| 13th Olympic Basketball Tournament | |||||||||
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| Barcelona 1992 | |||||||||
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| Tournament details | |||||||||
| Olympics | 1992 Summer Olympics | ||||||||
| Host nation | Spain | ||||||||
| City | Barcelona | ||||||||
| Duration | 26 July – 8 August | ||||||||
| Men's tournament | |||||||||
| Teams | 12 | ||||||||
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| Women's tournament | |||||||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||||||
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| Tournaments | |||||||||
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| Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
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Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics was the thirteenth appearance of the sport ofbasketball as an official Olympic medal event. It included the sport ofbasketball's men's and women's competitions of the1992 Summer Olympics. The games were played at thePavelló Olímpic de Badalona. 12 men's teams and 8 women's teams participated in the tournament.
This was the first time thatNBA players were eligible to play in Summer Olympics basketball, following a decision ofFIBA in April 1989. Until 1992, onlyamateurs and players fromprofessional leagues other than the NBA were allowed to play.[1][2]
TheUnited States men's team, which was nicknamed "The Dream Team", won the gold medal in the men's tournament by beatingCroatia in the men's final, withLithuania winning the bronze medal. A documentary film,The Other Dream Team, covered the progress of the Lithuanian team.[3]
TheUnified Team, representing theCommonwealth of Independent States, of the recently defunctSoviet Union, won the women's tournament, withChina as runner-up. TheUnited States women's team won the bronze medal after losing to the CIS in the semifinal, suffering their third and last defeat to date in the Olympic basketball history.
The men's top scorer was Oscar Schmidt with 198 points in 8 games, with an average of 24.7 points, and Drazen Petrovic was second with 187 points in 7 games, with an average of 26.7 points.
AnNOC may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players. For the men's tournament, the host country qualified automatically, as did the winners of the continental championships held for Asia, Oceania, Africa and the Americas, plus the runner-up, third and fourth place from the Americas competitions. Aspecial qualifying tournament was held for European teams to allocate four extra berths.[4] For the women's tournament, the host team qualified automatically, as did the top three teams from the1990 FIBA World Championship. Aqualifying tournament was held to allocate four extra berths. Yugoslavia was replaced by Italy (the fifth place team from the qualifying tournament) after it was excluded from the Olympic tournament.[5]
| Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania | Automatic qualifiers |
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 Angola |  United States Venezuela Brazil Puerto Rico |  China |  Lithuania Croatia CIS Germany |  Australia |  Spain – Olympic hosts |
| Americas | Asia | Europe | Automatic qualifiers |
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United States Cuba Brazil | China |  Italy[a] CIS Czechoslovakia | Spain – Olympic hosts |
Men's tournament:
Women's tournament:
Tie-breaking criteria:
The top four places in each of the preliminary round groups advanced to the eight team, single-elimination knockout stage, where Group A teams would meet Group B teams.
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
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| United States | 5 | 0 | 579 | 350 | +229 | 10 | |
| Croatia | 4 | 1 | 423 | 400 | +23 | 9 | |
| Brazil | 2 | 3 | 420 | 463 | −43 | 7 | 1–0 |
| Germany | 2 | 3 | 369 | 432 | −63 | 7 | 0–1 |
| Angola | 1 | 4 | 324 | 392 | −68 | 6 | 1–0 |
| Spain | 1 | 4 | 398 | 476 | −78 | 6 | 0–1 |
DAY 1
USA 116-48 Angola
Croatia 96-73 Brazil
Germany 83-74 Spain
Day 2
USA 103-70 Croatia
Spain 101-100 Brazil
Germany 64-63 Angola
Day 3
USA 111-68 Germany
Croatia 88-79 Spain
Angola 66-76 Brazil
Day 4
USA 127-83 Brazil
Croatia 98-74 Germany
Spain 63-83 Angola
Day 5
USA 122-81 Spain
Croatia 73-64 Angola
Germany 76-85 Brazil
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
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| CIS | 4 | 1 | 425 | 373 | +52 | 9 | 1–0 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1 | 481 | 424 | +57 | 9 | 0–1 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 432 | 396 | +36 | 8 | 1–0 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 2 | 445 | 440 | +15 | 8 | 0–1 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 4 | 392 | 427 | −35 | 6 | |
| China | 0 | 5 | 381 | 496 | −115 | 5 |
Day 1
CIS 78-64 Venezuela
Lithuania 112-75 China
Puerto Rico 76-116 Australia
Day 2
CIS 85-63 Australia
Puerto Rico 100-68 China
Venezuela 79-87 Lithuania
Day 3
CIS 100-84 China
Australia 78-71 Venezuela
Lithuania 104-91 Puerto Rico.
Day 4
CIS 92-80 Lithuania
Australia 88-66 China
Puerto Rico 96-82 Venezuela
Day 5
CIS 70-82 Puerto Rico
Venezuela 96-88 China
Lithuania 98-87 Australia
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal game | ||||||||||||
| A1 | United States | 115 | ||||||||||||
| B4 | Puerto Rico | 77 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | United States | 127 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Lithuania | 76 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Lithuania | 114 | ||||||||||||
| A3 | Brazil | 96 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | United States | 117 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Croatia | 85 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | CIS | 83 | ||||||||||||
| A4 | Germany | 76 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | CIS | 74 | Bronze medal game | |||||||||||
| A2 | Croatia | 75 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Croatia | 98 | B1 | CIS | 78 | |||||||||
| B3 | Australia | 65 | B2 | Lithuania | 82 | |||||||||
The best two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals. The United States and Cuba advanced undefeated through the group phase but couldn't reach the finals and ended up facing each other for the bronze medal instead.
| Qualified for the semifinals |
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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| Cuba | 3 | 0 | 246 | 230 | +16 | 6 |
| CIS | 2 | 1 | 244 | 222 | +22 | 5 |
| Brazil | 1 | 2 | 237 | 241 | −4 | 4 |
| Italy | 0 | 3 | 190 | 224 | −34 | 3 |
Day 1
Cuba 91-89 CIS
Brazil 85-70 Italy
Day 2
CIS 77-67 Italy
Cuba 95-87 Brazil
Day 3
CIS 76-64 Brazil
Cuba 60-53 Italy
| Qualified for the semifinals |
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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| United States | 3 | 0 | 318 | 181 | +137 | 6 |
| China | 2 | 1 | 205 | 226 | −21 | 5 |
| Spain | 1 | 2 | 181 | 238 | −57 | 4 |
| Czechoslovakia | 0 | 3 | 183 | 242 | −59 | 3 |
Day 1
USA 111-55 Czechoslovakia
China 66-63 Spain
Day 2
Spain 59-58 Czechoslovakia
USA 93-61 China
Day 3
China 72-70 Czechoslovakia
USA 114-58 Spain
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| B1 | United States | 73 | |||||||
| A2 | CIS | 79 | |||||||
| A2 | CIS | 76 | |||||||
| B2 | China | 66 | |||||||
| A1 | Cuba | 70 | |||||||
| B2 | China | 109 | Third place | ||||||
| B1 | United States | 88 | |||||||
| A1 | Cuba | 74 | |||||||
| Rank | Men | Women | |||||
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| Team | W | L | Team | W | L | ||
 | United States | 8 | 0 | CIS | 4 | 1 | |
 | Croatia | 6 | 2 | China | 3 | 2 | |
 | Lithuania | 6 | 2 | United States | 4 | 1 | |
| 4th | CIS | 5 | 3 | Cuba | 3 | 2 | |
| Eliminated at the quarterfinals | Eliminated at the preliminary round | ||||||
| 5th | Brazil | 4 | 4 | Spain | 3 | 2 | |
| 6th | Australia | 4 | 4 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 4 | |
| 7th | Germany | 3 | 5 | Brazil | 2 | 3 | |
| 8th | Puerto Rico | 3 | 5 | Italy | 0 | 5 | |
| Eliminated at the preliminary round | |||||||
| 9th | Spain | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 10th | Angola | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 11th | Venezuela | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 12th | China | 0 | 7 | ||||
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