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2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men

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title2012 FIBA World Olympic
Qualifying Tournament
subtitleFor Men
continentWorld
year2012
logo2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men logo.jpg
size275
host
dates2–8 July
teams12
venues1
cities1
website{{Flatlist
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nextseason2016

Qualifying Tournament

  • Venezuela 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.

2011 FIBA Africa Championship

    • 2011 FIBA Americas Championship

    • 2011 FIBA Asia Championship

    • 2011 FIBA EuroBasket

    • 2011 FIBA Oceania Championship

    Host selection

    Only the teams that qualified were allowed to bid for hosting. Venezuela were chosen over Angola, Macedonia and Lithuania. 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.

    Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3

    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

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    Group B

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    Group C

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    Group D

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    Knockout stage

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    Quarterfinals

    Semifinals

    Third place match

    Final standings

    #TeamW–LQualification
    4-0Qualify to the Olympics
    3-1
    3-2
    42-3
    52-1
    61-2
    71-2
    81-2
    91-1
    101-1
    110-2
    120-2

    References

    References

    1. "Seven countries from three continents bid to host FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments". fiba.com.
    2. "FIBA.com - Events calendar". fiba.com.
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