Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men

The men's tournament of basketball at the 2008 Olympics at Beijing, China began on August 10 and ended on August 24, when the United States defeated Spain 118-107 for the gold medal. All games were held at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium.

Qualifying

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date = August 10
time = 09:00
report = [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BK/C73/BKM400A01.shtml#BKM400A01 Game 7]
teamA = bk-rt|RUS
scoreA = 71
scoreB = 49
Q1 = 24–5
Q2 = 14–17
Q3 = 8–16
Q4 = 25–11
OT =
teamB = bk|IRI
points1 = Holden 19
rebounds1 = Monia 6
assist1 = Savrasenko 4
otherstat1 =
points2 = Nikkhah 16
rebounds2 = Haddadi 8
assist2 = Kamrani 3
otherstat2 =
place = Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
attendance = 11,083
referee =Nikolaos Pitsilkas (Greece)
TV =

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date = August 10
time = 16:45
report = [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BK/C73/BKM400A02.shtml#BKM400A02 Game 10]
teamA = bk-rt|LTU
scoreA = 79
scoreB = 75
Q1 = 14–11
Q2 = 20–19
Q3 = 17–15
Q4 = 28–30
teamB = bk|ARG
points1 = Kleiza 13
rebounds1 = K. Lavrinovič 7
assist1 =Jasikevičius 8
otherstat1 =
points2 = Ginóbili 19
rebounds2 = Oberto 11
assist2 = Oberto, Prigioni 3
otherstat2
place = Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
attendance = 11,083
referee = Nikolaos Zavlanos (Greece)
TV =

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date = August 10
time = 20:00
report = [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BK/C73/BKM400A03.shtml#BKM400A03 Game 11]
teamA = bk-rt|AUS
scoreA = 82
scoreB = 97
Q1 = 14–21
Q2 = 17–26
Q3 = 22–26
Q4 = 29–24
teamB = bk|CRO
points1 = Nielsen 13
rebounds1 = Anstey 7
assist1 = Barlow 3
otherstat1 =
points2 = Prkačin, Banić 16
rebounds2 = Lončar 10
assist2 = Popović 5
otherstat2
place = Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
attendance = 11,083
referee = Eddie Rush (United States)
TV =

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date = August 12
time = 09:00
report = [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BK/C73/BKM400A04.shtml#BKM400A04 Game 19]
teamA = bk-rt|IRI
scoreA = 67
scoreB = 99
Q1 = 20–15
Q2 = 14–31
Q3 = 19–28
Q4 = 14–25
teamB = bk|LTU
points1 = Haddadi 21
rebounds1 = Sahakian 12
assist1 = Amini 4
otherstat1 =
points2 = Kleiza 22
rebounds2 = Kleiza 8
assist2 = Jasikevičius, Lukauskis, Mačiulis 3
otherstat2
place = Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
attendance = 11,083
referee = Eddie Rush (United States)
TV =

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date = August 12
time = 11:15
report = [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BK/C73/BKM400A05.shtml#BKM400A05 Game 20]
teamA = bk-rt|CRO
scoreA = 85
scoreB = 78
Q1 = 16–17
Q2 = 26–19
Q3 = 18–15
Q4 = 25–27
teamB = bk|RUS
points1 = Popović 22
rebounds1 = Barać 7
assist1 = Popović, Lončar 3
otherstat1 =
points2 = Kirilenko 18
rebounds2 = Kirilenko 6
assist2 = Kirilenko, Bykov 3
otherstat2
place = Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
attendance = 11,083
referee = Nikolaos Zavlanos (Greece)
TV =

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date = August 12
time = 22:15
report = [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BK/C73/BKM400A06.shtml#BKM400A06 Game 21]
teamA = bk-rt|ARG
scoreA = 85
scoreB = 68
Q1 = 23–11
Q2 = 16–18
Q3 = 24–17
Q4 = 22–22
teamB = bk|AUS
points1 = Ginóbili 21
rebounds1 = Nocioni 8
assist1 = Ginóbili 7
points2 = Mills 22
rebounds2 = Andersen 6
assist2 = Bogut, Bruton 2
otherstat2
place = Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
attendance = 11,083
referee = Nikolaos Pitsilkas (Greece)
TV =

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date = August 14
time = 11:15
report = [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BK/C73/BKM400A07.shtml#BKM400A07 Game 32]
teamA = bk-rt|AUS
scoreA = 106
scoreB = 68
Q1 = 28–15
Q2 = 25–14
Q3 = 22–19
Q4 = 31–20
teamB = bk|IRI
points1 = Newley 24
rebounds1 = Bogut 7
assist1 = Mills, Worthington, Bruton 5
otherstat1 =
points2 = Nikkhah 23
rebounds2 = Haddadi 8
assist2 = Davari 4
otherstat2
place = Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
attendance = 11,083
referee = Nikolaos Zavlanos (Greece)
TV =

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date = August 14
time = 16:45
report = [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BK/C73/BKM400A08.shtml#BKM400A08 Game 34]
teamA = bk-rt|LTU
scoreA = 86
scoreB = 79
Q1 = 23–24
Q2 = 21–17
Q3 = 25–21
Q4 = 17–17
teamB = bk|RUS
points1 = Kaukėnas 20
rebounds1 = Kleiza 11
assist1 = Jasikevičius 5
otherstat1 =
points2 = Holden 25
rebounds2 = Khryapa 9
assist2 = Kirilenko 6
otherstat2
place = Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
attendance = 11,083
referee = Nikolaos Pitsilkas (Greece)
TV =

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date = August 14
time = 22:15
report = [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BK/C73/BKM400A09.shtml#BKM400A09 Game 36]
teamA = bk-rt|ARG
scoreA = 77
scoreB = 53
Q1 = 21–13
Q2 = 19–9
Q3 = 19–16
Q4 = 14–15
teamB = bk|CRO
points1 = Nocioni 18
rebounds1 = Nocioni 8
assist1 = Ginóbili 8
otherstat1 =
points2 = Tomas, Banić 9
rebounds2 = Banić 6
assist2 = Ukić 2
otherstat2
place = Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
attendance = 11,083
referee = Juan Arteaga (Spain)
TV =

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date = August 16
time = 11:15
report = [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BK/C73/BKM400A10.shtml#BKM400A10 Game 44]
teamA = bk-rt|RUS
scoreA = 80
scoreB = 95
Q1 = 16–27
Q2 = 17–22
Q3 = 22–20
Q4 = 25–26
teamB = bk|AUS
points1 = Khryapa 21
rebounds1 = Khryapa 9
assist1 = Holden 6
otherstat1 =
points2 = Bogut, Bruton 22
rebounds2 = Bogut 8
assist2 = Bruton 6
otherstat2
place = Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
attendance = 11,083
referee = Carl Jungebrand (Finland)
TV =

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date = August 16
time = 14:30
report = [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BK/C73/BKM400A11.shtml#BKM400A11 Game 45]
teamA = bk-rt|CRO
scoreA = 73
scoreB = 86
Q1 = 15–13
Q2 = 30–29
Q3 = 17–16
Q4 = 11–28
teamB = bk|LTU
points1 = Ukić 13
rebounds1 = Banić 7
assist1 = Kus 3
otherstat1 =
points2 = Lukauskis 20
rebounds2 = K. Lavrinovič 7
assist2 = Jasikevičius 6
otherstat2
place = Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
attendance = 11,083
referee = Nikolaos Zavlanos (Greece)
TV =

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date = August 16
time = 16:45
report = [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BK/C73/BKM400A12.shtml#BKM400A12 Game 46]
teamA = bk-rt|IRI
scoreA = 82
scoreB = 97
Q1 = 14–19
Q2 = 19–23
Q3 = 24–30
Q4 = 25–25
teamB = bk|ARG
points1 = Haddadi 21
rebounds1 = Haddadi 16
assist1 = Kamrani 4
otherstat1 =
points2 = Ginóbili 32
rebounds2 = Scola 7
assist2 = Prigioni 6
otherstat2
place = Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
attendance = 11,083
referee = Nikolaos Pitsilkas (Greece)
TV =

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date = August 18
time = 09:00
report = [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BK/C73/BKM400A13.shtml#BKM400A13 Game 55]
teamA = bk-rt|IRI
scoreA = 57
scoreB = 91
Q1 = 8–19
Q2 = 8–35
Q3 = 23–16
Q4 = 18–21
teamB = bk|CRO
points1 = Nikkhah 25
rebounds1 = Haddadi 15
assist1 = Haddadi 2
otherstat1 =
points2 = Rozić, Tomas 16
rebounds2 = Lončar, Barać 7
assist2 = Ukić 8
otherstat2
place = Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
attendance = 11,083
referee = Carl Jungebrand (Finland)
TV =

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date = August 18
time = 11:15
report = [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BK/C73/BKM400A14.shtml#BKM400A14 Game 56]
teamA = bk-rt|AUS
scoreA = 106
scoreB = 75
Q1 = 28–14
Q2 = 27–15
Q3 = 20–22
Q4 = 31–24
teamB = bk|LTU
points1 = Bogut 23
rebounds1 = Mills 4
assist1 = Anstey 4
otherstat1 =
points2 = K. Lavrinovič 14
rebounds2 = K. Lavrinovič 8
assist2 = Jasikevičius 5
otherstat2
place = Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
attendance = 11,083
referee = Nikolaos Pitsilkas (Greece)
TV =

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date = August 18
time = 22:15
report = [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BK/C73/BKM400A15.shtml Game 60]
teamA = bk-rt|ARG
scoreA = 91
scoreB = 79
Q1 = 27–16
Q2 = 18–23
Q3 = 27–25
Q4 = 19–15
teamB = bk|RUS
points1 = Scola 37
rebounds1 = Nocioni 9
assist1 = Prigioni 10
otherstat1 =
points2 = Kirilenko 23
rebounds2 = Kirilenko 9
assist2 = Holden 5
otherstat2
place = Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
attendance = 11,083
referee = Nikolaos Zavlanos (Greece)
TV =

Group B

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Assists

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Game highs

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

References

External links

* [http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/08/olym/men/olympic_basketball_men.asp Men's tournament official website]