Olympic Basketball

The Olympic basketball was one of the major attractions that had the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The best teams in the world had their biggest stars playing in the NBA, so the level of the tournament was very high and were spectacular matches throughout the competition.

12 teams were involved in the Olympic basketball in his 2008 edition, which were divided into 2 series: - Series A: Argentina, Iran, Lithuania, Russia, Australia and Croatia. - Series B: United States, China, Angola, Spain, Greece and Germany.


The mode of competition was disputed by all-out fighting in each group, where the best located 4 of each series went to the quarterfinals.

Following the first phase, following the clashes took place in the quarter-finals:

- Spain vs Croatia
- China vs Lithuania
- Greece vs Argentina
- United States vs Australia

The 4 teams that followed in the race for medals were Spain's Olympic basketball, Lithuania, USA and Argentina, later moving to the final teams Spain and the U.S. dream team.

In the match for the bronze medal was a victory for those who had been champion in Athens 2004 Olympic basketball, the selection of Argentina, which defeated Lithuania in figures 87 to 75.

The Argentine team was unable to repeat the golden medal from the last edition but got the bronze beyond not being able to count on this match with his star Manu Ginobili, a triumph that was highly acclaimed throughout the campus Albiceleste.