Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women

Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Tournament details
Host country	London
Dates	28 - July - 11 August 2012
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (7th title)
Tournament statistics
Games played	38
Top scorer	de Souza; Leedham (16.2)
Top rebounds	dos Santos (9.0)
Top assists	Miao (6.5)
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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
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
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
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

Source: FIBA archive
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
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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

Turkey	72–50	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 21–8, 14–17, 23–14, 14–11
Pts: Palazoğlu 13 Rebs: Çağlar 7 Asts: Vardarlı 5		Pts: Mauricio 11 Rebs: Tomas, Manuel 5 Asts: Camufal 2

United States	81–56	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 11–4, 20–24, 22–19, 28–9
Pts: Charles 14 Rebs: Parker 13 Asts: Bird 5		Pts: Ivezić 22 Rebs: Ivanković 7 Asts: Lelas 5

Croatia	58–83	China
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 10–15, 14–25, 13–19
Pts: Mandir 22 Rebs: Ivezić 6 Asts: Jelavić, Lelas 4		Pts: Chen Nan 28 Rebs: Chen Nan 10 Asts: Miao Lijie 10

Czech Republic	57–61	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 8–13, 13–20, 18–12, 18–16
Pts: Veselá 19 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Bartoňová, Elhotová 4		Pts: three players 11 Rebs: Yılmaz 13 Asts: Vardarlı 4

Angola	38–90	United States
Scoring by quarter: 12–22, 6–19, 11–28, 9–21
Pts: Guadalupe 11 Rebs: Mauricio, Manuel 6 Asts: Manuel 2		Pts: Parker 14 Rebs: Parker 12 Asts: Bird 5

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

Croatia	70–89	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 20–23, 21–12, 10–32
Pts: Mandir 20 Rebs: Mandir 6 Asts: Mandir 3		Pts: Elhotová 20 Rebs: Horáková 10 Asts: Veselá 7

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

Angola	56–75	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 14–17, 11–18, 13–16
Pts: Tomas 15 Rebs: Mauricio, Tomas 8 Asts: Mauricio 4		Pts: Lelas 23 Rebs: Ivanković 7 Asts: Mandir 5

Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Tournament
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Rosters
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Qualification
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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

Czech Republic	61–88	United States
Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 12–24, 9–22, 14–18
Pts: Zrůstová 15 Rebs: Pecková 6 Asts: Bartoňová 3		Pts: Taurasi 18 Rebs: Charles 14 Asts: Bird 9

Angola	47–82	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 7–17, 10–18, 12–24
Pts: Mauricio 18 Rebs: Manuel 12 Asts: Eusébio, Guadalupe 2		Pts: Zrůstová 20 Rebs: Horáková 9 Asts: Elhotová 4

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

Croatia	65–70	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 7–15, 13–25, 21–12
Pts: Lelas 14 Rebs: Lelas, Mandir 6 Asts: Lelas 5		Pts: Hollingsworth 14 Rebs: Yılmaz 9 Asts: Tunçluer, Vardarlı 5

Qualification

Squads

Competition format

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B