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The women's basketball tournament at the
**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: #Results of the games involving the tied teams (head-to-head records) #
Schedule
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2012 Olympic Games
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in London
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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
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(renamed from The O2 Arena due to the no commercialization 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 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: #Results of the games involving the tied teams (head-to-head records) #
Goal average
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of the games involving the tied teams
#Goal average
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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
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. The semifinal winners contested for the gold medal, while the losers played for the bronze medal.
Preliminary round
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).
Group A
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---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----Knockout round
Quarterfinals
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----Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Statistical leaders
Individual tournament highs
Team tournament highs
See also
* Men's TournamentReferences
External links
Schedule
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2012
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Women's basketball
Women's basketball is the team sport of basketball played by women. It was first played in 1892, one year after men's basketball, at Smith College in Massachusetts. It spread across the United States, in large parts via women's college compet ...
International women's basketball competitions hosted by the United Kingdom
2012 in women's basketball
Women's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics