The women's basketball tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London began on 28 July and ended on 11 August. All preliminary and quarterfinal games were held at the Basketball Arena within the Olympic Park, and the semifinal and the medal games were held at the North Greenwich Arena (renamed from The O2 Arena due to the no commercialization policy).
Qualification
Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified Host nation 6 July 2005 1 2010 FIBA World Championship 23 September – 3 October 2010 1 2011 FIBA Europe Championship 18 June – 3 July 2011 1 2011 FIBA Asia Championship 21–28 August 2011 1 2011 FIBA Oceania Championship 7–11 September 2011 1 2011 FIBA Americas Championship 24 September – 1 October 2011 1 2011 FIBA Africa Championship 23 September – 2 October 2011 1 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 25 June – 1 July 2012 5 Total 12
Squads
Competition format Twelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams. Each game result merits a corresponding point: Result PointsWin 2Loss 1Loss via default* 1Loss via forfeiture** 0*The team has less than two players available to play on the court.**A team cannot present five players at the start of the game, or its actions prevent play from being resumed. In case teams are tied on points, the tiebreaking criteria are, in order of first application: Results of the games involving the tied teams (head-to-head records) Goal average of the games involving the tied teams Goal average of all of the games played Points scored Drawing of lots
The teams with the four best records qualified for the knockout stage, which was a single-elimination tournament. The semifinal winners contested for the gold medal, while the losers played for the bronze medal.
Preliminary round All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).
Group A
Group B
Knockout round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Awards 2012 Women's Olympic Basketball Champions United States Seventh title
Statistical leaders
Individual tournament highs
+ PointsPos. Name G Pts 1 Érika de Souza 5 81 16.2 Jo Leedham 5 81 16.2 3 Lauren Jackson 8 127 15.9 4 Chen Nan 6 94 15.7 5 Natalie Stafford 5 78 15.6 6 Eva Vítečková 6 91 15.2 7 Céline Dumerc 8 114 14.3 8 Sandra Mandir 5 70 14.0 9 Kim Smith 6 83 13.8 10 Liz Cambage 8 109 13.6
+ ReboundsPos. Name G Reb. 1 Clarissa dos Santos 5 45 9.0 2 Érika de Souza 5 44 8.8 3 Lauren Jackson 8 63 7.9 4 Candace Parker 8 62 7.8 5 Tina Charles 8 59 7.4 6 Nevriye Yılmaz 6 43 7.2 7 Nadir Manuel 5 35 7.0 8 Irina Osipova 8 54 6.89 Chen Nan 6 41 6.8 Hana Horáková 6 40 6.7
+ AssistsPos. Name G Ass. 1 Miao Lijie 6 39 6.52 Sue Bird 8 36 4.5 Shona Thorburn 6 27 4.5 Birsel Vardarlı 6 27 4.5 5 Adriana Pinto 5 22 4.4 6 Becky Hammon 8 32 4.0 7 Jenna O'Hea 8 28 3.5 8 Céline Dumerc 8 27 3.4 9 Ana Lelas 5 16 3.2 Joice Rodrigues 5 16 3.2
+ BlocksPos. Name G Blocks 1 Sandrine Gruda 8 17 2.1 2 Ilona Burgrová 6 10 1.73 Liz Cambage 8 13 1.6 Érika de Souza 5 8 1.65 Luca Ivanković 5 7 1.4 Azania Stewart 5 7 1.4 7 Candace Parker 8 10 1.3 8 Temi Fagbenle 5 6 1.2 9 Irina Osipova 8 9 1.1 10 Petra Kulichová 6 6 1.0
+ StealsPos. Name G Stls 1 Jelena Ivezić 5 14 2.8 2 Angel McCoughtry 8 20 2.5 3 Jo Leedham 5 12 2.4 4 Hana Horáková 6 12 2.0 5 Işıl Alben 6 11 1.86 Tamika Catchings 8 13 1.6 Céline Dumerc 8 13 1.6 8 Maya Moore 8 12 1.5 Nevriye Yılmaz 6 9 1.5 10 Joice Rodrigues 5 7 1.4
Team tournament highs
+ Offensive PPGPos. Name PPG1 90.6 2 73.0 3 69.8 4 69.05 67.7 67.7
+ ReboundsPos. Name RPG 1 50.5 2 42.1 3 40.4 4 40.0 5 39.4
+ AssistsPos. Name APG 1 23.1 2 17.7 3 17.6 4 17.2 5 17.0
+ StealsPos. Name SPG1 10.5 2 8.8 3 8.5 4 6.9 5 6.8
+ BlocksPos. Name BPG 1 5.1 2 5.0 3 4.9 4 4.5 5 4.0
See also Men's Tournament
References
External links Schedule