Men’s Basketball Media Guide Men’s Basketball Media Guide 03 Content Venues’ information 4 Qualifying Process for London 2012 Olympic Basketball Tournament for Men 6 Competition system 7 Schedule Men 8 GROUP A 9 Argentina 10 France 14 Lithuania 18 Nigeria 22 Tunisia 26 USA 30 GROUP B 35 Australia 36 Brazil 40 China 44 Great Britain 48 Russia 52 Spain 56 Officials 60 HISTORY 61 2011 FIBA Africa Championship for Men 61 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Men 62 2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Men 63 EuroBasket 2011 64 2011 FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 2012 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament 65 Head-to-Head 66 FIBA Events History 70 Men Olympic History 72 FIBA Ranking 74 Competition schedule Women and Men 76 If you have any questions, please contact FIBA Communications at [email protected] Publisher: FIBA Production: Norac Presse Conception & editors: Pierre-Olivier MATIGOT (BasketNews) and FIBA Communications. Designer & Layout: Thierry DESCHAMPS (Zone Presse). Copyright FIBA 2012. The reproduction and photocopying, even of extracts, or the use of articles for commercial purposes without written prior approval by FIBA is prohibited. FIBA – Fédération Internationale de Basketball - Av. Louis Casaï 53 1216 Cointrin / Geneva - Switzerland 2012 MEN’S OLYMPICS 04 LONDON, 29 JULY - 12 AUGUST Venues’ information Olympic Basketball Arena Location: North side of the Olympic Park, Stratford Year of construction: 2010-2011 Spectators: 12,000 Estimated cost: £40,000,000 One of the largest temporary sporting venues ever built, the London Olympic Basketball Arena seats 12,000 spectators and will host all basketball games from the men’s and women’s tournaments except for the Quarter-Finals of the men’s event and the Semi-finals and Finals (men and women), which will be held at the North Greenwich Arena. This venue will also host the conclusion of the handball tournaments and Paralympic wheelchair basketball and rugby. An impressive white cloud-like structure, it looks light in spite of its very large size – 35m tall and large enough to fit a jumbo jet inside. It is expected to be lit up by coloured lighting London 2012 during the Games, similarly to Bayern Munich’s impressive football stadium. The Basketball Arena was designed and built specifically as a temporary structure and is North Greenwich Arena set to be dismantled following the Paralympic (formerly O2 Arena and Millennium Dome) Games, to be reused for other major sporting Location: and non-sporting events, fitting into the Drawdock Road, Greenwich Peninsula Organising Committee’s plans of delivering Year of construction: 1999 (redevelopment not only on the Games themselves, but also a 2007, 2012) legacy for sport in Britain. Spectators: 20,000 Estimated cost: £ 789,000,000 (Millennium Dome) Set to host the climax of the men’s (Quarter- Finals onwards) and the women’s (Semi-Finals onwards) basketball tournaments (as well as gymnastics), the North Greenwich Arena is the largest indoor Olympic venue for 2012. With a height exceeding 50m, the marquee-like structure is supported by 12 pillars of 100m extending out of the canopy. Having become one of London’s most recognisable landmarks, the North Greenwich Arena is also among the city’s largest buildings. Originally built as a celebratory exhibition centre for the new millennium, it was redeveloped in 2007 into a multi-purpose entertainment venue, hosting concerts, sporting events as well as numerous other entertainment shows and events. The Dome, as it is commonly known to Londoners, is no stranger to basketball as it has previously hosted several NBA Europe games, including the first-ever regular season games played in Europe in March 2011, when the Toronto Raptors took on the New Jersey London 2012 Nets. 05 2012 MEN’S OLYMPICS ArgentinA LITHUANIA AUSTRALIA NIGERIA BRAZIL RUSSIA CHINA SPAIN FRANCE TUNISIA great britain USA 2012 MEN’S OLYMPICS 06 LONDON, 29 JULY - 12 AUGUST Qualifying process for the London 2012 Olympic Basketball Tournament FOR MEN According to the FIBA Internal Regulations, Olympic qualification is achieved as follows 12 teams will take part in the 2012 Olympic Basketball tournament for men, from July 29 to 12 August. • 1 place for the host nation (Great Britain) • 1 place for the FIBA World Champion (USA) • 2 places for FIBA Americas (2011 FIBA Americas Championship winner and runner-up | Argentina & Brazil) • 2 places for FIBA Europe (2011 EuroBasket winner and runner-up | Spain and France) • 1 place for FIBA Africa (2011 FIBA Africa Championship winner | Tunisia) • 1 place for FIBA Asia (2011 FIBA Asia Championship winner | China) • 1 place for FIBA Oceania (2011 FIBA Oceania Championship winner | Australia) • 3 through Olympic Qualifying Tournament | Russia, Lithuania & Nigeria London2012.fiba.com Your source for Olympic Basketball Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Caracas, Venezuela, 2 to 8 July 12 team tournament (top 3 teams earn a place in the Olympic Basketball tournament) • 4 places for FIBA Europe (EuroBasket 2011 ranks 3-6 | Russia, The Former Yougoslav Republic of Macedonia, Lithuania, Greece) • 3 places for FIBA Americas (2011 FIBA Americas Championship ranks 3-5 | Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico & Venezuela) • 2 places for FIBA Africa (2011 FIBA Africa Championship ranks 2-3 | Angola & Nigeria) • 2 places for FIBA Asia (2011 FIBA Asia Championship ranks 2-3 | Jordan & Korea) • 1 place for FIBA Oceania (2011 FIBA Oceania Championship runner-up | New Zealand) 07 COMPETITION SYSTEM The Olympic Basketball Tournaments for Men and Women will consist of a Preliminary Round, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals and Finals. Preliminary Round GROUP A GROUP A (30 Games) A1 A1 The 12 participating teams will be divided into A2 A2 two groups (A&B) of six (6) teams each. Each A3 A3 team will play the other five (5) teams in its own group. The four (4) highest ranked teams in A4 A4 each group will qualify for the Quarter-Finals. A5 A5 The 5th and 6th ranked teams in each group will A6 A6 be eliminated and will not play anymore. The winners of these games will qualify Quarter-Finals Game 31 B2 vs A3 for the Semi-Finals. The losers will be The eight (8) teams qualified from the Game 32 A1 vs B4 eliminated and will not play anymore. Preliminary Round will play the direct Game 33 A2 vs B3 elimination as follows: Game 34 B1 vs A4 The winners of these games will play in the Semi-Finals Game 35 WINNER 31 vs WINNER 32 Gold Medal Game; the losers will play in the The winners of the Quarter-Finals will play for Game 36 WINNER 33 vs WINNER 34 places 1-4 in the following format: Bronze Medal Game. Finals Game 37 LOSEr 35 vs LOSEr 36 3rd Place Final The Finals will be played in the following format: The winner of Game 37 will receive the bronze medal and the loser will finish the 4th place. Game 38 WINNEr 35 vs WINNer 36 Final The winner of Game 38 will receive the gold medal and the loser will receive the silver medal. Example 2 3. If two teams have the same standings, the classi- Classification Win Loss Score Goal average fication will be determined by the goal average (by division) taking into account the results of all games Team A6 0 5 368:419 0.8783 played in their respective group. Team B6 1 4 307:416 0.7380 Places 11-12 Final standings: The example of the determination of the final stan- The teams ranked 6th in each group of the Preliminary • 11th place: team B6 dings of four (4) teams eliminated in the Quarter- Round shall be classified for the places 11-12 accor- • 12th place: team A6 Finals: ding to the following criteria: 1. Win-loss record in their Preliminary Round group. Places 9- 10 Win Loss Score Goal average 2. If both teams have same win-loss record, the clas- The teams ranked 5th in each group shall be clas- Team A1 5 0 505:359 1.4067 sified for the places 9-10 according to the same sification will be determined by the goal average (by Team A3 3 2 372:339 1.0973 principles as for the places 11-12. division) taking into account the results of all games Team B3 3 2 408:407 1.0025 played in their respective group. Places 5-8 Team A4 3 2 367:328 1.1189 Example 1 The four (4) teams eliminated in the Quarter-Finals Final standings: Win Loss will form one group and shall be classified for the • 5th place: team A1 (best win-loss record) Team A6 0 5 places 5-8 according to the following criteria: • 6th place: team A3 (same position as B3 but higher Team B6 1 4 1. Win-loss record in their Preliminary Round group. • goal average) Final standings: 2. If teams have the same win-loss record, the clas- • 7th place: team B3 (same position as A3 but lower • 11th place: team B6 sification will be determined by the standings of the goal average) • 12th place: team A6 teams in their respective Preliminary Round group. • 8th place: team A4 (lower position as A3 and B3) 2012 MEN’S OLYMPICS 08 LONDON, 29 JULY - 12 AUGUST SCHEDULE MEN PRELIMINARY ROUND QUARTER-FINALS GROUP A 08.08 13 Team (B2) – Team (A3) * 29.07 14 Team (A1) – Team (B4) * A/1 Nigeria – Tunisia 9:00 15 Team (A2) – Team (B3) * A/2 USA – France 14:30 16 Team (B1) – Team (A4) * A/3 Argentina – Lithuania 22:15 31.07 SEMI-FINALS A/4 Lithuania – Nigeria 14:30 10.08 A/5 France – Argentina 20:00 17 Winner of (13) – Winner of (14) ** A/6 Tunisia – USA 22:15 18 Winner of (15) – Winner of (16) ** 02.08 A/7 France – Lithuania 9:00 3RD PLACE FINAL A/8 Argentina – Tunisia 14:30 A/9 USA – Nigeria 22:15 12.08 19 Loser of (17) – Loser of (18) 11:00 04.08 A/10 Tunisia – France 9:00 FINAL A/11 Lithuania – USA 14:30 A/12 Nigeria – Argentina 22:15 12.08 06.08 20 Winner of (17) – Winner of (18) 15:00 A/13 Tunisia – Lithuania 11:15 * The game times of the Quarter-Finals will be A/14 France – Nigeria 14:30 14:00, 16:15, 20:00 and 22:15.