenović Mira Bjedov Vukica Mitić Sanja Ožegović Sofija Pekić Marija Tonković Zorica Đurković Vesna Despotović Biljana Majstorović Jasmina Perazić

Qualification

A NOC may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players. Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country for both events, plus the winning team at the 1978 FIBA World Championship and the gold medal winners at the 1976 Summer Olympics. The remaining spots were decided by corresponding continental qualifying tournaments for the men's competition, and in a tournament held months before the Olympic Games in Varna, Bulgaria for the women's event.

Men

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	23 October 1974	Vienna	1	Soviet Union
1976 Summer Olympics	18–27 July 1976	Montréal	1 0	United States
1978 FIBA World Championship	1–14 October 1978	Philippines	1	Yugoslavia
1979 FIBA Oceania Championship	5–8 August 1979	Australia	1	Australia
1979 ABC Championship	30 November – 12 December 1979	Nagoya	1	China  India
FIBA Africa Championship 1980	22–30 March 1980	Rabat	1	Senegal
1980 Tournament of the Americas	18–25 April 1980	San Juan	3 2	Puerto Rico  Canada  Argentina  Brazil  Cuba
European Qualifying Tournament	6–17 May 1980	Switzerland	3 5	Italy  Czechoslovakia  Spain  Sweden  Poland
Total			12

Women

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	23 October 1974	Vienna	1	Soviet Union
World Qualifying Tournament	5–15 May 1980	Varna	5	United States  Bulgaria  Cuba  Yugoslavia  Italy  Hungary
Total			6

• Withdrew from the tournament.
• Replacement teams.

Format

Men's tournament:

• Three round-robin groups of four teams were formed, where the top two from each one advanced to the final round, and the remaining teams to the classification round.
• Both the final and classification round groups consisted of another round-robin of six teams each where results between teams from the same preliminary group were carried over. The top two teams from the final round competed for the gold medal, while third and fourth places for bronze.
• With the exception of the first four places, the final standings were decided by the corresponding places in each group.

Women's tournament:

• One round-robin group is formed containing all six teams, where the top two compete for the gold medal, while the third and fourth places compete for the bronze medal in an additional match.
• The remaining two teams finish with their group rank in the final standings.

Tie-breaking criteria:

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

Men's tournament

Preliminary round

The top two teams from each group advance to the final round group, while the remaining teams compete for 8th through 12th places in the classification group. Hosts Soviet Union and the world champions Yugoslavia advanced undefeated to the final round. Meanwhile, qualification in Group C was closely contested between Italy, Cuba and Australia, which ended up being decided by a third tiebreaker in favor of the first two teams.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union (H)	3	3	0	321	235	+86	6	Semi-final round
2	Brazil	3	2	1	297	235	+62	5
3	Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	285	236	+49	4	Classification round
4	India	3	0	3	194	391	−197	3

Brazil	72–70	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 46–37, 26–33
Pts: Schmidt 23 Rebs: Marcel 11 Asts: Setrini 2		Pts: Kropilák 21 Rebs: Kropilák 11 Asts: Hraska, Klimeš 2

India	65–121	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 38–60, 27–61
Pts: A. Singh 22 Rebs: A. Singh 5 Asts: Han. Singh 3		Pts: Deryugin, Salnikov 17 Rebs: Deryugin 10 Asts: Yeryomin 5

Czechoslovakia	133–65	India
Scoring by half: 63–36, 70–29
Pts: Brabenec 28 Rebs: Douša, Kropilák 6 Asts: Pospíšil 8		Pts: A. Singh 35 Rebs: five players 2 Asts: Han. Singh 10

Brazil	88–101	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 42–48, 46–53
Pts: Schmidt 25		Pts: Belov 25

Brazil	137–64	India
Scoring by half: 65–28, 72–36
Pts: Schmidt 26 Rebs: Schmidt 13 Asts: Setrini 5		Pts: Shyam 32 Rebs: A. Singh 5 Asts: Han. Singh 4

Soviet Union	99–82	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 46–40, 53–42
Pts: Belov 26		Pts: Kropilák 31

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	3	3	0	328	249	+79	6	Semi-final round
2	Spain	3	2	1	289	241	+48	5
3	Poland	3	1	2	256	297	−41	4	Classification round
4	Senegal	3	0	3	196	282	−86	3

Senegal	67–104	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 39–59, 28–45
Pts: Diagne 18 Rebs: Diagne 10 Asts: Dia 3		Pts: Dalipagić 23 Rebs: Ćosić 10 Asts: Delibašić 4

Poland	81–104	Spain
Scoring by half: 43–50, 38–54
Pts: Młynarski 27 Rebs: Fikiel 8 Asts: Kijewski 4		Pts: Sibilio 27 Rebs: De la Cruz 12 Asts: Solozábal 5

Senegal	65–94	Spain
Scoring by half: 26–55, 39–39
Pts: Diagne 27 Rebs: Diagne 15 Asts: Faye 4		Pts: Sibilio 32 Rebs: Romay 11 Asts: López, San Epifanio 3

Yugoslavia	129–91	Poland
Scoring by half: 61–43, 68–48
Pts: Dalipagić 27 Rebs: Kićanović 8 Asts: Kićanović 5		Pts: Fikiel 19 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Zelig 2

Senegal	64–84	Poland
Scoring by half: 30–44, 34–40
Pts: Ma. Diop, Tall 13		Pts: Młynarski 30

Spain	91–95	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 50–45, 41–50
Pts: Brabender 30		Pts: Kićanović 25

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	1	248	233	+15	5	Semi-final round
2	Cuba	3	2	1	226	214	+12	5
3	Australia	3	2	1	224	215	+9	5	Classification round
4	Sweden	3	0	3	191	227	−36	3

1. ^ Italy 1–1, 1.000, 1.064; Cuba 1–1, 1.000, 1.056; Australia 1–1, 1.000, 1.042

Italy	92–77	Sweden
Scoring by half: 50–34, 42–43

Cuba	83–76	Australia
Scoring by half: 40–40, 43–36

Sweden	59–71	Cuba
Scoring by half: 32–39, 27–32

Italy	77–84	Australia
Scoring by half: 34–44, 43–40

Australia	64–55	Sweden
Scoring by half: 40–27, 24–28

Italy	79–72	Cuba
Scoring by half: 43–42, 36–30

Classification round

Results between Poland vs. Senegal, Australia vs. Sweden and Czechoslovakia vs. India were carried over from the preliminary round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
7	Poland	5	4	1	453	359	+94	9
8	Australia	5	4	1	417	381	+36	9
9	Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	474	377	+97	8
10	Sweden	5	3	2	375	341	+34	8
11	Senegal	5	1	4	345	396	−51	6
12	India	5	0	5	329	539	−210	5

1. ^ Australia 74–101 Poland
2. ^ Sweden 61–83 Czechoslovakia

Poland	113–67	India
Scoring by half: 63–33, 50–34

Sweden	70–64	Senegal
Scoring by half: 32–29, 38–35

Australia	91–86	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 41–44, 50–42

Senegal	81–59	India
Scoring by half: 37–31, 44–28

Sweden	61–83	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 35–39, 26–44

Australia	74–101	Poland
Scoring by half: 35–42, 39–59

Sweden	119–63	India
Scoring by half: 52–29, 67–34

Senegal	64–95	Australia
Scoring by half: 37–51, 27–44

Czechoslovakia	84–88	Poland
Scoring by half: 48–46, 36–42

India	75–93	Australia
Scoring by half: 41–37, 34–56

Czechoslovakia	88–72	Senegal
Scoring by half: 50–36, 38–36

Sweden	70–67	Poland
Scoring by half: 40–33, 30–34

Semi-final round

The first two places in the final round compete for the gold medal, while the third and fourth places compete for the bronze. The remaining teams' group ranking determines their positions in the final standings. The host nation failed to compete for the gold in spite of finishing the preliminary round undefeated, due to losses against the other two group leaders Yugoslavia and especially Italy, since the result from that match served as tiebreaker, giving the latter a passport to the gold medal match. The Soviet Union then won the bronze against Spain. Yugoslavia earned their first gold medal in men's basketball at this Olympic Games.

Results from Yugoslavia vs. Spain, Italy vs. Cuba and Soviet Union vs. Brazil were carried over from the preliminary round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	5	5	0	506	442	+64	10	Gold medal game
2	Italy	5	3	2	419	438	−19	8
3	Soviet Union (H)	5	3	2	505	468	+37	8	Bronze medal game
4	Spain	5	2	3	488	485	+3	7
5	Brazil	5	2	3	448	477	−29	7
6	Cuba	5	0	5	434	490	−56	5

1. ^ Soviet Union 85–87 Italy
2. ^ Spain 110–81 Brazil

Brazil	94–93	Cuba
Scoring by half: 55–55, 39–38
Pts: Schmidt 24 Rebs: Schmidt 7 Asts: Leite 2		Pts: R. Herrera 33 Rebs: Luaces 10 Asts: T. Herrera, Urgelles 2

Soviet Union	119–102	Spain
Scoring by half: 53–44, 66–58
Pts: Belov, Myshkin 23 Rebs: Tkachenko 9 Asts: Belov, Yeryomin 3		Pts: San Epifanio 21 Rebs: De la Cruz 5 Asts: Llorente 2

Yugoslavia	102–81	Italy
Scoring by half: 48–38, 54–43
Pts: Kićanović 31		Pts: Meneghin 16

Spain	110–81	Brazil
Scoring by half: 52–34, 58–47
Pts: Sibilio 33 Rebs: De la Cruz 15 Asts: Corbalán 5		Pts: Leite 17 Rebs: Leite 8 Asts: four players 1

Cuba	84–112	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 41–55, 43–57
Pts: Luaces 21 Rebs: Dubois 9 Asts: four players 1		Pts: Kićanović 28 Rebs: Jerkov, Nakić 8 Asts: Delibašić, Kićanović 3

Soviet Union	85–87	Italy
Scoring by half: 39–47, 46–40
Pts: Belov 20 Rebs: Tkachenko 9 Asts: Yeryomin 8		Pts: Villalta 21 Rebs: Meneghin 7 Asts: Meneghin 2

Cuba	95–96 (OT)	Spain
Scoring by half: 50–43, 36–43 Overtime: 9–10
Pts: R. Herrera 28 Rebs: Morales 12 Asts: Urgelles 3		Pts: Sibilio 26 Rebs: De la Cruz 11 Asts: Corbalán 5

Soviet Union	91–101 (OT)	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 42–48, 39–33 Overtime: 10–20
Pts: Belov 20 Rebs: Belostenny, Tkachenko 9 Asts: Belov, Myshkin 2		Pts: Dalipagić 28 Rebs: Ćosić 8 Asts: Ćosić, Kićanović 2

Italy	77–90	Brazil
Scoring by half: 39–34, 38–56
Pts: Villalta 16 Rebs: Villalta 12 Asts: Della Fiori, Generali 2		Pts: Schmidt 33 Rebs: Schmidt 9 Asts: Setrini 4

Spain	89–95	Italy
Scoring by half: 46–48, 43–47
Pts: Sibilio 24 Rebs: De la Cruz 6 Asts: Sibilio 1		Pts: Meneghin 29 Rebs: Meneghin 11 Asts: four players 1

Soviet Union	109–90	Cuba
Scoring by half: 61–40, 48–50
Pts: Salnikov 19 Rebs: Tkachenko 9 Asts: Yeryomin 5		Pts: Morales 25 Rebs: Morales 9 Asts: T. Herrera 4

Brazil	95–96	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 49–47, 46–49
Pts: Schmidt 22 Rebs: Nascimento 7 Asts: Setrini 1		Pts: Dalipagić 26 Rebs: Ćosić, Dalipagić 7 Asts: three players 1

Medal matches

Bronze medal game

Soviet Union	117–94	Spain
Scoring by half: 51–38, 66–56
Pts: Belov 29 Rebs: Belostenny 8 Asts: three players 3		Pts: López 23 Rebs: De la Cruz, Romay 6 Asts: Solozábal 6

Gold medal game

Yugoslavia	86–77	Italy
Scoring by half: 42–37, 44–40
Pts: Kićanović 22 Rebs: Jerkov 13 Asts: three players 2		Pts: Villalta 29 Rebs: Vecchiato 7 Asts: Meneghin 4

Women's tournament

The women's tournament was decided in a round robin group with all six teams. The first two places competed for the gold medal, while the third and fourth places for the bronze. The remaining teams retain their group ranks for the final standings. The host nation finished the group phase undefeated and won the gold against Bulgaria. Yugoslavia would go on to win the bronze medal against Hungary.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union (H)	5	5	0	553	316	+237	10	Gold medal game
2	Bulgaria	5	4	1	440	405	+35	9
3	Yugoslavia	5	3	2	356	364	−8	8	Bronze medal game
4	Hungary	5	2	3	344	407	−63	7
5	Cuba	5	1	4	346	403	−57	6
6	Italy	5	0	5	308	452	−144	5

Italy	65–102	Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 40–50, 25–52

Yugoslavia	62–97	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 27–58, 35–39

Cuba	66–76	Hungary
Scoring by half: 23–36, 43–40

Cuba	81–85	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 36–41, 45–44

Bulgaria	83–122	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 42–69, 41–53

Italy	70–83	Hungary
Scoring by half: 37–45, 33–38

Hungary	48–61	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 26–28, 22–33

Bulgaria	84–64	Cuba
Scoring by half: 45–32, 39–32

Italy	53–119	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 25–55, 28–64

Italy	57–69	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 29–33, 28–36

Soviet Union	95–56	Cuba
Scoring by half: 57–17, 38–39

Hungary	75–90	Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 35–53, 40–37

Italy	63–79	Cuba
Scoring by half: 32–40, 31–39

Yugoslavia	79–81	Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 41–44, 38–37

Soviet Union	120–62	Hungary
Scoring by half: 63–34, 57–28

Medal matches

Bronze medal game

Yugoslavia	68–65	Hungary
Scoring by half: 39–29, 29–36
Pts: Pekić 29 Rebs: Komnenović 6 Asts: Ðurković 2		Pts: Jacsó-Kiss 18 Rebs: Boksay 8 Asts: Szuchy 2

Gold medal game

Soviet Union	104–73	Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 61–41, 43–32
Pts: Semjonova 27 Rebs: Semjonova 21 Asts: three players 3		Pts: Slavcheva 19 Rebs: Bogdanova 4 Asts: Metodieva 2

Final standings

Rank	Men				Women
	Team	Pld	W	L	Team	Pld	W	L
	Yugoslavia	8	8	0	Soviet Union	6	6	0
	Italy	8	4	4	Bulgaria	6	4	2
	Soviet Union	8	6	2	Yugoslavia	6	4	2
4th	Spain	8	4	4	Hungary	6	2	4
5th	Brazil	7	4	3	Cuba	5	1	4
6th	Cuba	7	2	5	Italy	5	0	5
7th	Poland	7	4	3
8th	Australia	7	5	2
9th	Czechoslovakia	7	3	4
10th	Sweden	7	3	4
11th	Senegal	7	1	6
12th	India	7	0	7

See also

• Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters
• Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

References

1. Stadium-Central Sector Archived August 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
2. ^ Olympic Games Official Report 1980 Moscow-Volume III
3. "1980 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men". FIBA. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
4. "1980 World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women". FIBA. Retrieved 12 December 2020.

• 1980 Olympic Games: Tournament for Men, FIBA Archive.
• 1980 Olympic Games: Tournament for Women, FIBA Archive.
• Men Basketball Olympic Games Moscow (URS) 1980 – 20–30.07 todor66.com.
• Women Basketball Olympic Games Moskva (URS) 1980 – 20–30.07 todor66.com.

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