Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Korea
CitySeoul
Dates17–30 September
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)1
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (2nd title)
Runners-up Yugoslavia
Third place United States
Fourth place Australia
Tournament statistics
Games played46
Top scorerBrazil Oscar Schmidt
(42.3 points per game)
Basketball at the
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Main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

The men's tournament in basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul began on 17 September and ended on 30 September.

The Soviet Union won its second gold medal, defeating Yugoslavia 76–63 in the gold medal match.

This was the last Olympic basketball tournament where NBA players were not allowed to participate; FIBA instituted a rule change in 1989 that lifted that restriction, leading to the dominance of 1992's Dream Team.[1][2]

Competition schedule

G Group stage ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals C Classification matches B Bronze medal match F Final
Sat 17 Sun 18 Mon 19 Tue 20 Wed 21 Thu 22 Fri 23 Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30
G G G G G G C ¼ C ½ C B C F

Qualification

A NOC could enter one men's team with 12 players. Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country and the winners from the previous edition. The remaining teams were decided by the continental championships in Asia, Oceania, Africa and Americas and European qualifying tournament. Champions of Asia and Oceania, top two teams from Africa and top three from Americas earned direct qualification. Last three berths are allocated from European qualifying tournament, held in Netherlands.

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
1984 Summer Olympics 29 July – 10 August 1984 United States Los Angeles 1  United States
Host nation 30 September 1981 West Germany Baden-Baden 1  South Korea
1987 FIBA Oceania Championship 31 August – 4 September 1987 New Zealand Timaru
New Zealand Christchurch		 1  Australia
FIBA Africa Championship 1987 17–27 December 1987 Tunisia Tunis 2  Central African Republic
 Egypt
1988 Tournament of the Americas 22–31 May 1988 Uruguay Montevideo 3  Brazil
 Puerto Rico
 Canada
European qualifying tournament July 1988 Netherlands Netherlands 3  Soviet Union
 Yugoslavia
 Spain
1987 ABC Championship 14–27 November 1987 Thailand Bangkok 1  China
Total 12

Squads

Main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Each NOC was limited to one team per tournament. Each team had a roster of twelve players.

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Yugoslavia 5 4 1 468 384 +84 9[a] Quarterfinals
2  Soviet Union 5 4 1 460 393 +67 9[a]
3  Australia 5 3 2 429 408 +21 8[b]
4  Puerto Rico 5 3 2 382 387 −5 8[b]
5  Central African Republic 5 1 4 346 436 −90 6 9th–12th classification round
6  South Korea (H) 5 0 5 384 461 −77 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Yugoslavia 1–0 Soviet Union
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Puerto Rico
18 September 1988
Australia  81–77  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 50–36, 31–41
18 September 1988
Central African Republic  73–70  South Korea
Scoring by half: 47–30, 26–40
18 September 1988
Soviet Union  79–92  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 33–39, 46–53
20 September 1988
South Korea  74–79  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 30–38, 44–41
20 September 1988
Central African Republic  61–102  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 21–51, 40–51
20 September 1988
Australia  69–91  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 35–53, 34–38
21 September 1988
South Korea  92–104  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 46–48, 46–56
21 September 1988
Puerto Rico  81–93 (OT)  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 39–37, 37–39 Overtime: 5–17
21 September 1988
Australia  106–67  Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 57–35, 49–32
23 September 1988
Central African Republic  67–71  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 41–27, 26–34
23 September 1988
South Korea  73–110  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 38–59, 35–51
23 September 1988
Australia  78–98  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 43–52, 35–46
24 September 1988
Australia  95–75  South Korea
Scoring by half: 51–39, 44–36
24 September 1988
Central African Republic  78–87  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 31–40, 47–47
24 September 1988
Puerto Rico  74–72  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 36–37, 38–35

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 5 5 0 485 302 +183 10 Quarterfinals
2  Spain 5 4 1 484 435 +49 9
3  Brazil 5 3 2 590 522 +68 8
4  Canada 5 2 3 479 455 +24 7
5  China 5 1 4 433 527 −94 6 9th–12th classification round
6  Egypt 5 0 5 338 568 −230 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
17 September 1988
China  98–84  Egypt
Scoring by half: 47–43, 51–41
17 September 1988
Brazil  125–109  Canada
Scoring by half: 56–45, 69–64
18 September 1988
Spain  53–97  United States
Scoring by half: 32–48, 21–49
20 September 1988
Brazil  130–108  China
Scoring by half: 72–61, 58–47
20 September 1988
Canada  70–76  United States
Scoring by half: 42–40, 28–36
20 September 1988
Egypt  70–113  Spain
Scoring by half: 44–57, 26–56
21 September 1988
Brazil  87–102  United States
Scoring by half: 55–63, 32–39
21 September 1988
Canada  117–64  Egypt
Scoring by half: 61–32, 56–32
21 September 1988
China  74–106  Spain
Scoring by half: 43–59, 31–57
23 September 1988
Canada  84–94  Spain
Scoring by half: 51–45, 33–49
23 September 1988
Brazil  138–85  Egypt
Scoring by half: 66–38, 72–47
23 September 1988
China  57–108  United States
Scoring by half: 26–59, 31–49
24 September 1988
Canada  99–96  China
Scoring by half: 56–52, 43–44
24 September 1988
Egypt  35–102  United States
Scoring by half: 21–62, 14–40
24 September 1988
Brazil  110–118  Spain
Scoring by half: 57–61, 53–57

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
September 26
 
 
(A1)  Yugoslavia95
 
September 28
 
(B4)  Canada73
 
(A1)  Yugoslavia91
 
September 26
 
(A3)  Australia70
 
(B2)  Spain74
 
September 30
 
(A3)  Australia77
 
(A1)  Yugoslavia63
 
September 26
 
(A2)  Soviet Union76
 
(B1)  United States94
 
September 28
 
(A4)  Puerto Rico57
 
(B1)  United States76
 
September 26
 
(A2)  Soviet Union82 Third place
 
(A2)  Soviet Union110
 
September 29
 
(B3)  Brazil105
 
(A3)  Australia49
 
 
(B1)  United States78
 

Quarterfinals

26 September 1988 (1988-09-26)
21:30
Yugoslavia  95–73  Canada
Scoring by half: 40–26, 55–47
Pts: Divac 17
Rebs: Vranković 9
Asts: Cvjetićanin, Divac, Petrović 2		 Pts: Walton 17
Rebs: Mungar, Walton 7
Asts: Hatch 2
26 September 1988 (1988-09-26)
16:30
Spain  74–77  Australia
Scoring by half: 40–41, 34–36
Pts: San Epifanio 17
Rebs: Martínez, Jiménez 7
Asts: Montero 3		 Pts: Gaze 28
Rebs: Sengstock 5
Asts: 4 players 1
26 September 1988
11:45
United States  94–57  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 48–28, 46–29
Pts: Manning 18
Rebs: Manning 7
Asts: C.D. Smith 3		 Pts: Cruz 12
Rebs: Mincy 8
Asts: Cruz 4
26 September 1988
19:30
Soviet Union  110–105  Brazil
Scoring by half: 53–58, 57–47
Pts: Kurtinaitis 24
Rebs: Sabonis 9
Asts: Sabonis, Tarakanov, Volkov 2		 Pts: Schmidt 46
Rebs: Israel 11
Asts: Maury 5

Semifinals

28 September 1988 (1988-09-28)
Yugoslavia  91–70  Australia
Scoring by half: 44–31, 47–39
Pts: Petrović 24
Rebs: Divac 10
Asts: Petrović 3		 Pts: Gaze 27
Rebs: Borner, Vlahov 4
Asts: Sengstock 4
28 September 1988 (1988-09-28)
12:00
United States  76–82  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 37–47, 39–35
Pts: Robinson 19
Rebs: Robinson 12
Asts: Coles 2		 Pts: Kurtinaitis 28
Rebs: Sabonis 13
Asts: Volkov 5

Bronze medal game

29 September 1988 (1988-09-29)
21:30
Australia  49–78  United States
Scoring by half: 29–52, 20–26
Pts: Gaze 17
Rebs: Sengstock 6
Asts: Smyth 2		 Pts: Majerle, Richmond, Robinson 12
Rebs: Richmond, Robinson 7
Asts: Richmond 2

Gold medal game

30 September 1988 (1988-09-30)
Yugoslavia  63–76  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 28–31, 35–45
Pts: Petrović 24
Rebs: Divac 7
Asts: Petrović 4		 Pts: Marčiulionis 21
Rebs: Sabonis 15
Asts: Marčiulionis 6

Classification round

5th–8th Place

September 28 5th place (September 30)
      
B3  Brazil 104
A4  Puerto Rico 86
B3  Brazil 106
B4  Canada 90
B4  Canada 96
B2  Spain 91 7th place (September 29)
A4  Puerto Rico 93
B2  Spain 92

9th–12th Place

September 26 9th place (September 29)
      
A5  Central Afr. Rep. 63
B6  Egypt 57
A5  Central Afr. Rep. 81
A6  South Korea 89
B5  China 90
A6  South Korea 93 11th place (September 29)
B6  Egypt 75
B5  China 97

Classification 5–8 semifinals

28 September 1988
9:45
Brazil  104–86  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 51–39, 53–47
Pts: Schmidt 46
Rebs: Schmidt 9
Asts: Guerrinha 7		 Pts: E. de León 19
Rebs: E. de León 10
Asts: Cruz 2
28 September 1988 (1988-09-28)
14:30
Canada  96–91  Spain
Scoring by half: 41–42, 55–49
Pts: Triano 27
Rebs: Raffin 8
Asts: Raffin 4		 Pts: Jiménez 16
Rebs: Jiménez 6
Asts: Solozábal 5

Classification 7–8

29 September 1988
19:30
Puerto Rico  93–92  Spain
Scoring by half: 47–45, 46–47
Pts: Morales 25
Rebs: Ortíz, Mincy 8
Asts: Ortíz 4		 Pts: Jiménez 31
Rebs: Jiménez 8
Asts: Solozábal 6

Classification 5–6

30 September 1988
09:45
Brazil  106–90  Canada
Scoring by half: 43–39, 63–51
Pts: Schmidt 41
Rebs: Pipoka 17
Asts: Villas Boas, Schmidt 2		 Pts: Triano 29
Rebs: Hatch 10
Asts: Yearwood 3

Classification 9–12 semifinals

26 September 1988 (1988-09-26)
09:45
Central African Republic  63–57  Egypt
Scoring by half: 33–31, 30–26
Pts: F. Goporo, Bella 15
Rebs: Lavodrama 16
Asts: Lavodrama 7		 Pts: Khalil 17
Rebs: Khalil 8
Asts: Amir 4
26 September 1988
09:45
China  90–93  South Korea
Scoring by half: 48–47, 42–46
Pts: Li 22
Rebs: Wang L. 7
Asts: Li 2		 Pts: Kim HJ 17
Rebs: Kim YT 12
Asts: Kim HJ, Kim YT, Yoo 2

Classification 11–12

29 September 1988 (1988-09-29)
14:30
Egypt  75–97  China
Scoring by half: 42–56, 33–41
Pts: Khalil 26
Rebs: Moussa 6
Asts: Moussa, Sedky 1		 Pts: Zhang Y. 33
Rebs: Song 12
Asts: Sun, Wang L., Zhang Y. 3

Classification 9–10

29 September 1988
16:30
Central African Republic  81–89  South Korea
Scoring by half: 41–43, 40–46
Pts: Lavodrama 14
Rebs: Lavodrama 12
Asts: Kotta 3		 Pts: Lee CH 31
Rebs: Lee MK 8
Asts: Kim HJ 6

Awards

1988 Olympic Basketball Champions
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Second title

Final ranking

Rankings are determined by classification games:

Rank Team Pld W L PF PA PD
Gold medal game participants
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union 8 7 1 728 637 +91
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Yugoslavia 8 6 2 717 603 +114
Bronze medal game participants
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States 8 7 1 733 490 +243
4th  Australia 8 4 4 625 651 −26
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th  Brazil 8 5 3 905 808 +97
6th  Canada 8 3 5 738 747 −9
7th  Puerto Rico 8 4 4 618 677 −59
8th  Spain 8 4 4 741 701 +40
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9th  South Korea 7 2 5 566 632 −66
10th  Central African Republic 7 2 5 490 582 −92
11th  China 7 2 5 620 695 −75
12th  Egypt 7 0 7 470 728 −258

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