Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
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Host nation | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||
Dates | July 28 – August 11 | ||||||||||||
Teams | 12 (from 5 federations) | ||||||||||||
Venues | 2 (in 1 host city) | ||||||||||||
Champions | United States (7th title) | ||||||||||||
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The women's basketball tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London began on 28 July and ended on 11 August. All preliminary and quarterfinal games were held at the Basketball Arena within the Olympic Park, and the semifinal and the medal games were held at the North Greenwich Arena (renamed from The O2 Arena due to the no commercialization policy).
Qualification[]
Means of qualification[1] | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
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Host nation | 6 July 2005 | 1 | Great Britain | |
2010 FIBA World Championship | 23 September – 3 October 2010 | Czech Republic | 1 | United States |
2011 FIBA Europe Championship | 18 June – 3 July 2011 | Poland | 1 | Russia |
2011 FIBA Asia Championship | 21–28 August 2011 | Japan[2] | 1 | China |
2011 FIBA Oceania Championship | 7–11 September 2011 | Australia | 1 | Australia |
2011 FIBA Americas Championship | 24 September – 1 October 2011 | Colombia[3] | 1 | Brazil |
2011 FIBA Africa Championship | 23 September – 2 October 2011 | Mali | 1 | Angola |
2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 25 June – 1 July 2012 | Turkey | 5 | Turkey Croatia Czech Republic France Canada |
Total | 12 |
Squads[]
Competition format[]
Twelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams. Each game result merits a corresponding point:
Result | Points |
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Win | 2 |
Loss | 1 |
Loss via default* | 1 |
Loss via forfeiture** | 0 |
*The team has less than two players available to play on the court.
**A team cannot present five players at the start of the game, or its actions prevent play from being resumed.
In case teams are tied on points, the tiebreaking criteria are, in order of first application:[4]
- Results of the games involving the tied teams (head-to-head records)
- Goal average of the games involving the tied teams
- Goal average of all of the games played
- Points scored
- Drawing of lots
The teams with the four best records qualified for the knockout stage, which was a single-elimination tournament. The semifinal winners contested for the gold medal, while the losers played for the bronze medal.
Preliminary round[]
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).
Group A[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 462 | 279 | +183 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Turkey | 5 | 4 | 1 | 343 | 316 | +27 | 9 | |
3 | China | 5 | 3 | 2 | 346 | 363 | −17 | 8 | |
4 | Czech Republic | 5 | 2 | 3 | 346 | 332 | +14 | 7 | |
5 | Croatia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 324 | 379 | −55 | 6 | |
6 | Angola | 5 | 0 | 5 | 243 | 395 | −152 | 5 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
28 July 2012
09:00 |
China | 66–57 | Czech Republic |
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 16–13, 15–15, 15–13 | ||
Pts: Ma Zengyu 16 Rebs: Chen Nan 8 Asts: Miao Lijie 8 |
Pts: Vítečková 14 Rebs: Horáková 9 Asts: three players 3 |
1 August 2012
11:15 |
China | 76–52 | Angola |
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 18–18, 24–6, 19–15 | ||
Pts: Ma Zengyu 15 Rebs: Gao Song 9 Asts: Miao Lijie 5 |
Pts: Guadalupe 12 Rebs: Tomas 9 Asts: three players 2 |
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Samir Abaakil (MAR), Shenal Bendke (IND) |
1 August 2012
22:15 |
United States | 89–58 | Turkey |
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 22–10, 22–21, 26–11 | ||
Pts: McCoughtry 18 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: Bird 4 |
Pts: Vardarlı, Hollingsworth 11 Rebs: Hollingsworth 8 Asts: Vardarlı, Alben 3 |
3 August 2012
16:45 |
Turkey | 82–55 | China |
Scoring by quarter: 26–13, 13–14, 20–16, 23–12 | ||
Pts: Yılmaz 16 Rebs: Hollingsworth 11 Asts: Alben 5 |
Pts: Ma Zengyu 7 Rebs: Ma Zengyu, Chen Nan 8 Asts: Miao Lijie 6 |
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Felicia Grinter (USA), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS) |
5 August 2012
16:45 |
China | 66–114 | United States |
Scoring by quarter: 28–31, 8–30, 12–33, 18–20 | ||
Pts: Song Xiaoyun 15 Rebs: four players 3 Asts: Miao Lijie 8 |
Pts: Taurasi 22 Rebs: Moore 7 Asts: Catchings 7 |
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Borys Ryschyk (UKR), Carole Delauné (FRA) |
Group B[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | France | 5 | 5 | 0 | 356 | 319 | +37 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 353 | 322 | +31 | 9 | |
3 | Russia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 314 | 308 | +6 | 8 | |
4 | Canada | 5 | 2 | 3 | 328 | 332 | −4 | 7 | |
5 | Brazil | 5 | 1 | 4 | 329 | 354 | −25 | 6 | |
6 | Great Britain (H) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 327 | 372 | −45 | 5 |
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) Host
30 July 2012
14:30 |
France | 74–70 (OT) | Australia |
Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 17–13, 24–24, 13–14, Overtime: 9–5 | ||
Pts: Gomis 22 Rebs: Yacoubou 7 Asts: Beikes, Dumerc 2 |
Pts: Batkovic 17 Rebs: Batkovic 10 Asts: O'Hea 5 |
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: William Kennedy (USA), Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Peng Ling (CHN) |
3 August 2012
11:15 |
Russia | 66–70 | Australia |
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 15–11, 18–22, 18–16 | ||
Pts: Osipova 15 Rebs: Osipova 9 Asts: Danilochkina 4 |
Pts: Cambage 17 Rebs: Cambage 10 Asts: O'Hea, Harrower 5 |
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Fernando Sampietro (ARG), Robert Lottermoser (GER) |
Knockout round[]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||||||||
A1 | United States | 91 | |||||||||||
B4 | Canada | 48 | |||||||||||
A1 | United States | 86 | |||||||||||
B2 | Australia | 73 | |||||||||||
B2 | Australia | 75 | |||||||||||
A3 | China | 60 | |||||||||||
A1 | United States | 86 | |||||||||||
B1 | France | 50 | |||||||||||
B1 | France | 71 | |||||||||||
A4 | Czech Republic | 68 | |||||||||||
B1 | France | 81 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||||
B3 | Russia | 64 | |||||||||||
A2 | Turkey | 63 | B2 | Australia | 83 | ||||||||
B3 | Russia | 66 | B3 | Russia | 74 |
Quarterfinals[]
Semifinals[]
9 August 2012
17:00 |
Australia | 73–86 | United States |
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 25–23, 12–22, 14–21 | ||
Pts: Cambage 19 Rebs: Jackson 17 Asts: Jarry 5 |
Pts: Taurasi, Charles 14 Rebs: Charles 10 Asts: Charles 4 |
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Borys Ryschyk (UKR), Snehal Bendke (IND) |
9 August 2012
21:00 |
Russia | 64–81 | France |
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 16–14, 20–21, 13–22 | ||
Pts: Danilochkina, Hammon 13 Rebs: Vieru 8 Asts: Hammon 5 |
Pts: Lawson-Wade 18 Rebs: Gruda 8 Asts: Lawson-Wade 5 |
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Stephen Seibel (CAN) |
Bronze medal game[]
Gold medal game[]
Statistical leaders[]
Individual tournament highs[]
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See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXX Olympiad" (PDF). IBF. May 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-08-22. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "FIBA.basketball".
- ^ "FIBA's Official Basketball Rules 2012-p.68" (PDF). FIBA.com. 29 April 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
External links[]
- Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
- Basketball at the Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
- Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- International women's basketball competitions hosted by the United Kingdom
- 2012 in women's basketball
- Women's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics