10th Olympic Basketball Tournament

Moscow 1980

Tournament details

Olympics

1980 Summer Olympics

Host nation

Soviet Union

City

Moscow

Duration

20–30 July

Men's tournament

Teams

12

Medals
Gold medalists	Yugoslavia
Silver medalists	Italy
Bronze medalists	Soviet Union

Women's tournament

Teams

6

Medals
Gold medalists	Soviet Union
Silver medalists	Bulgaria
Bronze medalists	Yugoslavia

Tournaments

← Montreal 1976

Los Angeles 1984 →

Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Tournament
	men	women
Squads
	men	women
Qualification
		women
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Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics was the tenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It was held from July 20 to July 30 at the Olympiiski Indoor Stadium^[1]^[2] and at the CSKA Sports Palace,^[2] both located in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. Finals of men's events were held 30 July at the Olympiiski Indoor Stadium.

Due to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, the United States and other nations withdrew from the tournament. The 1980 Olympics marked the second time that the United States men's team did not win the gold medal in Olympic basketball; Yugoslavia won gold in the men's tournament and the Soviet Union in the women's competition.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's details	Yugoslavia (YUG) Andro Knego Dragan Kićanović Rajko Žižić Mihovil Nakić Željko Jerkov Branko Skroče Zoran Slavnić Krešimir Ćosić Ratko Radovanović Duje Krstulović Dražen Dalipagić Mirza Delibašić	Italy (ITA) Fabrizio Della Fiori Marco Solfrini Marco Bonamico Dino Meneghin Renato Villalta Renzo Vecchiato Pierluigi Marzorati Pietro Generali Romeo Sacchetti Roberto Brunamonti Michael Sylvester Enrico Gilardi	Soviet Union (URS) Stanislav Yeryomin Valeri Miloserdov Sergei Tarakanov Aleksandr Salnikov Andrey Lopatov Nikolai Deriugin Sergei Belov Vladimir Tkachenko Anatoly Myshkin Sergejus Jovaiša Aleksandr Belostenny Vladimir Zhigily
Women's details	Soviet Union (URS) Olga Barysheva Tatyana Ivinskaya Nelli Feryabnikova Vida Beselienė Tatyana Ovechkina Angelė Rupšienė Lyubov Sharmay Uljana Semjonova Tetiana Nadyrova Olga Sukharnova Nadezhda Shuvayeva-Olkhova Lyudmila Rogozhina	Bulgaria (BUL) Krasimira Bogdanova Vanya Dermendzhieva Silviya Germanova Petkana Makaveeva Nadka Golcheva Penka Stoyanova Evladiya Slavcheva Kostadinka Radkova Snezhana Mikhaylova Angelina Mikhaylova Penka Metodieva Diana Dilova	Yugoslavia (YUG) Vera Đurašković Mersada Bećirspahić Jelica Komnenović Mira Bjedov Vukica Mitić Sanja Ožegović Sofija Pekić Marija Tonković Zorica Đurković Vesna Despotović Biljana Majstorović Jasmina Perazić

Qualification

A NOC may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players. Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country for both events, plus the winning team at the 1978 FIBA World Championship and the gold medal winners at the 1976 Summer Olympics. The remaining spots were decided by corresponding continental qualifying tournaments for the men's competition, and in a tournament held months before the Olympic Games in Varna, Bulgaria for the women's event.

Men

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	23 October 1974	Vienna	1	Soviet Union
1976 Summer Olympics	18–27 July 1976	Montréal	1 0	~~United States~~^[a]
1978 FIBA World Championship	1–14 October 1978	Philippines	1	Yugoslavia
1979 FIBA Oceania Championship	5–8 August 1979	Australia	1	Australia
1979 ABC Championship	30 November – 12 December 1979	Nagoya	1	~~China~~^[a] India^[b]
FIBA Africa Championship 1980	22–30 March 1980	Rabat	1	Senegal
1980 Tournament of the Americas	18–25 April 1980	San Juan	3 2	~~Puerto Rico~~^[a] ~~Canada~~^[a] ~~Argentina~~^[a] Brazil^[b] Cuba^[b]
European Qualifying Tournament^[3]	6–17 May 1980	Switzerland	3 5	Italy Czechoslovakia Spain Sweden^[b] Poland^[b]
Total			12

Women

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	23 October 1974	Vienna	1	Soviet Union
World Qualifying Tournament^[4]	5–15 May 1980	Varna	5	~~United States~~^[a] Bulgaria Cuba Yugoslavia Italy Hungary^[b]
Total			6

^a Withdrew from the tournament.
^b Replacement teams.

Format

Men's tournament:

Three round-robin groups of four teams were formed, where the top two from each one advanced to the final round, and the remaining teams to the classification round.
Both the final and classification round groups consisted of another round-robin of six teams each where results between teams from the same preliminary group were carried over. The top two teams from the final round competed for the gold medal, while third and fourth places for bronze.
With the exception of the first four places, the final standings were decided by the corresponding places in each group.

Women's tournament:

One round-robin group is formed containing all six teams, where the top two compete for the gold medal, while the third and fourth places compete for the bronze medal in an additional match.
The remaining two teams finish with their group rank in the final standings.

Tie-breaking criteria:

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

Men's tournament

Preliminary round

The top two teams from each group advance to the final round group, while the remaining teams compete for 8th through 12th places in the classification group. Hosts Soviet Union and the world champions Yugoslavia advanced undefeated to the final round. Meanwhile, qualification in Group C was closely contested between Italy, Cuba and Australia, which ended up being decided by a third tiebreaker in favor of the first two teams.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union (H)	3	3	0	321	235	+86	6	Semi-final round
2	Brazil	3	2	1	297	235	+62	5	Semi-final round
3	Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	285	236	+49	4	Classification round
4	India	3	0	3	194	391	−197	3	Classification round

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

20 July 1980
13:00

Brazil	72–70	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 46–37, 26–33
Pts: Schmidt 23 Rebs: Marcel 11 Asts: Setrini 2		Pts: Kropilák 21 Rebs: Kropilák 11 Asts: Hraska, Klimeš 2

India	65–121	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 38–60, 27–61
Pts: A. Singh 22 Rebs: A. Singh 5 Asts: Han. Singh 3		Pts: Deryugin, Salnikov 17 Rebs: Deryugin 10 Asts: Yeryomin 5

Czechoslovakia	133–65	India
Scoring by half: 63–36, 70–29
Pts: Brabenec 28 Rebs: Douša, Kropilák 6 Asts: Pospíšil 8		Pts: A. Singh 35 Rebs: five players 2 Asts: Han. Singh 10

Brazil	88–101	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 42–48, 46–53
Pts: Schmidt 25		Pts: Belov 25

Brazil	137–64	India
Scoring by half: 65–28, 72–36
Pts: Schmidt 26 Rebs: Schmidt 13 Asts: Setrini 5		Pts: Shyam 32 Rebs: A. Singh 5 Asts: Han. Singh 4

Soviet Union	99–82	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 46–40, 53–42
Pts: Belov 26		Pts: Kropilák 31

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	3	3	0	328	249	+79	6	Semi-final round
2	Spain	3	2	1	289	241	+48	5	Semi-final round
3	Poland	3	1	2	256	297	−41	4	Classification round
4	Senegal	3	0	3	196	282	−86	3	Classification round

Senegal	67–104	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 39–59, 28–45
Pts: Diagne 18 Rebs: Diagne 10 Asts: Dia 3		Pts: Dalipagić 23 Rebs: Ćosić 10 Asts: Delibašić 4

Poland	81–104	Spain
Scoring by half: 43–50, 38–54
Pts: Młynarski 27 Rebs: Fikiel 8 Asts: Kijewski 4		Pts: Sibilio 27 Rebs: De la Cruz 12 Asts: Solozábal 5

Senegal	65–94	Spain
Scoring by half: 26–55, 39–39
Pts: Diagne 27 Rebs: Diagne 15 Asts: Faye 4		Pts: Sibilio 32 Rebs: Romay 11 Asts: López, San Epifanio 3

Yugoslavia	129–91	Poland
Scoring by half: 61–43, 68–48
Pts: Dalipagić 27 Rebs: Kićanović 8 Asts: Kićanović 5		Pts: Fikiel 19 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Zelig 2

Senegal	64–84	Poland
Scoring by half: 30–44, 34–40
Pts: Ma. Diop, Tall 13		Pts: Młynarski 30

Spain	91–95	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 50–45, 41–50
Pts: Brabender 30		Pts: Kićanović 25

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	1	248	233	+15	5^[a]	Semi-final round
2	Cuba	3	2	1	226	214	+12	5^[a]	Semi-final round
3	Australia	3	2	1	224	215	+9	5^[a]	Classification round
4	Sweden	3	0	3	191	227	−36	3	Classification round

Cuba	83–76	Australia
Scoring by half: 40–40, 43–36

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
7	Poland	5	4	1	453	359	+94	9^[a]
8	Australia	5	4	1	417	381	+36	9^[a]
9	Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	474	377	+97	8^[b]
10	Sweden	5	3	2	375	341	+34	8^[b]
11	Senegal	5	1	4	345	396	−51	6
12	India	5	0	5	329	539	−210	5

Poland	113–67	India
Scoring by half: 63–33, 50–34

Sweden	70–64	Senegal
Scoring by half: 32–29, 38–35

Australia	91–86	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 41–44, 50–42

Senegal	81–59	India
Scoring by half: 37–31, 44–28

Medal summary

Qualification

Men

Women

Format

Men's tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Classification round

Semi-final round

Medal matches

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Women's tournament

Medal matches

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final standings

See also

References

Sweden	61–83	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 35–39, 26–44

Australia	74–101	Poland
Scoring by half: 35–42, 39–59

Sweden	119–63	India
Scoring by half: 52–29, 67–34

Senegal	64–95	Australia
Scoring by half: 37–51, 27–44

Czechoslovakia	84–88	Poland
Scoring by half: 48–46, 36–42

Czechoslovakia	88–72	Senegal
Scoring by half: 50–36, 38–36

Sweden	70–67	Poland
Scoring by half: 40–33, 30–34

Brazil	94–93	Cuba
Scoring by half: 55–55, 39–38
Pts: Schmidt 24 Rebs: Schmidt 7 Asts: Leite 2		Pts: R. Herrera 33 Rebs: Luaces 10 Asts: T. Herrera, Urgelles 2

Soviet Union	119–102	Spain
Scoring by half: 53–44, 66–58
Pts: Belov, Myshkin 23 Rebs: Tkachenko 9 Asts: Belov, Yeryomin 3		Pts: San Epifanio 21 Rebs: De la Cruz 5 Asts: Llorente 2

Yugoslavia	102–81	Italy
Scoring by half: 48–38, 54–43
Pts: Kićanović 31		Pts: Meneghin 16