The men's basketball tournament at the

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, began on 29 July and ended on 12 August, when the

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defeated

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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

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(renamed North Greenwich Arena due to

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's no-commercialisation policy).

Qualification

Squads

Competition format

Twelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams. Each game result merits a corresponding point: *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 (head-to-head records) #

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of the games involving the tied teams #

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

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. The semifinal winners contested for the gold medal, while the losers played for the bronze medal.

Preliminary round

All times are

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Group A

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Group B

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Knockout round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Awards

Statistical leaders

Individual tournament highs

Points Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Minutes

Individual game highs

Team tournament highs

Offensive PPG Defensive PPG Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks

Team game highs

ESPN All-Olympics Teams

Honorable Mentions: :

Carlos Delfino Carlos Francisco Delfino (born August 29, 1982) is an Argentine-Italian professional basketball player for Victoria Libertas Pesaro of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He holds dual citizenship in both Italy and Argentina. Standing at , he ...

Leandro Barbosa Leandro Mateus Barbosa (; born November 28, 1982), also known as Leandrinho Barbosa, is a Brazilian former professional basketball player who is an assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also rep ...

Yi Jianlian Yi Jianlian ( ; born October 27, 1987) is a Chinese professional basketball player for the Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He has also played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwauk ...

Nicolas Batum Nicolas Batum (; born December 14, 1988)
is a French professional basketball player for the Lo ...

Boris Diaw Boris Babacar Diaw-Riffiod (born April 16, 1982), better known as Boris Diaw, is a French basketball executive and former player who is the president of Metropolitans 92 of LNB Pro A. Diaw began his playing career in Pro A and returned to that l ...

Joel Freeland Joel Daniel Freeland (born 7 February 1987) is a British former professional basketball player who last played for CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League. Standing at , he played at the power forward and center positions. He also represented the Gr ...

Alexey Shved Alexey Viktorovich Shved (Russian language, Russian: Алексей Викторович Швед; born December 16, 1988) is a Russian professional basketball player for PBC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League. Standing at , he pl ...

Marc Gasol Marc Gasol Sáez (, ; born January 29, 1985) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Bàsquet Girona of the Liga ACB. The center is a two-time All-NBA Team member and a three-time NBA All-Star. He was named the NBA Defensive Player of ...

Chris Paul Christopher Emmanuel Paul (born May 6, 1985), nicknamed "CP3" and “The Point God”, is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Paul is widely regarded as one o ...

Kevin Love Kevin Wesley Love (born September 7, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a five-time All-Star, a two-time member of the All-NBA Second Team and ...

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

Schedule

Statistics
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