Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's basketball tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, began on 29 July and ended on 12 August, when the United States defeated Spain 107–100 for the gold medal. All preliminary games were held at the Basketball Arena within the Olympic Park, while the knockout matches took place at The O2 Arena.

Qualification

Means of qualification

Date

Venue

Berths

Qualified

Host nation

6 July 2005

2010 FIBA World Championship

28 August – 12 September 2010

Turkeybk|United States

Competition format

Twelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams. Each game result merits a corresponding point:

Result	Points
Win	2
Loss	1
Loss via default*	1
Loss via forfeiture**	0

*The team has fewer than two players available to play on the court at some point during the game.

*A team cannot put forward at least five players at the start of the game, or its own actions prevent play from being resumed.

In case teams are tied on points, the tiebreaking criteria are used, in order of first application:

Results of the games involving the tied teams
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.

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout round

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Team details

Statistical leaders

Individual tournament highs

Pos.

Name

Pts

Team tournament highs

Pos.

Name

PPG

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ESPN All-Olympics Teams

Pos.

First Team

Second Team

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
*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