Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's basketball tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London began on 28 July and ended on 11 August. All preliminary and quarterfinal games were held at the Basketball Arena within the Olympic Park, and the semifinal and the medal games were held at the North Greenwich Arena (renamed from The O2 Arena due to the no commercialization policy).

Tournament details
Host nation	United Kingdom
Dates	July 28 – August 11
Teams	12  (from 5 federations)
Venues	2  (in 1 host city)
Champions	United States (7th title)
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points de Souza Leedham (16.2)  United States (90.6) Rebounds dos Santos (9.0)  United States (50.5) Assists Miao (6.5)  United States (23.1)
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Qualification

Means of qualification[1]	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	6 July 2005		1	Great Britain
2010 FIBA World Championship	23 September – 3 October 2010	Czech Republic	1	United States
2011 FIBA Europe Championship	18 June – 3 July 2011	Poland	1	Russia
2011 FIBA Asia Championship	21–28 August 2011	Japan[2]	1	China
2011 FIBA Oceania Championship	7–11 September 2011	Australia	1	Australia
2011 FIBA Americas Championship	24 September – 1 October 2011	Colombia[3]	1	Brazil
2011 FIBA Africa Championship	23 September – 2 October 2011	Mali	1	Angola
2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament	25 June – 1 July 2012	Turkey	5	Turkey  Croatia  Czech Republic  France  Canada
Total			12

Squads

Competition format

Twelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams. Each game result merits a corresponding point:

Result	Points
Win	2
Loss	1
Loss via default*	1
Loss via forfeiture**	0

*The team has less than two players available to play on the court.
**A team cannot present five players at the start of the game, or its actions prevent play from being resumed.

In case teams are tied on points, the tiebreaking criteria are, in order of first application:[4]

1. Results of the games involving the tied teams (head-to-head records)
2. Goal average of the games involving the tied teams
3. Goal average of all of the games played
4. Points scored
5. Drawing of lots

The teams with the four best records qualified for the knockout stage, which was a single-elimination tournament. The semifinal winners contested for the gold medal, while the losers played for the bronze medal.

Preliminary round

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).

Group A

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	5	5	0	462	279	+183	10
Turkey	5	4	1	343	316	+27	9
China	5	3	2	346	363	−17	8
Czech Republic	5	2	3	346	332	+14	7
Croatia	5	1	4	324	379	−55	6
Angola	5	0	5	243	395	−152	5

28 July 2012 09:00

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China	66–57	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 16–13, 15–15, 15–13
Pts: Ma Zengyu 16 Rebs: Chen Nan 8 Asts: Miao Lijie 8		Pts: Vítečková 14 Rebs: Horáková 9 Asts: three players 3

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Jorge Vazquez (PUR), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS), Carole Delaune (FRA)

28 July 2012 14:30

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Turkey	72–50	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 21–8, 14–17, 23–14, 14–11
Pts: Palazoğlu 13 Rebs: Çağlar 7 Asts: Vardarlı 5		Pts: Mauricio 11 Rebs: Tomas, Manuel 5 Asts: Camufal 2

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Elena Chernova (RUS), Vitalis Gode (KEN), Fernando Sampietro (ARG)

28 July 2012 16:45

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United States	81–56	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 11–4, 20–24, 22–19, 28–9
Pts: Charles 14 Rebs: Parker 13 Asts: Bird 5		Pts: Ivezić 22 Rebs: Ivanković 7 Asts: Lelas 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Snehal Bendke (IND)

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30 July 2012 09:00

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Croatia	58–83	China
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 10–15, 14–25, 13–19
Pts: Mandir 22 Rebs: Ivezić 6 Asts: Jelavić, Lelas 4		Pts: Chen Nan 28 Rebs: Chen Nan 10 Asts: Miao Lijie 10

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Michael Aylen (AUS), Elena Chernova (RUS), Felicia Grinter (USA)

30 July 2012 11:15

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Czech Republic	57–61	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 8–13, 13–20, 18–12, 18–16
Pts: Veselá 19 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Bartoňová, Elhotová 4		Pts: three players 11 Rebs: Yılmaz 13 Asts: Vardarlı 4

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Pablo Estévez (ARG), Shoko Sugruro (JPN), Samir Abaakil (MAR)

30 July 2012 22:15

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Angola	38–90	United States
Scoring by quarter: 12–22, 6–19, 11–28, 9–21
Pts: Guadalupe 11 Rebs: Mauricio, Manuel 6 Asts: Manuel 2		Pts: Parker 14 Rebs: Parker 12 Asts: Bird 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Carole Delauné (FRA), Marcos Benito (BRA), Robert Lottermoser (GER)

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1 August 2012 11:15

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China	76–52	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 18–18, 24–6, 19–15
Pts: Ma Zengyu 15 Rebs: Gao Song 9 Asts: Miao Lijie 5		Pts: Guadalupe 12 Rebs: Tomas 9 Asts: three players 2

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Samir Abaakil (MAR), Shenal Bendke (IND)

1 August 2012 20:00

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Croatia	70–89	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 20–23, 21–12, 10–32
Pts: Mandir 20 Rebs: Mandir 6 Asts: Mandir 3		Pts: Elhotová 20 Rebs: Horáková 10 Asts: Veselá 7

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Carole Delauné (FRA)

1 August 2012 22:15

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United States	89–58	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 22–10, 22–21, 26–11
Pts: McCoughtry 18 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: Bird 4		Pts: Vardarlı, Hollingsworth 11 Rebs: Hollingsworth 8 Asts: Vardarlı, Alben 3

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Michael Aylen (AUS), Stephen Seibel (CAN), Peng Ling (CHN)

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3 August 2012 09:00

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Angola	56–75	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 14–17, 11–18, 13–16
Pts: Tomas 15 Rebs: Mauricio, Tomas 8 Asts: Mauricio 4		Pts: Lelas 23 Rebs: Ivanković 7 Asts: Mandir 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Stephen Seibel (CAN), Shoko Sugruro (JPN), Peng Ling (CHN)

3 August 2012 16:45

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Turkey	82–55	China
Scoring by quarter: 26–13, 13–14, 20–16, 23–12
Pts: Yılmaz 16 Rebs: Hollingsworth 11 Asts: Alben 5		Pts: Ma Zengyu 7 Rebs: Ma Zengyu, Chen Nan 8 Asts: Miao Lijie 6

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Felicia Grinter (USA), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS)

3 August 2012 22:15

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Czech Republic	61–88	United States
Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 12–24, 9–22, 14–18
Pts: Zrůstová 15 Rebs: Pecková 6 Asts: Bartoňová 3		Pts: Taurasi 18 Rebs: Charles 14 Asts: Bird 9

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Elena Chernova (RUS), Marcos Benito (BRA), Vitalis Gode (KEN)

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5 August 2012 11:15

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Angola	47–82	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 7–17, 10–18, 12–24
Pts: Mauricio 18 Rebs: Manuel 12 Asts: Eusébio, Guadalupe 2		Pts: Zrůstová 20 Rebs: Horáková 9 Asts: Elhotová 4

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LIB), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS), Vitalis Gode (KEN)

5 August 2012 16:45

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China	66–114	United States
Scoring by quarter: 28–31, 8–30, 12–33, 18–20
Pts: Song Xiaoyun 15 Rebs: four players 3 Asts: Miao Lijie 8		Pts: Taurasi 22 Rebs: Moore 7 Asts: Catchings 7

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Borys Ryschyk (UKR), Carole Delauné (FRA)

5 August 2012 20:00

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Croatia	65–70	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 7–15, 13–25, 21–12
Pts: Lelas 14 Rebs: Lelas, Mandir 6 Asts: Lelas 5		Pts: Hollingsworth 14 Rebs: Yılmaz 9 Asts: Tunçluer, Vardarlı 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Marcos Benito (BRA), Elena Chernova (RUS)

Group B

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
France	5	5	0	356	319	+37	10
Australia	5	4	1	353	322	+31	9
Russia	5	3	2	314	308	+6	8
Canada	5	2	3	328	332	−4	7
Brazil	5	1	4	329	354	−25	6
Great Britain	5	0	5	327	372	−45	5

28 July 2012 11:15

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Canada	53–58	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 13–9, 13–13, 10–21
Pts: Smith 20 Rebs: T. Tatham 5 Asts: Thorburn 6		Pts: Hammon 14 Rebs: Osipova 12 Asts: Danilochkina 6

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Recep Ankaralı (TUR), Peng Ling (CHN), Samir Abaakil (MAR)

28 July 2012 20:00

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Brazil	58–73	France
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 14–18, 15–18, 9–21
Pts: de Souza 17 Rebs: Santos 12 Asts: Pinto 5		Pts: Dumerc 23 Rebs: Miyem 7 Asts: Dumerc 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Robert Lottermoser (GER), Rabah Noujaim (LIB), Felicia Grinter (USA)

28 July 2012 22:15

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Australia	74–58	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 16–11, 23–15, 18–16, 17–16
Pts: Jackson 18 Rebs: Batkovic 7 Asts: Richards 4		Pts: Vanderwal, Leedham 11 Rebs: Page 7 Asts: Stafford, Leedham 3

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Jorge Carrion (PUR), Shoko Sugruro (JPN), Borys Ryschyk (UKR)

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30 July 2012 14:30

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France	74–70 (OT)	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 17–13, 24–24, 13–14, Overtime: 9–5
Pts: Gomis 22 Rebs: Yacoubou 7 Asts: Beikes, Dumerc 2		Pts: Batkovic 17 Rebs: Batkovic 10 Asts: O'Hea 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: William Kennedy (USA), Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Peng Ling (CHN)

30 July 2012 16:45

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Russia	69–59	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 12–8, 18–17, 20–16
Pts: Belyakova 14 Rebs: Grishaeva 8 Asts: three players 3		Pts: de Souza 15 Rebs: de Souza 18 Asts: Costa 4

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Ilija Belošević (SRB), Snehal Bendke (IND)

30 July 2012 20:00

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Great Britain	65–73	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 17–17, 21–19, 12–18
Pts: Stafford, Leedham 15 Rebs: Fagbenle 6 Asts: Collins 4		Pts: Thorburn 18 Rebs: Pilypaitis, T. Tatham 5 Asts: Gabriele 7

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP), Saša Pukl (SLO), Vitalis Gode (KEN)

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1 August 2012 09:00

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Canada	60–64	France
Scoring by quarter: 12–13, 13–15, 15–14, 20–22
Pts: Thorburn 17 Rebs: Achonwa 8 Asts: Thorburn 3		Pts: Gomis 16 Rebs: Gruda 6 Asts: three players 3

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Pablo Estévez (ARG), Shoko Suguro (JPN)

1 August 2012 14:30

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Australia	67–61	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 15–10, 16–8, 20–22, 16–21
Pts: Jackson 18 Rebs: Cambage 10 Asts: Harrower 5		Pts: Costa 22 Rebs: Dantas do Amaral 10 Asts: Costa 3

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Recep Ankarali (TUR), Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Vitalis Gode (KEN)

1 August 2012 16:45

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Great Britain	61–67	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 13–23, 18–13, 16–15
Pts: Stafford 18 Rebs: Page 7 Asts: Collins, Leedham 3		Pts: Belyakova 12 Rebs: Osipova 9 Asts: Hammon 6

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Felicia Grinter (USA), Rabah Noujaim (LIB), Jorge Vázquez (PUR)

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3 August 2012 11:15

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Russia	66–70	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 15–11, 18–22, 18–16
Pts: Osipova 15 Rebs: Osipova 9 Asts: Danilochkina 4		Pts: Cambage 17 Rebs: Cambage 10 Asts: O'Hea, Harrower 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Fernando Sampietro (ARG), Robert Lottermoser (GER)

3 August 2012 14:30

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Brazil	73–79	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 8–18, 17–21, 28–16, 20–24
Pts: de Souza 22 Rebs: Rodrigues 4 Asts: de Souza 12		Pts: Pilypaitis, Smith 14 Rebs: Thorburn 8 Asts: Smith 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: José Carrion (PUR), Borys Ryschyk (UKR), Carole Delauné (FRA)

3 August 2012 20:00

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France	80–77 (OT)	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 17–10, 20–21, 20–23, Overtime: 13–10
Pts: Gruda, Lawson-Wade 16 Rebs: Godin 8 Asts: Godin 4		Pts: Leedham 29 Rebs: Page, Leedham 8 Asts: Page 3

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Snehal Bendke (IND)

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5 August 2012 09:00

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France	65–54	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 10–15, 15–6, 30–13, 10–20
Pts: Dumerc 12 Rebs: Yacoubou, Beikes 7 Asts: Dumerc 3		Pts: Belyakova 14 Rebs: Hammon, Osipova 5 Asts: Danilochkina, Osipova 3

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Pablo Estévez (ARG), Saša Pukl (SLO), Shoko Sugruro (JPN)

5 August 2012 14:30

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Canada	63–72	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 10–24, 12–11, 20–12, 21–25
Pts: Smith 17 Rebs: Murphy 5 Asts: Thorburn 5		Pts: Snell 12 Rebs: Jackson 9 Asts: Screen, Harrower 4

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Felicia Grinter (USA), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Snehal Bendke (IND)

5 August 2012 22:15

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Great Britain	66–78	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 17–20, 17–25, 13–14
Pts: Stafford 15 Rebs: Stafford 10 Asts: Stafford 4		Pts: Santos 16 Rebs: Santos 13 Asts: Pinto 12

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), William Kennedy (USA), Peng Ling (CHN)

Knockout round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Gold medal match

A1

United States

91

B4

Canada

48

A1

United States

86

B2

Australia

73

B2

Australia

75

A3

China

60

A1

United States

86

B1

France

50

B1

France

71

A4

Czech Republic

68

B1

France

81

Bronze medal match

B3

Russia

64

A2

Turkey

63

B2

Australia

83

B3

Russia

66

B3

Russia

74

Quarterfinals

7 August 2012 14:00

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United States	91–48	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 19–8, 23–13, 26–10, 23–17
Pts: Taurasi 15 Rebs: Moore, Parker 7 Asts: Bird 5		Pts: Smith 13 Rebs: Phillips 8 Asts: Phillips 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Shoko Sugruro (JPN), Vitalis Gode (KEN)

7 August 2012 16:15

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Australia	75–60	China
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 13–20, 20–16, 20–8
Pts: Cambage 17 Rebs: Batkovic 9 Asts: Richards 7		Pts: Ma Zengyu 15 Rebs: Chen Nan 7 Asts: Gao Song 3

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Elena Chernova (RUS), Carole Delauné (FRA)

7 August 2012 20:00

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Turkey	63–66	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 12–11, 23–17, 12–15
Pts: Hollingsworth 22 Rebs: Alben 6 Asts: Vardarlı 6		Pts: Hammon 19 Rebs: Petrakova 7 Asts: Hammon 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: José Carrion (PUR), William Kennedy (USA), Peng Ling (CHN)

7 August 2012 22:15

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France	71–68	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 12–16, 13–23, 30–17
Pts: Dumerc 23 Rebs: Gruda 7 Asts: Dumerc 6		Pts: Vítečková 17 Rebs: Horáková 7 Asts: Horáková 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Marcos Benito (BRA), Felicia Grinter (USA), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)

Semifinals

9 August 2012 17:00

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Australia	73–86	United States
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 25–23, 12–22, 14–21
Pts: Cambage 19 Rebs: Jackson 17 Asts: Jarry 5		Pts: Taurasi, Charles 14 Rebs: Charles 10 Asts: Charles 4

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Borys Ryschyk (UKR), Snehal Bendke (IND)

9 August 2012 21:00

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Russia	64–81	France
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 16–14, 20–21, 13–22
Pts: Danilochkina, Hammon 13 Rebs: Vieru 8 Asts: Hammon 5		Pts: Lawson-Wade 18 Rebs: Gruda 8 Asts: Lawson-Wade 5

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Stephen Seibel (CAN)

Bronze medal match

11 August 2012 17:00

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Australia	83–74	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 21–14, 19–13, 26–31
Pts: Jackson 25 Rebs: Jackson 11 Asts: O'Hea 5		Pts: Hammon 19 Rebs: Vodopyanova 8 Asts: Hammon 4

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Felicia Grinter (USA), Shoko Sugruro (JPN)

Gold medal match

11 August 2012 21:00

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United States	86–50	France
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 17–10, 26–12, 23–13
Pts: Parker 21 Rebs: Parker 11 Asts: Taurasi 6		Pts: Gruda, Lawson-Wade 12 Rebs: Ndongue 8 Asts: Dumerc 3

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Fernando Sampietro (ARG), Elena Chernova (RUS), Peng Ling (CHN)

Statistical leaders

Individual tournament highs

Points Pos. Name G Pts PPG 1 Érika de Souza 5 81 16.2 Jo Leedham 5 81 16.2 3 Lauren Jackson 8 127 15.9 4 Chen Nan 6 94 15.7 5 Natalie Stafford 5 78 15.6 6 Eva Vítečková 6 91 15.2 7 Céline Dumerc 8 114 14.3 8 Sandra Mandir 5 70 14.0 9 Kim Smith 6 83 13.8 10 Liz Cambage 8 109 13.6

Rebounds Pos. Name G Reb. RPG 1 Clarissa dos Santos 5 45 9.0 2 Érika de Souza 5 44 8.8 3 Lauren Jackson 8 63 7.9 4 Candace Parker 8 62 7.8 5 Tina Charles 8 59 7.4 6 Nevriye Yılmaz 6 43 7.2 7 Nadir Manuel 5 35 7.0 8 Irina Osipova 8 54 6.8 9 Chen Nan 6 41 6.8 Hana Horáková 6 40 6.7

Assists Pos. Name G Ass. APG 1 Miao Lijie 6 39 6.5 2 Sue Bird 8 36 4.5 Shona Thorburn 6 27 4.5 Birsel Vardarlı 6 27 4.5 5 Adriana Pinto 5 22 4.4 6 Becky Hammon 8 32 4.0 7 Jenna O'Hea 8 28 3.5 8 Céline Dumerc 8 27 3.4 9 Ana Lelas 5 16 3.2 Joice Rodrigues 5 16 3.2

Blocks Pos. Name G Blocks BPG 1 Sandrine Gruda 8 17 2.1 2 Ilona Burgrová 6 10 1.7 3 Liz Cambage 8 13 1.6 Érika de Souza 5 8 1.6 5 Luca Ivanković 5 7 1.4 Azania Stewart 5 7 1.4 7 Candace Parker 8 10 1.3 8 Temi Fagbenle 5 6 1.2 9 Irina Osipova 8 9 1.1 10 Petra Kulichová 6 6 1.0

Steals Pos. Name G Stls SPG 1 Jelena Ivezić 5 14 2.8 2 Angel McCoughtry 8 20 2.5 3 Jo Leedham 5 12 2.4 4 Hana Horáková 6 12 2.0 5 Işıl Alben 6 11 1.8 6 Tamika Catchings 8 13 1.6 Céline Dumerc 8 13 1.6 8 Maya Moore 8 12 1.5 Nevriye Yılmaz 6 9 1.5 10 Joice Rodrigues 5 7 1.4

Team tournament highs

Offensive PPG Pos. Name PPG 1  United States 90.6 2  Australia 73.0 3  France 69.8 4  Czech Republic 69.0 5  China 67.7  Turkey 67.7

Rebounds Pos. Name RPG 1  United States 50.5 2  Australia 42.1 3  Russia 40.4 4  Czech Republic 40.0 5  Great Britain 39.4

Assists Pos. Name APG 1  United States 23.1 2  China 17.7 3  Australia 17.6 4  Czech Republic 17.2 5  Turkey 17.0

Steals Pos. Name SPG 1  United States 10.5 2  Great Britain 8.8 3  Turkey 8.5 4  Australia 6.9 5  Brazil 6.8

Blocks Pos. Name BPG 1  United States 5.1 2  France 5.0 3  Russia 4.9 4  Czech Republic 4.5 5  Australia 4.0

See also

• Men's Tournament

References

1. "Qualification System – Games of the XXX Olympiad" (PDF). IBF. May 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-08-22. Retrieved 2012-06-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/45008/arti.html
4. "FIBA's Official Basketball Rules 2012-p.68" (PDF). FIBA.com. 29 April 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.

External links

• Schedule