Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Czechoslovakia's Stanislav Kropilák taking on Aleksandr Belostenny of the Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics was the tenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It was held from July 20 to July 30 at the Olympiiski Indoor Stadium and at the CSKA Sports Palace, both located in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. Finals of men's events were held 30 July at the Olympiiski Indoor Stadium.

Due to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, the United States and other nations withdrew from the tournament. The 1980 Olympics marked the second time (after 1972) that the United States men's team did not win the gold medal in Olympic basketball; Yugoslavia won gold in the men's tournament and the Soviet Union in the women's competition. Italy won their first medal in basketball with the silver medal; their next medal in the sport wouldn't happen again until 24 years later.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCteam Andro Knego Dragan Kićanović Rajko Žižić Mihovil Nakić Željko Jerkov Branko Skroče Zoran Slavnić Krešimir Ćosić Ratko Radovanović Duje Krstulović Dražen Dalipagić Mirza Delibašić	Template:FlagIOCteam Fabrizio Della Fiori Marco Solfrini Marco Bonamico Dino Meneghin Renato Villalta Renzo Vecchiato Pierluigi Marzorati Pietro Generali Romeo Sacchetti Roberto Brunamonti Michael Sylvester Enrico Gilardi	Template:FlagIOCteam Stanislav Yeryomin Valeri Miloserdov Sergei Tarakanov Aleksandr Salnikov Andrey Lopatov Nikolai Deriugin Sergei Belov Vladimir Tkachenko Anatoly Myshkin Sergejus Jovaiša Aleksandr Belostenny Vladimir Zhigily
Women's Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCteam Olga Barysheva Tatyana Ivinskaya Nelli Feryabnikova Vida Beselienė Tatyana Ovechkina Angelė Rupšienė Lyubov Sharmay Uljana Semjonova Tetiana Nadyrova Olga Sukharnova Nadezhda Shuvayeva-Olkhova Lyudmila Rogozhina	Template:FlagIOCteam Krasimira Bogdanova Vanya Dermendzhieva Silviya Germanova Petkana Makaveeva Nadka Golcheva Penka Stoyanova Evladiya Slavcheva Kostadinka Radkova Snezhana Mikhaylova Angelina Mikhaylova Penka Metodieva Diana Dilova	Template:FlagIOCteam Vera Đurašković Mersada Bećirspahić Jelica Komnenović Mira Bjedov Vukica Mitić Sanja Ožegović Sofija Pekić Marija Tonković Zorica Đurković Vesna Despotović Biljana Majstorović Jasmina Perazić

Qualification

A NOC may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players. Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country for both events, plus the winning team at the 1978 FIBA World Championship and the gold medal winners at the 1976 Summer Olympics. The remaining spots were decided by corresponding continental qualifying tournaments for the men's competition, and in a tournament held months before the Olympic Games in Varna, Bulgaria for the women's event.

Men

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	23 October 1974	Template:Flagicon Vienna	1	Template:Bk
1976 Summer Olympics	18–27 July 1976	Template:Flagicon Montréal	1 0	Template:Bk[a]
1978 FIBA World Championship	1–14 October 1978	Template:Flagdeco Philippines	1	Template:Bk
1979 FIBA Oceania Championship	5–8 August 1979		1	Template:Bk
1979 ABC Championship	30 November – 12 December 1979	Template:Flagicon Nagoya	1	Template:Bk[a] Template:Bk[b]
FIBA Africa Championship 1980	22–30 March 1980	Template:Flagicon Rabat	1	Template:Bk
1980 Tournament of the Americas	18–25 April 1980	Template:Flagicon San Juan	3 2	Template:Bk[a] Template:Bk[a] Template:Bk[a] Template:Bk[b] Template:Bk[b]
European Qualifying Tournament	6–17 May 1980		3 5	Template:Bk Template:Bk Template:Bk Template:Bk[b] Template:Bk[b]
Total			12

Women

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	23 October 1974	Template:Flagicon Vienna	1	Template:Bkw
World Qualifying Tournament	5–15 May 1980	Template:Flagicon Varna	5	Template:Bkw[a] Template:Bkw Template:Bkw Template:Bkw Template:Bkw Template:Bkw[b]
Total			6

• ^a Withdrew from the tournament.
• ^b Replacement teams.

Format

Men's tournament:

• Three round-robin groups of four teams were formed, where the top two from each one advanced to the final round, and the remaining teams to the classification round.
• Both the final and classification round groups consisted of another round-robin of six teams each where results between teams from the same preliminary group were carried over. The top two teams from the final round competed for the gold medal, while third and fourth places for bronze.
• With the exception of the first four places, the final standings were decided by the corresponding places in each group.

Women's tournament:

• One round-robin group is formed containing all six teams, where the top two compete for the gold medal, while the third and fourth places compete for the bronze medal in an additional match.
• The remaining two teams finish with their group rank in the final standings.

Tie-breaking criteria:

1. Head to head results
2. Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
3. Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Men's tournament

Preliminary round

The top two teams from each group advance to the final round group, while the remaining teams compete for 8th through 12th places in the classification group. Hosts Soviet Union and the world champions Yugoslavia advanced undefeated to the final round. Meanwhile, qualification in Group C was closely contested between Italy, Cuba and Australia, which ended up being decided by a third tiebreaker in favor of the first two teams.

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Classification round

Results between Poland vs. Senegal, Australia vs. Sweden and Czechoslovakia vs. India were carried over from the preliminary round.

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Semi-final round

The first two places in the final round compete for the gold medal, while the third and fourth places compete for the bronze. The remaining teams' group ranking determines their positions in the final standings. The host nation failed to compete for the gold in spite of finishing the preliminary round undefeated, due to losses against the other two group leaders Yugoslavia and especially Italy, since the result from that match served as tiebreaker, giving the latter a passport to the gold medal match. The Soviet Union then won the bronze against Spain. Yugoslavia earned their first gold medal in men's basketball at this Olympic Games.

Results from Yugoslavia vs. Spain, Italy vs. Cuba and Soviet Union vs. Brazil were carried over from the preliminary round.

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Women's tournament

The women's tournament was decided in a round robin group with all six teams. The first two places competed for the gold medal, while the third and fourth places for the bronze. The remaining teams retain their group ranks for the final standings. The host nation finished the group phase undefeated and won the gold against Bulgaria. Yugoslavia would go on to win the bronze medal against Hungary.

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Final standings

Rank	Men				Women
	Team	Pld	W	L	Team	Pld	W	L
Template:Gold1	Template:Bk	8	8	0	Template:Bkw	6	6	0
Template:Silver2	Template:Flagicon Italy	8	4	4	Template:Bkw	6	4	2
Template:Bronze3	Template:Bk	8	6	2	Template:Bkw	6	4	2
4th	File:Spain Olympic Flag 1980.svg Spain	8	4	4	Template:Bkw	6	2	4
5th	Template:Bk	7	4	3	Template:Bkw	5	1	4
6th	Template:Bk	7	2	5	Template:Flagicon Italy	5	0	5
7th	Template:Bk	7	4	3
8th	Template:Flagicon Australia	7	5	2
9th	Template:Bk	7	3	4
10th	Template:Bk	7	3	4
11th	Template:Bk	7	1	6
12th	Template:Bk	7	0	7

See also

• Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters
• Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

References

• 1980 Olympic Games: Tournament for Men, FIBA Archive.
• 1980 Olympic Games: Tournament for Women, FIBA Archive.
• Men Basketball Olympic Games Moscow (URS) 1980 – 20–30.07 todor66.com.
• Women Basketball Olympic Games Moskva (URS) 1980 – 20–30.07 todor66.com.