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.
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Spain |
| City | Badalona |
| Dates | July 26 – August 8 |
| Teams | 12 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  United States (10th title) |
| Runners-up |  Croatia |
| Third place |  Lithuania |
| Fourth place |  CIS |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 46 |
| 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][2]
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.
The twelve teams were split into two groups of six teams, and a single round-robin was held within each group. The top four teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage for the medals and the fourth place in the final rankings. The four losing teams from the first round of the knockout stage played another knockout stage to determine fifth through eighth place in the final rankings, and the four teams eliminated in the group stage played in another knockout stage to determine ninth through twelfth place in the final rankings.
Ties were broken via the following the criteria:
- Head to head results
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
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More information Means of qualification, Date ...
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
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| Host nation | 1 |  Spain | ||
| FIBA Africa Championship 1989 | 16–27 December 1989 |  Luanda | 1 | Angola |
| 1991 ABC Championship | 22 August – 1 September 1991 |  Kobe | 1 |  China |
| 1991 FIBA Oceania Championship | 1–7 June 1991 |  Wellington and Palmerston North | 1 |  Australia |
| 1992 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament | 22 June–5 July 1992 | Bilbao, Granada, Murcia, Badajoz and Zaragoza | 4 |  Lithuania |
| Croatia | ||||
| CIS | ||||
 Germany | ||||
| 1992 Tournament of the Americas | 27 June–5 July 1992 | Portland | 4 | United States |
 Venezuela | ||||
| Brazil | ||||
 Puerto Rico | ||||
| Total | 12 | |||
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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.
Group A
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | United States |
5 | 5 | 0 | 579 | 350 | +229 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Croatia |
5 | 4 | 1 | 423 | 400 | +23 | 9 | |
| 3 | Brazil |
5 | 2 | 3 | 420 | 463 | −43 | 7[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 4 | Germany |
5 | 2 | 3 | 369 | 432 | −63 | 7[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 5 | Angola |
5 | 1 | 4 | 324 | 392 | −68 | 6[lower-alpha 2] | 9th−12th classification round |
| 6 | Spain (H) |
5 | 1 | 4 | 398 | 476 | −78 | 6[lower-alpha 2] |
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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
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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
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| Angola |
48–116 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 16–64, 32–52 | ||
| Pts: Conceição, Macedo 10 Rebs: Conceição 7 Asts: Conceição 2 |
Pts: Barkley 24 Rebs: Barkley 6 Asts: Johnson 10 | |
| Germany |
83–74 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 46–39, 37–35 | ||
| Pts: Schrempf 26 Rebs: Gnad 20 Asts: Schrempf 4 |
Pts: Villacampa 21 Rebs: San Epifanio 7 Asts: Villacampa 2 | |
| Croatia |
93–76 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 55–40, 38–36 | ||
| Pts: Petrović 22 Rebs: Rađa 4 Asts: Petrović 5 |
Pts: Schmidt 25 Rebs: Vianna 9 Asts: Schmidt 2 | |
| Angola |
63–64 | Germany |
| Scoring by half: 42–36, 21–28 | ||
| Pts: Conceição, Sousa 18 Rebs: Conceição 6 Asts: Macedo 5 |
Pts: Schrempf 25 Rebs: Schrempf 15 Asts: Rödl, Schrempf 2 | |
| Croatia |
70–103 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 37–54, 33–49 | ||
| Pts: Petrović 19 Rebs: Rađa 8 Asts: Kukoč 5 |
Pts: Jordan 21 Rebs: Malone 5 Asts: Pippen 9 | |
| Brazil |
100–101 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 43–53, 57–48 | ||
| Pts: Schmidt 44 Rebs: Victalino 10 Asts: Villas 3 |
Pts: Villacampa 25 Rebs: Jiménez 7 Asts: Herreros 5 | |
| Brazil |
76–66 | Angola |
| Scoring by half: 42–36, 34–30 | ||
| Pts: Schmidt 19 Rebs: Schmidt, Victalino 7 Asts: Maury 6 |
Pts: Conceição 17 Rebs: Conceição 9 Asts: Moreira 5 | |
| United States |
111–68 | Germany |
| Scoring by half: 58–23, 53–45 | ||
| Pts: Bird 19 Rebs: Malone 5 Asts: Jordan 12 |
Pts: Jackel, Schrempf 15 Rebs: Schrempf 8 Asts: Rödl, Schrempf 2 | |
| Croatia |
88–79 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 45–42, 43–37 | ||
| Pts: Petrović 28 Rebs: Rađa 8 Asts: Kukoč 7 |
Pts: Villacampa 19 Rebs: Jiménez 7 Asts: Jofresa 5 | |
| Spain |
63–83 | Angola |
| Scoring by half: 36–37, 27–43 | ||
| Pts: Jiménez, Villacampa 16 Rebs: Andreu 9 Asts: Villacampa 3 |
Pts: Conceição 22 Rebs: Guimarães 10 Asts: Conceição 3 | |
| Croatia |
99–78 | Germany |
| Scoring by half: 46–41, 56–37 | ||
| Pts: Petrović 26 Rebs: Kukoč 7 Asts: Komazec, Kukoč 4 |
Pts: Jackel, Schrempf 25 Rebs: Schrempf 8 Asts: Rödl 5 | |
| United States |
127–83 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 60–41, 67–42 | ||
| Pts: Barkley 30 Rebs: Ewing 9 Asts: Drexler 10 |
Pts: Schmidt 24 Rebs: dos Santos 9 Asts: Maury 7 | |
| Germany |
76–85 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 40–39, 36–46 | ||
| Pts: Schrempf 27 Rebs: Gnad 10 Asts: Rödl 3 |
Pts: Villas 27 Rebs: Santos 11 Asts: Maury 6 | |
Group B
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | CIS |
5 | 4 | 1 | 425 | 373 | +52 | 9[lower-alpha 1] | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Lithuania |
5 | 4 | 1 | 481 | 424 | +57 | 9[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 | Australia |
5 | 3 | 2 | 432 | 396 | +36 | 8[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 4 | Puerto Rico |
5 | 3 | 2 | 445 | 440 | +5 | 8[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 5 | Venezuela |
5 | 1 | 4 | 392 | 427 | −35 | 6 | 9th−12th classification round |
| 6 | China |
5 | 0 | 5 | 381 | 496 | −115 | 5 |
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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.
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
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| Venezuela |
64–78 | CIS |
| Scoring by half: 16–34, 48–44 | ||
| Pts: Estaba 21 Rebs: Walcott 4 Asts: Shepherd 5 |
Pts: Tikhonenko 18 Rebs: Volkov 7 Asts: Tikhonenko, Volkov 5 | |
| China |
75–112 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by half: 26–55, 49–57 | ||
| Pts: Sun J. 22 Rebs: Sun J. 4 Asts: Sun J., Gong 3 |
Pts: Kurtinaitis 31 Rebs: Sabonis 14 Asts: Marčiulionis 12 | |
| Puerto Rico |
76–116 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 31–57, 45–59 | ||
| Pts: Gause 15 Rebs: de León 13 Asts: Carter 4 |
Pts: Bradtke, Gaze 20 Rebs: Loggins, Vlahov 7 Asts: Longley 5 | |
| Venezuela |
79–87 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by half: 46–38, 33–49 | ||
| Pts: Shepherd 17 Rebs: Herrera 8 Asts: Shepherd 5 |
Pts: Marčiulionis 27 Rebs: Sabonis 11 Asts: Marčiulionis 8 | |
| CIS |
85–63 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 35–51, 50–12 | ||
| Pts: Volkov 15 Rebs: Belostenny 7 Asts: Bazarevich 7 |
Pts: Gaze 17 Rebs: Longley 5 Asts: Longley 2 | |
| China |
68–100 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by half: 35–51, 33–49 | ||
| Pts: Shan 22 Rebs: Shan 7 Asts: Song 3 |
Pts: Morales 15 Rebs: Rivas 4 Asts: Carter 12 | |
| Venezuela |
71–78 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 27–43, 44–35 | ||
| Pts: Olivares 22 Rebs: Walcott 11 Asts: Estaba 4 |
Pts: Bradtke 16 Rebs: Bradtke 9 Asts: Gaze 7 | |
| CIS |
100–84 | China |
| Scoring by half: 55–39, 45–45 | ||
| Pts: Bazarevich 18 Rebs: Volkov 6 Asts: Bazarevich 6 |
Pts: Sun J. 22 Rebs: Wang 5 Asts: Adiljan 4 | |
| Lithuania |
104–91 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by half: 50–43, 54–48 | ||
| Pts: Sabonis 31 Rebs: Sabonis 13 Asts: Marčiulionis 9 |
Pts: Ortiz 20 Rebs: Ortiz 8 Asts: Carter, Rivas 5 | |
| Venezuela |
82–96 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by half: 42–52, 40–44 | ||
| Pts: Olivares 24 Rebs: Estaba 8 Asts: Estaba, Shepherd 4 |
Pts: López 19 Rebs: Mincy 14 Asts: López 7 | |
| Australia |
88–66 | China |
| Scoring by half: 39–28, 49–38 | ||
| Pts: Gaze 30 Rebs: Bradtke 7 Asts: Gaze, Longley 4 |
Pts: Hu 15 Rebs: Wang 5 Asts: Sun F. 6 | |
| Lithuania |
80–92 | CIS |
| Scoring by half: 38–26, 42–66 | ||
| Pts: Sabonis, Marčiulionis 21 Rebs: Sabonis 16 Asts: Marčiulionis 8 |
Pts: Tikhonenko 31 Rebs: Volkov 9 Asts: Volkov 4 | |
| Venezuela |
96–88 | China |
| Scoring by half: 52–52, 44–36 | ||
| Pts: Herrera 23 Rebs: Herrera 10 Asts: Walcott 5 |
Pts: Gong 18 Rebs: Shan 3 Asts: Sun J. 5 | |
| Australia |
87–98 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by half: 46–45, 41–53 | ||
| Pts: Gaze 16 Rebs: Bradtke 12 Asts: Gaze 3 |
Pts: Sabonis 26 Rebs: Einikis 10 Asts: Marčiulionis 8 | |
Puerto Rico  |
82–70 | CIS |
| Scoring by half: 36–39, 46–31 | ||
| Pts: Ortiz 16 Rebs: Ortiz 13 Asts: Ortiz 5 |
Pts: Vētra 25 Rebs: Belostenny 6 Asts: Volkov 5 | |
| 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 | 7th Place game | ||||||
| Puerto Rico
| 86 | ||||||||
| Germany
| 96 | ||||||||
| 9th to 12th place | 9th Place game | ||||||||
| 1 | Angola
| 79 | |||||||
| 4 | China
| 69 | |||||||
| Angola
| 75 | ||||||||
| Spain
| 78 | ||||||||
| 3 | Venezuela
| 81 | |||||||
| 2 | Spain
| 95 | 11th Place game | ||||||
| China
| 97 | ||||||||
| Venezuela
| 100 | ||||||||
Quarterfinals
| Croatia |
98–65 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 41–31, 57–34 | ||
| Pts: Petrović 25 Rebs: Rađa 11 Asts: Kukoč 11 |
Pts: Gaze 16 Rebs: Bradtke, Vlahov 5 Asts: Bradtke, Vlahov 2 | |
| CIS |
83–76 | Germany |
| Scoring by half: 35–36, 48–40 | ||
| Pts: Tikhonenko 26 Rebs: Volkov 14 Asts: Volkov 4 |
Pts: Schrempf 32 Rebs: Schrempf 10 Asts: Rödl, Schrempf 3 | |
| Lithuania |
114–96 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 48–52, 66–44 | ||
| Pts: Sabonis 32 Rebs: Sabonis 13 Asts: Marčiulionis 10 |
Pts: Villas 25 Rebs: Victalino 10 Asts: Maury 6 | |
Classification round 9th−12th place
- Semifinals
| Angola |
79–69 | China |
| Scoring by half: 40–35, 39–34 | ||
| Pts: Moreira 19 Rebs: Conceição 5 Asts: Macedo 6 |
Pts: Gong 16 Rebs: Hu 5 Asts: Sun F. 5 | |
| Venezuela |
81–95 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 40–46, 41–49 | ||
| Pts: Herrera 26 Rebs: Estaba 8 Asts: Herrera 3 |
Pts: Herreros 25 Rebs: Andreu 9 Asts: Jofresa 4 | |
- 11th place match
| China |
97–100 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by half: 51–51, 46–49 | ||
| Pts: Wu 25 Rebs: Wang 5 Asts: Sun F. 6 |
Pts: Olivares 32 Rebs: Herrera 6 Asts: Herrera 4 | |
- 9th place match
Classification round 5th−8th place
- Semifinals
| Brazil |
86–84 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by half: 43–49, 43–35 | ||
| Pts: Schmidt 29 Rebs: dos Santos 7 Asts: Maury 3 |
Pts: Morales 16 Rebs: Rivas 5 Asts: Rivas 5 | |
| Australia |
109–79 | Germany |
| Scoring by half: 52–44, 57–35 | ||
| Pts: Gaze 30 Rebs: Bradtke 11 Asts: Smyth 6 |
Pts: Jackel 19 Rebs: Gnad 11 Asts: Schrempf 5 | |
- 7th place match
| Puerto Rico |
86–96 | Germany |
| Scoring by half: 46–45, 40–51 | ||
| Pts: Carter 25 Rebs: Mincy 5 Asts: López 2 |
Pts: Schrempf 24 Rebs: Gnad 15 Asts: Schrempf 7 | |
- 5th place match
Semifinals
| Croatia |
75–74 | CIS |
| Scoring by half: 30–40, 45–34 | ||
| Pts: Petrović 28 Rebs: Rađa 11 Asts: Kukoč 7 |
Pts: Volkov 20 Rebs: Volkov 6 Asts: Volkov 5 | |
| Lithuania |
76–127 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 30–49, 46–78 | ||
| Pts: Marčiulionis 20 Rebs: Sabonis 8 Asts: Marčiulionis 8 |
Pts: Jordan 21 Rebs: Robinson 8 Asts: Johnson 8 | |
Bronze medal game
| CIS |
78–82 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by half: 33–39, 45–43 | ||
| Pts: Tikhonenko 24 Rebs: Volkov 8 Asts: Sukharev 4 |
Pts: Marčiulionis 29 Rebs: Sabonis 16 Asts: Marčiulionis 3 | |
Gold medal game
| Croatia |
85–117 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 42–56, 43–61 | ||
| Pts: Petrović 24 Rebs: Rađa 6 Asts: Kukoč 9 |
Pts: Jordan 22 Rebs: Ewing 6 Asts: Johnson 6 | |
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More information 1992 Olympic Basketball Champions ...
| 1992 Olympic Basketball Champions |
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| United States Tenth title |
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Rankings are determined by classification games:
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| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
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 | United States | 8 | 8 | 0 | 938 | 558 | +380 |
 | Croatia | 8 | 6 | 2 | 681 | 656 | +25 |
 | Lithuania | 8 | 6 | 2 | 753 | 725 | +28 |
| 4th | CIS | 8 | 5 | 3 | 660 | 606 | +54 |
| Eliminated at the quarterfinals | |||||||
| 5th | Brazil | 8 | 4 | 4 | 692 | 741 | -49 |
| 6th | Australia | 8 | 4 | 4 | 686 | 663 | +23 |
| 7th | Germany | 8 | 3 | 5 | 620 | 710 | -90 |
| 8th | Puerto Rico | 8 | 3 | 5 | 692 | 737 | -45 |
| Eliminated at the preliminary round | |||||||
| 9th | Spain | 7 | 3 | 4 | 571 | 632 | -61 |
| 10th | Angola | 7 | 2 | 5 | 478 | 539 | -61 |
| 11th | Venezuela | 7 | 2 | 5 | 573 | 619 | -46 |
| 12th | China | 7 | 0 | 7 | 547 | 675 | -128 |
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- Team USA Basketball, video game
- The Other Dream Team, documentary about the Lithuanian team
- Jan Hubbard. "Why Can Pros Compete in International Events?". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2017.