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Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Tournament details
Host country	China
City	Beijing
Dates	10 – 24 August
Teams	12 (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 played	38
Top scorer	Pau Gasol (19.6 points per game)
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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.

The United States, nicknamed the "Redeem Team", defeated Spain in the gold medal game, finishing the tournament undefeated and winning the gold medal for the first time since 2000, while Argentina, the defending Olympic champions who lost to the U.S. in the semifinals, won the bronze medal.

Qualification

Country	Qualified as	Date of qualification	Previous appearances	FIBA World Ranking
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	13 (1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)	14
Lithuania	European third place	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

• 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

Preliminary round

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	5	4	1	425	400	+25	9	Quarterfinals
2	Argentina	5	4	1	425	361	+64	9
3	Croatia	5	3	2	399	380	+19	8
4	Australia	5	3	2	457	405	+52	8
5	Russia	5	1	4	387	406	−19	6
6	Iran	5	0	5	323	464	−141	5

1. ^ Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Argentina
2. ^ Head-to-head record: Croatia 1–0 Australia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Group B

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Knockout round

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

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

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

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

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

Semifinals

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

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

Bronze medal match

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

Gold medal match

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

Team details

Spain United States F 4 Pau Gasol PG 6 Ricky Rubio G 7 Juan C. Navarro F 9 Felipe Reyes SF 10 Carlos Jiménez (c) G 5 Rudy Fernández PG 11 Raül López SG 12 Berni Rodríguez C 13 Marc Gasol SF 14 Álex Mumbrú PF 15 Jorge Garbajosa Head Coach: Aíto García Reneses G 5 Jason Kidd F 6 LeBron James G 10 Kobe Bryant (c) C 11 Dwight Howard F 15 Carmelo Anthony F 4 Carlos Boozer G 7 Deron Williams G 8 Michael Redd G 9 Dwyane Wade F 12 Chris Bosh G 13 Chris Paul F 14 Tayshaun Prince Head Coach: Mike Krzyzewski

The Americans got off to a slow 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 the USA leading by 14, Spain chipped away at the lead during the second quarter to cut the deficit to eight points.

The teams 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 to 108–104. In the final two 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.

Awards

2008 Olympic Basketball Champions
United States Thirteenth title

Statistical leaders

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

Points Name PPG Pau Gasol 20.0 Yao Ming 19.0 Luis Scola 18.9 Manu Ginóbili 17.7 JR Holden 17.6 Samad Nikkhah Bahrami 17.2 Dirk Nowitzki 17.0 Hamed Haddadi 16.6 Dwyane Wade 16.1 Andrei Kirilenko 15.8

Rebounds Name RPG Hamed Haddadi 11.2 Dirk Nowitzki 8.4 Yao Ming 8.2 Yi Jianlian 7.5 Pau Gasol 7.0 Antonis Fotsis 6.7 Luis Scola 6.6 Viktor Khriapa 6.5 Andrei Kirilenko 6.4 Andrés Nocioni 6.3

Assists Name APG Šarūnas Jasikevičius 5.3 Jon Robert Holden 4.8 Pablo Prigioni 4.6 Chris Paul 4.1 Manu Ginóbili 3.9 LeBron James 3.8 Andrei Kirilenko 3.4 Ricky Rubio 3.2 C.J. Bruton 3.0 Vasileios Spanoulis 3.0

Steals Name SPG Pablo Prigioni 2.6 Andrei Kirilenko 2.6 LeBron James 2.4 Chris Paul 2.3 Dwyane Wade 2.3

Blocks Name BPG Hamed Haddadi 2.6 Andrei Kirilenko 2.2 Kšyštof Lavrinovič 1.5 Yao Ming 1.5 Pau Gasol 1.1

Game highs

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

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

• Women's Tournament

References

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". Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved 2008-08-26.

External links

• Men's tournament official website

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