# 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men

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.

## 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 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
| Russia  Macedonia  Lithuania  Greece | Dominican Republic  Puerto Rico  Venezuela  New Zealand | Angola  Nigeria  Jordan  South Korea |

## 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.

## Preliminary round

* Qualified for the quarterfinals
All times are local (UTC−04:30)

### Group A

| Team | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts. |
| Greece | 2 | 0 | 205 | 147 | +58 | 4 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1 | 177 | 150 | +27 | 3 |
| Jordan | 0 | 2 | 115 | 200 | −85 | 2 |
* 2 July 13:30
* Report
| Greece | 107–63 | Jordan |
| Scoring by quarter: 33–12, 23–11, 29–20, 22–20 |||
| Pts: Papanikolaou 19 Rebs: Bourousis, Printezis 7 Asts: Spanoulis 7 | | Pts: Soobzokov 14 Rebs: Abbas 7 Asts: Soobzokov 4 |
* Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Vicente Bultó (ESP), Alejandro César Chiti (ARG), Qiao Longsheng (CHN)
* 3 July 17:00
* Report
| Jordan | 52–93 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–29, 11–25, 10–18, 20–21 |||
| Pts: Daghles 17 Rebs: Daghles 7 Asts: Daghles 3 | | Pts: Ramos 20 Rebs: Ramos 9 Asts: Rodríguez 6 |
* Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Juan Carlos García González (ESP), Juan José Fernández (ARG), Nachid Messaoudi (ALG)
* 4 July 19:30
* Report
| Puerto Rico | 84–98 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–30, 20–19, 15–21, 22–28 |||
| Pts: Ramos 15 Rebs: Ramos 7 Asts: Barea 4 | | Pts: Spanoulis 27 Rebs: four players 4 Asts: Spanoulis, Calathes 5 |
* Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Bradley Jon Giersch (AUS), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Michael John Weiland (CAN)

### Group B

| Team | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts. |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1 | 180 | 168 | +12 | 3 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1 | 155 | 151 | +4 | 3 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1 | 153 | 169 | –16 | 3 |
* 2 July 19:30
* Report
| Nigeria | 69–71 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 9–12, 23–22, 19–20 |||
| Pts: Diogu 14 Rebs: Diogu 10 Asts: Skinn, Dagunduro 4 | | Pts: Vásquez 24 Rebs: Echenique 9 Asts: Cubillan 6 |
* Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Juan Carlos García González (ESP), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Rüştü Nuran (TUR)
* 3 July 19:30
* Report
| Venezuela | 82–100 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 15–26, 28–31, 18–20 |||
| Pts: Vásquez 24 Rebs: Graterol 8 Asts: Vásquez 7 | | Pts: Kleiza 28 Rebs: Mačiulis 8 Asts: Kalnietis 8 |
* Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Bradley Jon Giersch (AUS), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Michael John Weiland (CAN)
* 4 July 17:00
* Report
| Lithuania | 80–86 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 18–21, 19–26, 23–19 |||
| Pts: Kleiza 22 Rebs: Mačiulis, Valančiūnas 5 Asts: Kalnietis 8 | | Pts: Obasohan 20 Rebs: Aminu 9 Asts: Skinn, Oyedeji 3 |
* Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Vicente Bultó (ESP), Yuji Hirahara (JPN), Nachid Messaoudi (ALG)

### Group C

| Team | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts. |
| Russia | 2 | 0 | 175 | 125 | +50 | 4 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1 | 164 | 169 | −5 | 3 |
| South Korea | 0 | 2 | 141 | 186 | −45 | 2 |
* 2 July 11:00
* Report
| Russia | 91–56 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 18–10, 22–16, 24–14 |||
| Pts: Kirilenko 16 Rebs: Khryapa 9 Asts: Shved 4 | | Pts: Lee S-J. 15 Rebs: Kim J-K., Kim T-S. 5 Asts: Kim S-H., Kim T-S. 4 |
* Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Bradley Jon Giersch (AUS), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Nachid Messaoudi (ALG)
* 3 July 11:00
* Report
| South Korea | 85–95 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 22–20, 24–34, 20–24 |||
| Pts: Lee S-J. 21 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Kim T-S. 6 | | Pts: Horford 30 Rebs: Martínez 25 Asts: Horford, Ramon 4 |
* Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Alejandro César Chiti (ARG), Qiao Longsheng (CHN)
* 4 July 13:30
* Report
| Dominican Republic | 69–84 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 20–21, 15–21, 16–19 |||
| Pts: Horford 22 Rebs: Martínez 12 Asts: Coronado 5 | | Pts: Fridzon, Kirilenko 16 Rebs: Kirilenko 13 Asts: Kirilenko 7 |
* Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Rüştü Nuran (TUR), Juan José Fernández (ARG), Roberto Oliveros (VEN)

### Group D

| Team | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts. |
| Macedonia | 1 | 1 | 168 | 150 | +18 | 3 |
| Angola | 1 | 1 | 152 | 152 | 0 | 3 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 130 | 148 | −18 | 3 |
* 2 July 16:30
* Report
| Angola | 88–84 | Macedonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 32–21, 21–19, 19–19, 16–25 |||
| Pts: Mingas 24 Rebs: Gomes 11 Asts: Mingas 6 | | Pts: McCalebb 21 Rebs: Samardžiski 7 Asts: Ilievski, McCalebb 5 |
* Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Michael John Weiland (CAN), Juan José Fernández (ARG), Yuji Hirahara (JPN)
* 3 July 13:30
* Report
| Macedonia | 84–62 | New Zealand |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–11, 18–20, 16–17, 24–14 |||
| Pts: McCalebb 23 Rebs: Antić 10 Asts: McCalebb 11 | | Pts: Pledger 11 Rebs: Pledger 11 Asts: Kenny 6 |
* Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Vicente Bultó (ESP), Roberto Oliveros (VEN), Rüştü Nuran (TUR)
* 4 July 11:00
* Report
| New Zealand | 68–64 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 26–14, 18–26, 10–12 |||
| Pts: Webster 21 Rebs: Pledger 9 Asts: Tait 5 | | Pts: Mingas 17 Rebs: Mingas 10 Asts: four players 3 |
* Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Juan Carlos García González (ESP), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Qiao Longsheng (CHN)

## Knockout stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | | |
| A1 | Greece | 79 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Nigeria | 80 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Nigeria | 80 | B2 | Nigeria | 77 | | | |
| | | | C1 | Russia | 85 | | | |
| C1 | Russia | 80 | C1 | Russia | 85 | | | |
| D2 | Angola | 65 | | | | | | |
| B1 | Lithuania | 76 | | | | | | |
| A2 | Puerto Rico | 72 | | | | | | |
| A2 | Puerto Rico | 72 | B1 | Lithuania | 109 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | C2 | Dominican Republic | 83 | | | |
| D1 | Macedonia | 76 | C2 | Dominican Republic | 83 | | | |
| D1 | Macedonia | 76 | | | | B2 | Nigeria | 88 |
| C2 | Dominican Republic | 86 | | | | B2 | Nigeria | 88 |
| C2 | Dominican Republic | 86 | | | | C2 | Dominican Republic | 73 |

### Quarterfinals

* 6 July 11:00
* Report
| Russia | 80–65 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 18–5, 17–16, 20–23 |||
| Pts: Fridzon 18 Rebs: Monia 6 Asts: Kirilenko, Shved 5 | | Pts: Mingas 20 Rebs: Paulo 9 Asts: Barros 4 |
* Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Bradley Jon Giersch (AUS), Nachid Messaoudi (ALG)
* 6 July 13:30
* Report
| Greece | 79–80 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 21–9, 14–20, 23–30 |||
| Pts: Spanoulis 25 Rebs: Spanoulis 7 Asts: Spanoulis 5 | | Pts: Diogu 17 Rebs: Diogu 12 Asts: Aminu 2 |
* Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Vicente Bultó (ESP), Juan José Fernández (ARG), Roberto Oliveros (VEN)
* 6 July 17:00
* Report
| Macedonia | 76–86 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 18–18, 15–26, 20–32 |||
| Pts: McCalebb 35 Rebs: Samardžiski 13 Asts: Ilievski, V. Stojanovski 3 | | Pts: García 28 Rebs: Horford 15 Asts: Coronado 5 |
* Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Michael John Weiland (CAN), Rüştü Nuran (TUR), Yuji Hirahara (JPN)
* 6 July 19:30
* Report
| Lithuania | 76–72 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 24–16, 17–17, 19–17 |||
| Pts: Kalnietis, Kleiza 14 Rebs: Mačiulis 11 Asts: Jasikevičius, Kalnietis 3 | | Pts: Galindo 17 Rebs: Peavy 12 Asts: Arroyo 8 |
* Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Juan Carlos García González (ESP), Alejandro César Chiti (ARG), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB)

### Semifinals

* 7 July 17:00
* Report
| Nigeria | 77–85 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 8–20, 22–22, 24–17 |||
| Pts: Diogu, Dagunduro 16 Rebs: Diogu 14 Asts: Dagunduro 5 | | Pts: Shved 22 Rebs: Kirilenko 8 Asts: Shved 6 |
* Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Michael John Weiland (CAN), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Yuji Hirahara (JPN)
* 7 July 19:30
* Report
| Lithuania | 109–83 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 31–20, 23–25, 34–22 |||
| Pts: Mačiulis 19 Rebs: Valančiūnas 7 Asts: Kalnietis 9 | | Pts: Martínez 13 Rebs: Martínez 10 Asts: Coronado 4 |
* Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Vicente Bultó (ESP), Juan José Fernández (ARG), Bradley Jon Giersch (AUS)

### Third place match

* 8 July 19:30
* Report
| Nigeria | 88–73 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 23–21, 12–18, 29–16 |||
| Pts: Diogu 25 Rebs: Diogu 10 Asts: Skinn, Dagunduro 5 | | Pts: García 17 Rebs: Ramon, Martínez 9 Asts: Coronado 3 |
* Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Referees: Juan Carlos García González (ESP), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Rüştü Nuran (TUR)

## Final standings

| # | Team | W–L | Qualification |
| | Russia | 4-0 | Qualify to the Olympics |
| | Lithuania | 3-1 | Qualify to the Olympics |
| | Nigeria | 3-2 | Qualify to the Olympics |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 2-3 | |
| 5 | Greece | 2-1 | |
| 6 | Puerto Rico | 1-2 | |
| 7 | Macedonia | 1-2 | |
| 8 | Angola | 1-2 | |
| 9 | Venezuela | 1-1 | |
| 10 | New Zealand | 1-1 | |
| 11 | South Korea | 0-2 | |
| 12 | Jordan | 0-2 | |