The men's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, began on 10 August and ended on 24 August, when the United States defeated Spain 118–107 for the gold medal. All games were held at the Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium.
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | China |
| City | Beijing |
| Dates | 10 – 24 August |
| Teams | 12 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  United States (13th title) |
| Runners-up |  Spain |
| Third place |  Argentina |
| Fourth place |  Lithuania |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 38 |
| Top scorer | Pau Gasol (19.6 points per game) |
The United States, nicknamed the "Redeem Team", defeated Spain in the gold medal game, finishing the tournament undefeated and winning the gold medal for the first time since 2000, while Argentina, the defending Olympic champions who lost to the U.S. in the semifinals, won the bronze medal.
Qualification
editFormat
edit- 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 play for the gold medal. The losing teams play for the bronze.
Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:
- Head to head results
- Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
- Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group
All times are local Beijing Time (UTC+8).
Squads
editPreliminary round
editAll times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)
Group A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lithuania
|
5 | 4 | 1 | 425 | 400 | +25 | 9[a] | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Argentina
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5 | 4 | 1 | 425 | 361 | +64 | 9[a] | |
| 3 |  Croatia
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5 | 3 | 2 | 399 | 380 | +19 | 8[b] | |
| 4 |  Australia
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5 | 3 | 2 | 457 | 405 | +52 | 8[b] | |
| 5 |  Russia
|
5 | 1 | 4 | 387 | 406 | −19 | 6 | |
| 6 |  Iran
|
5 | 0 | 5 | 323 | 464 | −141 | 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.
Notes:
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:
10 August 2008
09:00 |
| Russia |
71–49 | Iran |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–5, 14–17, 8–16, 25–11 | ||
| Pts: Holden 19 Rebs: Monia 6 Asts: Savrasenko 4 |
Pts: Nikkhah 16 Rebs: Haddadi 8 Asts: Kamrani 3 | |
10 August 2008
16:45 |
| Lithuania |
79–75 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 20–19, 17–15, 28–30 | ||
| Pts: Kleiza 13 Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 7 Asts: Jasikevičius 8 |
Pts: Ginobili 19 Rebs: Oberto 11 Asts: Oberto, Prigioni 3 | |
10 August 2008
20:00 |
| Australia |
82–97 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 17–26, 22–26, 29–24 | ||
| Pts: Nielsen 13 Rebs: Anstey 7 Asts: Barlow 3 |
Pts: Prkačin, Banić 16 Rebs: Lončar 10 Asts: Popović 5 | |
12 August 2008
09:00 |
| Iran |
67–99 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 14–31, 19–28, 14–25 | ||
| Pts: Haddadi 21 Rebs: Sahakian 12 Asts: Amini 4 |
Pts: Kleiza 22 Rebs: Kleiza 8 Asts: Jasikevičius, Lukauskis, Mačiulis 3 | |
12 August 2008
11:15 |
| Croatia |
85–78 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 26–19, 18–15, 25–27 | ||
| Pts: Popović 22 Rebs: Barać 7 Asts: Popović, Lončar 3 |
Pts: Kirilenko 18 Rebs: Kirilenko 6 Asts: Kirilenko, Bikov 3 | |
12 August 2008
22:15 |
| Argentina |
85–68 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–11, 16–18, 24–17, 22–22 | ||
| Pts: Ginobili 21 Rebs: Nocioni 8 Asts: Ginobili 7 |
Pts: Mills 22 Rebs: Andersen 6 Asts: Bogut, Bruton 2 | |
14 August 2008
11:15 |
| Australia |
106–68 | Iran |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–15, 25–14, 22–19, 31–20 | ||
| Pts: Newley 24 Rebs: Bogut 7 Asts: Mills, Worthington, Bruton 5 |
Pts: Nikkhah 23 Rebs: Haddadi 8 Asts: Davari 4 | |
14 August 2008
16:45 |
| Lithuania |
86–79 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 21–17, 25–21, 17–17 | ||
| Pts: Kaukėnas 20 Rebs: Kleiza 11 Asts: Jasikevičius 5 |
Pts: Holden 25 Rebs: Khriapa 9 Asts: Kirilenko 6 | |
14 August 2008
22:15 |
| Argentina |
77–53 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 19–9, 19–16, 18–15 | ||
| Pts: Nocioni 18 Rebs: Nocioni 8 Asts: Ginobili 8 |
Pts: Tomas, Banić 9 Rebs: Banić 6 Asts: Ukić 2 | |
16 August 2008
11:15 |
| Russia |
80–95 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 17–22, 22–20, 25–26 | ||
| Pts: Khriapa 21 Rebs: Khriapa 9 Asts: Holden 6 |
Pts: Bogut, Bruton 22 Rebs: Bogut 8 Asts: Bruton 6 | |
16 August 2008
14:30 |
| Croatia |
73–86 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 30–29, 17–16, 11–28 | ||
| Pts: Ukić 13 Rebs: Banić 7 Asts: Kus 3 |
Pts: Lukauskis 20 Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 7 Asts: Jasikevičius 6 | |
16 August 2008
16:45 |
| Iran |
82–97 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 19–23, 24–30, 25–25 | ||
| Pts: Haddadi 21 Rebs: Haddadi 16 Asts: Kamrani 4 |
Pts: Ginobili 32 Rebs: Scola 7 Asts: Prigioni 6 | |
18 August 2008
09:00 |
| Iran |
57–91 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–19, 8–35, 23–16, 18–21 | ||
| Pts: Nikkhah 25 Rebs: Haddadi 15 Asts: Haddadi 2 |
Pts: Rozić, Tomas 16 Rebs: Lončar, Barać 7 Asts: Ukić 8 | |
18 August 2008
11:15 |
| Australia |
106–75 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–14, 27–15, 20–22, 31–24 | ||
| Pts: Bogut 23 Rebs: Mills 4 Asts: Anstey 4 |
Pts: K. Lavrinovič 14 Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 8 Asts: Jasikevičius 5 | |
18 August 2008
22:15 |
| Argentina |
91–79 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 18–23, 27–25, 19–15 | ||
| Pts: Scola 37 Rebs: Nocioni 9 Asts: Prigioni 10 |
Pts: Kirilenko 23 Rebs: Kirilenko 9 Asts: Holden 5 | |
Group B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States
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5 | 5 | 0 | 515 | 354 | +161 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Spain
|
5 | 4 | 1 | 418 | 369 | +49 | 9 | |
| 3 |  Greece
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5 | 3 | 2 | 415 | 375 | +40 | 8 | |
| 4 |  China (H)
|
5 | 2 | 3 | 366 | 400 | −34 | 7 | |
| 5 |  Germany
|
5 | 1 | 4 | 330 | 390 | −60 | 6 | |
| 6 |  Angola
|
5 | 0 | 5 | 321 | 477 | −156 | 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
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
10 August 2008
11:15 |
| Germany |
95–66 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 29–13, 24–18, 17–14 | ||
| Pts: Kaman 24 Rebs: Jagla 11 Asts: Hamann 4 |
Pts: Mingas 24 Rebs: Gomes 8 Asts: Cipriano 2 | |
10 August 2008
14:30 |
| Spain |
81–66 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 15–13, 27–17, 19–20 | ||
| Pts: Fernández 16 Rebs: P. Gasol 7 Asts: Navarro, Rodríguez 2 |
Pts: Spanoulis 15 Rebs: Tsartsaris 8 Asts: Diamantidis 3 | |
10 August 2008
22:15 |
| United States |
101–70 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 29–21, 25–11, 27–22 | ||
| Pts: Wade 19 Rebs: Bosh 8 Asts: Paul 6 |
Pts: Yao 13 Rebs: Yao 10 Asts: Chen, Liu, Zhu, Sun 2 | |
12 August 2008
14:30 |
| Greece |
87–64 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 23–10, 25–15, 18–16 | ||
| Pts: Spanoulis 23 Rebs: Bourousis 8 Asts: Spanoulis 5 |
Pts: Nowitzki 13 Rebs: Nowitzki 6 Asts: Greene 2 | |
12 August 2008
16:45 |
| China |
75–85 (OT) | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 28–17, 15–10, 11–25, Overtime: 3–13 | ||
| Pts: Liu 19 Rebs: Yao, Yi 9 Asts: Yao, Sun 3 |
Pts: P. Gasol 29 Rebs: P. Gasol, Fernández 8 Asts: Fernández 6 | |
12 August 2008
20:00 |
| Angola |
76–97 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–29, 19–26, 16–26, 23–16 | ||
| Pts: Morais 24 Rebs: Gomes 8 Asts: Costa, Ambrosio 2 |
Pts: Wade 19 Rebs: Anthony 6 Asts: James 5 | |
14 August 2008
09:00 |
| Germany |
59–72 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 21–27, 12–20, 11–13 | ||
| Pts: Hamann 15 Rebs: Kaman 10 Asts: Hamann 3 |
Pts: Calderón 15 Rebs: M. Gasol 8 Asts: P. Gasol, Rubio 3 | |
14 August 2008
14:30 |
| Angola |
68–85 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–28, 27–16, 9–21, 17–20 | ||
| Pts: Gomes 17 Rebs: Mingas 5 Asts: Gomes 3 |
Pts: Yao 30 Rebs: Yi 11 Asts: Zhu, Li 3 | |
14 August 2008
20:00 |
| United States |
92–69 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 31–16, 23–22, 18–15 | ||
| Pts: Bryant, Bosh 18 Rebs: James, Howard, Anthony 6 Asts: James 6 |
Pts: Papaloukas 15 Rebs: Fotsis, Papaloukas 8 Asts: Diamantidis 3 | |
16 August 2008
09:00 |
| Greece |
102–61 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 31–17, 38–14, 21–19 | ||
| Pts: Bourousis 22 Rebs: Glyniadakis, Fotsis 7 Asts: Fotsis 5 |
Pts: Mingas 25 Rebs: Geronimo 7 Asts: Costa 4 | |
16 August 2008
20:00 |
| China |
59–55 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–9, 8–22, 20–8, 12–16 | ||
| Pts: Yao 25 Rebs: Yao, Yi 11 Asts: Liu 3 |
Pts: Nowitzki 24 Rebs: Nowitzki 17 Asts: Hamann, Garrett 2 | |
16 August 2008
22:15 |
| Spain |
82–119 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–31, 23–30, 18–25, 19–33 | ||
| Pts: Reyes 19 Rebs: Reyes 8 Asts: Fernández, Rubio 3 |
Pts: James 18 Rebs: Bosh 7 Asts: James, Paul 8 | |
18 August 2008
14:30 |
| Greece |
91–77 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 19–9, 23–30, 22–23 | ||
| Pts: Bourousis, Spanoulis 19 Rebs: Bourousis 19 Asts: Papaloukas, Spanoulis 5 |
Pts: Yao 16 Rebs: Wang 8 Asts: Sun 6 | |
Knockout round
edit| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Lithuania
| 94 | ||||||||||||
| B4 | China
| 68 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Lithuania
| 86 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Spain
| 91 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Spain
| 72 | ||||||||||||
| A3 | Croatia
| 59 | ||||||||||||
| B2 |  Spain
| 107 | ||||||||||||
| B1 |  United States
| 118 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | United States
| 116 | ||||||||||||
| A4 | Australia
| 85 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | United States
| 101 | Bronze medal game | |||||||||||
| A2 | Argentina
| 81 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Argentina
| 80 | A1 | Lithuania
| 75 | |||||||||
| B3 | Greece
| 78 | A2 |  Argentina
| 87 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
edit20 August 2008
14:30 |
| Spain |
72–59 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 15–15, 14–12, 21–21 | ||
| Scoring by half: 37–26, 35–33 | ||
| Pts: P. Gasol 20 Rebs: P. Gasol 10 Asts: Calderón, P. Gasol 2 |
Pts: Banić 15 Rebs: Banić, Planinić 5 Asts: Kus, Nicević 2 | |
20 August 2008
16:45 |
| Lithuania |
94–68 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 22–13, 29–23, 24–15 | ||
| Scoring by half: 41–30, 53–38 | ||
| Pts: Jasikevičius 23 Rebs: Kleiza 7 Asts: Jasikevičius 6 |
Pts: Yao 19 Rebs: Yi 9 Asts: Yao 3 | |
20 August 2008
20:00 |
| United States |
116–85 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 30–19, 34–18, 27–24 | ||
| Scoring by half: 55–43, 61–42 | ||
| Pts: Bryant 25 Rebs: James 9 Asts: James, Paul, Wade, Williams 3 |
Pts: Mills 20 Rebs: Worthington 6 Asts: Newley 3 | |
20 August 2008
22:15 |
| Argentina |
80–78 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 17–17, 17–15, 24–23 | ||
| Scoring by half: 39–40, 41–38 | ||
| Pts: Ginobili 24 Rebs: Scola 8 Asts: Prigioni 3 |
Pts: Fotsis 17 Rebs: Fotsis 10 Asts: Papaloukas 4 | |
Semifinals
edit22 August 2008
20:00 |
| Spain |
91–86 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 19–23, 22–24, 29–20 | ||
| Scoring by half: 40–42, 51–44 | ||
| Pts: P Gasol 19 Rebs: Jiménez 7 Asts: Rubio 4 |
Pts: Jasaitis, Jasikevičius 19 Rebs: Jasaitis 8 Asts: Jasikevičius 6 | |
22 August 2008
22:00 |
| Argentina |
81–101 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–30, 29–19, 24–29, 17–23 | ||
| Scoring by half: 40–49, 41–52 | ||
| Pts: Scola 28 Rebs: Scola 11 Asts: Prigioni 3 |
Pts: Anthony 21 Rebs: Bosh 10 Asts: Kidd 7 | |
Bronze medal match
edit24 August 2008
12:00 |
| Lithuania |
75–87 | Argentina  |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 13–22, 15–22, 26–19 | ||
| Scoring by half: 34–46, 41–41 | ||
| Pts: Šiškauskas 15 Rebs: Šiškauskas, K. Lavrinovič 6 Asts: Jasikevičius 3 |
Pts: Delfino 20 Rebs: Delfino 10 Asts: Prigioni 7 | |
Gold medal match
edit24 August 2008
14:00 |
 Spain |
107–118 | United States  |
| Scoring by quarter: 31–38, 30–31, 21–22, 25–27 | ||
| Scoring by half: 61–69, 46–49 | ||
| Pts: Fernández 22 Rebs: Reyes 7 Asts: Navarro 4 |
Pts: Wade 27 Rebs: Bosh 7 Asts: Bryant 6 | |
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Pablo Estévez (ARG), Carl Jungebrand (FIN) |
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The Americans got off to a slow start with the Spaniards hitting seven of their first nine shots; if not for a 10–0 run by LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, the Americans would have trailed in the first quarter. With the USA leading by 14, Spain chipped away at the lead during the second quarter to cut the deficit to eight points.
The teams traded baskets in the third quarter, with Spain cutting the deficit further to seven. A three-point field goal by Rudy Fernández cut the lead into two, the smallest deficit with 8:13 left in the fourth. Kobe Bryant and Wade extended the lead with three-pointers to 103–92 but Spain had a final push, capped with another three-pointer from Carlos Jiménez to reduce the lead to 108–104. In the final two minutes a three-pointer by Dwyane Wade and a Kobe Bryant field goal extended the lead back to 9. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball games ever played.[3]
Awards
edit| 2008 Olympic Basketball Champions |
|---|
| United States Thirteenth title |
Statistical leaders
editTop ten in points, rebounds and assists, and top 5 in steals and blocks.
Pointsedit
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Reboundsedit
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Assistsedit
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Stealsedit
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Blocksedit
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Game highs
edit| Department | Name | Total | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Luis Scola |
37 | Russia
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| Rebounds | Dirk Nowitzki |
17 | China
|
| Assists | Pablo Prigioni |
10 | Russia
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| Steals | Andrei Kirilenko Dwyane Wade |
6 | Lithuania Greece
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| Blocks | Hamed Haddadi Kšyštof Lavrinovič Yao Ming |
4 | Lithuania Argentina Angola
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| Field goal percentage | Ioannis Bouroussis |
100% (9/9) | Angola
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| 3-point field goal percentage | Viktor Khriapa Dirk Nowitzki |
100% (6/6) | Australia Angola
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| Free throw percentage | Carmelo Anthony |
100% (13/13) | Argentina
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| Turnovers | Carlos Morais |
10 | United States
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Final standings
edit
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 | New rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final participants | ||||||||||
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United States |
8 | 8 | 0 | 850 | 627 | +223 | 2 | ||
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Spain |
8 | 6 | 2 | 688 | 632 | +56 | 3 | ||
| Bronze medal game participants | ||||||||||
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Argentina |
8 | 6 | 2 | 673 | 615 | +58 | 1 | ||
| 4th | Lithuania |
8 | 5 | 3 | 680 | 646 | +34 | 6 | ||
| Eliminated at the quarterfinals | ||||||||||
| 5th | Greece |
6 | 3 | 3 | 493 | 455 | +38 | B-3rd | 1.117 | 4 |
| 6th | Croatia |
6 | 3 | 3 | 458 | 452 | +6 | A-3rd | 1.050 | 18 |
| 7th | Australia |
6 | 3 | 3 | 542 | 521 | +21 | A-4th | 9 | |
| 8th | China |
6 | 2 | 4 | 434 | 494 | −60 | 10 | ||
| Preliminary round 5th placers | ||||||||||
| 9th | Russia |
5 | 1 | 4 | 387 | 406 | −19 | – | 0.953 | 15 |
| 10th | Germany |
5 | 1 | 4 | 330 | 390 | −60 | – | 0.846 | 7 |
| Preliminary round 6th placers | ||||||||||
| 11th | Iran |
5 | 0 | 5 | 323 | 464 | −141 | – | 0.696 | 23 |
| 12th | Angola |
5 | 0 | 5 | 321 | 477 | −156 | – | 0.673 | 12 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ after EuroBasket Women 2007
- ^ The European Championships runner-up, Spain, qualified separately as World Champions.
- ^ Mahoney, Brian (2008-08-24). "US hoops back on top, beats Spain for gold medal". Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved 2008-08-26.[dead link]