Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament


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.
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.

Participants

Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:
  1. Head to head results

    Squads

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. The United States' Dream Team asserted their dominance by advancing to the next round undefeated and winning their five preliminary games by an average margin of almost 46 points. The only teams representing Asia and Africa, China and Angola respectively couldn't advance and ended up competing for ninth place with Venezuela and host nation Spain.

Group A

TeamWLPFPAPDPtsTie
50579350+22910
41423400+239
23420463−4371–0
23369432−6370–1
14324392−6861–0
14398476−7860–1

Group B

TeamWLPFPAPDPtsTie
41425373+5291–0
41481424+5790–1
32432396+3681–0
32445440+1580–1
14392427−356
05381496−1155

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals 5th−8th

Semifinals

7th place game

5th place game

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Team details-

Awards

Final standings

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