Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
CityBadalona
DatesJuly 26 – August 8
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona
Final positions
Champions United States (10th title)
Runners-up Croatia
Third place Lithuania
Fourth place CIS
Tournament statistics
Games played46
Top scorerBrazil Oscar Schmidt
(24.8 points per game)
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Main article: Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

The men's tournament of basketball at the 1992 Olympics at Barcelona, Spain began on July 26 and ended on August 8.

This was the first time that NBA players were eligible to play in Summer Olympics basketball, following a decision of FIBA in April 1989. Until 1992, only amateurs and players from professional leagues other than the NBA were allowed to play.[1][2]

The United States, which was nicknamed "The Dream Team", won the gold medal by beating Croatia in the final, with Lithuania winning the bronze medal.

Format

The twelve teams were split into two groups of six teams, and a single round-robin was held within each group. The top four teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage for the medals and the fourth place in the final rankings. The four losing teams from the first round of the knockout stage played another knockout stage to determine fifth through eighth place in the final rankings, and the four teams eliminated in the group stage played in another knockout stage to determine ninth through twelfth place in the final rankings.

Ties were broken via the following the criteria:

  1. Head to head results

Squads

Main article: Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Schedule

Legend
G Group stage ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Sun 26 Mon 27 Tue 28 Wed 29 Thu 30 Fri 31 Sat 1 Sun 2 Mon 3 Tue 4 Wed 5 Thu 6 Fri 7 Sat 8
G G G G G ¼ ½ F B

Qualification

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host nation 1  Spain
FIBA Africa Championship 1989 16–27 December 1989 Angola Luanda 1  Angola
1991 ABC Championship 22 August – 1 September 1991 Japan Kobe 1  China
1991 FIBA Oceania Championship 1–7 June 1991 New Zealand Wellington and Palmerston North 1  Australia
1992 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament 22 June–5 July 1992 Spain Bilbao, Granada, Murcia, Badajoz and Zaragoza 4  Lithuania
 Croatia
Unified Team
 Germany
1992 Tournament of the Americas 27 June–5 July 1992 United States Portland 4  United States
 Venezuela
 Brazil
 Puerto Rico
Total 12

Preliminary round

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.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 United States 5 5 0 579 350 +229 10 Quarterfinals
2  Croatia 5 4 1 423 400 +23 9
3  Brazil 5 2 3 420 463 −43 7[a]
4  Germany 5 2 3 369 432 −63 7[a]
5  Angola 5 1 4 324 392 −68 6[b] 9th−12th classification round
6  Spain (H) 5 1 4 398 476 −78 6[b]
Source: FIBA
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: Brazil 1–0 Germany
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Angola 1–0 Spain
26 July 1992 (1992-07-26)
16:30
v
Angola  48–116  United States
Scoring by half: 16–64, 32–52
Pts: Conceição, Macedo 10
Rebs: Conceição 7
Asts: Conceição 2		 Pts: Barkley 24
Rebs: Barkley 6
Asts: Johnson 10
26 July 1992 (1992-07-26)
20:30
v
Germany  83–74  Spain
Scoring by half: 46–39, 37–35
Pts: Schrempf 26
Rebs: Gnad 20
Asts: Schrempf 4		 Pts: Villacampa 21
Rebs: San Epifanio 7
Asts: Villacampa 2
26 July 1992 (1992-07-26)
22:30
v
Croatia  93–76  Brazil
Scoring by half: 55–40, 38–36
Pts: Petrović 22
Rebs: Rađa 4
Asts: Petrović 5		 Pts: Schmidt 25
Rebs: Vianna 9
Asts: Schmidt 2
27 July 1992 (1992-07-27)
14:30
v
Angola  63–64  Germany
Scoring by half: 42–36, 21–28
Pts: Conceição, Sousa 18
Rebs: Conceição 6
Asts: Macedo 5		 Pts: Schrempf 25
Rebs: Schrempf 15
Asts: Rödl, Schrempf 2
27 July 1992 (1992-07-27)
20:30
v
Croatia  70–103  United States
Scoring by half: 37–54, 33–49
Pts: Petrović 19
Rebs: Rađa 8
Asts: Kukoč 5		 Pts: Jordan 21
Rebs: Malone 5
Asts: Pippen 9
27 July 1992 (1992-07-27)
22:30
v
Brazil  100–101  Spain
Scoring by half: 43–53, 57–48
Pts: Schmidt 44
Rebs: Victalino 10
Asts: Villas 3		 Pts: Villacampa 25
Rebs: Jiménez 7
Asts: Herreros 5
29 July 1992 (1992-07-29)
11:30
v
Brazil  76–66  Angola
Scoring by half: 42–36, 34–30
Pts: Schmidt 19
Rebs: Schmidt, Victalino 7
Asts: Maury 6		 Pts: Conceição 17
Rebs: Conceição 9
Asts: Moreira 5
29 July 1992 (1992-07-29)
20:30
v
United States  111–68  Germany
Scoring by half: 58–23, 53–45
Pts: Bird 19
Rebs: Malone 5
Asts: Jordan 12		 Pts: Jackel, Schrempf 15
Rebs: Schrempf 8
Asts: Rödl, Schrempf 2
29 July 1992 (1992-07-29)
22:30
v
Croatia  88–79  Spain
Scoring by half: 45–42, 43–37
Pts: Petrović 28
Rebs: Rađa 8
Asts: Kukoč 7		 Pts: Villacampa 19
Rebs: Jiménez 7
Asts: Jofresa 5
31 July 1992 (1992-07-31)
11:30
v
Spain  63–83  Angola
Scoring by half: 36–37, 27–43
Pts: Jiménez, Villacampa 16
Rebs: Andreu 9
Asts: Villacampa 3		 Pts: Conceição 22
Rebs: Guimarães 10
Asts: Conceição 3
31 July 1992 (1992-07-31)
20:30
v
Croatia  99–78  Germany
Scoring by half: 46–41, 56–37
Pts: Petrović 26
Rebs: Kukoč 7
Asts: Komazec, Kukoč 4		 Pts: Jackel, Schrempf 25
Rebs: Schrempf 8
Asts: Rödl 5
31 July 1992 (1992-07-31)
22:30
v
United States  127–83  Brazil
Scoring by half: 60–41, 67–42
Pts: Barkley 30
Rebs: Ewing 9
Asts: Drexler 10		 Pts: Schmidt 24
Rebs: dos Santos 9
Asts: Maury 7
2 August 1992 (1992-08-02)
9:30
v
Germany  76–85  Brazil
Scoring by half: 40–39, 36–46
Pts: Schrempf 27
Rebs: Gnad 10
Asts: Rödl 3		 Pts: Villas 27
Rebs: Santos 11
Asts: Maury 6
2 August 1992 (1992-08-02)
11:30
v
Croatia  73–64  Angola
Scoring by half: 27–38, 46–26
Pts: Komazec 22
Rebs: Komazec 6
Asts: Komazec 4		 Pts: Conceição 24
Rebs: Conceição 7
Asts: Moreira 2
2 August 1992 (1992-08-02)
22:30
v
Spain  81–122  United States
Scoring by half: 35–65, 46–57
Pts: Jiménez 23
Rebs: Andreu 7
Asts: Jiménez 6		 Pts: Barkley 20
Rebs: Ewing 10
Asts: Pippen 9

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Unified Team 5 4 1 425 373 +52 9[a] Quarterfinals
2  Lithuania 5 4 1 481 424 +57 9[a]
3  Australia 5 3 2 432 396 +36 8[b]
4  Puerto Rico 5 3 2 445 440 +5 8[b]
5  Venezuela 5 1 4 392 427 −35 6 9th−12th classification round
6  China 5 0 5 381 496 −115 5
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Unified Team 1–0 Lithuania
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Puerto Rico
26 July 1992 (1992-07-26)
9:30
v
Venezuela  64–78 Unified Team
Scoring by half: 16–34, 48–44
Pts: Estaba 21
Rebs: Walcott 4
Asts: Shepherd 5		 Pts: Tikhonenko 18
Rebs: Volkov 7
Asts: Tikhonenko, Volkov 5
26 July 1992 (1992-07-26)
11:30
v
China  75–112  Lithuania
Scoring by half: 26–55, 49–57
Pts: Sun J. 22
Rebs: Sun J. 4
Asts: Sun J., Gong 3		 Pts: Kurtinaitis 31
Rebs: Sabonis 14
Asts: Marčiulionis 12
26 July 1992 (1992-07-26)
14:30
v
Puerto Rico  76–116  Australia
Scoring by half: 31–57, 45–59
Pts: Gause 15
Rebs: de León 13
Asts: Carter 4		 Pts: Bradtke, Gaze 20
Rebs: Loggins, Vlahov 7
Asts: Longley 5
27 July 1992 (1992-07-27)
11:30
v
Venezuela  79–87  Lithuania
Scoring by half: 46–38, 33–49
Pts: Shepherd 17
Rebs: Herrera 8
Asts: Shepherd 5		 Pts: Marčiulionis 27
Rebs: Sabonis 11
Asts: Marčiulionis 8
27 July 1992 (1992-07-27)
16:30
v
Unified Team 85–63  Australia
Scoring by half: 35–51, 50–12
Pts: Volkov 15
Rebs: Belostenny 7
Asts: Bazarevich 7		 Pts: Gaze 17
Rebs: Longley 5
Asts: Longley 2
27 July 1992 (1992-07-27)
20:30
v
China  68–100  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 35–51, 33–49
Pts: Shan 22
Rebs: Shan 7
Asts: Song 3		 Pts: Morales 15
Rebs: Rivas 4
Asts: Carter 12
29 July 1992 (1992-07-29)
9:30
v
Venezuela  71–78  Australia
Scoring by half: 27–43, 44–35
Pts: Olivares 22
Rebs: Walcott 11
Asts: Estaba 4		 Pts: Bradtke 16
Rebs: Bradtke 9
Asts: Gaze 7
29 July 1992 (1992-07-29)
14:30
v
Unified Team 100–84  China
Scoring by half: 55–39, 45–45
Pts: Bazarevich 18
Rebs: Volkov 6
Asts: Bazarevich 6		 Pts: Sun J. 22
Rebs: Wang 5
Asts: Adiljan 4
29 July 1992 (1992-07-29)
16:30
v
Lithuania  104–91  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 50–43, 54–48
Pts: Sabonis 31
Rebs: Sabonis 13
Asts: Marčiulionis 9		 Pts: Ortiz 20
Rebs: Ortiz 8
Asts: Carter, Rivas 5
31 July 1992 (1992-07-31)
9:30
v
Venezuela  82–96  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 42–52, 40–44
Pts: Olivares 24
Rebs: Estaba 8
Asts: Estaba, Shepherd 4		 Pts: López 19
Rebs: Mincy 14
Asts: López 7
31 July 1992 (1992-07-31)
14:30
v
Australia  88–66  China
Scoring by half: 39–28, 49–38
Pts: Gaze 30
Rebs: Bradtke 7
Asts: Gaze, Longley 4		 Pts: Hu 15
Rebs: Wang 5
Asts: Sun F. 6
31 July 1992 (1992-07-31)
16:30
v
Lithuania  80–92 Unified Team
Scoring by half: 38–26, 42–66
Pts: Sabonis, Marčiulionis 21
Rebs: Sabonis 16
Asts: Marčiulionis 8		 Pts: Tikhonenko 31
Rebs: Volkov 9
Asts: Volkov 4
2 August 1992 (1992-08-02)
14:30
v
Venezuela  96–88  China
Scoring by half: 52–52, 44–36
Pts: Herrera 23
Rebs: Herrera 10
Asts: Walcott 5		 Pts: Gong 18
Rebs: Shan 3
Asts: Sun J. 5
2 August 1992 (1992-08-02)
16:30
v
Australia  87–98  Lithuania
Scoring by half: 46–45, 41–53
Pts: Gaze 16
Rebs: Bradtke 12
Asts: Gaze 3		 Pts: Sabonis 26
Rebs: Einikis 10
Asts: Marčiulionis 8
2 August 1992 (1992-08-02)
20:30
v
Puerto Rico  82–70 Unified Team
Scoring by half: 36–39, 46–31
Pts: Ortiz 16
Rebs: Ortiz 13
Asts: Ortiz 5		 Pts: Vētra 25
Rebs: Belostenny 6
Asts: Volkov 5

Knockout stage

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 Unified Team 83
A4  Germany 76
B1 Unified Team 74 Bronze medal game
A2  Croatia 75
A2  Croatia 98 B1 Unified Team 78
B3  Australia 65 B2  Lithuania 82
5th to 8th place 5th Place game
      
1  Brazil 86
4  Puerto Rico 84
 Brazil 90
 Australia 80
3  Australia 109
2  Germany 79 7th Place game
 Puerto Rico 86
 Germany 96
9th to 12th place 9th Place game
      
1  Angola 79
4  China 69
 Angola 75
 Spain 78
3  Venezuela 81
2  Spain 95 11th Place game
 China 97
 Venezuela 100

Quarterfinals

4 August 1992 (1992-08-04)
14:30
v
Croatia  98–65  Australia
Scoring by half: 41–31, 57–34
Pts: Petrović 25
Rebs: Rađa 11
Asts: Kukoč 11		 Pts: Gaze 16
Rebs: Bradtke, Vlahov 5
Asts: Bradtke, Vlahov 2
4 August 1992 (1992-08-04)
16:30
v
Unified Team 83–76  Germany
Scoring by half: 35–36, 48–40
Pts: Tikhonenko 26
Rebs: Volkov 14
Asts: Volkov 4		 Pts: Schrempf 32
Rebs: Schrempf 10
Asts: Rödl, Schrempf 3
4 August 1992 (1992-08-04)
20:30
v
Lithuania  114–96  Brazil
Scoring by half: 48–52, 66–44
Pts: Sabonis 32
Rebs: Sabonis 13
Asts: Marčiulionis 10		 Pts: Villas 25
Rebs: Victalino 10
Asts: Maury 6
4 August 1992 (1992-08-04)
22:30
v
United States  115–77  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 67–40, 48–37
Pts: Mullin 21
Rebs: Laettner 8
Asts: Pippen 8		 Pts: Casiano, Ortiz 13
Rebs: Ortiz 8
Asts: Carter 4

Classification round 9th−12th place

Semifinals

4 August 1992 (1992-08-04)
9:30
v
Angola  79–69  China
Scoring by half: 40–35, 39–34
Pts: Moreira 19
Rebs: Conceição 5
Asts: Macedo 6		 Pts: Gong 16
Rebs: Hu 5
Asts: Sun F. 5
4 August 1992 (1992-08-04)
11:30
v
Venezuela  81–95  Spain
Scoring by half: 40–46, 41–49
Pts: Herrera 26
Rebs: Estaba 8
Asts: Herrera 3		 Pts: Herreros 25
Rebs: Andreu 9
Asts: Jofresa 4

11th place match

6 August 1992 (1992-08-06)
9:00
v
China  97–100  Venezuela
Scoring by half: 51–51, 46–49
Pts: Wu 25
Rebs: Wang 5
Asts: Sun F. 6		 Pts: Olivares 32
Rebs: Herrera 6
Asts: Herrera 4

9th place match

6 August 1992 (1992-08-06)
11:00
v
Angola  75–78  Spain
Scoring by half: 39–41, 36–37
Pts: Conceição 21
Rebs: Conceição 7
Asts: Conceição 4		 Pts: Jiménez 15
Rebs: Orenga 6
Asts: Arcega 4

Classification round 5th−8th place

Semifinals

6 August 1992 (1992-08-06)
14:30
v
Brazil  86–84  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 43–49, 43–35
Pts: Schmidt 29
Rebs: dos Santos 7
Asts: Maury 3		 Pts: Morales 16
Rebs: Rivas 5
Asts: Rivas 5
6 August 1992 (1992-08-06)
20:30
v
Australia  109–79  Germany
Scoring by half: 52–44, 57–35
Pts: Gaze 30
Rebs: Bradtke 11
Asts: Smyth 6		 Pts: Jackel 19
Rebs: Gnad 11
Asts: Schrempf 5

7th place match

8 August 1992 (1992-08-08)
20:00
v
Puerto Rico  86–96  Germany
Scoring by half: 46–45, 40–51
Pts: Carter 25
Rebs: Mincy 5
Asts: López 2		 Pts: Schrempf 24
Rebs: Gnad 15
Asts: Schrempf 7

5th place match

8 August 1992 (1992-08-08)
11:00
v
Brazil  90–80  Australia
Scoring by half: 44–38, 46–42
Pts: Schmidt 23
Rebs: Victalino 12
Asts: Maury 11		 Pts: Gaze 26
Rebs: Bradtke, Longley 6
Asts: Gaze, Longley 4

Semifinals

6 August 1992 (1992-08-06)
16:30
v
Croatia  75–74 Unified Team
Scoring by half: 30–40, 45–34
Pts: Petrović 28
Rebs: Rađa 11
Asts: Kukoč 7		 Pts: Volkov 20
Rebs: Volkov 6
Asts: Volkov 5
6 August 1992 (1992-08-06)
22:30
v
Lithuania  76–127  United States
Scoring by half: 30–49, 46–78
Pts: Marčiulionis 20
Rebs: Sabonis 8
Asts: Marčiulionis 8		 Pts: Jordan 21
Rebs: Robinson 8
Asts: Johnson 8

Bronze medal game

8 August 1992 (1992-08-08)
13:00
v
Unified Team 78–82  Lithuania
Scoring by half: 33–39, 45–43
Pts: Tikhonenko 24
Rebs: Volkov 8
Asts: Sukharev 4		 Pts: Marčiulionis 29
Rebs: Sabonis 16
Asts: Marčiulionis 3

Gold medal game

8 August 1992 (1992-08-08)
22:00
v
Croatia  85–117  United States
Scoring by half: 42–56, 43–61
Pts: Petrović 24
Rebs: Rađa 6
Asts: Kukoč 9		 Pts: Jordan 22
Rebs: Ewing 6
Asts: Johnson 6

Awards

1992 Olympic Basketball Champions
United States
United States
Tenth title

Final standings

Rankings are determined by classification games:

Rank Team Pld W L PF PA PD
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 8 8 0 938 558 +380
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Croatia 8 6 2 681 656 +25
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Lithuania 8 6 2 753 725 +28
4th Unified Team 8 5 3 660 606 +54
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th  Brazil 8 4 4 692 741 -49
6th  Australia 8 4 4 686 663 +23
7th  Germany 8 3 5 620 710 -90
8th  Puerto Rico 8 3 5 692 737 -45
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9th  Spain 7 3 4 571 632 -61
10th  Angola 7 2 5 478 539 -61
11th  Venezuela 7 2 5 573 619 -46
12th  China 7 0 7 547 675 -128

Cultural depictions

References

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