Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
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Tournament details
Host country South Korea
City Seoul
Dates 17–30 September
Teams 12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Soviet Union (2nd title)
Runners-up  Yugoslavia
Third place  United States
Fourth place  Australia
Tournament statistics
Games played 46

Template:Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics The men's tournament in basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul began on 17 September and ended on 30 September.

The Soviet Union won their second gold medal after defeating Yugoslavia, 76–63, in the gold medal match.

Competition schedule

G Group stage ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals C Classification matches B Bronze medal match F Final
Sat 17 Sun 18 Mon 19 Tue 20 Wed 21 Thu 22 Fri 23 Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30
G G G G G G C ¼ C ½ C B C F

Qualification

A NOC could enter one men's team with 12 players. Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country and the winners from the previous edition. The remaining teams were decided by the continental championships in Asia, Oceania, Africa and Americas and European qualifying tournament. Champions of Asia and Oceania, top two teams from Africa and top three from Americas earned direct qualification. Last three berths are allocated from European qualifying tournament, held in Netherlands, two months before Olympics tournament.

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
1984 Summer Olympics 29 July – 10 August 1984  United States Los Angeles 1  United States
Host nation – – 1  South Korea
1987 FIBA Oceania Championship 31 August – 4 September 1987 New Zealand Timaru
New Zealand Christchurch		 1  Australia
FIBA Africa Championship 1987 17–27 December 1987 Tunisia Tunis 2  Central African Republic
 Egypt
1988 Tournament of the Americas 22–31 May 1988 Uruguay Montevideo 3  Brazil
 Puerto Rico
 Canada
European qualifying tournament July 1988 Netherlands Netherlands 3  Soviet Union
 Yugoslavia
 Spain
1987 ABC Championship 14–27 November 1987 Thailand Bangkok 1  China
Total 12

Squads

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Main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Each NOC was limited to one team per tournament. Each team had a roster of twelve players.

Group stage

Group A

Template:1988 Summer Olympics men's basketball group A standings

September 18
Australia  81–77  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 50–36, 31–41
September 18
Central African Republic  73–70  South Korea
Scoring by half: 47–30, 26–40
September 18
Soviet Union  79–92  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 33–39, 46–53
September 20
South Korea  74–79  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 30–38, 44–41
September 20
Central African Republic  79–92  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 33–39, 46–53
September 20
Australia  69–91  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 35–53, 34–38
September 21
South Korea  92–104  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 46–48, 46–56
September 21
Puerto Rico  81–93 (OT)  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 39–37, 37–39 Overtime: 5–17
September 21
Australia  106–67  Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 57–35, 49–32
September 23
Central African Republic  67–71  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 41–27, 26–34
September 23
South Korea  73–110  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 38–59, 35–51
September 23
Australia  78–98  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 43–52, 35–46
September 24
Australia  95–75  South Korea
Scoring by half: 51–39, 44–36
September 24
Central African Republic  78–87  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 31–40, 47–47
September 24
Puerto Rico  74–72  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 36–37, 38–35

Group B

Template:1988 Summer Olympics men's basketball group B standings

September 17
China  98–84  Egypt
Scoring by half: 47–43, 51–41
September 17
Brazil  125–109  Canada
Scoring by half: 56–45, 69–64
September 18
Spain  53–97  United States
Scoring by half: 32–48, 21–49
September 20
Brazil  130–108  China
Scoring by half: 72–61, 58–47
September 20
Canada  70–76  United States
Scoring by half: 42–40, 28–36
September 20
Egypt  70–113  Spain
Scoring by half: 44–57, 26–56
September 21
Brazil  87–102  United States
Scoring by half: 55–63, 32–39
September 21
Canada  117–64  Egypt
Scoring by half: 61–32, 56–32
September 21
China  74–106  Spain
Scoring by half: 43–59, 31–57
September 23
Canada  84–94  Spain
Scoring by half: 51–45, 33–49
September 23
Brazil  138–85  Egypt
Scoring by half: 66–38, 72–47
September 23
China  57–108  United States
Scoring by half: 26–59, 31–49
September 24
Canada  99–96  China
Scoring by half: 56–52, 43–44
September 24
Egypt  35–102  United States
Scoring by half: 21–62, 14–40
September 24
Brazil  110–118  Spain
Scoring by half: 57–61, 53–57

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

 
 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
 
                    
 
 September 26
 
 
 (A1)  Yugoslavia 95
 
 September 28
 
 (B4)  Canada 73
 
 (A1)  Yugoslavia 91
 
 September 26
 
 (A3)  Australia 70
 
 (B2)  Spain 74
 
 September 30
 
 (A3)  Australia 77
 
 (A1)  Yugoslavia 63
 
 September 26
 
 (A2)  Soviet Union 76
 
 (B1)  United States 94
 
 September 28
 
 (A4)  Puerto Rico 57
 
 (B1)  United States 76
 
 September 26
 
 (A2)  Soviet Union 82 Bronze medal match
 
 (A2)  Soviet Union 110
 
 September 29
 
 (B3)  Brazil 105
 
 (A3)  Australia 49
 
 
 (B1)  United States 78
 

Classification brackets

5th–8th Place

  September 28     5th place (September 30)
                 
  B3   Brazil 104  
  A4   Puerto Rico 86    
      B3   Brazil 106
      B4   Canada 90
  B4   Canada 96    
  B2   Spain 91   7th place (September 29)
 
A4   Puerto Rico 93
  B2   Spain 92

9th–12th Place

  September 26     9th place (September 29)
                 
  A5   Central Afr. Rep. 63  
  B6   Egypt 57    
      A5   Central Afr. Rep. 81
      A6   South Korea 89
  B5   China 90    
  A6   South Korea 93   11th place (September 29)
 
B6   Egypt 75
  B5   China 97

Awards

1988 Olympic Basketball Champions
Soviet Union
United States
Second title

Final ranking

Rankings are determined by classification games:

Rank Team Pld W L PF PA PD
Gold medal game participants
1st  Soviet Union 8 7 1
2nd  Yugoslavia 8 6 2
Bronze medal game participants
3rd  United States 8 7 1
4th  Australia 8 4 4
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th  Brazil 8 5 3
6th  Canada 8 3 5
7th  Puerto Rico 8 4 4
8th  Spain 8 4 4
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9th  South Korea 7 2 5
10th  Central African Republic 7 2 5
11th  China 7 2 5
12th  Egypt 7 0 7

References

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