2012 Olympic Games -- Just the Facts

SITE: London, England

DATES: July 27 - Aug. 12, 2012

BASKETBALL COMPETITION DATES: July 29 - Aug. 12, 2012

GOLD MEDAL GAME: August 12 at North Greenwich Arena

U.S. OLYMPIC MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM ROSTER: USA Finalists

EVENT WEB SITE: London-2012.co.uk

OLYMPIC MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME SCHEDULE: TBD

SITES OF COMPETITION: Basketball Arena (preliminary round) and North Greenwich Arena (finals)

QUALIFIED NATIONS (12): Great Britain, the host country, the United States, which earned its berth by virtue of claiming the gold medal at the 2010 FIBA World Championship, Africa Zone champ Tunisia, Americas zone champion Argentina and runner-up Brazil, Asia zone winner China, European zone gold medalist Spain and silver medalist France, and Oceania Zone champion Australia, have qualified for the 2012 London Olympic Games 12-nation field. The final three nations to qualify for the 2012 Olympics will be determined through the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament (see below for tournament details).

PRELIMINARY ROUND GROUPS: The draw to determine the two preliminary round groups of six teams each is scheduled to be held April 28, 2012, at the FIBA Central Board meeting n the Ivory Coast.

COUNTRIES QUALIFYING FOR THE 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES MEN'S BASKETBALL COMPETITION:

• Host Country: Great Britain
  
• World Champion: United States
  
• FIBA Africa: Tunisia (gold medalist)
  
• FIBA Americas: Argentina (gold medalist) and Brazil (silver medalists)
  
• FIBA Asia: China (gold medalist)
  
• FIBA Europe: Spain (gold medalist) and France (silver medalists)
  
• FIBA Oceania: Australia (gold medalist)
• 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament: TBD (top three finishing teams)

NOTE: The 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament will be held July 2-8, 2012, in Caracas, Venezuela. The top three finishing teams qualify for the 2012 Olympics. The Olympic qualifier will feature 12 nations from each of the five 2011 FIBA zone qualifying tournaments as follows: Angola and Nigeria (silver and bronze medalists) from FIBA Africa; the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Venezuela from FIBA Americas (bronze medalist, fourth and fifth-place finishers); Jordan and South Korea from FIBA Asia (silver and bronze medalists); Russia, F.Y.R. of Macedonia, Lithuania and Greece fom FIBA Europe (bronze medalists, and the fourth through sixth-place finishers); and New Zealand from FIBA Oceania (runner-up).

The draw for the 2012 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men was held Jan. 31. 2012, The compostion of the four pools are - Group A: Greece, Jordan, Puerto Rico. Group B: Lithuania, Nigeria, Venezuela; Group C: Dominican Republic, South Korea, Russia; Group D: Angola, F.Y.R. of Macedonia, New Zealand.

ZONE QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTS FOR 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES

• 2011 FIBA Africa Zone Olympic Qualifying Tournament: August 10-28, 2011, Cote d'Ivoire. 2011 Results: Gold: Tunisia; Silver: Angola; Bronze: Nigeria; 4th: Ivory Coast 5th: Senegal; 6th: Central African Republic; 7th: Cameroon; 8th: Morocco; 9th: Mali; 10th: Mozambique; 11th: Egypt; 12: Rwanda; 13: Madagascar; 14th: South Africa; 15th: Chad; 16th: Togo.
• 2011 FIBA Americas Zone Olympic Qualifying Tournament: August 30-September 11, 2011, Mar del Plata, Argentina. 2011 Results: Gold: Argentina; Silver: Brazil; Bronze: Dominican Republic; 4th: Puerto Rico; 5th: Venezuela; 6th: Canada; 7th: Uruguay; 8th: Panama; 9th (tie): Cuba and Paraguay.
• 2011 FIBA Asia Zone Olympic Qualifying Tournament: September 15-25, 2011, Wuhan, China. 2011 Results: Gold: China; Silver: Jordan; Bronze: South Korea; 4th: Philippines; 5th: Iran; 6th: Lebanon; 7th: Japan; 8th: Chinese Taipai; 9: Syria; 10th: UAE; 11th: Malaysia; 12th: Uzbekistan; 13th: Indonesia; 14th: India; 15th: Bahrain; 16th: Qatar.
• 2011 FIBA European Zone Olympic Qalifying Tournament: Aug. 30-Sept. 18, 2011, Lithuania. 2011 Results: Gold: Spain; Silver: France; Bronze: Russia; 4th: F.Y.R. of Macedonia; 5th: Lithuania; 6th: Greece; 7th: Serbia; 8th: Slovenia; 9th (tie): Finland, Germany; 11th (tie): Georgia, Turkey; 13th (tie): Bulgaria, Croatia, Great Britain, Israel; 17th (tie): Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Poland, Ukraine; 21st (tie): Belgium, Latvia, Montenegro, Portugal.
• 2011 FIBA Oceania Zone Olympic Qualifying Tournament: September 7-11, 2011. 2011 Results - Gold: Australia; Silver: New Zealand.

Men's Olympic Games Summary of Finishes

Men's Olympic Games Year-by-Year Final Standings

*Tied for 9th

&Tied for 15th

+The USA chose not to participate in the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games

#Bulgaria, Cuba and the Soviet Union chose not to participate in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games

LEGEND: ANG-Angola; ARG-Argentina; AUS-Australia; BEL-Belgium; BRA-Brazil; BUL-Bulgaria; CAF-Central Africa Republic; CAN-Canada; CHI-Chile; CHN-China; CIS-Commonwealth of Independent States; CRO-Croatia; CUB-Cuba; CZK-Czechoslovakia; EGY-Egypt; ESP-Spain; EST-Estonia; FIN-Finland; FOR-Formosa; FRA-France; FRG-Federal Republic of Germany/West Germany; GBR-Great Britain; GER-Germany; GRE-Greece; HUN-Hungary; IND-India; IRI-Iran; IRE-Ireland; IRQ-Iraq; ITA-Italy; JPN-Japan; KOR-South Korea; LAT-Latvia; LTU-Lithuania; MEX-Mexico; MOR-Morocco; NZL-New Zealand; PAN-Panama; PER-Peru; PHI-Philippines; POL-Poland; PUR-Puerto Rico; RUS-Russia; SCG-Serbia & Montenegro; SEN-Senegal; SIN-Singapore; SWE-Sweden; SUI-Switzerland; THA-Thailand; TUR-Turkey; URS-Soviet Union; URU-Uruguay; USA-United States of America; VEN-Venezuela; YUG-Yugoslavia.