A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | CH | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Qualification | ||
| men | women | |
| Tournament | ||
| men | women | |
| Rosters | ||
| men | women | |
The men's tournament of basketball at the 1992 Olympics at Barcelona, Spain began on July 26 and ended on August 8.
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.
Format
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
Squads
Schedule
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| Sun 26 | Mon 27 | Tue 28 | Wed 29 | Thu 30 | Fri 31 | Sat 1 | Sun 2 | Mon 3 | Tue 4 | Wed 5 | Thu 6 | Fri 7 | Sat 8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | G | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | F | B | |||||||
Qualification
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 |  Spain
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| FIBA Africa Championship 1989 | 16–27 December 1989 |  Luanda |
1 | Angola
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| 1991 ABC Championship | 22 August – 1 September 1991 |  Kobe |
1 |  China
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| 1991 FIBA Oceania Championship | 1–7 June 1991 |  Wellington and Palmerston North |
1 |  Australia
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| 1992 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament | 22 June–5 July 1992 | Bilbao, Granada, Murcia, Badajoz and Zaragoza |
4 |  Lithuania
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| Croatia
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| CIS
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 Germany
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| 1992 Tournament of the Americas | 27 June–5 July 1992 | Portland |
4 | United States
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 Venezuela
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| Brazil
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 Puerto Rico
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| Total | 12 | |||
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.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 579 | 350 | +229 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Croatia
|
5 | 4 | 1 | 423 | 400 | +23 | 9 | |
| 3 | Brazil
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5 | 2 | 3 | 420 | 463 | −43 | 7[a] | |
| 4 | Germany
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5 | 2 | 3 | 369 | 432 | −63 | 7[a] | |
| 5 | Angola
|
5 | 1 | 4 | 324 | 392 | −68 | 6[b] | 9th−12th classification round |
| 6 | Spain (H)
|
5 | 1 | 4 | 398 | 476 | −78 | 6[b] |
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
Notes:
| 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 | |
| Croatia |
73–64 | Angola |
| Scoring by half: 27–38, 46–26 | ||
| Pts: Komazec 22 Rebs: Komazec 6 Asts: Komazec 4 |
Pts: Conceição 24 Rebs: Conceição 7 Asts: Moreira 2 | |