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Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
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The women's tournament of the basketball at the 2008 Olympics at Beijing, China began on August 9 and ended on August 23, when the United States defeated Australia 92–65 for the gold medal. All games were held at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium.

Qualifying

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's qualification
Country Qualified as Date of qualification Previous appearance FIBA World Ranking[1]
 China Olympics host July 13, 2001 4 (1988, 1992, 1996, 2004) 10
 Australia World champion September 23, 2006 6 (1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004) 2
 South Korea Asian champion June 30, 2007 5 (1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004) 7
 New Zealand Oceanian champion September 28, 2007 2 (2000, 2004) 16
 Mali African champion September 30, 2007 0 31
 United States Americas champion June 30, 2007 7 (1976, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004) 1
 Russia European champion October 7, 2007 3 (1996, 2000, 2004) 3
 Spain Wildcard qualifier June 13, 2008 2 (1992, 2004) 5
 Czech Republic Wildcard qualifier June 13, 2008 1 (2004) 9
 Latvia Wildcard qualifier June 13, 2008 0 26
 Belarus Wildcard qualifier June 13, 2008 0 30
 Brazil Wildcard qualifier June 15, 2008 4 (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004) 4

Format

  • Twelve teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 6 teams each. The top 4 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
  • Fifth-placed teams from each group are ranked 9th–10th by basis of their records.
  • Sixth-placed teams from each group are ranked 11th–12th by basis of their records.
  • In the quarterfinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B4, A2 vs. B3, A3 vs. B2 and A4 vs. B1.
    • The eliminated teams at the quarterfinals are ranked 5th–8th by basis of their preliminary round records
  • The winning teams from the quarterfinals meet in the semifinals as follows: A1/B4 vs. A3/B2 and A2/B3 vs. A4/B1.
  • The winning teams from the semifinals dispute the gold medal. The losing teams dispute the bronze.

Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:

  1. Head to head results
  2. Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
  3. Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

All times are local Beijing Time (GMT+8).

Preliminary round

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Group A

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball group A standings

Group B

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball group B standings

Knockout round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal game
         
A2  Russia 84
B3  Spain 65
A2  Russia 52
B1  United States 67
B1  United States 104
A4  South Korea 60
B1  United States 92
A1  Australia 65
B2  China 77
A3  Belarus 62
B2  China 56 Bronze medal game
A1  Australia 90
A1  Australia 79 A2  Russia 94
B4  Czech Republic 46 B2  China 81

Quarterfinals

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game C1 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game C2 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game C3 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game C4

Semifinals

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game D1 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game D2

Bronze medal game

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game E1

Gold medal game

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game E2[2]

Final standings

Rankings are determined by:

  • 1st–4th
    • Results of gold and bronze medal games.
  • 5th–8th:
    • Win–loss record in the preliminary round group
    • Standings in the preliminary round group (i.e. Group A's #3 is ranked higher than Group B's #4.)
    • Goal average in the preliminary round group
  • 9th–10th and 11th–12th:
    • 5th placers in the preliminary round groups are classified 9th–10th; 6th placers classified 11th–12th
    • Win–loss record in the preliminary round group
    • Goal average in the preliminary round group
Rank Team Pld W L PF PA PD Standing GAvg
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 8 8 0 754 453 +301
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia 8 7 1 658 513 +145
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Russia 8 6 2 569 546 +23
4th  China 8 5 3 572 592 −20 –
5th  Spain 6 3 3 422 408 +14 –
6th  Belarus 6 2 4 386 409 −23 A-3rd
7th  Czech Republic 6 2 4 392 435 −43 B-4th 0.901
8th  South Korea 6 2 4 387 464 −77 A-4th 0.834
9th  Latvia 5 1 4 334 387 −53 A-5th 0.863
10th  New Zealand 5 1 4 320 423 −103 B-5th 0.757
11th  Brazil 5 1 4 337 354 −17 A-6th
12th  Mali 5 0 5 255 402 −147 –

Statistical leaders

Game highs

Department Name Total Opponent
Points Australia Lauren Jackson 30  Latvia
Rebounds Mali Djenebou Sissoko 19  China
Assists Australia Kristi Harrower
United States Kara Lawson
South Korea Park Jung-Eun		 7  Russia
 Mali
 United States
Assists South Korea Lee Mi-Sun
Spain Anna Montañana
Spain Amaya Valdemoro		 7  Belarus
 Mali
 Mali
Blocks 10 players 3 ---
Field goal percentage United States Lisa Leslie 100% (7/7)  Mali
3-point field goal percentage Latvia Gunta Basko
Russia Ilona Korstin		 100% (2/2)  Australia
 Latvia
Field throw percentage South Korea Choi Youn-Ah
Belarus Yelena Leuchanka		 100% (8/8)  Brazil (OT)
 South Korea (non-OT)
Turnovers Belarus Natallia Marchanka 8  South Korea

See also

References

  1. ^ after EuroBasket 2007
  2. ^ "USA/AUS – United States women capture fourth Olympic gold on the trot". Archived from the original on 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
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