2012 FIBA World Olympic
Qualifying Tournament
For Men

Tournament details
Host country	Venezuela
Dates	2–8 July
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Official website
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The 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament was a men's basketball tournament that consisted of 12 national teams, where the top three teams earned a place in the 2012 Olympics basketball tournament. It was held on 2–8 July 2012 in Caracas, Venezuela.

Lithuania, Russia and Nigeria qualified for the 2012 Olympics through this tournament.

Qualifying

The best non-champions from each of FIBA's 2011 continental championships qualified for this tournament.

Host selection

Only the teams that qualified were allowed to bid for hosting. Venezuela were chosen over Angola, Macedonia and Lithuania.^[1] The host was determined on a meeting of the FIBA Central Board held on 10–11 December 2011 in Madrid, Spain.

Participating nations

The teams were divided into three pots, corresponding to their continental zones: The draw was held on 31 January 2012 in Caracas.^[2]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Russia Macedonia Lithuania Greece	Dominican Republic Puerto Rico Venezuela New Zealand	Angola Nigeria Jordan South Korea

Format

The teams were divided into four groups (Groups A-D) for the preliminary round.
Round robin for the preliminary round; the top two teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinals. The last-placed team in each group was eliminated.
A single-elimination tournament was then held; the quarterfinals pairings were:
- A1 vs. B2
- B1 vs. A2
- C1 vs. D2
- D1 vs. C2
The semifinal pairings were A1/B2 vs. C1/D2 and B1/A2 vs. D1/C2. The semifinal winners qualified for the Olympics. No championship game was held.
The semifinal losers played for the last Olympic qualifying berth.

Squads

Main article: 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men squads

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC−04:30)

Group A

Team	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts.
Greece	2	0	205	147	+58	4
Puerto Rico	1	1	177	150	+27	3
Jordan	0	2	115	200	−85	2

2 July
13:30

Report

Greece	107–63	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 33–12, 23–11, 29–20, 22–20
Pts: Papanikolaou 19 Rebs: Bourousis, Printezis 7 Asts: Spanoulis 7		Pts: Soobzokov 14 Rebs: Abbas 7 Asts: Soobzokov 4

Poliedro de Caracas , Caracas
Referees: Vicente Bultó (ESP), Alejandro César Chiti (ARG), Qiao Longsheng (CHN)

3 July
17:00

Report

Jordan	52–93	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 11–29, 11–25, 10–18, 20–21
Pts: Daghles 17 Rebs: Daghles 7 Asts: Daghles 3		Pts: Ramos 20 Rebs: Ramos 9 Asts: Rodríguez 6

Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas
Referees: Juan Carlos García González (ESP), Juan José Fernández (ARG), Nachid Messaoudi (ALG)

4 July
19:30

Report

Puerto Rico	84–98	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 27–30, 20–19, 15–21, 22–28
Pts: Ramos 15 Rebs: Ramos 7 Asts: Barea 4		Pts: Spanoulis 27 Rebs: four players 4 Asts: Spanoulis, Calathes 5

Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas
Referees: Bradley Jon Giersch (AUS), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Michael John Weiland (CAN)

Group B

Team	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts.
Lithuania	1	1	180	168	+12	3
Nigeria	1	1	155	151	+4	3
Venezuela	1	1	153	169	–16	3

2 July
19:30

Report

Nigeria	69–71	Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 9–12, 23–22, 19–20
Pts: Diogu 14 Rebs: Diogu 10 Asts: Skinn, Dagunduro 4		Pts: Vásquez 24 Rebs: Echenique 9 Asts: Cubillan 6

Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas
Referees: Juan Carlos García González (ESP), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Rüştü Nuran (TUR)

3 July
19:30

Report

Venezuela	82–100	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 15–26, 28–31, 18–20
Pts: Vásquez 24 Rebs: Graterol 8 Asts: Vásquez 7		Pts: Kleiza 28 Rebs: Mačiulis 8 Asts: Kalnietis 8

Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas
Referees: Bradley Jon Giersch (AUS), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Michael John Weiland (CAN)

4 July
17:00

Report

Lithuania	80–86	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 18–21, 19–26, 23–19
Pts: Kleiza 22 Rebs: Mačiulis, Valančiūnas 5 Asts: Kalnietis 8		Pts: Obasohan 20 Rebs: Aminu 9 Asts: Skinn, Oyedeji 3

Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas
Referees: Vicente Bultó (ESP), Yuji Hirahara (JPN), Nachid Messaoudi (ALG)

Group C

Team	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts.
Russia	2	0	175	125	+50	4
Dominican Republic	1	1	164	169	−5	3
South Korea	0	2	141	186	−45	2

2 July
11:00

Report

Russia	91–56	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 18–10, 22–16, 24–14
Pts: Kirilenko 16 Rebs: Khryapa 9 Asts: Shved 4		Pts: Lee S-J. 15 Rebs: Kim J-K., Kim T-S. 5 Asts: Kim S-H., Kim T-S. 4

Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas
Referees: Bradley Jon Giersch (AUS), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Nachid Messaoudi (ALG)

3 July
11:00

Report

South Korea	85–95	Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 22–20, 24–34, 20–24
Pts: Lee S-J. 21 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Kim T-S. 6		Pts: Horford 30 Rebs: Martínez 25 Asts: Horford, Ramon 4

Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas
Referees: Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Alejandro César Chiti (ARG), Qiao Longsheng (CHN)

4 July
13:30

Report

Dominican Republic	69–84	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 20–21, 15–21, 16–19
Pts: Horford 22 Rebs: Martínez 12 Asts: Coronado 5		Pts: Fridzon, Kirilenko 16 Rebs: Kirilenko 13 Asts: Kirilenko 7

Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas
Referees: Rüştü Nuran (TUR), Juan José Fernández (ARG), Roberto Oliveros (VEN)

Group D

Team	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts.
Macedonia	1	1	168	150	+18	3
Angola	1	1	152	152	0	3
New Zealand	1	1	130	148	−18	3

2 July
16:30

Report

Angola	88–84	Macedonia
Scoring by quarter: 32–21, 21–19, 19–19, 16–25
Pts: Mingas 24 Rebs: Gomes 11 Asts: Mingas 6		Pts: McCalebb 21 Rebs: Samardžiski 7 Asts: Ilievski, McCalebb 5

Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas
Referees: Michael John Weiland (CAN), Juan José Fernández (ARG), Yuji Hirahara (JPN)

3 July
13:30

Report

Macedonia	84–62	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 26–11, 18–20, 16–17, 24–14
Pts: McCalebb 23 Rebs: Antić 10 Asts: McCalebb 11		Pts: Pledger 11 Rebs: Pledger 11 Asts: Kenny 6

Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas
Referees: Vicente Bultó (ESP), Roberto Oliveros (VEN), Rüştü Nuran (TUR)

4 July
11:00

Report

New Zealand	68–64	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 26–14, 18–26, 10–12
Pts: Webster 21 Rebs: Pledger 9 Asts: Tait 5		Pts: Mingas 17 Rebs: Mingas 10 Asts: four players 3

Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas
Referees: Juan Carlos García González (ESP), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Qiao Longsheng (CHN)

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

A1

Greece

79

B2

Nigeria

80

B2

Nigeria

77

C1

Russia

85

C1

Russia

80

D2

Angola

65

B1

Lithuania

76

A2

Puerto Rico

72

B1

Lithuania

109

Third place

C2

Dominican Republic

83

D1

Macedonia

76

B2

Nigeria

88

C2

Dominican Republic

86

C2

Dominican Republic

73

Quarterfinals

6 July
11:00

Report

Russia	80–65	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 18–5, 17–16, 20–23
Pts: Fridzon 18 Rebs: Monia 6 Asts: Kirilenko, Shved 5		Pts: Mingas 20 Rebs: Paulo 9 Asts: Barros 4

Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas
Referees: Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Bradley Jon Giersch (AUS), Nachid Messaoudi (ALG)

6 July
13:30

Report

Greece	79–80	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 21–9, 14–20, 23–30
Pts: Spanoulis 25 Rebs: Spanoulis 7 Asts: Spanoulis 5		Pts: Diogu 17 Rebs: Diogu 12 Asts: Aminu 2

Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas
Referees: Vicente Bultó (ESP), Juan José Fernández (ARG), Roberto Oliveros (VEN)

6 July
17:00

Report

Macedonia	76–86	Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 18–18, 15–26, 20–32
Pts: McCalebb 35 Rebs: Samardžiski 13 Asts: Ilievski, V. Stojanovski 3		Pts: García 28 Rebs: Horford 15 Asts: Coronado 5

Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas
Referees: Michael John Weiland (CAN), Rüştü Nuran (TUR), Yuji Hirahara (JPN)

6 July
19:30

Report

Lithuania	76–72	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 24–16, 17–17, 19–17
Pts: Kalnietis, Kleiza 14 Rebs: Mačiulis 11 Asts: Jasikevičius, Kalnietis 3		Pts: Galindo 17 Rebs: Peavy 12 Asts: Arroyo 8

Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas
Referees: Juan Carlos García González (ESP), Alejandro César Chiti (ARG), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB)

Semifinals

7 July
17:00

Report

Nigeria	77–85	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 8–20, 22–22, 24–17
Pts: Diogu, Dagunduro 16 Rebs: Diogu 14 Asts: Dagunduro 5		Pts: Shved 22 Rebs: Kirilenko 8 Asts: Shved 6

Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas
Referees: Michael John Weiland (CAN), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Yuji Hirahara (JPN)

7 July
19:30

Report

Lithuania	109–83	Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 31–20, 23–25, 34–22
Pts: Mačiulis 19 Rebs: Valančiūnas 7 Asts: Kalnietis 9		Pts: Martínez 13 Rebs: Martínez 10 Asts: Coronado 4

Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas
Referees: Vicente Bultó (ESP), Juan José Fernández (ARG), Bradley Jon Giersch (AUS)

Third place match

8 July
19:30

Report

Nigeria	88–73	Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 23–21, 12–18, 29–16
Pts: Diogu 25 Rebs: Diogu 10 Asts: Skinn, Dagunduro 5		Pts: García 17 Rebs: Ramon, Martínez 9 Asts: Coronado 3

Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas
Referees: Juan Carlos García González (ESP), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Rüştü Nuran (TUR)

Final standings

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
	Russia	4-0	Qualify to the Olympics
	Lithuania	3-1
	Nigeria	3-2
4	Dominican Republic	2-3
5	Greece	2-1
6	Puerto Rico	1-2
7	Macedonia	1-2
8	Angola	1-2
9	Venezuela	1-1
10	New Zealand	1-1
11	South Korea	0-2
12	Jordan	0-2

References

External links

FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament

FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Men's tournaments	Bologna 1960 Yokohama 1964 Monterrey 1968 Augsburg 1972 Hamilton 1976 Netherlands 1988 Spain 1992 Athens 2008 Caracas 2012 2016 Turin Manila Belgrade 2020 Victoria Split Kaunas Belgrade 2024 Pre-qualifying Valencia Riga Piraeus San Juan
Women's tournaments	Hamilton 1976 Varna 1980 Santiago 1984 Malaysia 1988 Vigo 1992 Madrid 2008 Ankara 2012 Nantes 2016 2020 Ostend Bourges Belgrade – Group A Belgrade – Group B 2024 Xi'an Antwerp Belém Sopron
Formerly: pre-Olympic basketball tournament (1960–1992)

Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Teams	Argentina Australia Brazil China France Great Britain Lithuania Nigeria Russia Spain Tunisia United States
Qualifying tournaments	2010 World Championship Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania World Qualifying Tournament

Qualifying

Host selection

Participating nations

Format

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place match

Final standings

See also

References

External links