Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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

Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
CityBarcelona
DatesJuly 26 – August 8
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (10th title)
Runners-up Croatia
Third place Lithuania
Fourth place CIS
Tournament statistics
Games played46
Top scorer Oscar Schmidt
(24.8 points per game)
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Main article: Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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]

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

Participants

Format
  • Two groups of six teams are formed, where the top four from each group advance to the knockout stage.
  • Fifth and sixth places from each group form an additional bracket to decide 9th through 12th places in the final ranking.
  • In the quarterfinals, the pairings are as follows: A1 vs. B4, A2 vs. B3, A3 vs. B2 and A4 vs. B1.
    • The four teams eliminated from the quarterfinals form an additional bracket to decide 5th through 8th places in the final ranking.
  • The winning teams from the quarterfinals meet in the semifinals.
  • The winning teams from the semifinals contest the gold medal. The losing teams contest the bronze.

Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:

  1. Head to head results

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

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. The United States' Dream Team asserted their dominance by advancing to the next round undefeated and winning their five preliminary games by an average margin of almost 46 points. The only teams representing Asia and Africa, China and Angola respectively couldn't advance and ended up competing for ninth place with Venezuela and host nation Spain.

Group A
Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 United States50579350+22910
 Croatia41423400+239
 Brazil23420463−4371–0
 Germany23369432−6370–1
 Angola14324392−6861–0
 Spain14398476−7860–1
July 26
16:30
Angola  48–116  United States
Scoring by half: 16–64, 32–52
July 26
20:30
Germany  83–74  Spain
Scoring by half: 46–39, 37–35
July 26
22:30
Croatia  93–76  Brazil
Scoring by half: 55–40, 38–36
July 27
14:30
Angola  63–64  Germany
Scoring by half: 42–36, 21–28
July 27
20:30
Croatia  70–103  United States
Scoring by half: 37–54, 33–49
July 27
22:30
Brazil  100–101  Spain
Scoring by half: 43-53, 57-48
July 29
11:30
Brazil  76–66  Angola
Scoring by half: 42–26, 34–40
July 29
20:30
United States  111–68  Germany
Scoring by half: 58–23, 53–45
July 29
22:30
Croatia  88–79  Spain
Scoring by half: 45–42, 43–37
July 31
11:30
Spain  63–83  Angola
Scoring by half: 36–37, 27–46
July 31
20:30
Croatia  99–78  Germany
Scoring by half: 46–41, 53–37
July 31
22:30
United States  127–83  Brazil
Scoring by half: 60–41, 67–42
August 2
9:30
Germany  76–85  Brazil
Scoring by half: 40–39, 36–46
August 2
11:30
Croatia  73–64  Angola
Scoring by half: 27–38, 46–26
August 2
22:30
Spain  81–122  United States
Scoring by half: 35–65, 46–57

Group B
Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 CIS41425373+5291–0
 Lithuania41481424+5790–1
 Australia32432396+3681–0
 Puerto Rico32445440+1580–1
 Venezuela14392427−356
 China05381496−1155
July 26
9:30
Venezuela  64–78  CIS
Scoring by half: 16–34, 48–44
July 26
11:30
China  75–112  Lithuania
Scoring by half: 26–55, 49–57
July 26
14:30
Puerto Rico  76–116  Australia
Scoring by half: 31–57, 45–59
July 27
11:30
Venezuela  79–87  Lithuania
Scoring by half: 46–38, 33–49
July 27
16:30
CIS  85–63  Australia
Scoring by half: 35–51, 50–12
July 27
20:30
China  68–100  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 35–51, 33–49
July 29
9:30
Venezuela  71–78  Australia
Scoring by half: 27–43, 44–35
July 29
14:30
CIS  100–84  China
Scoring by half: 55–39, 45–45
July 29
16:30
Lithuania  104–91  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 50–43, 54–48
July 31
9:30
Venezuela  82–96  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 42–52, 40–44
July 31
14:30
Australia  88–66  China
Scoring by half: 39–28, 49–38
July 31
16:30
Lithuania  80–92  CIS
Scoring by half: 38–26, 42–66
August 2
14:30
Venezuela  96–88  China
Scoring by half: 52–52, 44–36
August 2
16:30
Australia  87–98  Lithuania
Scoring by half: 46–45, 41–53
August 2
20:30
Puerto Rico  82–70  CIS
Scoring by half: 36–39, 46–31

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  CIS 83  
A4  Germany 76  
  B1  CIS 74 Bronze medal game
  A2  Croatia 75  
A2  Croatia 98 B1  CIS 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

Quarterfinals
August 4
14:30
Croatia  98–65  Australia
Scoring by half: 41–31, 57–34
August 4
16:30
CIS  83–76  Germany
Scoring by half: 35–36, 48–40
August 4
20:30
Lithuania  114–96  Brazil
Scoring by half: 48–52, 66–44
August 4
22:30
United States  115–77  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 67–40, 48–37

Semifinals 5th−8th
August 6
14:30
Brazil  86–84  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 43–49, 43–35
August 6
20:30
Australia  109–79  Germany
Scoring by half: 52–44, 57–35

Semifinals
August 6
16:30
Croatia  75–74  CIS
Scoring by half: 30–40, 45–34
August 6
22:30
Lithuania  76–127  United States
Scoring by half: 30–49, 46–78

7th place game
August 8
20:00
Puerto Rico  86–96  Germany
Scoring by half: 46–45, 40–51

5th place game
August 8
11:00
Brazil  90–80  Australia
Scoring by half: 44–38, 46–42

Bronze medal game
August 8
13:00
CIS  78–82  Lithuania
Scoring by half: 33–39, 45–43

Gold medal game
August 8
22:00
Croatia  85–117  United States
Scoring by half: 42–56, 43–61

Awards
1992 Olympic Basketball Champions

United States
Tenth title

Final standings
RankTeamWL
 United States80
 Croatia62
 Lithuania62
4th CIS53
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th Brazil44
6th Australia44
7th Germany35
8th Puerto Rico35
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9th Spain34
10th Angola25
11th Venezuela25
12th China07

References
  1. Jan Hubbard. "Why Can Pros Compete in International Events?". USA Basketball. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
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