2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men
| 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament | |
|---|---|
| For Men | |
 | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host nation |
 Venezuela |
| Dates | 2–8 July |
| Teams | 12 |
| Venues | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Official website | |
The 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament was a men's basketball tournament that consisted of 12 national teams, where the top three teams earned a place in the 2012 Olympics basketball tournament. It was held on 2–8 July 2012 in Caracas, Venezuela.
Lithuania, Russia and Nigeria qualified for the 2012 Olympics through this tournament.
Qualifying
The best non-champions from each of FIBA's 2011 continental championships qualified for this tournament.
Host selection
Only the teams that successfully qualified were allowed to bid for hosting. Venezuela were chosen over Angola, Macedonia and Lithuania.[1] The host was determined on a meeting of the FIBA Central Board held on 10–11 December 2011 in Madrid, Spain.
Participating nations
The teams were divided into three pots, corresponding to their continental zones: The draw was held on 31 January 2012 in Caracas.[2]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
|---|---|---|
Format
- The teams were divided into four groups (Groups A-D) for the preliminary round.
- Round robin for the preliminary round; the top two teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinals. The last-placed team in each group was eliminated.
- A single-elimination tournament was then be held; the quarterfinals pairings were:
- A1 vs. B2
- B1 vs. A2
- C1 vs. D2
- D1 vs. C2
- The semifinal pairings were A1/B2 vs. C1/D2 and B1/A2 vs. D1/C2. The semifinal winners qualified for the Olympics. No championship game was held.
- The semifinal losers played for the last Olympic qualifying berth.
Preliminary round
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
All times are local (UTC−04:30)
Group A
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Greece | 2 | 0 | 205 | 147 | +58 | 4 |
 Puerto Rico | 1 | 1 | 177 | 150 | +27 | 3 |
 Jordan | 0 | 2 | 115 | 200 | −85 | 2 |
2 July 13:30 |
| Greece |
107–63 | Jordan |
| Scoring by quarter: 33–12, 23–11, 29–20, 22–20 | ||
| Pts: Papanikolaou 19 Rebs: Bourousis, Printezis 7 Asts: Spanoulis 7 |
Pts: Soobzokov 14 Rebs: Abbas 7 Asts: Soobzokov 4 | |
Poliedro de Caracas , Caracas Referees: Vicente Bultó (ESP), Alejandro César Chiti (ARG), Qiao Longsheng (CHN) |
3 July 17:00 |
| Jordan |
52–93 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–29, 11–25, 10–18, 20–21 | ||
| Pts: Daghles 17 Rebs: Daghles 7 Asts: Daghles 3 |
Pts: Ramos 20 Rebs: Ramos 9 Asts: Rodríguez 6 | |
Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Juan Carlos García González (ESP), Juan José Fernández (ARG), Nachid Messaoudi (ALG) |
4 July 19:30 |
| Puerto Rico |
84–98 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–30, 20–19, 15–21, 22–28 | ||
| Pts: Ramos 15 Rebs: Ramos 7 Asts: Barea 4 |
Pts: Spanoulis 27 Rebs: four players 4 Asts: Spanoulis, Calathes 5 | |
Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Bradley Jon Giersch (AUS), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Michael John Weiland (CAN) |
Group B
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lithuania | 1 | 1 | 180 | 168 | +12 | 3 |
 Nigeria | 1 | 1 | 155 | 151 | +4 | 3 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1 | 153 | 169 | –16 | 3 |
2 July 19:30 |
| Nigeria |
69–71 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 9–12, 23–22, 19–20 | ||
| Pts: Diogu 14 Rebs: Diogu 10 Asts: Skinn, Dagunduro 4 |
Pts: Vásquez 24 Rebs: Echenique 9 Asts: Cubillan 6 | |
Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Juan Carlos García González (ESP), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Rüştü Nuran (TUR) |
3 July 19:30 |
| Venezuela |
82–100 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 15–26, 28–31, 18–20 | ||
| Pts: Vásquez 24 Rebs: Graterol 8 Asts: Vásquez 7 |
Pts: Kleiza 28 Rebs: Mačiulis 8 Asts: Kalnietis 8 | |
Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Bradley Jon Giersch (AUS), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Michael John Weiland (CAN) |
4 July 17:00 |
| Lithuania |
80–86 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 18–21, 19–26, 23–19 | ||
| Pts: Kleiza 22 Rebs: Mačiulis, Valančiūnas 5 Asts: Kalnietis 8 |
Pts: Obasohan 20 Rebs: Aminu 9 Asts: Skinn, Oyedeji 3 | |
Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Vicente Bultó (ESP), Yuji Hirahara (JPN), Nachid Messaoudi (ALG) |
Group C
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Russia | 2 | 0 | 175 | 125 | +50 | 4 |
 Dominican Republic | 1 | 1 | 164 | 169 | −5 | 3 |
 South Korea | 0 | 2 | 141 | 186 | −45 | 2 |
2 July 11:00 |
| Russia |
91–56 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 18–10, 22–16, 24–14 | ||
| Pts: Kirilenko 16 Rebs: Khryapa 9 Asts: Shved 4 |
Pts: Lee S-J. 15 Rebs: Kim J-K., Kim T-S. 5 Asts: Kim S-H., Kim T-S. 4 | |
Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Bradley Jon Giersch (AUS), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Nachid Messaoudi (ALG) |
3 July 11:00 |
| South Korea |
85–95 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 22–20, 24–34, 20–24 | ||
| Pts: Lee S-J. 21 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Kim T-S. 6 |
Pts: Horford 30 Rebs: Martínez 25 Asts: Horford, Ramon 4 | |
Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Alejandro César Chiti (ARG), Qiao Longsheng (CHN) |
4 July 13:30 |
| Dominican Republic |
69–84 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 20–21, 15–21, 16–19 | ||
| Pts: Horford 22 Rebs: Martínez 12 Asts: Coronado 5 |
Pts: Fridzon, Kirilenko 16 Rebs: Kirilenko 13 Asts: Kirilenko 7 | |
Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Rüştü Nuran (TUR), Juan José Fernández (ARG), Roberto Oliveros (VEN) |
Group D
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Macedonia | 1 | 1 | 168 | 150 | +18 | 3 |
 Angola | 1 | 1 | 152 | 152 | 0 | 3 |
 New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 130 | 148 | −18 | 3 |
2 July 16:30 |
| Angola |
88–84 | Macedonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 32–21, 21–19, 19–19, 16–25 | ||
| Pts: Mingas 24 Rebs: Gomes 11 Asts: Mingas 6 |
Pts: McCalebb 21 Rebs: Samardžiski 7 Asts: Ilievski, McCalebb 5 | |
Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Michael John Weiland (CAN), Juan José Fernández (ARG), Yuji Hirahara (JPN) |
3 July 13:30 |
| Macedonia |
84–62 | New Zealand |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–11, 18–20, 16–17, 24–14 | ||
| Pts: McCalebb 23 Rebs: Antić 10 Asts: McCalebb 11 |
Pts: Pledger 11 Rebs: Pledger 11 Asts: Kenny 6 | |
Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Vicente Bultó (ESP), Roberto Oliveros (VEN), Rüştü Nuran (TUR) |
4 July 11:00 |
| New Zealand |
68–64 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 26–14, 18–26, 10–12 | ||
| Pts: Webster 21 Rebs: Pledger 9 Asts: Tait 5 |
Pts: Mingas 17 Rebs: Mingas 10 Asts: four players 3 | |
Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Juan Carlos García González (ESP), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Qiao Longsheng (CHN) |
Knockout stage
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | |||||||||||||
| A1 | Greece |
79 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Nigeria |
80 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Nigeria |
77 | ||||||||||||
| C1 | Russia |
85 | ||||||||||||
| C1 | Russia |
80 | ||||||||||||
| D2 | Angola |
65 | ||||||||||||
| No final – semifinal winners qualify for the Olympics. | ||||||||||||||
| B1 | Lithuania |
76 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Puerto Rico |
72 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Lithuania |
109 | Third place game | |||||||||||
| C2 | Dominican Republic |
83 | ||||||||||||
| D1 | Macedonia |
76 | B2 | Nigeria |
88 | |||||||||
| C2 | Dominican Republic |
86 | C2 | Dominican Republic |
73 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
6 July 11:00 |
| Russia |
80–65 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 18–5, 17–16, 20–23 | ||
| Pts: Fridzon 18 Rebs: Monia 6 Asts: Kirilenko, Shved 5 |
Pts: Mingas 20 Rebs: Paulo 9 Asts: Barros 4 | |
Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Bradley Jon Giersch (AUS), Nachid Messaoudi (ALG) |
6 July 13:30 |
| Greece |
79–80 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 21–9, 14–20, 23–30 | ||
| Pts: Spanoulis 25 Rebs: Spanoulis 7 Asts: Spanoulis 5 |
Pts: Diogu 17 Rebs: Diogu 12 Asts: Aminu 2 | |
Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Vicente Bultó (ESP), Juan José Fernández (ARG), Roberto Oliveros (VEN) |
6 July 17:00 |
| Macedonia |
76–86 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 18–18, 15–26, 20–32 | ||
| Pts: McCalebb 35 Rebs: Samardžiski 13 Asts: Ilievski, V. Stojanovski 3 |
Pts: García 28 Rebs: Horford 15 Asts: Coronado 5 | |
Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Michael John Weiland (CAN), Rüştü Nuran (TUR), Yuji Hirahara (JPN) |
6 July 19:30 |
| Lithuania |
76–72 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 24–16, 17–17, 19–17 | ||
| Pts: Kalnietis, Kleiza 14 Rebs: Mačiulis 11 Asts: Jasikevičius, Kalnietis 3 |
Pts: Galindo 17 Rebs: Peavy 12 Asts: Arroyo 8 | |
Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Juan Carlos García González (ESP), Alejandro César Chiti (ARG), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB) |
Semifinals
7 July 17:00 |
| Nigeria |
77–85 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 8–20, 22–22, 24–17 | ||
| Pts: Diogu, Dagunduro 16 Rebs: Diogu 14 Asts: Dagunduro 5 |
Pts: Shved 22 Rebs: Kirilenko 8 Asts: Shved 6 | |
Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Michael John Weiland (CAN), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Yuji Hirahara (JPN) |
7 July 19:30 |
| Lithuania |
109–83 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 31–20, 23–25, 34–22 | ||
| Pts: Mačiulis 19 Rebs: Valančiūnas 7 Asts: Kalnietis 9 |
Pts: Martínez 13 Rebs: Martínez 10 Asts: Coronado 4 | |
Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Vicente Bultó (ESP), Juan José Fernández (ARG), Bradley Jon Giersch (AUS) |
Third place match
8 July 19:30 |
| Nigeria |
88–73 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 23–21, 12–18, 29–16 | ||
| Pts: Diogu 25 Rebs: Diogu 10 Asts: Skinn, Dagunduro 5 |
Pts: García 17 Rebs: Ramon, Martínez 9 Asts: Coronado 3 | |
Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Juan Carlos García González (ESP), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Rüştü Nuran (TUR) |
Final Standings
| # | Team | W–L | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Russia | 4-0 | Qualify to the Olympics |
| Lithuania | 3-1 | ||
 | Nigeria | 3-2 | |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 2-3 | |
| 5 | Greece | 2-1 | |
| 6 | Puerto Rico | 1-2 | |
| 7 | Macedonia | 1-2 | |
| 8 | Angola | 1-2 | |
| 9 | Venezuela | 1-1 | |
| 10 | New Zealand | 1-1 | |
| 11 | South Korea | 0-2 | |
| 12 | Jordan | 0-2 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Seven countries from three continents bid to host FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments". fiba.com. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- ↑ "FIBA.com - Events calendar". fiba.com.
External links
- Olympic Basketball Tournament Road to London 2012
- 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament - Group Standings
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